"Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting." - Henry Ward Beecher
6 men, 16 restaurants, 1 mission |
By now I imagine the suspense is killing you. "Why," you must be thinking, "hasn't he mentioned any details about the tournament?" The answer is quite simple. There was a lot of booze at the party. I can tell you that the crowd was phenomenal. The LLC is immensely grateful to those of you who disregarded your sense of shame and publicly donned the Moderator's hat (below, with bracket big board) as well as those who paid close attention to the debates and provided critical tie breaking votes.
Possibly the worst picture on the internet |
Before we reveal the champion, let's take a minute to recognize The LLC 2's worst restaurant. While I think this far from the worst we visited the votes are in and The LLC Tournament Donkey award goes to...
For a man holding two drinks Brian Lake displayed surprisingly competent moderation. |
The championship showdown was the stuff of legends. Years from now I'll be telling my grandkids about the 2012 LLC2 Tournament in which Rob "coup d'lunch" Anderson casted a switcheroo vote in favor of his least favorite restaurant, Takashi, in solidarity with the integrity of the tournament. Anderson's vote resulted in a 3-3 tie and gave the attentive audience a chance to make history. America voted, and The Loop Lunch Club 2 Champion is...
Specialty's Bakery!
Congratulations to Specialty's, the newest LLC Champion and thank you all for your participation in The LLC. Whether you're a member of the group, a guest luncher, party attendee, blog subscriber, or one of those random Eastern Europeans who stumbled upon this website somehow, thank you for your support. Hopefully soon we will begin The LLC's third tour. I've already begun brainstorming cool ways to write it...
LL3, 3LC, The Loop Lunch Clu3, and for you emoticon users out there, LLC<3.
Tournament Notes:
- The White Sox scored 19 runs during The LLC party. In a post game interview Paul Konerko explained, "We were so upset about missing The LLC party that we had to take our frustration out on the baseball."
- Rumors circulated that Dan Spira was seen in the bathroom pouring diet coke into an emptied out can of beer.
- For an aggressively detailed play-by-play of the tournament please check out Danny Rubenstein's twitter feed or the Loop Lunch Club Facebook Page. I won't be offended if you don't "like" it. We aren't a real business or anything so it doesn't matter at all, though we won't hesitate to data mine your profile and sell your information.