Those of you who follow these posts regularly, may have noticed that my friend and weekly guest star, Jim/Vern Danico was absent last week. Well, that’s because something exciting happened for him and we’re going to be making an announcement about that in a couple of minutes.

So keep on scrolling to see that announcement, as Jim returns and we head out to Oz’z Bar & Grill in Creve Coeur, Illinois!

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Bar Number 96: Oz’z Bar & Grill, Thursday, April 16, 2026

There he is, back in all his glory, Jim/Vern Damico behind the wheel steering us to Oz’z Bar Grill in Creve Coeur, Illinois.

So where was he last week? Well, I’ll try and keep this somewhat long story as short as I can: Last week Jim broke off some teeth while eating potato chips. And no, you did not read that wrong and even I can’t make this shit up! Jim had a senior potato chip moment that left him toothless after eating some potato chips, so he’s been on a steady diet of Gerber’s Baby Food ever since.

The other week he was purchasing his weekly supply of the saucy baby food and a Gerber’s promotions person happened to see him buying the baby food. This person approached Jim and listened to his somewhat sad story about how he was now on a steady diet of Gerber’s Baby Food as a toothless senior citizen.

One thing led to another and Jim now has the good fortune to be the spokesman for Senior Citizens Eating Gerber’s Baby Food! That’s what he was busy with last week and why he couldn’t join us.

This is such exciting news and the first print ad just came out and Gerber’s gave me permission to put it on the blog and here it is…

Wow! This is just so cool!

Congratulations, Jim! I’m proud to know the new Senior Citizen Gerber’s Spokesman!

(We now return to our regularly scheduled program, already in progress.)

Here’s we are at Oz’z Bar & Grill in Creve Coeur Illinois, sometimes affectionately referred to as “Crevetucky.”

Let’s go in and see what’s happening.

Wow, this is one long and winding bar in here! There’s Jim/Vern at the end of it where we decided to settle in for the evening.

April was the lovely bartender on duty and here she is serving me up an ice-cold can of Pabst with a pretty smile. We’re off to a fantastic start in here!

There’s Jim/Vern at his seat at the end of this long and winding bar!

We were going to order dinner, but April said they had just sold out of their inventory of Gerber’s Baby Food. She said an 87-year-old couple had just had their dinner and cleaned them out of their baby food supply. So we just decided to have drinks for the evening. Cheers!

As you can see, this is a well-stocked bar and they are ready to serve you any kind of drink you can imagine!

There’s the Thirsty Thursday Drink specials and it’s Open Mic night tonight! We’ll see some of the musician’s participating in this musical evening soon!

They also have a sign listing the live music happening in here. The first show is tonight with the Plastic Green Army Men.

There’s a gaming room directly behind the bar if you’re feeling lucky. Well, do ya punk?

Tables and chairs line the wall opposte the bar and there’s the first band opening up tonight’s Open Mic night. They sounded fantastic!

They have two beer gardens here and this one has a party bus where you can sit in next to the patio out here. Very nice!

Meanwhile, back inside, John E. Taylor has taken over the Open Mic stage and he’s an amazing guitarist. He put on a fabulous one man show for everyone!