Bobby Baker's Lounge

I've been to Bobby Bakers a few times now and I think I have a jist of the place.

The prices are right, the atmosphere is very .... cozy. The place is small, its tiny so no matter how little people are in there you'll end up having to squeeze by somehow. Its just how the place is. This makes getting a drink difficult if its real busy, but I've been to other places that take much longer with less of a crowd so props to BB's for that.

They did get rid of the booths and replaced them with high top tables which was a huge benefit I think. There isn't any food but you're right across the street from a pizza joint and other bars/eats.

There is definately a regular crowd here, you can tell because you'll see that weird light in peoples eyes when they see someone they were not expecting to see, this happens often, but you don't really get the feeling you're an outsider.

The size makes bathroom trips a little difficult, no matter were you're at in the place, if you need to hit the head you'll have to wade through a few people first, try to hold it while doing so.

Bobby Baker's is a breath of fresh air for the typical douchey bars in Waldo. It is very small and full of regulars typically. And by regulars I mean the possible borderline alcoholic middle aged people who are awesome. Every time I go I tend to be on the "younger" end of the age spectrum which can sometimes get my funny looks (no, old lady starting at me from the corner stool, I did not get lost on my way to Tanners). Bobby Bakers is a great place for when you just want to relax with a few friends and enjoy good priced drinks. While one of its charms is that it is so small, it can also be a drawback. When it is very busy it gets very stuffy and cramped in there, but thankfully that doesn't happen a lot.

This is the bar that was built into a million 1970s suburban homes, but grown up into an actual bar. Booths, over-sized and overstuffed swivel bar stools, and a selection of domestic beers on tap. This is the bar / lounge that exists in 70s television (see Three's Company), but in real life.  This is a lounge in the purest sense of the word -- a place to hang out and a get a drink and have a conversation with friends.   Because of the layout of the bar, this is a place that doesn't lend itself to being too crowded or having too many people in your way.

Prior to the KCMO smoking ban, this is the type of tiny bar that would have had a cloud of perma-smoke at 4' outpacing the SmokEater, but with a clientele to match. Now it's a clean and dim space where you can chat, read, or watch television.  If I lived nearby, this could be a place that I stopped in to have a drink after work or for a short evening outing, but since I'm far far away, I only get to stop here a couple of times a year.