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re: Dive Bar
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:18 am to Count Chocula
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:18 am to Count Chocula
quote:I thought it was Ms. Geauxt a couple of times..
Are you a girl?
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Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:20 am to Ole Geauxt
quote:I actually thought for a moment it was a Gris Gris alter
I thought it was Ms. Geauxt a couple of times..
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:21 am to Count Chocula
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You meant Olive gardens correct? Endless breadsticks!
No just trying to see if anyone was old enough to remember The Italian Gardens.....but I do like those breadsticks....and the food is original.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:22 am to Seashell Things
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No, but when you're going to start calling people out, try to figure out exactly what you mean first.
Yes you do. Nobody was calling anybody out in the thread. You were trying to disect the definition of a dive bar. To many people they mean many things, but fundamentals of a dive bar have several basic concepts and they've been mentioned. If you're not comfortable with pulling up at a bar stool and hammering a few back and making meaningless small talk at an off the beaten path, usually dingey and smokey, with a heavy handed free pouring bartender that looks like she's been smoking for 40+ years then you probably shouldn't worry about the definition so much, or you should just check out one of the fore mentioned bars in the thread and tell us how you would define it.Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:26 am to Dallas Tiger
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Not that I've seen.
I'm just going off of the definition originally posted for a dive bar.
quote:The original post called someone out when he said there is a misunderstanding of what a dive bar is. I don't know who.
Nobody was calling anybody out in the thread.
I get what everyone is trying to say. What about this:
A bar that has been around for 50 years. The owner has actually maintained the bar area and kept it clean over time. Not smelly. No roaches. Not poorly lit. Same old men sitting at the bar. Old bartenders. Is this a dive bar?
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:28 am to Count Chocula
Ya'll seem to be blurring the line between dive bar and neighborhood bar.
To me a dive bar is sketchy to the max. That includes the clientele, whom should be genuinely unapproachable without some level of fear for your life/wallet. Go with friends when everywhere else is closed type of place.
"What the hell was I doing in THAT place." Should be your thought as you wake up the next afternoon.
To me a dive bar is sketchy to the max. That includes the clientele, whom should be genuinely unapproachable without some level of fear for your life/wallet. Go with friends when everywhere else is closed type of place.
"What the hell was I doing in THAT place." Should be your thought as you wake up the next afternoon.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:29 am to Seashell Things
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bar that has been around for 50 years. The owner has actually maintained the bar area and kept it clean over time. Not smelly. No roaches. Not poorly lit. Same old men sitting at the bar. Old bartenders. Is this a dive bar?
Sounds like a country club.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:30 am to LSUAfro
What Afro said.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:32 am to Seashell Things
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A bar that has been around for 50 years. The owner has actually maintained the bar area and kept it clean over time. Not smelly. No roaches. Not poorly lit.
Sure. A dive bar doesn't have to be dirty and smelly. Most do have a stench from all the cigarette smoking that has gone on in there. Dallas has a no smoking ordinance which is the only way I can tolerate dives for any longer than a beer now. We used to go in in, drink a beer and leave with out eyes burning.
And there are "new" dive bars which have only been around a few years but bring the mentality of the old dives. Usually the clientele are younger and more hip. I like some of these places too. But some of them seem like they are trying too hard.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:37 am to tavolatim
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3 pages....dawg you know how to stir it up
Tim somethings never change.
my definition
Cheap Drinks, One bartender and a single stall bathroom with a broken door
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:37 am to Dallas Tiger
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But some of them seem like they are trying too hard.
Right. Like the pretentious people that have to tell us about how much of dive bar fanatics they are on the internet.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:38 am to Dallas Tiger
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quote:
A bar that has been around for 50 years. The owner has actually maintained the bar area and kept it clean over time. Not smelly. No roaches. Not poorly lit.
Sure. A dive bar doesn't have to be dirty and smelly. Most do have a stench from all the cigarette smoking that has gone on in there. Dallas has a no smoking ordinance which is the only way I can tolerate dives for any longer than a beer now. We used to go in in, drink a beer and leave with out eyes burning.
And there are "new" dive bars which have only been around a few years but bring the mentality of the old dives. Usually the clientele are younger and more hip. I like some of these places too. But some of them seem like they are trying too hard.
There also seems to be some confusion or maybe overlap between a "dive bar" and a "neighborhood bar".
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:41 am to VOR
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There also seems to be some confusion or maybe overlap between a "dive bar" and a "neighborhood bar".
That's what I'm trying to clear up.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:41 am to Kajungee
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a single stall bathroom with a broken door
So if they fix the door it's not a dive bar?
This shite is just getting beyond stupid
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:43 am to VOR
I cant believe noone has mentioned it yet.. but
PORT ROYAL ... i mean, the place is connected to waffle house. it has smoke pouring out the doors when they are opened. Porn on the bathroom walls. Rough, hard look to the regulars.
Only thing is the drink selection is the best in town. And i definitely go there for the atmosphere and drink selection. Otherwise, its a Dive to a T.
PORT ROYAL ... i mean, the place is connected to waffle house. it has smoke pouring out the doors when they are opened. Porn on the bathroom walls. Rough, hard look to the regulars.
Only thing is the drink selection is the best in town. And i definitely go there for the atmosphere and drink selection. Otherwise, its a Dive to a T.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:44 am to Sobchak
there is no dive bar quite as bad as the Lamplighter Lounge
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:45 am to Seashell Things
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That's what I'm trying to clear up.
There isn't much to clear up. A dive bar can be a neighborhood bar
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:46 am to Powerman
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There isn't much to clear up. A dive bar can be a neighborhood bar
ie. your neighborhhod has the Basin, Lots O' Luck and Homedale, which all qualify as both
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:46 am to Seashell Things
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That's what I'm trying to clear up.
I think the OP gave you his definition....You just keep asking....can't it be clean.....no
does it have to have bugs.....yes
does it have to smell.....yes
why would I want to go there....don't
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:49 am to Kajungee
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Tim somethings never change.
I don't know the seashell kept this from being 13 pages of bar listings.
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