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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Boom Roasted on January 24, 2013, 10:25:01 AM
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What is your favorite dive bar? How often do you stop in and what kind of cheap booze deals do they have? While in college it was The Lou for my group of buddies, stop in for a can of Busch Light on a Tuesday night and do a little people watching.
My favorites in KC include the following
Shooters is our most frequented since it's closest to home. $12 towers all the time & karaoke Thursdays http://www.theweeklydive.com/2008/09/shooters-kansas-city-mo.html
Chip Shot http://chipshotkc.tripod.com/ Great pork tenderloin sandwhich
Zoo Bar (cash only)
Mods move if there is another thread but I couldnt find one.
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Not a fan.
Prefer nice places that have nice TV's and good beer or other drinks.
Side story: had an OSU fan working in my office about 7yrs ago. He was going to a concert near my home town and asked what the best bar would be to prepak at. I gave him the absolute worst bar in that area that was super shitty, dirty, and disgusting. The next day I expected some butthurt from him but instead he wouldn't shut up about how awesome the bar was. Pfft.
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Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
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I'm pretty sure that if a bar is in aggieville it's disqualified from being a dive. :dunno:
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I'm pretty sure that if a bar is in aggieville it's disqualified from being a dive. :dunno:
The Lou is not disqualified.
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Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
:love:
is that really a dive? i know tons of people that love that place. what qualifies as a dive bar?
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Manhattan: Was Rocky Ford Tavern (R.I.P.).
Topeka: Seabrook Tavern
Lawrence: Harbor Lights (Was Shanego before it closed/moved or whatever).
KC: Key Hole Tavern
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Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
:love:
is that really a dive? i know tons of people that love that place. what qualifies as a dive bar?
No capital improvements since 1994.
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There are lots of so-called "dive bars" here but they still all charge $5 for a beer.
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Manhattan: Was Rocky Ford Tavern (R.I.P.).
Topeka: Seabrook Tavern now known as Speck's.
Lawrence: Harbor Lights (Was Shanego before it closed/moved or whatever).
KC: Key Hole Tavern
I used to go to the 20's club in the Brookwood shopping center (Topeka) every once in a while. A stranger pulled a gun on me one night because I wouldn't let him crash at my place. I've never been back.
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Harling's - $2 for absolutely anything, all the time. cash only of course.
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Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
:love:
is that really a dive? i know tons of people that love that place. what qualifies as a dive bar?
Not sure there is a set standard but ones that comes to mind:
Fairly Small
Has regulars
Not much of a staff (1 or 2 bartenders and maybe a waitress if they serve food)
Cheap booze
Would not stick out wearing sweats/shorts
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Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
:love:
is that really a dive? i know tons of people that love that place. what qualifies as a dive bar?
Not sure there is a set standard but ones that comes to mind:
Fairly Small
Has regulars
Not much of a staff (1 or 2 bartenders and maybe a waitress if they serve food)
Cheap booze
Would not stick out wearing sweats/shorts
Also no capital improvements since 1994.
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Guys, if you want someplace that is super informal and much less expensive than other places, have friends over to your home.
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Guys, if you want someplace that is super informal and much less expensive than other places, have friends over to your home.
what about a place where me and my friends can throw up without having to clean it up later
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Bobby Bakers
Swagger
Key Hole
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I loved going to the old (original?) Dutch Goose in Topeka when visiting our state's capital, is it gone?
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Guys, if you want someplace that is super informal and much less expensive than other places, have friends over to your home.
what about a place where me and my friends can throw up without having to clean it up later
Somebody else's home.
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Guys, if you want someplace that is super informal and much less expensive than other places, have friends over to your home.
what about a place where me and my friends can throw up without having to clean it up later
I always throw up on outside bushes and flowers. Good fertilizer.
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I loved going to the old (original?) Dutch Goose in Topeka when visiting our state's capital, is it gone?
Yup. The Goose is still there featuring Caitlin, the drunkest waitress/bartender in Topeka. There's another place called The Back Door right off 6th and MacVicar that I've been to a few times but it's even worse than a dive bar. Like, bad bartenders and disgusting bathrooms. But the people inside are still friendly.
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Guys, if you want someplace that is super informal and much less expensive than other places, have friends over to your home.
No people watching, random conversations with regulars, pool and darts, karoake, juke box, fillies, etc. Having friends over isn't much different than a normal tuesday night watching some tv.
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Yup. The Goose is still there featuring Caitlin, the drunkest waitress/bartender in Topeka. There's another place called The Back Door right off 6th and MacVicar that I've been to a few times but it's even worse than a dive bar. Like, bad bartenders and disgusting bathrooms. But the people inside are still friendly.
Is that the one across from the newish kwik shop? Weird place, lots of nasty bras hanging from their ceiling fans, which are of course covered in dust.
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I'm pretty sure that if a bar is in aggieville it's disqualified from being a dive. :dunno:
the opposite is true. every bar in aggieville is a dive.
the best dive bar in KC is DB Coopers, by a long shot. not anything close, except maybe Caddyshack. and their gourmet pizza kind of prevents them from being a dive.
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Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
Closed :embarrassed:
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The Biting Sow in OKC
:hotdog/bbqbeef:
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the opposite is true. every bar in aggieville is a dive.
the best dive bar in KC is DB Coopers, by a long shot. not anything close, except maybe Caddyshack. and their gourmet pizza kind of prevents them from being a dive.
"I'm 'clams, if it's not on the plaza it's a dive." :jerk:
It seems to me that a dive wouldn't have a customer base that primarily consisted of college kids three-four nights a week.
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the opposite is true. every bar in aggieville is a dive.
the best dive bar in KC is DB Coopers, by a long shot. not anything close, except maybe Caddyshack. and their gourmet pizza kind of prevents them from being a dive.
"I'm 'clams, if it's not on the plaza it's a dive." :jerk:
It seems to me that a dive wouldn't have a customer base that primarily consisted of college kids three-four nights a week.
there are dives in the plaza. hell, I'd say the falloon was a borderline dive.
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Caddyshack .... their gourmet pizza kind of prevents them from being a dive.
Oh, it's gourmet now, huh? Not Casey's-General-Store-y?
Unbelievable.
Redfront and 403 Club are probably my faves for what I would consider a dive.
Really want to check out this new location too.
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the opposite is true. every bar in aggieville is a dive.
the best dive bar in KC is DB Coopers, by a long shot. not anything close, except maybe Caddyshack. and their gourmet pizza kind of prevents them from being a dive.
"I'm 'clams, if it's not on the plaza it's a dive." :jerk:
It seems to me that a dive wouldn't have a customer base that primarily consisted of college kids three-four nights a week.
there are dives in the plaza. hell, I'd say the falloon was a borderline dive.
i would agree if we were talking about before they re-did it. i don't think you remember how much he cleaned up the place. a marble bar, polished/stamped/stained concrete floors, etc kind of take it out of any dive bar discussion.
there's a really just one dive on the plaza, specifically Fred P Otts, with Tom Fooleries falling into sd's borderline dive category.
not sure where metalhead's angst comes from, but my point was that aggieville is rough ridin' sewer. there's nice places in aggieville, unbunch your thong.
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Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
Closed :embarrassed:
STFU! IS THIS TRUE??!?!?!!!111
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Caddyshack .... their gourmet pizza kind of prevents them from being a dive.
Oh, it's gourmet now, huh? Not Casey's-General-Store-y?
Unbelievable.
i posted that in hopes that you'd see it :cool:
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I agree, aggieville is not a classy area. However, I'd say that hardly any of those bars qualify as "dives". I must have a different definition of a dive bar than the rest of you, though.
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" It was closed for awhile when it caught fire, but its open now. Was just there on Sunday." <---- this just in, regarding Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
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If you go out on the Plaza every weekend then yea Aggieville is probably a bunch of dives to you. But jokes on you and you're the dumbass paying $6/beer, dumbass
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I agree, aggieville is not a classy area. However, I'd say that hardly any of those bars qualify as "dives". I must have a different definition of a dive bar than the rest of you, though.
^dive bar elitist
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When I think dive bar:
Fairly small; namesake of this board on the larger end.
No food or extremely limited menu (popcorn/bar nuts/chips & dip/pickled eggs/pizza slices)
Regulars are a must
Older construction / parts in disrepair
TV's are few and far between, not a main attraction
Dimmer lighting, but not in a club sort of way, is a plus
Cash bar only is a huge plus, but not a necessity
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When I think dive bar:
Fairly small; namesake of this board on the larger end.
No food or extremely limited menu (popcorn/bar nuts/chips & dip/pickled eggs/pizza slices)
Regulars are a must
Older construction / parts in disrepair
TV's are few and far between, not a main attraction
Dimmer lighting, but not in a club sort of way, is a plus
Cash bar only is a huge plus, but not a necessity
Harling's passes all these tests with flying colors, with added bonus(es) of not having a sign anywhere, and occasionally pretending the smoking ban does not exist
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oh boy the college kids are coming out in full force to defend their aggieville
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Harling's passes all these tests with flying colors, with added bonus(es) of not having a sign anywhere, and occasionally pretending the smoking ban does not exist
harlings is without a doubt a dive. the bathrooms, wow.
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I like my dive bars to have a shuffleboard table.
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I agree, aggieville is not a classy area. However, I'd say that hardly any of those bars qualify as "dives". I must have a different definition of a dive bar than the rest of you, though.
I would consider Omalleys, The Lou, Fats, Mae's and Fast Eddies all dives. I would include Pats if they hadn't renovated.
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I agree, aggieville is not a classy area. However, I'd say that hardly any of those bars qualify as "dives". I must have a different definition of a dive bar than the rest of you, though.
I would consider Omalleys, The Lou, Fats, Mae's and Fast Eddies all dives. I would include Pats if they hadn't renovated.
Agreed.
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I agree, aggieville is not a classy area. However, I'd say that hardly any of those bars qualify as "dives". I must have a different definition of a dive bar than the rest of you, though.
I would consider Omalleys, The Lou, Fats, Mae's and Fast Eddies all dives. I would include Pats if they hadn't renovated.
Agreed.
Fast Eddies closed fwiw
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I agree, aggieville is not a classy area. However, I'd say that hardly any of those bars qualify as "dives". I must have a different definition of a dive bar than the rest of you, though.
I would consider Omalleys, The Lou, Fats, Mae's and Fast Eddies all dives. I would include Pats if they hadn't renovated.
Agreed.
Fast Eddies closed fwiw
Do we call it a "dove" now?
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" It was closed for awhile when it caught fire, but its open now. Was just there on Sunday." <---- this just in, regarding Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Caddyshack .... their gourmet pizza kind of prevents them from being a dive.
Oh, it's gourmet now, huh? Not Casey's-General-Store-y?
Unbelievable.
Redfront and 403 Club are probably my faves for what I would consider a dive.
Really want to check out this new location too.
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Good call on Red Front - pretty sure their bar tenders are strippers on their days off. The Quaff might get a dive nod but its huge and serves an extensive menu. Fulfills the cheap drinks with specials and is in 1994 shape
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I like my dive bars to have a shuffleboard table.
love them. the point in kc has one, semi-dive.
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I like my dive bars to have a shuffleboard table.
love them. the point in kc has one, semi-dive.
A game of shuff with some bros at a possible dive bar is great. Really ups the comaraderie and fun level. Two of the dive bars in my hometown have shuffleboard tables. Completely transforms them to good time central HQ.
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Bobby T's a dive? I say just townie bar. Man Bobby T's. Definitely taking the boy there this weekend for some cats basketball watching.
WHOSE IN?
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i like it when dive bars have waitresses/bartenders with great big Godlewskis!
:fatty:
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i like it when dive bars have waitresses/bartenders with great big Godlewskis and kids and tats and stretch marks!
:fatty:
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Yup. The Goose is still there featuring Caitlin, the drunkest waitress/bartender in Topeka. There's another place called The Back Door right off 6th and MacVicar that I've been to a few times but it's even worse than a dive bar. Like, bad bartenders and disgusting bathrooms. But the people inside are still friendly.
Is that the one across from the newish kwik shop? Weird place, lots of nasty bras hanging from their ceiling fans, which are of course covered in dust.
Yeah that's exactly where the Back Door is. As far as bras hanging from dusty ceiling fans, I can't recall but it wouldn't surprise me. Just remembered a group of buds went there after the OU game to celebrate and get Pak'd. I went up to order Slippery Nipple shots for our table and it took the dude forever to make them because he had to look it up in the book. :dubious:
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Manhattan: Auntie Mae's obviously
Lawrence: Sand Bar (now that Shenago is moved)
KC: Peanut on Main or Grinder's you know?
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peanut on main, good call. grinders, i disagree.
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Manhattan: Auntie Mae's obviously
Lawrence: Sand Bar (now that Shenago is moved)
KC: Peanut on Main or Grinder's you know?
This is the only fun thing in lawrence
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Manhattan: Auntie Mae's obviously
Lawrence: Sand Bar (now that Shenago is moved)
KC: Peanut on Main or Grinder's you know?
This is the only fun thing in lawrence
Know the dude that owns that place. He's like 12 feet tall.
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peanut on main, good call. grinders, i disagree.
guy fieri wall art turn you off?
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peanut on main, good call. grinders, i disagree.
guy fieri wall art turn you off?
you are missing the point. take a lap porkchop
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peanut on main, good call. grinders, i disagree.
guy fieri wall art turn you off?
you are missing the point. take a lap porkchop
when there isn't a concert in the back yard, it's a dive, but that just in my opinion.
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Flo's Poke-a-Dot lounge in KCMO.
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Cigar box
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Manhattan: Auntie Mae's obviously
Lawrence: Sand Bar (now that Shenago is moved)
KC: Peanut on Main or Grinder's you know?
This is the only fun thing in lawrence
there are lots of good bars in lawrence, and harbor lights is one of them.
sand bar is not.
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Not all dive bars are cash only, but all cash only bars are dives.
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Manhattan: Was Rocky Ford Tavern (R.I.P.).
omg, how many times we left there friday nights fishtailing with gravel flying I'll never know
surprised we never wrecked on the way back into town
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Not all dive bars are cash only, but all cash only bars are dives.
I went to a cash-only bar this weekend that had someone on top-chef running the kitchen and had a burger with curry aoli on the menu. (You could get it lettuce wrapped if you're gluten-free, of course). I had an Italian panini that had whole garlic cloves and fresh mozzarella and cost $9.
Was that a dive bar?
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I knew some hipster was going to come oppose my post with some obscure bar in the Bay Area as soon as I hit "post".
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I knew some hipster was going to come oppose my post with some obscure bar in the Bay Area as soon as I hit "post".
don't ever deal in absolutes, jakesie. Ever. I also asked you a question - is what I described, a dive bar? This is what it looks like, it also has pretty gross bathrooms:
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what about the Red Front in downtown kc? i've never been there but i think it might be my favorite, just because of the crowd that hangs out in front smoking every day at 5:20 pm.
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You pretty much can't go wrong with any of the dive bars in mission or waldo/brookside.
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I knew some hipster was going to come oppose my post with some obscure bar in the Bay Area as soon as I hit "post".
don't ever deal in absolutes, jakesie. Ever.
I almost never do. I use tons of qualifiers to avoid absolute statements. I just wanted to do it this one time.
I also asked you a question - is what I described, a dive bar? This is what it looks like, it also has pretty gross bathrooms:
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:dunno:
Maybe dive bars are too common for hipsters now, so they're moving on to borderline dive bars. I've never heard of a bar like you described or seen one like in that picture.
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dark horse in westport.
dive? no dive? either way, i love it.
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Maybe dive bars are too common for hipsters now, so they're moving on to borderline dive bars. I've never heard of a bar like you described or seen one like in that picture.
I think it's too expensive to have a real dive bar in SF. But lots of places try because it's what the fake hipsters want. JMO.
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Maybe dive bars are too common for hipsters now, so they're moving on to borderline dive bars. I've never heard of a bar like you described or seen one like in that picture.
I think it's too expensive to have a real dive bar in SF. But lots of places try because it's what the fake hipsters want. JMO.
i went to some crazy small patriots/red sox bar. it was very divey.
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The Buccaneer in San Fran (Russian Hill) was a great dive. Got really weird there one night.
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This is an interesting concept because hipsters seemingly wouldn't want to go to a dive bar that hipsters go to because how can a bar be divey enough if it has hipsters in it? Yet, as soon as a hipster sets foot in any bar, that bar has hipsters in it. Going to a dive bar is like an impossible dream. Or like trying to catch the perfect wave, perhaps.
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peanut on main, good call. grinders, i disagree.
guy fieri wall art turn you off?
well, i've never noticed the art you're referring to. just seems like the 8 foot panel windows in the front and the back of the place that keep the inside of the place as bright as the sun, with the fact that their food is well regarded by just about everyone, they do a ton of micro/craft beer, and the place is pretty damn clean, would disqualify it. but don't let my perspective jade your very odd idea of what a dive bar is.
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The Laundra-bar, in Topeka, is hands down the diviest of dives. The bar is attached to a laundromat. Seriously, you have to walk through the laundromat to enter the bar.
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Key hole is a great one.
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Key hole is a great one.
Yep. I'm told that Limestone and I have had some good times in there.
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If Dark Horse didn't have that front part it'd be a dive for sure.
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The Laundra-bar, in Topeka, is hands down the diviest of dives. The bar is attached to a laundromat. Seriously, you have to walk through the laundromat to enter the bar.
This is a great one. I used to work at the coffee shop next door to it. My high school self had some crazy run-ins with the drunk white trash that frequented The Laundro-Bar.
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The red ballon
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my favorite dive bar ever and home to the place that i once bought jerk chicken out of a car just after midnight. closed. sometimes this world is just tough to make sense of. :frown:
pretty accurate visions of the place-
http://ftlcollective.com/2011/04/a-damn-shame-pirate-bar-is-closed/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cEbzGa3aAs
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This is a great one. I used to work at the coffee shop next door to it. My high school self had some crazy run-ins with the drunk white trash that frequented The Laundro-Bar.
THE WORLD CUP!!! Jakesie, where did you go to high school?
I've had some interesting Sunday fundays at the laundra-bar. My roommate, in undergrad, and I used to make a once a month trip to wash bedding (our wash and dryer sucked).
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The Laundra-bar, in Topeka, is hands down the diviest of dives. The bar is attached to a laundromat. Seriously, you have to walk through the laundromat to enter the bar.
This is a great one. I used to work at the coffee shop next door to it. My high school self had some crazy run-ins with the drunk white trash that frequented The Laundro-Bar.
did my laundry twice there when i lived across from washburn.
it was famed in the construction-trash element because it was the first bar in town to open, so they would go there if there was a rain day or something.
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The red ballon
oh man, yes.
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what about the Red Front in downtown kc? i've never been there but i think it might be my favorite, just because of the crowd that hangs out in front smoking every day at 5:20 pm.
its fantastic
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The red ballon
oh man, yes.
Holy crap yes, The Red Balloon. Off 75th and I-35 right? My brother took me there once and i aged a few years before leaving. We needed night goggles just to see while inside. Each beer was served in an iced over mug that weighed about 20 pounds, but only held 12 ounces. Conway Twitty was playing on a loop in the background. And the constant noise of billiard balls crackling in the background.
Loved me some Red Balloon.
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Manhattan: Auntie Mae's obviously
Lawrence: Sand Bar (now that Shenago is moved)
KC: Peanut on Main or Grinder's you know?
Vehemently disagree that Mae's is a dive bar. If you say it is, then you're not a true drinker.
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Johnnies on 7th in KCK. Drinks are dirt cheap ($1.50 domestic draws every night), owner is a regular bartender, small shuffleboard, foosball table, 2 dartboards, free stale popcorn from a nasty popcorn maker. Plus the music isn't blaring loud. It's heaven
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Yes, bar games are important. Darts, Buck Hunter, Buck Hunter Safari, etc. And jukeboxes are a big indication, too.
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Jerry's Bait Shop in Lenexa
Closed :embarrassed:
STFU! IS THIS TRUE??!?!?!!!111
Is the Lee's Summit location closed as well? I like(d) that one better than the Lenexa one. Their pizza is (was) very good.
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In Wichita, I like the Shamrock and the Oasis. The Lou used to be a real crap but I haven't been there in ages and I think they've remodeled or something.
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Bobby T's Dive bar pak Saturday?
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This is an interesting concept because hipsters seemingly wouldn't want to go to a dive bar that hipsters go to because how can a bar be divey enough if it has hipsters in it? Yet, as soon as a hipster sets foot in any bar, that bar has hipsters in it. Going to a dive bar is like an impossible dream. Or like trying to catch the perfect wave, perhaps.
I think most of them probably just pull it off by not being self-aware.
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Bobby T's Dive bar pak Saturday?
it's by my aunts house, want me to invite her?
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Bobby T's Dive bar pak Saturday?
Will KK's K make an appearance as previously stated?
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Bobby T's Dive bar pak Saturday?
Will KK's K make an appearance as previously stated?
Used to live in the apartments behind there. Didn't seem very divey to me. Had good/cheap tacos though so I'll allow it.
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is # of work trucks in the parking lot a good indication of dive-yness?
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is # of work trucks in the parking lot a good indication of dive-yness?
That factor wouldn't hurt!!
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is # of work trucks in the parking lot a good indication of dive-yness?
Not necessarily. IMO, they keys are (1) how many bumper stickers are on the trucks, whether they're on the bumpers or not; (2) how many CB antennas are on the trucks (yes, I hear people still do CB's, just like some hunt for beanbag chairs at yard sales), and (3) how many of them have mini license plates in the back cab windows with the names of the driver and passenger, like Bud and Sissy in Urban Cowboy? (OK, I watched Urban Cowboy the other day while pak'd...sorry).
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is # of work trucks in the parking lot a good indication of dive-yness?
Not necessarily. IMO, they keys are (1) how many bumper stickers are on the trucks, whether they're on the bumpers or not; (2) how many CB antennas are on the trucks (yes, I hear people still do CB's, just like some hunt for beanbag chairs at yard sales), and (3) how many of them have mini license plates in the back cab windows with the names of the driver and passenger, like Bud and Sissy in Urban Cowboy? (OK, I watched Urban Cowboy the other day while pak'd...sorry).
Not trying to be a jerk or anything but the dive bar you're describing sounds like it sucks.
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is # of work trucks in the parking lot a good indication of dive-yness?
Not necessarily. IMO, they keys are (1) how many bumper stickers are on the trucks, whether they're on the bumpers or not; (2) how many CB antennas are on the trucks (yes, I hear people still do CB's, just like some hunt for beanbag chairs at yard sales), and (3) how many of them have mini license plates in the back cab windows with the names of the driver and passenger, like Bud and Sissy in Urban Cowboy? (OK, I watched Urban Cowboy the other day while pak'd...sorry).
Not trying to be a jerk or anything but the dive bar you're describing sounds like it sucks.
Point was this: work trucks don't necessarily signal a dive. Work trucks (or non-work trucks, for that matter) with the characteristics I listed generally indicate a dive. That said, I've thrown a few back in some dives, and probably will again. :drink:
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bones, sit this one out. you're done, son.
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work trucks generally signify a sports bar at 5pm.
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I used to love to go to dive bars. "Hole in the Wall" on Harry Hines in Dallas used to be one of my favorites. Cheap beer and live Blues every weekend. I'm not sure if it's still open.
Had a great time at a bar in SF called International Sports Club. I would call it a dive.
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Red balloon also has Karaoke.
EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK!
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The Laundra-bar, in Topeka, is hands down the diviest of dives. The bar is attached to a laundromat. Seriously, you have to walk through the laundromat to enter the bar.
This is a great one. I used to work at the coffee shop next door to it. My high school self had some crazy run-ins with the drunk white trash that frequented The Laundro-Bar.
did my laundry twice there when i lived across from washburn.
it was famed in the construction-trash element because it was the first bar in town to open, so they would go there if there was a rain day or something.
Chip shot in NKC opens at 6am on Saturdays to get the night shift guys, 7am most other days. We always talk about either trying an all day pak where you start there at 6am and try to go the whole day(realistic 3pm would be good) or you stay out at a 3am bar, then go to foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Musicians_Foundation till 5am, grab some 24hr diner food at the best 24hr place in KC (hayes hamburgers) and then continue at Chip Shot the next morning. Would be a great time with great stories but a horrible hangover
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Red balloon also has Karaoke.
EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK!
I used to go to the Red Balloon. I dated a girl that lived near there and we would go and watch the freaks sing. I love it when people bring their own music and their own props.
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I think this sort of idea is essential to the concept of a dive bar:
Individual bars may be considered to be disreputable, sinister, or even a detriment to the community
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dive_bar
It should be a place that most wives or girlfriends refuse to go to.
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I think this sort of idea is essential to the concept of a dive bar:
Individual bars may be considered to be disreputable, sinister, or even a detriment to the community
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dive_bar
It should be a place that most wives or girlfriends refuse to go to.
I would say finding a girl that would go with you to a dive would be a plus. It's not like you are going to find many reputable fillies there
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peanut on main, good call. grinders, i disagree.
guy fieri wall art turn you off?
well, i've never noticed the art you're referring to. just seems like the 8 foot panel windows in the front and the back of the place that keep the inside of the place as bright as the sun, with the fact that their food is well regarded by just about everyone, they do a ton of micro/craft beer, and the place is pretty damn clean, would disqualify it. but don't let my perspective jade your very odd idea of what a dive bar is.
I guess my criteria for a dive bar would be a local place that has a certain grease ball element. The Peanut on Main's food is well regarded by most. McSorley's in NYC has big windows in front, and I'd most certainly call that a Dive. Same goes for huge windows in Auntie Mae's. I also wouldn't call Grinder's pretty damn clean. I'm pretty sure they just take a wet rag and spread everything around.
But I certainly respect your opinion.
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the peanut is 100x more disgusting/dirty than grinders which negates the fact that they can make a giant chicken wing that people like.
whoever called auntie maes a dive is a mongloid who doesn't know what a dive bar is, so good work using it as an example.
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a dive bar should have a fairly consistent small base of older clientele who mostly walk there.
also, for people going up to ames this weekend that would rather hang out in des moines, here is the best dive bar there and trust me, they have a ton. also, apparently "dive bars" is a category in yelp. ha.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/carls-place-des-moines
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Sure, KK
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ok, last night I went to a place that could be considered a dive bar in Oakland. They had $2 cans of Olympia, I saw a hipster wearing an eyepatch, and the bartender (female) talked about stabbing someone in front of a "yelper". And great wings!
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a dive bar should have a fairly consistent small base of older clientele who mostly walk there.
this is definitely true.
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ok, last night I went to a place that could be considered a dive bar in Oakland. They had $2 cans of Olympia, I saw a hipster wearing an eyepatch, and the bartender (female) talked about stabbing someone in front of a "yelper". And great wings!
i think of a dive bar and some place that has a older clientele who smoke, hunched over while they drink some flavorless domestic beer, a place where you would never consider eating (unless it's a pickled egg) and probably doesn't have a kitchen. there's a jukebox with david allen coe playing, there are a couple of games- maybe a shuffleboard, or a pool table. the place is dark inside. the bathrooms are as bad as anything you've ever seen anywhere.
the eyepatched hipster would have been great though, why no pic?
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i think of a dive bar and some place that has a older clientele who smoke, hunched over while they drink some flavorless domestic beer, a place where you would never consider eating (unless it's a pickled egg) and probably doesn't have a kitchen. there's a jukebox with david allen coe playing, there are a couple of games- maybe a shuffleboard, or a pool table. the place is dark inside. the bathrooms are as bad as anything you've ever seen anywhere.
There were definitely some older punk types there. Or at least they looked old. There was a pool table, and a patio with a sign that said "try not to bother our neighbors". bathroom was vile (it had a trough urinal, and you had to open a second door to get to a sink that was with the toilet.) There was a shitty band with shitty sound and feedback playing.
they eyepatched hipster would have been great though, why no pic?
well, it was dark.
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I'm glad that I'm on the same page with clams about this concept because there is no greater bar expert.
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sounds like a true dive bar, 'grats michigancat. at least someone here can do a true dive bar. i guess wings can happen at a dive bar (the peanut too).
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I'm glad that I'm on the same page with clams about this concept because there is no greater bar expert.
meet you at the kids thread!
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a dive bar should have a fairly consistent small base of older clientele who mostly walk there.
this is definitely true.
If a guy rides a Segway into your favorite dive bar, is it no longer a dive bar?
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dive bars also have to run out of stuff because they are only staying afloat by the 5 regulars that are there 5 nights a week.
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dive bars also have to run out of stuff because they are only staying afloat by the 5 regulars that are there 5 nights a week.
There's an outstanding dive bar in my hometown that the owner/primary bartender lives above. It's mostly a bar just so he has a place to be an alcoholic socially and not get DUIs. :thumbs:
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The diviest dive bar I've ever been in in my life was Vera's in Hunter, ks. Place was an absolute shithole. Like literally falling down around u. Vera could have been Yoda's stunt double and she lived in the back of the bar. Had an old jukebox and if you played "On the wings of a dove" she would dance around the bar fluttering her arms. Usually a local would just go behind the bar and grab you a beer if she was busy dancing or you just got it yourself and left money next to the register. Vera died and now some militia eff owns it. Don't even know if its still open.
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dive bars also have to run out of stuff because they are only staying afloat by the 5 regulars that are there 5 nights a week.
There's an outstanding dive bar in my hometown that the owner/primary bartender lives above. It's mostly a bar just so he has a place to be an alcoholic socially and not get DUIs. :thumbs:
this brings up a somewhat key element to a lot of dive bars. the owner just might be your bartender!
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dive bars also have to run out of stuff because they are only staying afloat by the 5 regulars that are there 5 nights a week.
One time the local bar owner sent me across the street to pick up some bourbon. I have also been recruited several times to switch out kegs for the lone female bartender.
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dive bars also have to run out of stuff because they are only staying afloat by the 5 regulars that are there 5 nights a week.
One time the local bar owner sent me across the street to pick up some bourbon. I have also been recruited several times to switch out kegs for the lone female bartender.
hmm, do you know what the term "switch out kegs" means to a female dive bar bartender? because i do. meow.
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dive bars also have to run out of stuff because they are only staying afloat by the 5 regulars that are there 5 nights a week.
One time the local bar owner sent me across the street to pick up some bourbon. I have also been recruited several times to switch out kegs for the lone female bartender.
hmm, do you know what the term "switch out kegs" means to a female dive bar bartender? because i do. meow.
Two words FREE DRINKS! :party:
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I also love when dive bars have a frosty mug freexer that looks like its from 1976 and then all the frosty mugs dont match. Several slightly different kinds and sizes of mugs and pitchers for that matter. Great when the bartender "hooks you up" with their biggest pitcher.
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Does a dive bar have a large jar of pickled something or other sitting on the bar?
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Does a dive bar have a large jar of pickled something or other sitting on the bar?
Always. Bonus pts if someone actually made their own pickled concoction, rather than just buying one from Sams. Back when Duane was alive, the Lou had some badass pickled eggs, his own recipe. :lick:
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eff I didn't know Duane died. :cry:
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eff I didn't know Duane died. :cry:
He'd died a while back, maybe ten years or so. His POS son Kelly owns the Lou now, or at least he did. I haven't been there in probably 5 years.
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Red balloon also has Karaoke.
EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK!
:peek:
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Optional: dive bars must have Polaroid pictures of customers in a collage on one of the bathroom door.
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Optional: dive bars must have Polaroid pictures of customers in a collage on one of the bathroom door.
Would be proof positive of dive status, IMO.
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Bobby T's Dive bar pak Saturday?
Pretty sure I recruited Matt Siebrant's Left Hand and Doom_Catz to join us
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JJ's OP in Mission.
Twin City Tavern Westport and State Line
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eff I didn't know Duane died. :cry:
He'd died a while back, maybe ten years or so. His POS son Kelly owns the Lou now, or at least he did. I haven't been there in probably 5 years.
Is The Lou closed?
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Optional: dive bars must have Polaroid pictures of customers in a collage on one of the bathroom door.
Oh man Cire must be hanging out at Shooters. They have several boards of Polaroids near the bathrooms. Another positive of a dive is old tube tvs and a piece of furniture not normally in establishments like a couch or recliner. Carpet floor is also a major dive calling card.
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Keno? Is keno an indication that you have entered a dive bar?
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Keno? Is keno an indication that you have entered a dive bar?
Yes, and things like pretzels or peanuts in a bowl on the bar
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You guys are now just naming random things you have seen in dive bars
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A sad man in ill-fitting jeans that needs to shave
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An old clock or poster that is not quite old enough to be cool
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You guys are now just naming random things you have seen in dive bars
Yes, this thread is really dumb.
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A leather glove
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usually at least one tell-tale sign that someone took a dump or puked recently in the toliet.
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I have a word for what most in this thread describe as a dive bar. It's "bar."
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I have a word for what most in this thread describe as a dive bar. It's "bar."
Everything ok man?
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I have a word for what most in this thread describe as a dive bar. It's "bar."
Everything ok man?
It will be once the Applebee's dive bar opens at 11:00!
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I got a book on Denver's dive bars for Christmas. I would think being in a book might exclude you from being a dive bar.
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I have a word for what most in this thread describe as a dive bar. It's "bar."
Everything ok man?
It will be once the Applebee's dive bar opens at 11:00!
It is ok. You can talk about it.
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I have a word for what most in this thread describe as a dive bar. It's "bar."
Everything ok man?
Good Luck Charlie is the Disney Channel's best dive show.
It will be once the Applebee's dive bar opens at 11:00!
It is ok. You can talk about it.
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I got a book on Denver's dive bars for Christmas. I would think being in a book might exclude you from being a dive bar.
Did it make Dean less beat?
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I have a word for what most in this thread describe as a dive bar. It's "bar."
Everything ok man?
Good Luck Charlie is the Disney Channel's best dive show.
It will be once the Applebee's dive bar opens at 11:00!
It is ok. You can talk about it.
Let's talk about it over a 2 for 20
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You guys are now just naming random things you have seen in dive bars
D8d you think there was some "dive bar" certification process. The essence of a dive bar is the substandard service, appearance and cleanliness of the bar itself. Perception is reality, sillygancat.
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JJ's OP in Mission.
Now Sully's. Probably not a dive anymore, though some dive elements still exist such as a disgusting bathroom.
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Red balloon also has Karaoke.
EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK!
:peek:
And those same regular sing the same songs every night of the week.
Friends used to live near there 25 years ago. Went there with them. Was an experience that even I, a dive bar aficionado found a bit disturbing.
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The Biting Sow in OKC
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Bobby T's a dive? I say just townie bar. Man Bobby T's. Definitely taking the boy there this weekend for some cats basketball watching.
WHOSE IN?
:D
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Tropics.
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Oh man, my hometown in California has my favorite dive bar. Two pitchers of crappy domestic beer for $7, ratty old pool tables and dart boards, all around dirty place. Typical crowd consists of junkies, bikers, people on parole for violent crimes and homeless people that sleep in the dumpsters out back. They're also open 24/7.
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Anyone ever been to the Corner Cocktail at 85th and wornall? or twin city tavern at westport rd and stateline. two fantastic KC dive bars
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of course twin city, i would never go to a bar on 85th st though :lol: wtf
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I've gotten pretty weird at both.
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of course twin city, i would never go to a bar on 85th st though :lol: wtf
:dubious:
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Anyone ever been to the Corner Cocktail at 85th and wornall? or twin city tavern at westport rd and stateline. two fantastic KC dive bars
that's Walsh's corner cocktail. interesting family.
remember swagger? lolz
twin city tavern smells terrible.
if you want a dive, why go anywhere other than Harling's :love:
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I'd always wanted to go to Twin City because of this sweet royals miller lite tacker from the 80's that I saw in the entryway and stumbled in one night on the way home from westport. They were like wtf dude we're closing. Looked cool though!
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Anyone ever been to the Corner Cocktail at 85th and wornall? or twin city tavern at westport rd and stateline. two fantastic KC dive bars
I enjoy Twin City
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Anyone ever been to the Corner Cocktail at 85th and wornall? or twin city tavern at westport rd and stateline. two fantastic KC dive bars
that's Walsh's corner cocktail. interesting family.
remember swagger? lolz
twin city tavern smells terrible.
if you want a dive, why go anywhere other than Harling's :love:
Man, I miss swagger. It was super weird, but kinda cool.
Never been to harlings. I'll check it out.
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well HMU if you do because it's like in my backyard. everything is $2 all the time, cash only. it sucks when there's a band playing because the bands are terrible and also v. loud. great darts setup tho.
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Man, I miss swagger.
They had that whiskey bible thing. :love:
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Anyone ever been to the Corner Cocktail at 85th and wornall? or twin city tavern at westport rd and stateline. two fantastic KC dive bars
that's Walsh's corner cocktail. interesting family.
remember swagger? lolz
twin city tavern smells terrible.
if you want a dive, why go anywhere other than Harling's :love:
db coopers
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Watched the Patriots/ravens game at a dive bar in williamsburg, $5 budweisers in 32oz styrofoam cups. Adorable 70year old couple ran the bar
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Watched the Patriots/ravens game at a dive bar in williamsburg, $5 budweisers in 32oz styrofoam cups. Adorable 70year old couple ran the bar
Sounds like the Turkey's Nest. Good times.