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this was a beauty growing up in LA. the west hollywood, original location only. my godmother lived on hacienda, went there all the time from about 16 on. barney's beanery
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Your Neighborhood Dive Bar (1 Viewer)
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nirad3
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El Floppo
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Don't know this one...good to hear. felt like they're all gone, but I certainly don't go out as much and when in hells kitchen I go to our friends place, Perdition which isn't divey or fancy, just neighborhoody. My hood has gotten goofy. 3bars in my building, one of them is a poser dive bar- opened a few years back and hired people to add graffiti and style it to look run down. The rest of the spots are lined with TV's catering to the hordes of millennial Bros who want to watch sports with their Bros. Used to go to the Mars Bar, which was almost too divey with junkies looking to pull any stunt they could so you always had to have your head on a swivel.
And yeah...mcsorleys is fun as a nice dive into history for tourists, but not a spot I'd ever actually go to.
That's good to hear. Those plus the Deuce aka 2Am club, are bound to have all the people I grew up with still hanging out there.
Epic Problem
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They call me by name. The beer’s on the bar before my ### hits the stool.
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Ron Swanson
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Take_The_Shot
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Slammers in Columbus, OH.
My current girlfriend and I had our first date there on a random Wednesday night simply because it was right across the street from my apartment and we just wanted a casual place to grab a beer. We ended up walking into a drag show and had a blast. We never thought to look to see if it was a lesbian bar, but it most certainly is. Been back numerous times and still don't get that vibe. Have since moved to the burbs so we don't frequent it as much, but when we do we get the "Hey where have you guys been!?"
They have delicious pizza as well, especially after a night of drinking.
My current girlfriend and I had our first date there on a random Wednesday night simply because it was right across the street from my apartment and we just wanted a casual place to grab a beer. We ended up walking into a drag show and had a blast. We never thought to look to see if it was a lesbian bar, but it most certainly is. Been back numerous times and still don't get that vibe. Have since moved to the burbs so we don't frequent it as much, but when we do we get the "Hey where have you guys been!?"
They have delicious pizza as well, especially after a night of drinking.
SaintsInDome2006
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SaintsInDome2006
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LOl, funny I've actually been to 2-3 of these places.
Eephus
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At Thieves in SF, they use a church key to puncture the can top opposite the stay-tab. It's a nice touch that makes it easier to finish a PBR tall boy before it gets all warm and nasty.
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SFBayDuck
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Me too on all of those. Trad'r Sam's was an occasional spot, but Pat O'Sheas was our "sports bar", Ireland's 32 for some music, and Bitter End almost every week for trivia night. Final Final was the other sports bar and where we went after softball games in the Presidio.
And Toronado is it's own category. Incredible beer selection, and that sausage place next door for some accompanying grub. And if "Dive Dance Clubs" was a thing, Nicky's BBQ across the street would be the model.
SFBayDuck
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Oh yeah, forgot The Deuce. Don't get there much (or any of these places anymore), but that's a good one.
Drunken knight
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I do not believe so, but not certain. The one in SF has been around since the early 80's.
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wikkidpissah
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That one guy
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Pre child, and since closed unfortunately, there was a dive near UCF a group of us would frequent. They almost always had a "DJ", though he never did requests and seemingly played everything through YouTube (yeah, complete with ads); we flooded him with requests, Wheels On The Bus, Jesus Loves The Little Children, to the most vulgar rap/rock we could think of. It pissed him off. Also, they had one of those juke boxes that you could pay/play through an app. My good buddy ALWAYS puts in Wham's Careless Whispers whenever we find a juke box and it is absolutely hilarious to watch the atmosphere of a bar go full confusion when that song starts. Anywho, the main bartender, big red head with red beard, hated that song with a passion. Shot us the ugliest looks each time it started, stormed out the bar a few times, it was just too much fun. Well, because the app allowed you to select and play from your phone, you could actually start up Careless Whispers as you're driving by with no need to go in to the bar. We were friends with one of the other bartenders and she'd send texts after we would play the song just because we were near "god dammit! He's angry and looking for you!"
Aside from that it was nothing special, just a bar. Sad to see it go, but most of us are married and with kids, so the shutting down a bar type nights are few and far between
Aside from that it was nothing special, just a bar. Sad to see it go, but most of us are married and with kids, so the shutting down a bar type nights are few and far between
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pollardsvision
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We have a place called the Stadium Inn (it's right beside the minor league baseball stadium).
It's a pretty interesting place. Always packed, huge breakfast crowd even. They are trying to find the right balance of keep the old-timers happy (and there's a bunch) while getting a younger crowd too (college close by).
It's going to be tough. I don't go there for one reason.....it's still a smoking bar. There is technically a non-smoking section, but it's a tiny little 3x3, phonebooth sized addition they added on with window AC unit. 20 years ago, I could do it, but not anymore. I've only been a few times, and I'd forgotten how awful it was to bask in cigarette smoke for a few hours then feel like you have to throw out whatever you were wearing that night.
I don't know enough about the business to know if the regulars would keep coming if they couldn't smoke. I suspect they could make it (and at some point, I suspect it'll be the only way to make it), but I'm not sure if the owner would even try to make that change.
It's a pretty interesting place. Always packed, huge breakfast crowd even. They are trying to find the right balance of keep the old-timers happy (and there's a bunch) while getting a younger crowd too (college close by).
It's going to be tough. I don't go there for one reason.....it's still a smoking bar. There is technically a non-smoking section, but it's a tiny little 3x3, phonebooth sized addition they added on with window AC unit. 20 years ago, I could do it, but not anymore. I've only been a few times, and I'd forgotten how awful it was to bask in cigarette smoke for a few hours then feel like you have to throw out whatever you were wearing that night.
I don't know enough about the business to know if the regulars would keep coming if they couldn't smoke. I suspect they could make it (and at some point, I suspect it'll be the only way to make it), but I'm not sure if the owner would even try to make that change.
shadrap
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Pioneer in Cut Bank, MT. One pool table & a long stand up bar with a wooden railing to rest your foot on.. Poker room in the back partitioned off with 1/2 glass so you can watch the players. No limit poker-house takes 10% on all buy ins. Bottle of Bud used to be $1.00. Now it's $2.25. A bum tried to beg a drink off me at the bar. Bartender reached across & knocked him out with a blackjack to the side of his head. Then drug him out & deposited him on the sidewalk. Very quiet respectful bar but god forbid you start something because plenty of ranchers & oil field hands that will finish it. Not many women there, but the ones that were=guaranteed lucky. Only lived there a year but I still miss it.
Ilov80s
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Hermanns in Plymouth is my spot for 12+ years but it’s no dive. Kind of expensive for what it is really but it’s that personal touch that makes it well worth always returning too. Everyone knows me and my friends. No matter how busy it is, I’ll always jump immediately to the top of the waiting list for a table. Every once and awhile the owner will send over free drinks,
RIP Howells of Dearborn. The GOAT of Michigan dive bars since WW2. Anyone that’s worked at Ford Motor knew that place very well.
RIP Howells of Dearborn. The GOAT of Michigan dive bars since WW2. Anyone that’s worked at Ford Motor knew that place very well.
Sebowski
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wikkidpissah
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Gotta give a shoutout to my only corner bar - The Back Door Lounge (RIP) in Sparks Nev. I always avoided having a spot of me own cuz my grandfather became a notorious sot after he lost his wife and worked all jernts of Blue Hill Ave for tabs & trouble to the extent that me Ma was relieved to be finally orphaned of his embarrassments and her every tale about him was cautionary. But my wife was a barhound, Reno was a 24-hr town and the bartender at the Back Door (a name which scared off a lot of noobs thinking it was a gay bar, but came from being an easy place to ditch a date) was God's Ugliest Angel - Kelly, a toadstool of a gal with a penchant for public sex, but the only person in creation besides me who could handle my Scary Mary. Turned out to be a great place, popular among lounge musicians (inc. a lovely gal who gave me my youngest son after Mary died, and a guitar player who looked like Scatman Crothers who conspired w the former to get me back performing in public after 25 yrs of stagefright) coming off casino shifts & dart shooters and even the morning alcoholics were nice. But Kelly was key - my dying darling was interested in little more than terror on nights she was able to manage her way out of the house, but Kelly was brilliant at keeping a lid on it, cooling the marks when Mary got out of hand and knowing when & when not to call me at work (which had already been forced to be tolerant of the vagaries of my wife's illness in many other ways) and saved my bacon so many i times i sent her birthday flowers for all the years after i left Reno til she passed herself.
The Back Door was noteable for two occasional regular clients. Bear, a fellow who lived in the Humboldt Mts of Nev with a lioness (who i met and who he claimed to be conjugal with) cuz he hated people but loved to party and entrusted his fiery manner to us 3-4 times a year (he eventually beat a guy to death with a shovel in a barfight a couple years after the Back Door closed) and the gal i wrote up in my story thread here a decade ago as HOLIDAY GIRL, a former coke whore who'd married a rich guy and settled down but who, for some reason, broke free from the lame & tame on the Sunday nights of all the smaller Holiday weekends (Columbus, Veteran's, MLK, President's) and took whichever gent(s) could get her highest on a trip 'round her world. Great place....
The Back Door was noteable for two occasional regular clients. Bear, a fellow who lived in the Humboldt Mts of Nev with a lioness (who i met and who he claimed to be conjugal with) cuz he hated people but loved to party and entrusted his fiery manner to us 3-4 times a year (he eventually beat a guy to death with a shovel in a barfight a couple years after the Back Door closed) and the gal i wrote up in my story thread here a decade ago as HOLIDAY GIRL, a former coke whore who'd married a rich guy and settled down but who, for some reason, broke free from the lame & tame on the Sunday nights of all the smaller Holiday weekends (Columbus, Veteran's, MLK, President's) and took whichever gent(s) could get her highest on a trip 'round her world. Great place....
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Jedi Knight
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Absolutely LOVE dive bars!! Best place to find "real" people.
I used to frequent the "A-Frame" in Satellite Beach, FL when I was growing up. Two pool tables and their Wet Beef sandwiches were awesome. I joined the pool league on their team and got to know all the dive bars in Melbourne area:
The Hustler
Crooked Elbow
Bishops
Rick's Oak Tree
There were a few more, but those stood out. The A Frame was demolished several years back, but still look back on it fondly. One other one to mention:
Sebastion Beach Inn. Located on the beach, just north of Sebastion Inlet. If you drank 4 of their signature Bahama Mama drinks, you got to write your name on the wall...or ceiling. Live bands every week-end, I got wasted quite a few times there. After a quick internet check, it looks like it's more "restauranty" now, instead of a true bar atmosphere. Maybe one day I'll check it out again.
I don't have a favorite here in Palm Coast. I hang out at the Cue Note 'cause it's the best place to play pool. Plus, I can get 5 beers for $12. Hard to beat. Poor Walt's is nearby-but sucks. The Beer House in Bunell is also nearby and I like it pretty good. There are a few more, but I haven't had a chance to check them out yet.
I used to frequent the "A-Frame" in Satellite Beach, FL when I was growing up. Two pool tables and their Wet Beef sandwiches were awesome. I joined the pool league on their team and got to know all the dive bars in Melbourne area:
The Hustler
Crooked Elbow
Bishops
Rick's Oak Tree
There were a few more, but those stood out. The A Frame was demolished several years back, but still look back on it fondly. One other one to mention:
Sebastion Beach Inn. Located on the beach, just north of Sebastion Inlet. If you drank 4 of their signature Bahama Mama drinks, you got to write your name on the wall...or ceiling. Live bands every week-end, I got wasted quite a few times there. After a quick internet check, it looks like it's more "restauranty" now, instead of a true bar atmosphere. Maybe one day I'll check it out again.
I don't have a favorite here in Palm Coast. I hang out at the Cue Note 'cause it's the best place to play pool. Plus, I can get 5 beers for $12. Hard to beat. Poor Walt's is nearby-but sucks. The Beer House in Bunell is also nearby and I like it pretty good. There are a few more, but I haven't had a chance to check them out yet.
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Eephus
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Nickies is a pretty run-of-the-mill sports bar these days. It's OK for overflow if the Mad Dog is too crowded but the days of dancing to Afrobeat in the back room are long gone.
Northern Voice
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The Historic Red Dog
It's a decent live music venue and on those nights it attracts a more college/university crowd but on other days, it's a classic dive bar.
To be a true dive bar in Canada, you must stock Labatt 50 or Molson Stock Ale. This place has both on tap.
The fact that it's both a hangout for old alcoholics and a concert venues makes for interesting times. One time I was there around 8 PM and an old guy was (literally) fall of his stool drunk. He was obviously a regular and the bartender called his daughter to come pick him up. She walked in like it was nothing and just yelled out "Come on Rick, time for the kids to have their fun". It was cool.
Last time I was there the guy in front of me ordered a 50 (of course) and the tap emptied partway through his pour. His immediate response, "#### it, fill the rest with Stock Ale, I don't care". It was the Canada dive bar experience.
To the point earlier re:craft beer, this place makes a token attempt (for concert nights, I guess) with three taps from a local brewery but they're almost never actually available and if they are, the bartender has no idea what the beers actually are on those taps. It's frustrating as a craft beer drinker but also kind of endearing. I can always just say "#### it, give me a stock ale" if I have to
It's a decent live music venue and on those nights it attracts a more college/university crowd but on other days, it's a classic dive bar.
To be a true dive bar in Canada, you must stock Labatt 50 or Molson Stock Ale. This place has both on tap.
The fact that it's both a hangout for old alcoholics and a concert venues makes for interesting times. One time I was there around 8 PM and an old guy was (literally) fall of his stool drunk. He was obviously a regular and the bartender called his daughter to come pick him up. She walked in like it was nothing and just yelled out "Come on Rick, time for the kids to have their fun". It was cool.
Last time I was there the guy in front of me ordered a 50 (of course) and the tap emptied partway through his pour. His immediate response, "#### it, fill the rest with Stock Ale, I don't care". It was the Canada dive bar experience.
To the point earlier re:craft beer, this place makes a token attempt (for concert nights, I guess) with three taps from a local brewery but they're almost never actually available and if they are, the bartender has no idea what the beers actually are on those taps. It's frustrating as a craft beer drinker but also kind of endearing. I can always just say "#### it, give me a stock ale" if I have to
Sebowski
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Awesome! Has your neighbor always owned t? Is he the Gene Simmons looking guy that hovers around? I met a hero of mine there around 1995, Joey Ramone. I went to his annual festival for unsigned punk bands. I'm standing in the crowd and someone steps on my foot. I'm all "WTF!" and the "oh sit! It's Joey Ramone!" He apologized then talked to me for like 20mins. Awesome freaking dude.
What's your current place @Walking Boot ? If I'm ever traveling nearby, I'll buy you a beer.Walking Boot said:
El Floppo
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He's owned it a long time. Not sure that long... Yeah, a bit Gene Simmonsish.
Haven't been there in decades. My kid does school of Rock, and they always play their gigs at local EVil spots...I asked him recently if he'd be interested in doing it too- good way for a bar/club to fill up on a weekend midday. He told me they haven't had live music in years.
Ron Swanson
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Sebowski
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El Floppo
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Wait...waht!?Damn! It's closing down. That sucks.
I didn't enema read the article- had no idea. Well, the neighborhood definitely needs a new tapas joint or luxury condos.
Jedi Knight
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Yeah. it's pretty much a blue collar town on the other side of 95. You weren't thinking of Palm Beach, were you? That's wayyyy different.I had no idea there were any "real" people in Palm Coast.
shadrap
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wonder how many people here know the meaning of 86ed? I have been once but don't know why it's called that.
Mister CIA
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I'd move somewhere more dog-friendly, tbh.Eephus said:
Eephus
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