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Not sure if this is a totally straight bar. Male bartender was telling patrons he was gay and high fiving other gay customers. Nothing wrong with this but I was looking for a straight bar. They might have been having a coming out party.

This place is not bad as far as dive bars go. You most likely won't get shanked or anything like that, although I've been vaguely threatened a few times.

I mainly go for the "slow nights" when they have karaoke or open mic, because the beer is fucking cheap on these nights. $5 pitchers, usually, and I'm an unapologetic lush, so that suits me just fine.

The karaoke is ran by a few different people depending on the night you go, but it's pretty chill and if you get there by 9/10 you can expect to sing a few songs. The big karaoke night, Sunday, is pretty much overran with "metal heads", but they are a nice bunch despite their vain attempts to appear tough or dark or whatever the fuck people dress like that for.

Monday is "Open Mic", and it's a great night to come and make everyone painfully aware of how well you know the Key of _____. It's horribly organized by something as awkwardly quantifiable and definitive as "songs". You can do 3 "songs", and what you end up making into a "song" is up to your balls and the discretion of the highly cliquey regular musicians who would probably be better served having a group orgy in the back lot with their instruments rather than partaking in the sad display of glory days lost on stage.

On the weekends they have random local rock groups that will be well received by the regulars but not so much by people that like only the novelty of dive bars but possess actual musical taste.

The food's hilariously good, and if what you order doesn't make you say WTF ... I'm sorry. It really makes no sense how good the food is in this place. From the burgers to the seafood and steak... top notch - no joke!

Great place to listen to some good local cover bands!