It has got to be the Flori-Bama for me. I went there in the mid 90's and it was a blast. It sat right on the FLorida/Alabama state line on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Whats the best bar/saloon you've been in?
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reddogge
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The bar that gets my Hall of Shame award is The Rolling Tin near the Currituck Sound, NC. Our fishing club was camped on Knotts Island for the week and we'd stop there for some beer a few times. It was a Quonset hut. The locals were really friendly and one night we left at closing hour for the 10 minute drive to camp. The locals were all drunk as loons hanging out of pick up trucks, throwing beer cans, squealing wheels out of the parking lot, etc. but 1 mile down the road a state cop pulls us over. He arrests our friend for DUI. We follow the cop to the municipal building and guess who is the Justice of the Peace? The bar tender at The Rolling Tin. It was a set up. Thanks, NC. We never went back.
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I stopped going to bars once I met my girlfriend over 2 years ago (I'm in my mid 20s now). I do enjoy going to Prospector's in NJ. I saw a lot of country singers in, what I consider, a small venue before they got even more famous.
Before I met my girlfriend, my favorite bar was a neighborhood hole in the wall. Philly has A LOT of bars. I preferred going on nights that weren't busy, and one of my friends was bartending. I liked having a few beers, loading up the jukebox with music I enjoyed, and having a few laughs with my friends. I was never into the "club" scene.
Before I met my girlfriend, my favorite bar was a neighborhood hole in the wall. Philly has A LOT of bars. I preferred going on nights that weren't busy, and one of my friends was bartending. I liked having a few beers, loading up the jukebox with music I enjoyed, and having a few laughs with my friends. I was never into the "club" scene.
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Been many years, but Bordmanville near the Glamis Dunes, the Dersert Bar in Parker AZ, and Slash X near Barstow CA.
All hold many special memories and many many hangovers!
All hold many special memories and many many hangovers!
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Not the best, but possibly the most memorable bar I've ever been in (for the bar itself, not for what went on there) was the bar at the town of Mine #5 in northwestern PA.
Obviously, the place was built around a mine, now long closed and probably doesn't exist. The main building in town was a large (4 story ?) clap board building that held the company store, restaraunt, bar, rooms and I do believe house of ill repute. As near as I could tell at the time, the bar was the only part still being used.
The bar itself was long enough to hold an entire shift of miners and I still haven't seen one to equal it. If it hasn't rotted or burned, it'd be worth a lot of money.
The only way I got in there was a college professor wanted to show it to me. One drink, a look around and we left.
Obviously, the place was built around a mine, now long closed and probably doesn't exist. The main building in town was a large (4 story ?) clap board building that held the company store, restaraunt, bar, rooms and I do believe house of ill repute. As near as I could tell at the time, the bar was the only part still being used.
The bar itself was long enough to hold an entire shift of miners and I still haven't seen one to equal it. If it hasn't rotted or burned, it'd be worth a lot of money.
The only way I got in there was a college professor wanted to show it to me. One drink, a look around and we left.
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Grayfox
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Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio. The place was a converted bowling alley with a huge dance floor. Often had big name country music stars playing there.
Of course that was back in the early 70s. I don't think its there anymore.
Of course that was back in the early 70s. I don't think its there anymore.
The Spotted Horse Bar in Spotted Horse, WY. Because the beer is the coldest right when you need it the most.
The Moon Bar, Saint Paul, MN.
The Moon Bar, Saint Paul, MN.
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There's a Saloon across the street from the Courthouse in Colorado Springs that has been in in operation for over 100 years. I've been once with my wife.
There was a bar in Benson Nebraska called Vic's Well that my grand parents went to every Saturday as far back as I can remember. I twas all older people and I loved to sit in there on Saturdays with them and drink "Roy Rogers(?)"
There was a bar in Benson Nebraska called Vic's Well that my grand parents went to every Saturday as far back as I can remember. I twas all older people and I loved to sit in there on Saturdays with them and drink "Roy Rogers(?)"
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Depends on how you define best.
But I got to say that Jason's in Windsor Ontario had the best talent I've seen in a bar.
But I got to say that Jason's in Windsor Ontario had the best talent I've seen in a bar.
birdshooter
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There's a speakeasy in the basement of the Reiger Hotel in Kansas City, MO. It's called Manifesto and probably my favorite place. I've been to a lot of other cool places too, but this one stands out.
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Hussong's Cantina, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Established 1892.
Direct quote 1971: "IDs?? Yoo doan need no steenking IDs, gringo. Cervezas para todos."
It looked like this on the way in. I can't remember what it looked like on the way out.
Been there in the 70s. Pretty civillized compared to some of Tang and white liquor bars.
I'm still looking for it. 
zzzippper
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Lips that touch booze and wine will never touch these lips of mine.
Back in the day, I was drunk in 41 states and 8 or 9 countries in northern Europe. 5-star to no-star. Not the best but the "most interesting" was "Club Paradiso" in Amsterdam. An old church with "hidey spots" everywhere for "activities." Sometimes I can't believe I lived to tell. Joe
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Logger Bar in Blue Lake, CA
Hamley's in Pendleton, OR
Hamley's in Pendleton, OR
keith44spl: I have to agree with you that Bryan's Place in Rozet, Wyoming is the worst.
As for the Mint Bar in Sheridan, whenever I go in there I am constantly amazed at the size of that rattlesnake hide on a board above the bar. The buttons on that thing are as big around and as long as my size 12 foot.
As for the Mint Bar in Sheridan, whenever I go in there I am constantly amazed at the size of that rattlesnake hide on a board above the bar. The buttons on that thing are as big around and as long as my size 12 foot.
All of them !!!!!
It would be easier to name.....
It would be easier to name the WORST places I've been.
In my early days there was a local bar/pizza etc. called Dino's that I always had a great time in. No fights. They would hire solo acts to sit on a small stage, usually guitar and I heard a lot of good music there. It was suspected the place had mafia ties and they probably did.
It would be easier to name the WORST places I've been.
In my early days there was a local bar/pizza etc. called Dino's that I always had a great time in. No fights. They would hire solo acts to sit on a small stage, usually guitar and I heard a lot of good music there. It was suspected the place had mafia ties and they probably did.
hit old Fort Worth in the early 80's wih my cowgirl friend from Wyoming, with the intention on hitting every bar, and did
the 2 that stood out were the White Elephant Saloon and our last stop, which was Billy Bob's, our jaws dropped when we walked in
the 2 that stood out were the White Elephant Saloon and our last stop, which was Billy Bob's, our jaws dropped when we walked in
Triathloncoach
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CBGB in the late 80s, early 90s
Anchorage Alaska , in the summer of '88 we visited some friends just outside of T-bird Falls. Down by the train depot there was an old bar that had been sinking because of the permafrost. You had to go down a set of stairs to get inside the place. It was an old log cabin, it had worn smooth tree stumps for bar stools. Cardboard on the bathroom walls and a dirt floor. For decoration it had women's brasiers and drawers autographed and dated, hanging on the walls. Some of them had dates back into the forties. I've been in quite a few but this one was the most unique !!!
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Here's another vote for the Mint Bar in Sheridan, WY...my home town!
Absalom
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That would be my choice, too.
Here's a picture taken (by me) a few years ago in their gentlemen's handicapped bathroom (edited for good taste).
I'm still wondering whether its purpose was to cheer us old farts up or to make us drown our hopelessness in more of their excellent house whiskey, a very interesting 100% wheat mash whiskey.
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Back around 1979 to '81 or so, I had a lot of good times and listened to a lot of good music at a little place called the Duck's Breath Saloon in Warner Robins, Georgia. The band Stillwater played there quite often and Sebie Lacey, later their lead singer, tended bar. Once in while, some of the guys from Molly Hatchet would emerge from the crowd and get up on stage and blast out some tunes. Good times.
tapper007, speaking of Myrtle Beach, you reminded me of Ocean Annie's at Sands Ocean Club. On the beach, live music, I don't see how it could be better.
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