Shortcut to Cocktails at Pagan Idol

We spent time in the city last Saturday looking at the various Pride light displays and also getting our steps in ahead of our vacation to the British Isles starting next week. We did walk quite a ways, ending at the Ferry Building, but we did stop for a breather on the way back to the car by rolling into Pagan Idol at around 10:30. We’d been to Pagan Idol a couple times on the weekends over the past two years and it was not crowded, but it was anything but calm on this visit with people two or three deep at the front bar and plenty of people standing around. Seeing only one bartender on shift at the front bar, I guessed correctly there might be two stations in the back room. As I got into the line to order, two young ladies were ahead of me but they couldn’t figure out what to order, so the bartender leaned over and asked me what I wanted and of course I was ready. Otherwise, you shouldn’t be approaching the bartender when it is busy, right everyone? Our drinks were pretty good, two…