Caves Lounge

Caves is probably getting a fourth star for nostalgia.  It may deserve it anyway.  When I think about Caves, I feel like one of those "I Liked That Band Before They Were Cool" guys.  It's been around for quite a while now.  It's the old Skippy's Mistake.  The car is still there, but the bus is gone.  The parking lot probably still has the same potholes, but bigger.

I used to be here constantly in my college days.  You can't go in without seeing someone you know.  That's still the case today.  This may be what brings the clique comments out.  Everyone else in the bar already knows each other.  It felt more like a family a while back, but once again, this could just be me waxing nostalgic.

The beer list is pretty good.  Mixed drinks don't usually skimp on the alcohol.  Prices are usually fair.  Franconia Brewing makes the Osbakken Dunkelweisse for Caves and Ozzie Rabbit.  It's pretty good.

On the downside, it's incredibly smoky and around 5:00 they crank the music all the way up to where you can't hear yourself think.  The drink line is in the middle of the back door and both restrooms, so the line backs up almost immediately and you never know if you're next or last.  There's also just not enough seating.  When the place gets going it gets very crowded and you won't find a place to sit.

The patio out back is great.  It's been evolving over the years.  There's a backyard bar, but I've never seen it open.  Occasional movie nights out there are usually pretty cool.  Trees and landscaping have finally taken to the area and look pretty good.  And I don't know about y'all, but I actually kinda like the train.

Great place to just have drinks meet friends. A great dive bar has indoor out door setting. Ciders available as well as a good stocked bar. Arrive ready to fight for parking but well worth the hassle

Holy smoky shit.

Do you remember when Dallas was still smoking friendly in bars and Cosmos was so smoky it was like a cloud hung over the whole place and your no matter how hard you tried you smelled like smoke for days and your eyes burned and you had to throw away your shoes? Do you miss that? Well! Friend, head on over to Caves Lounge! ;)

Really, smokiness aside, this is exactly the type of bar I would frequent. I had a beer and a shot of jager and we listened to some of the 4 weirdest conversations I've heard ever. I even joked maybe we were at some portal into some weird underworld where we'd be skinned and eaten alive. The place reminds me of a bigger Cosmos, all set with 70's looking furniture and even a fire place-- with a TV running with fake fire in it. My shot of jager was about 1/2 the size of what I'm used to. But the dranks were cheap and it was definitely an entertaining spot to chill for a few! I'll be back.