A new restaurant and bar has opened up where The Spotted Cow used to be. I’ve heard good reports on the place and thought that we’d check it out for this week’s Friday lunch stop. But first, let’s stop and pick up this week’s special guest star…

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Bar Number 35: Kouzens, Friday, February 13, 2026

And here we are at Acme Comics and we’re picking up this week’s special guest star, the owner of Acme Comics, Bob Gordon! Bob has made many appearances on the blog and it’s always great to see him.

And now, it’s off we go to this week’s luncheon destination…

Kouzens. This place looks nice and I love the logo on the building. Let’s go inside and see what’s happening!

Here we are at the bar and there’s the menu for our weekly luncheon treats!

Tyra was the pretty woman working behind the bar and I love her Valentine’s Day crown she has on!

Here she is delivering our drinks with a beautiful smile and she took our luncheon order. Now it’s time for me to take some photos while the aforementioned lunch is being prepared.

There’s a shot of the bar from the end of it and some of the inventory on display behind it.

There’s a dining area directly opposite the bar with tables and chairs.

And there’s more dining tables on the other side of the room. There’s a painting of jazz music, which is featured live here occasionally at night.

Meanwhile, back at the bar, Dave came out to say hi to us! Great to see him again!

And our lunch is starting to appear at the bar. We started out with an order of Buffalo Wings and they were a spicy and perfectly seasoned treat!

Then our main courses appeared! I got the lobster special and Bob got the tacos.

There’s Bob enjoying his lunch, he said the tacos were a tasty selection!

I got a side of the Dirty Rice and it was delicious!

The lobster was rich and so tasty. The food here is outstanding!

Tremayne, who owns the place came out and said hi and it was great to see him!

Tremayne gave us a complimentary order of the Cajun Duck Patties with a Sweet Chili Bourbon Sause. These were so tasty and you definitely should stop by and check this place out!

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