The Brig

Nice locals in the afternoon. Young crowd at night.  Good strong drinks, cold beer on ice.

The place is old and run down, but they have cheap drinks and good ones!!! Their Kamikaze are off the hook!!! Some bartenders still have mullets!!! WTF??? Nice little dive bar!!!

a somewhat sketchy part of town, but there are a lot worse places in fresno.  the first thing we saw was a bartender in a cut off teeshirt, a full mullet and a rat tail.  a mixed crowd.  a group of cougars were enjoying karaoke country songs, but other people were freely jumping in.  a flat panel tv screen was showing clips from tractor racing, throwing cars off cliffs, and other white trash sporting events.  2 pool tables.  a decent contingent of non-country 20 and 30 somethings.  there is no shady or dangerous vibe, which is common in fresno.  everybody was down to earth and there to just have fun - no showing off, no pretentiousness, no overly hick people, no meat market, nobody looking for fights.  cheap beers.