What is Your Favorite Local or not so Local Tavern? DIAL UP WARNING!!!!!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

Where and when did you last go there??? What makes it special... the smell of stale cigarette smoke? The aroma of Pine Sol in the bathroom? The charm of the barkeep? The local patronage?

My favorite place is called Casa Machado - it is a funky bar in a Mexican restaurant at the local small plane airfield here -- Best drinks and food around! It is just a comfy place to hang out and talk to the locals -

Here I am with bartender Juan Carlos


Tony


Picture of canon shooting range -

[cloudbase]

1. Peak's in Port Angeles, WA

Though it's not local for me, it was a surrogate during my days working on tankers. We'd spend plenty of time in P.A., and Peak's was the best place in town. Good jukebox, wonderful local brews, and friendly people. The owner took a bit of pride in saying that he never let any assholes into the place.

[redqueen]

2. Don't have one.

I'm antisocial. :P

[jeff30997]

3. That one:

What makes it special?

They have a wonderful drink called a Flaming Moe's and

the owner is sometime receiving strange phone calls:

-Uh, hello. Is Mike there? Last name, Rotch.
-Hold on, I'll check. Mike Rotch! Mike Rotch! Hey, has anyone seen Mike Rotch lately?

-Uh, yes I'm looking for a friend of mine. Last name Jass, first name Hugh.
-Hold on, I'll check (to crowd) Hugh Jass. Hey, I wanna Hugh Jass. Oh, someone check the men's room for a Hugh Jass.

[irish.lambchop]

4. Dawson's Lounge

the smallest pub in all of Ireland - seats about 16 - mostly locals so it's a great place for a pint!

[BrotherBuzz]

5. The Brothers, The Old Mill Tavern, and the 2AM Club

The first two have closed, and the third, the 2AM Club changed hands when Goose sold it to a jerk. Thankfully the had enough smarts to keep the famous Charlie Deal guitar on the wall, the same guitar featured on Huey Lewis and the News album 'Sports'. If you look close you can catch "The Catch" on the TV.

[Xipe Totec]

6. The Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA, of course

http://www.lizardloungeclub.com/main.html

[petronius]

7. Someone once said that he'd never belong to any club that would

have him as a member. By the same token, I could never respect a bar that would let me in the door twice...

[yellowdogintexas]

16. that was Mark Twain. I think, although it may have been stolen by Groucho nt

[Joey Liberal]

8. The Tavern in Newport, R.I.

Great music, cheap beer and a lot of fun. Even got banned once - that was a rough night for damn sure! LOL!

Also have to mention the Narragansett Cafe, or the "Nasty Narry" as we called it. Hoisted a lot of cold ones in that place too. It's right on the waterfront.

[Left Is Write]

9. The Front Door in Boise, ID.

Best damn pizza and craft beer anywhere! There's also a great staff and fun crowd of regulars.

http://www.thefrontdoorboise.com/tfd/


This is Alex, my favorite bartender:




The following few pictures are from last Saturday, at their Oktoberfest party:




This is me with my favorite waitress, Kristen, who is a lot taller than I am, and young enough to be my daughter:




This is Mr. LIW with Shane, the bar's general manager:




Mr. LIW and me:




Oktoberfest crowd:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

32. Yer Pertty!

Wow...

Looks like a fun place.

I have some cool places besides the one I posted already --- I guess... If I have to, I will post them.

I hpe Mr LIW appreciate you!

Peace....

Gilligan

[opiate69]

10. The Thunderbird Lounge, Tacoma, Washington.

http://www.thunderbirdtrading.com/web/sport.htm

My good friend and ex-bandmate runs karaoke 7 nights a week, with the biggest book in Washington, lots of big-screens to watch the Seahawks on, top-notch cigar lounge in the complex, one of the only places in Washington where you can stil llegally smoke, and I just happened to have met my wife there.. great place.

[Mythsaje]

11. ROFL

I used to go there all the time, years ago...

Miss it sometimes.

[opiate69]

12. Really?? How long ago??

I was damn near living there from around 98 till 2000.... we may very well have met each other! (Now, since we're in Nisqually, we only get up there one every couple months.. might have to arrange a meeting with you some time.)

[Mythsaje]

14. Mid 90s?

It's been about ten or eleven years. A different lifetime, it seems, sometimes. Certainly a different life.

[datasuspect]

23. wrong spot

oops

[johnnie]

13. Mine was down at the end of my street

It was called Wexlers. But thanks to the great American smoke ban, it just went under. I would like to thank the smoke Nazis for closing my bar and putting my friends out of business. There are many more small family owned businesses going down too. I hope your fresh smelling clothes are as sweet as my friend's welfare checks :thumbsup:

[jeff30997]

15. "Smoke Nazis "

I totally agree.My father lost his bar for the same reason.:(

[QueenOfCalifornia]

36. I am not a smoker

but I hated the smoke ban for the reasons cited here... I saw several local places die due to this. Another good place here in San Diego is Bully's East - the Bully's in Del Mar has pretty much died due to the no smoking thing in the whole town of Del Mar.

[JVS]

24. It sucks to lose your bar.

I once left the country for a year and when I came back my bar was gone. I never saw many of the people who hung out there again.

[yellowdogintexas]

17. Flying Saucer in Fort Worth, site of the Great Texas DU Meetup 2006

and home of "Bob's Beer Nuts" first Sunday of each month, an off shoot of our Sunday School Class LOL

[GOPisEvil]

18. That is a nice place.

The Flying Saucer in Houston is nice too.

[av8rdave]

34. I love the saucer...great place!

[GOPisEvil]

19. Mother Egan's!

http://www.motheregansirishpub.com/

Good food, good fun, and they allow our meetups monthly for free. www.keepaustinblue.org

[trof]

20. The (fabled) FloraBama Lounge & Package Store.

Located on the beach at the Alabama-Florida state line.
"They Last Great American Roadhouse"
"Do It On The Line At The FloraBama"

Home of the annual Great Interstate Mullet Toss and the Southeastern Songwriters' Contest.

Patrons:


The Band:

http://www.florabama.com/

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. Bubbles and Squeak, Walled Lake, Michigan.

Never went inside, but loved the name.

[Cabcere]

22. The only one I really go to:

The Green Leafe in Williamsburg, VA. :) They have "Mug Night" every Sunday, and you can buy a keepsake mug and fill it with your choice of beer (or cider - Woodchuck is my poison!) for just a few bucks. It can get pretty loud, but it's a great atmosphere, and a really fun place to just go and hang out.

[SallyMander]

25. The Surly Girl Saloon

in Columbus, OH

Fantastic food, good drink specials, and servers who will always make it a good night. :-)

[helderheid]

26. Het Oude Pothuys, Utrecht , The Netherlands

[QueenOfCalifornia]

30. i love these photos!

thanx!

my brother in law lives there!

peace----

gilligan

[helderheid]

33. It's a GREAT place and prior to my having children when I could still stay up past midnight, that

is where my hubby and I used to go on the weekends. I miss it!

[terrya]

27. Mine? The Anvil...down the street from me.

It's just a block away.

The Anvil is a gay bar. It's...nothing special, decor wise. But The Anvil has...friendly bartenders, extremely reasonably priced drinks (and the bartenders don't skimp on the alcohol). And very little attitude. Friendly people. I like going there.

[JBoy]

28. Henry's Tavern

It's got like a hundred local beers on tap. A must-go-to, every time we're in Portland Oregon.

[trof]

29. And there was Duffy's Tavern

"Duffy's Tavern, where the elite meet to eat. Archie the manager speakin'. Duffy ain't here — oh, hello, Duffy."




Duffy's Tavern, an American radio situation comedy (CBS, 1941-1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944; NBC, 1944-1952), often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the misadventures, get-rich-quick-scheming, and romantic missteps of the title establishment's malaprop-prone, metaphor-mixing manager, Archie, played by the writer/actor who co-created the show, Ed Gardner.

In the show's familiar opening, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," either solo on an old-sounding piano or by a larger orchestra, was interrupted by the ring of a telephone and Gardner's New Yorkese accent as he answered, "Duffy's Tavern, where the elite meet to eat. Archie the manager speakin'. Duffy ain't here — oh, hello, Duffy."

Duffy, the owner, was never heard (or seen, when a film based on the show was made in 1945 or when a bid to bring the show to television was tried in 1954). But Archie always was — bantering with Duffy's man-crazy daughter, Miss Duffy (played by several actresses, beginning with Gardner's real-life first wife, Shirley Booth); with Eddie, the waiter/janitor (Eddie Green); and, especially, with Clifton Finnegan (Charlie Cantor), a likeable soul with several screws loose and a knack for falling for every other salesman's scam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffy's_Tavern

[Pacifist Patriot]

31. RJ Gator's in Melbourne Florida because I can beat the crap out of anyone....

there in bar trivia. I live for useless minutae. No pictures. I'll try to get some next time.

Last time I was there, I was having dinner with my four year old son while dad had the other two at taekwondo class. I logged in as "Go Sox" and ripped the shred out of the previous round winner "Boston." When the game finished here comes this young kid carrying his game board through th restaurant. He found me and said, "Thank goodness the chick who beat me is a Boston fan."

Well first things first. I am hardly a chick. I could have given birth to this child. Secondly, I tried to enter "Go Dems" but it was too many characters. My husband is the Red Sox fan. Thirdly, what if I were a White Sox fan? Bostonians are so self-centered. ;)

[av8rdave]

35. I'm on an LA layover as we speak

Just got back from the Stick & Stein...great sports bar on Sepulveda. Watched the Cowboys game there. Great place, nice people.

[Silver Swan]

37. It's called The Irish Mill

We go there mostly because my son-in-law is the bartender!

[RebelOne]

38. The Pub in Miami Springs, FL.

That was many years ago and I doubt that it is there anymore.

[Rambis]

39. Lowry's Pub Clifden Ireland

Paul & Eilish Joyce proprietors- Never a friendlier place- It was a year ago which is a year to long.

[seemunkee]

40. The Royal Mile, Wheaton MD

It was walking distance from our apartment when it switched from a redneck dive to a Scottish pub. Anyplace that dares to put haggis on the menu and the laregest selection of scotch in the area is alright with me.