Bethel Tavern

This is a great biker bar!  The atmosphere is classic biker and the drinks are nice and stiff at a decent price.  Don't worry if you don't ride up on a bike though, everyone was really friendly to us and we did not ride there.

There is also live music on the weekends.

A dive bar that is worth going to at least once. I'll let you make up your mind to go again. The first time I went there the bartender was driving his motorcycle through the front door. I was instantly reminded of Roadhouse. The writing on the ceiling can give you a solid hours worth of amusement. The smoke pit is terrible to the point that it comes around to being pretty cool again. The regulars are pretty talkative. Cheap drinks, pool, and a loud ass jukebox. Bathrooms are nasty. The whole place is kind of dirty in fact but it adds to the dive bar charm. The whole place kind of freaked my wife out though, so yeah, don't take the missus. Overall it's a pretty fun place to go... about once a year to remind you of why you go to the other bars.

Some may disagree - but this is the epitome of a hole-in-the-wall bar.  I compare every casual bar to this place, and none live up.  

First, they have (or at least had) a bar cat.  Then, the peanut shells all over the floor just add to the dive-ness of the place.  Add in some harley's and pool tables - and you have the world's greatest bar.  

Now back in DC, with its slick lounges and dress codes - I long to put on house slippers and shuffle to the tavern.