Andy's Basement

In reference to the downstairs, what are horrible place. The management is a nightmare and extremely rude to their paying customers. The staff is more interested in serving their underage friends then serving paying customers. The music is good but the environment needs major remodeling.  If it wasn't for the horrible staff I might think of returning but after being treated like trash I will never. If your not friends of the staff DO NOT GO HERE!! Poor Management is a main reason for business failure and Andys is a prime example.

Technically, this is only a partial review. Andy's is actually three different bars. There's Andy's, where they have all the music acts and a full bar, there's Paschall, which is upstairs, looks really nice and cozy and has the overpriced mixed drinks for the hipster crowd and a the view of Denton square and there's the basement bar, which has a low ceiling, a couple of pool tables and cheap beer. This is about the basement bar.

I discovered it a couple of years ago on Christmas night. It was the only bar open and I had been working that night and was just getting home. (I work in TV news). There were only about seven to ten people there plus one bartender and a bar back. Loud music from a digital jukebox and a tv were on. It was smokey and a pool table was in action. I certainly was not ready to end my night, so I grabbed a Shiner and sat down on a stool and took in the place.

I like a good dive bar sometimes. This place was cold. It was drafty and the exit door didn't want to stay shut that night. So everyone had coats on. The bartender was  helpful and I've seen him around town at a few other bars when I've been out. Hard not to remember a tall, skinny guy with black rimmed glasses. Kinda sticks out. He knew most all the other customers in the basement. I guess that makes for a good bartender. Even in a hole like this.

I'm not putting the place down. I enjoy that it is a hole. I have returned a few more times, even bringing a buddy with me who also had been here. I don't know, maybe it's me, but I occasionally enjoy a no frills kind of place. No attitude, no bs, no nothing. Exposed brick walls, mix and match tables and chairs and a handful of people thrown in..... And a good, cheap beer in hand.

Can you ask for any more?

Oh Andy's, the place for local music groups and local make-your-own-fun.   The basement always has a variety of music.  In one night you might hear pop cover, country, and punk. Right off the square, parking can be tricky on a weekend night.  You'll just have to make the circle a few times until you luck out.