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Eight of my friends and I had dinner last night at Bloodhound, a new restaurant and bar in Auburn, located where the Olde Auburn Ale House used to be. The building was originally built in 1937 to house Auburn’s first newspaper, the Auburn Bulletin, and retains a lot of the charm that some of the other, more modernized downtown buildings lack. We arrived around seven, and even though it was pouring rain outside, there was already a large crowd at the restaurant and we were told there was a 45 minute wait. To Bloodhound’s credit, the extremely friendly staff brought us free drinks and homemade pork skins as we stood in the lobby talking and waiting for a table. Soon a large-enough table was ready, and we walked into the main dining area, with its long community-style picnic table and bar, both made of reclaimed local cedar trees. I have …