Cocktails, beer and the Internet
By Julie Engel - Argus Observer
Sunday, April 8, 2007 12:57 AM PDT
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| Boomerang Saloon owner David Posey picks a song on his homemade jukebox at the downtown Payette bar Tuesday. |
Payette - Have you ever dreamed of drinking a cocktail or ice cold beer and surfing the Internet at the same time?
That dream can now be a reality with the Boomerang Saloon in downtown Payette.
Payette attorney David Posey opened his new bar Friday, and said he included WiFi capability because his office two doors down already had the Internet service.
The bar will also be nonsmoking. Posey said when he talked to people he discovered most do not enjoy coming home from the bar smelling like smoke, and he feels the same way.
“I don’t like smoking,” he said.
Posey said he owns the downtown building that houses his law office, the Boomerang Saloon and other businesses. In addition to the WiFi, there is also an X-Box 360 for patrons to play video games with a big screen TV, pool table, dart board, jukebox and library. The library is situated in a small nook with windows, and Posey said he plans to put window benches in to make the area comfy.
The bar will have a couple of X-Box games on hand, and Posey said people can also bring in their own games to play. As for the jukebox, Posey crafted his own music player from an old jukebox shell and computer system. Posey said he bought a broken jukebox 20 years ago and has just been waiting for a chance to use it.
The city of Payette was known as Boomerang when it first became a townsite, and Posey said he wanted to commemorate that history. It is unknown who came up with the name, but Posey said it probably has ties to the boom the railroad used to take logs from the river.
Old pictures from the Payette Valley adorn the walls at Boomerang Saloon.
Other features of the bar are the wooden tables and bar top, which were all made from the same tree. Posey said he also used wood from an old shed and rafters from a barn that was damaged in the wind storm last year.
“The pictures came out of a book I found in the wall of a building,” Posey said.
Since the bar is surrounded by food choices, Posey said he will not offer food, but chips or nuts may be served. Also, Posey said he would not have a problem with patrons ordering food to eat in the bar if they wanted.
Another unique feature of the saloon is that only dollar coins will be given as change, not dollar bills. Posey said he wanted to give out coins “just for fun,” but there is also another underlying reason — the jukebox takes dollar coins.
The Payette City Council approved Posey’s liquor license at its regular meeting Monday night. The Boomerang Saloon happened much quicker than Posey said he thought it would.
In Idaho, cities must grow in population by 1,500 before another liquor license is issued. Posey said he was third on the list and thought it would take years before he had the chance for a license. Years turned into months as Payette qualified for another license and the two people before him declined to take it in November.
Payette Mayor Doug Henderson said he thinks the bar is an interesting concept and the Internet and alcohol is an unusual mix. For those without high speed Internet, Henderson said the Boomerang Saloon may be an attractive option.
“I’m interested to see how it takes off,” he said. “It’s nice to give people who don’t want to be in a smoking atmosphere a place to go.”
No Dhimmi wrote on Aug 14, 2009 9:38 PM:
And this isn't "racist," because Islam is not a race, anymore than Communism or Nazism are races, both of which killed far fewer people than Islam.
Disgusting. "