Little Fish Huge Pond

I don't typically recommend bars to my friends. Like, if we want to drink we just go wherever we end up going without much thought to it. But this bar, this is definitely one bar that I recommend regularly. It's so... unique. Honestly I have never been to another bar that was so upbeat and yet unrowdy as this awesome place. Much love to this bar!!!

A friend and I stopped in here for a little while last night after leaving The Imperial. I'd never been before, but my friend had and said that we should check it out as his past experiences here were fun. I'm glad that we stopped by, as it was a unique, interesting, surprising and enjoyable experience.

The first thing that I noticed about Little Fish Huge Pond, even before we stepped inside, was that it had live music. I could see a band through the windows as we walked by on the way in. What I wasn't expecting is how awesome the music would be. One of the first songs that the band played was a cover of Fugazi's "Waiting Room"; I couldn't believe that I was hearing it and it came as a total surprise. It was really, really good, too - the band was very talented. They also played a cover of Porno for Pyros' "Tahitian Moon," which also was well done.

The interior of the bar isn't all that nice, itself - it's "decorated" with strange and unique items and has obscure and vintage furniture. Much of what I was looking at while watching the band play and enjoying a beer was making me laugh or caused me to be puzzled. There were random Sega Genesis games on the bar's counter, as well as dinosaur figurines and plenty of other oddball stuff. Very peculiar, but awesome as well.

I saw a few interesting beers listed on the bar's "menu," which, as another example of Little Fish Huge Pond's character, actually was a few pieces of paper stapled together. Haha. I went with a "steam" beer (I don't think I'd ever had one before ...?) and liked it a lot. It was in a bottle that had one of those lids that's connected to its top and that can be opened/closed, kind of like how Grolsch bottles were/still are. The prices of beers seemed to be very fair and on the same level as I remember them being at The Imperial. Might even be a few rarities as far as beer goes here, though I didn't thoroughly examine the entire list.

I don't make it up to Sanford all that often, but now that I know this bar is there then I may have to fit in a few additional trips whenever possible.

One of my all time favorite places, kitchy, artsy, homey, fun. Great beer selection, just a cool hangout spot