We were at the Tap-In in Grapevine, Texas. It looks pub-ish (very cozy, actually -- small, but nice decoration), but it doesn't have much of the pub-like feel to it that I'm used to if that makes sense. It feels more like a sports bar in disguise to me and doesn't have a lot of single malts, sadly. I'm used to sessions going on when we hit our other usual places, and the night we went to the Tap-In some guy on a guitar was singing cover tunes (definitely not Celtic music). Of course, for something like the Tipperary Inn or Trinity Hall, that's quite a drive for us. The Tap-In is probably the closest thing we have to us, and I'm not sure what's good and also convenient for Rhome. We're in Roanoke, but we haven't had the opportunity to go looking around for something else in our area since the majority of the time we hit a pub or bar is when a friends' band is playing in Dallas or Arlington or something.

Oh, and smoking is allowed in the Tap-In. There's a cigar shop next door, so there's almost always at least one person smoking a cigar.