The Fat Rabbit

I have to be honest and say when I first walked into The Fat Rabbit, as I looked around I couldn’t help but to think, “Wow, this place is really run down”. Turns out there’s a reason for this; And it’s a cool reason. But we’ll get to that later. I had a hard time deciphering online whether they had a Happy Hour for sure, or if they did, what time it went until (they have no website), so I tried calling but no one answered. I then tried posting on Facebook on the Folsom Chat page asking if anyone knew, but that didn’t result in any answers either. I decided to give it one last ditch effort of making a phone call and low and behold, someone answered! Now I have to apologize because I remembered the part where he told me it goes until 6:00, but as soon as I started creating this blog I realized I didn’t pay enough attention to when it started to retain that information. Now that we were geared with the knowledge we had until 6:00 to get there, we hopped on our Scooters after work and headed to The Fat Rabbit. Score one for The Fat Rabbit for scootability.

The actual bar itself does not boast very much seating, but there are other tables available to sit at inside the bar area. We settled onto two little wooden barstools that were situated to the side of the bar since those were the only ones left when we arrived. We asked if they had a Happy Hour menu, but after some searching the bartender wasn’t able to find one so he just recited from memory the drinks that are available for a discount. They do not have any discounted food offerings during this magical time. Brian went with another Old Fashioned and I chose the Blueberry Lemon Collins (I had to ask what was in that since I had never had a Collins before). My drink was really good, and was a pretty good size for a cocktail. Brian said the Old Fashioned was also good (it tasted like whisky to me…). Since there was no food on the Happy Hour menu, we chose to split their Fish and Chips dinner plate. The fish was a little too greasy for my likeness, but it did have good flavor and was cooked well (not too dry inside). Brian said the greasiness is an English pub thing. That it’s intentionally made that way because people who frequent English pubs like their drink and need that grease for medicinal purposes after overindulgence repercussions. Don’t quote him on this as being factual, but it sounds good. If anyone right now is wondering what was in the Collins, it was vodka. It also had some other stuff along with fresh blueberries and lemon juice… but he had me at vodka.

The Fat Rabbit has something I’ve never seen done in a bar before. There’s about 80 or so (I’m guessing at the number) mugs hanging above the bar with numbers on the bottoms of each one. A lot of them are also engraved with names or nicknames on the side. These mugs are what the regulars drink out of when they frequent the bar. As of right now all the mugs are spoken for, and according to the bartender, even a couple who have been visiting there every Friday for (I believe he said) years, has been unable to acquire one of these coveted mugs. However… some of the mugs have been sitting dormant for quite some time (people move and other stuff happens in life), so rumor has it, there may be some sort of lottery happening to reassign these unused mugs to other patrons.

Now back to the bar’s décor. Our bartender Tony provided us a wealth of information regarding the bar and its decorative motif. The majority of it was shipped all the way over from Europe.  It is authentic, old English pub relics. After I was provided with this little tidbit of information I started looking at things in a whole new light and felt right at home. Since according to 23andMe I am 99.2% European. 

Random facts about The Fat Rabbit. The music they play is very subdued 70 & 80’s rock. There are two dartboards for your entertainment, and one TV. Tony said The Fat Rabbit is not a rowdy place at all, so if you’re feeling rambunctious, this is not the place for you. But if you’re looking for a quiet, quant place to go have a beer or cocktail and enjoy some English pub bites, go check them out. Tell Tony we said “hi” and we thank him for all the information he provided! Oh, and maybe find out for me and this blog what time Happy Hour starts.