Paducah

It's been several years since we've been to Paducah so we decided to go there yesterday instead of our normal Cape get away. 
We got there around 11:40 and went to Dry Ground Brewery, only to find out it doesn't open until noon on Saturdays?  We drove around a little to blow some time and get a sense of where we were in relation to other places we wanted to go.  Rather uneventful other than almost turning the wrong way down a one way street.  Once we got back to the brewery and I was surprised to see they had doppelbock on tap but it was 8.5% ABV.  I decided to go ahead and have one and the Glue had a kolsch.  Both beers were ok but got a little old by the time we were getting to the bottom of the glass.  The brewery was kind of so so but on their walk in frig they had a wide variety of bumper stickers and had glued bottle caps on top of it which I enjoyed looking at.
We went down to the riverfront municipal parking lot and were going to walk to our next stop which was Paducah Beer Werks but we had a person tell us it was too far to walk.  We went back to the car and drove to it which ended up only being about three blocks.  We both had their Irish Red and ordered an order of pepperoni chips to try.  I really like the Red and the chips were ok but I think they would have been better a little thicker.  We had a mot excellent hostess/waiter who was a joy to watch.  They also told us we could leave our car in their lot while we walked around.
Next stop was an old stand by, the Silver Bullet which is probably the definition of dive bar.  Worst part is they still allow smoking.  After a quick beer we headed to our next stop which was JP's.  They had an enclosed outside area and we got a seat at the bar where we were also in the sun which was nice.  We both had a lager but I don't remember the name of it, it was good though.  Talked to the couple next to us who were from Fort Knox and checking out different places too.  When we left it was time for the rather intoxicated guy at the bar to talk which meant it was time to finish up and get out.
We walked around the old part of town a little but the Glue got parched so we stopped in Doe's place to have a quick beer.  We both had an Amber but again I can't remember what brewery though it was also good.  In talking to a couple who were leaving we found the guy was familiar with carbondale and the bartender had gone to school at SIU so it was enjoyable talking to them.
At this point it was time to head back to our car and got to Fat Ed's in Metropolis which was the main reason for going down there.  The Glue had been wanting some of their peel and eat shrimp for a while.  We ordered 12 wings and a pork kabob to get us ready for the ride home.  Both were ok but nothing special, we should have got the wing sauce on the side.  We'd also ordered 24 shrimp to go for when we got home.
I took the back roads out of Metropolis and we weaved our way home where Otis was more than ready to see us.  The shrimp was very good but Fat Ed's cocktail sauce is awesome.
Overall a very enjoyable day with that stirred some old memories of previous visits there.  My favorite places were Paducah Beer Werks and Fat Ed's with JP's not very far behind.