A dirty, redneck, dive in New York? Really? Apparently it is so. I guess every City needs a good dive. Thanks to a reader and fellow dive bar aficionado we have the following place to visit next time we find ourselves in NYC. I did my research and everyone agrees this place is a dive with regulars planted at the bar and all.
Doc Holliday’s
141 Ave A (at 9th St) East Village
DIRECTIONS: Subway: L to First Ave; 6 to Astor Pl
Cash only. Pabst in a can is $2, and four bucks will get you a well drink.
All you can drink bud light from 8pm to 11pm on Tuesdays. Some say AYCD for $5 others say $7. Their happy hour Buy One Get One Free specials happen DAILY from 5-8pm.
BEST TIME TO GO? During the week. I hear that Frat boys get out of hand on Friday and Saturday nights there. If you want a true dive bar experience, you probably want to avoid Fri and Sat nights.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Great Dive in Lakewood, WA
I have it on good authority from a former Washington resident that Rollies Tavern is a great place to visit. Thanks Ruth.
Rollie's Tavern
2404 So 112Th St Lakewood, WA 98499-8892
I checked this place out on the web and every review referred to the fact that it is a hole in the wall, bare bones kind of place. Despite the fact it serves food, this place does seem to fit into the dive guidelines. My friends review follows:
There was a lively and totally eclectic crowd that goes there. It was just interesting to watch everyone. Lots of military people from the McCord Air Force Base frequent there. They also serve food. Rollie is the owner and he owns one other tavern in town that isn't as popular as this one is. It is cool inside and is decorated with lots of military memorbilia. *Visited by Howard & Ruth Baker in Kannapolis, NC back in 2001
Rollie's Tavern
2404 So 112Th St Lakewood, WA 98499-8892
I checked this place out on the web and every review referred to the fact that it is a hole in the wall, bare bones kind of place. Despite the fact it serves food, this place does seem to fit into the dive guidelines. My friends review follows:
There was a lively and totally eclectic crowd that goes there. It was just interesting to watch everyone. Lots of military people from the McCord Air Force Base frequent there. They also serve food. Rollie is the owner and he owns one other tavern in town that isn't as popular as this one is. It is cool inside and is decorated with lots of military memorbilia. *Visited by Howard & Ruth Baker in Kannapolis, NC back in 2001
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Best Dive Bar - Kure Beach, NC
Just because you are the only REAL bar on the beach doesn't make you the best dive necessarily. This place just happens to be one of the best dives around. If any bar deserves the DIVE designation, it is Kure Beach's own:
Bud and Joe's Tavern 106 K Ave Kure Beach, NC
Bud and Joe's is the only bar in Kure' beach proper. Located at 109 K Ave, it is a local favorite. If you don't like smoke, this isn't the bar for you. My husband bought a t-shirt from there, one he loves to wear and recommends by the way. It had been around so much smoke and absorbed so much smoke that it stunk up the whole car on the ride home. This is the type of place you are liable to witness some trailer park trash get into a marital dispute over the pool table. The locals are awesome, and will regale you with tales of the area. This place is definitely worth the trip if you are anywhere in the general vicinity, if not for a good, thick teeshirt, than for a good beer and an interesting story. Pool Tables for entertainment as well.
Bud and Joe's Tavern 106 K Ave Kure Beach, NC
Bud and Joe's is the only bar in Kure' beach proper. Located at 109 K Ave, it is a local favorite. If you don't like smoke, this isn't the bar for you. My husband bought a t-shirt from there, one he loves to wear and recommends by the way. It had been around so much smoke and absorbed so much smoke that it stunk up the whole car on the ride home. This is the type of place you are liable to witness some trailer park trash get into a marital dispute over the pool table. The locals are awesome, and will regale you with tales of the area. This place is definitely worth the trip if you are anywhere in the general vicinity, if not for a good, thick teeshirt, than for a good beer and an interesting story. Pool Tables for entertainment as well.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Best Dive Bars - Raleigh, NC
These recommendations come from my RDU counterparts. They have recommended a few places and I have done my research on them and came up with a top three dive bars:
#1 The Jackpot - The girls both enjoy this place. With a column like this: http://www.newsobserver.com/2920/story/1272785.html and reviews like these: http://triangle.citysearch.com/profile/35677408/raleigh_nc/jackpot.html there is no wonder this place made number 1 on my list.
#2 The Goat - When I stumbled across this gem in my research I asked the girls if they had given this place a try. One replied, "Yes, that place is totally a DIVE." Awesome. With an outside entrance that resembles an old strip club and specials like these, you can't miss: "SUNDAY - Mystery Beer Night! Our most popular night of the week. We fill trash cans with random beers; anything form Strohs to colt 45 to Guiness pub draft; you never know what you are gonna get. The bartender picks the beer out of the can and you get what he grabs for a $1....and try something off our "Bizarro Liquor Shelf" (Random liquors and liquers that you won't find at other bars, that we sell for half off!" OR THURSDAY - "Mystery Draft night. $2 16oz drafts. (We take all of our regular kegs off tap and replace them with random drafts and put a generic tap handle on them. You never know what you will get!)" ALL INFO TAKEN FROM: http://goat-bar.com/
#3 Deep South: $1 Busch Light every day, garbage can sandwiches, and tons of writing on the wall put this place in the list of great dives in Raleigh. The pictures do show a lot of pretty people though, so I guess I could be wrong about its dive worthiness, but hey there is nothing wrong with a little eye candy: http://www.deepsouththebar.com/
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
#1 The Jackpot - The girls both enjoy this place. With a column like this: http://www.newsobserver.com/2920/story/1272785.html and reviews like these: http://triangle.citysearch.com/profile/35677408/raleigh_nc/jackpot.html there is no wonder this place made number 1 on my list.
#2 The Goat - When I stumbled across this gem in my research I asked the girls if they had given this place a try. One replied, "Yes, that place is totally a DIVE." Awesome. With an outside entrance that resembles an old strip club and specials like these, you can't miss: "SUNDAY - Mystery Beer Night! Our most popular night of the week. We fill trash cans with random beers; anything form Strohs to colt 45 to Guiness pub draft; you never know what you are gonna get. The bartender picks the beer out of the can and you get what he grabs for a $1....and try something off our "Bizarro Liquor Shelf" (Random liquors and liquers that you won't find at other bars, that we sell for half off!" OR THURSDAY - "Mystery Draft night. $2 16oz drafts. (We take all of our regular kegs off tap and replace them with random drafts and put a generic tap handle on them. You never know what you will get!)" ALL INFO TAKEN FROM: http://goat-bar.com/
#3 Deep South: $1 Busch Light every day, garbage can sandwiches, and tons of writing on the wall put this place in the list of great dives in Raleigh. The pictures do show a lot of pretty people though, so I guess I could be wrong about its dive worthiness, but hey there is nothing wrong with a little eye candy: http://www.deepsouththebar.com/
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Office Tavern = http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-office-tavern-raleigh
Slims = http://www.myspace.com/slimsdowntownraleigh
A place actually called The Dive http://www.myspace.com/DIVEbarRaleigh
Slims = http://www.myspace.com/slimsdowntownraleigh
A place actually called The Dive http://www.myspace.com/DIVEbarRaleigh
Monday, February 2, 2009
Best Dive Bar - Hinesville, GA
This one comes highly recommended from one of our military personnel. He definitely knows his way around a dive bar so I trust his designation.
Jennifer's Big Apple
It is located right outside Fort Stewart. It's very much like a strip bar with that kind of setup, but the girls don't get naked. To make up for that they have great drink specials, on fridays buy a pitcher of beer and it's free the rest of the night. They also have a pool table if you get bored of looking at clothed women dancing. If your real lucky you might get to see some soldiers fighting.
Jennifer's Big Apple
It is located right outside Fort Stewart. It's very much like a strip bar with that kind of setup, but the girls don't get naked. To make up for that they have great drink specials, on fridays buy a pitcher of beer and it's free the rest of the night. They also have a pool table if you get bored of looking at clothed women dancing. If your real lucky you might get to see some soldiers fighting.
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