DUDE LET'S DO SHOTS AT THE RAIL!!
i think this phrase has been uttered by thousands of rapid citians whilst undergoing downtown weekend bacchanal revelries over the years. this quintessential dive bar is a fixture of the downtown rapid city area, and everyone has darkened their door at least once. if you are one of the few uninitiated, it is an experience like no other in rapid city, although some come close. for extra fun, exit out the back and wander through art alley.
on a completely unrelated note, almost every goddamn night i pass by and anxiously look at their neon sign hoping that the "BR" is burned out and i could finally take that picture i've always wanted to take, because deep down i'm still just a 12 year old boy.
The Brass Rail lounge is most favored by the alternative crowd, artists and just plain old career lushes. Â I think it's always been this way.
Almost guaranteed that you'll see someone singing, dancing by himself, or snoozing on the bar.
Remarkably, the women's restroom is usually quite clean.
They allegedly have frozen "chuck wagon" sammies you can buy. Â I have no idea what they taste like.
In fact, I sort of don't want to know.
This place has three crowds: the first crowd, lots of retirees doing the early morning drinking, the eclectic happy hour crowd, then the late night crowd (which the only times I've been there, have been just too weird for my personal tastes).
If anything, ya gotta love their old timey sign, that's at least 50-60 years old.