I used to stop by this bar regularly about 10 years ago. I stoped by 4 years ago and talked to Michelle the owner and have not been ther since . When I stopped by this week Michelle greeted me by name and asked about my family by there names Is is an great hangout with lots of choices for live music.
Review Source:Holy dive bar! Â I can't believe it has taken me so long - five years - to go to Davey's. Â I have been missing out on a great place to drink and listen to music.
I can see where it would be termed as a "dive" place but it isn't dirty. Â I have been to filthier places in town and this wasn't one of them. Â But, I didn't use the restroom so maybe that's the yuck part. Â
Regardless, we were there to listen to two bands. I had a great time at the front bar drinking and waiting for the shows to start. Â The whiskey was priced well with the "Davey's heavy handed pour" as I was told. Â The beer too. Â All served by a really friendly bartender.
Davey's presented me with a great first impression. Â I look forward to going back, soon.
I went there for a Weirdo Wednesday. Amy would be the only person to get me to go to Davey's. Cause, if there's EVER a question, or definition of DIVE, this is it.
I generally like divey places, cause there's a certain, ugh, charm. Davey's is it. This is my second time going. Heck, it's so comfortable I might become a regular. I like Davey's. It's dirty. in fact, filthy. It's dark. The backroom is old, beat. It could've served as one of those old open word beatnik haunts. Atleast this is what it feels like. In Kansas City there's a few places like this. They can't be denied. Yet Davey's is probably more of what some would term, "a joint." Â or "a barroom." Â Davey's is meant to look like this. Granted, I've never gone to the bathroom there. I imagine it's self defining.
A place like Davey's has it's purpose, in this case, Weirdo Wednesday which has been going on for ions. When I was there, the Magical Meatball was serving in house. It seemed appropriate. It's a perfect location for a variety show such as this.
I like Davey's and I feel comfortable, but haven't gotten the nerve to go there by myself. The tables are small, with mostly bar stool, albeit, old, bar stools. The front room is one bar, it's long, and there's still alcohol to go. Makes this place stick out above others. The crowd is great, easy going. The Wednesday people are usually the same crowd. I'll return. I'd love to be a regular somewhere.
Dear Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club:
I first met you when I was out on a first date with a guy I met on a dating website. Awkward! He was alright, but you darling were just spectacular. You're kind of a bad boy but you don't mean to be. Yeah, you're dark and musty and you don't give a shit if someone sneaks a cigarette somewhere. Your bathrooms (and the decisions made there) are questionable. I won't ever wipe my hands on your weird bathroom towel roll things but shhhh baby... that's not what our relationship is about. Our love is about all the sweet bands you like. Every night I visit you it's a new mixtape of awesome. Thrashicana? Hillgrass bluebilly? Sad sack songs? Boot stomping and cheap beer chugging? Baby we were meant to be. So what if the cover is $10 here and there. I know you take care of your bands. You clearly care about me. I know. I've seen the closed circuit parking lot footage on the screen behind the bar. I'm a pinball-loving rambler and so are you. Let's make this a long-term relationship.
Signed,
Your best gal.
After visiting Davey's several times, and after the incredible time I had here last night, it's time to write my review.
First, let's get some things out of the way that people seem to complain about in reviewing places like this. Â Yes, you pay a cover if a band is playing. Â Davey's has some pretty good groups come in, and they have to pay them. Usually $5-7, depending on the band. Next, it's truly a dive bar, so if pristeen conditions are important to you, then you probably need to stay away. Â I am not exactly sure how large women manage to use the restroom (you'll see what I mean), but it's not a problem for me. Â Finally, It's located on Main in Midtown, so just be aware of your surroundings when parking and walking. Â A parking lot is in back, and you can also usually find street parking nearby. Â You won't have a long walk to the door either way.
OK, now the fun part! Â Davey's has been in the same family for many, many years. While I have been told by a family member how they came into ownership, I tend to screw up stories and jokes big time when I attempt to retell them, so just ask Michelle, the owner, if you want to hear it. Â Staff members are friendly and attentive; they always check to make sure we are enjoying our visit. Tap selection is pretty great for me, as I love pale ale, IPA, Guinness, Stella, New Belgium anything, and Boulevard. They have all of these and then some! Â All I drink is beer, so that's all I can comment on. Â
The set-up is great! Â When you walk in, you're on the bar side. Â This is where we generally hang out if we want to talk instead of focus on the band playing. The bar side has some pinball machines, if you like that (I do). Â In the back is the pool room. Â While I have peeked in there, and we love pool, it is mysteriously smokey, and I have to stay away. Â I'm sure it's a smoker's delight, though, and I hear there's a patio back there. Through the bar and to the right is the stage. Â It's pretty good sized for a small venue like this! Â This room is really dark, and there's a very cool bar in the back corner. Last night, we did venture to this room because I really wanted to see The Wilders do their thing. Â Lots of people were dancing, and there were plenty of bar stools on the perimeter for the wallflowers like me.
Finally, the people. Davey's has lots of regulars, and the "others" kind of depend on the band. They bring in country-ish, rock, alternative. . .so the crowd varies. Â No pretense here, ever. Â I love it because I feel comfortable dressing down, which is nice after working all day.
One more thing. . .Davey's is open most holidays. Â This is a big deal to me because my family is boring, so after holiday festivities end, I can head to Davey's and have some drinks and hang out till the wee hours. Â I can't think of anything else in Kansas City that compares to this place. I hope they are around for many more years!
This place is my version of the Winchester Pub-it's safe, it's a place I know, and it's somewhere I can smoke. I'll come back and give it that fifth star when I can buy Nat Sherman's Classic Blues. *hint hint*
With a selection of liquor ranging from the lowliest rot-gut well swill to effing Balvenie 10 Year, Boddington's on tap and Hamm's to go, Davey's attracts and keeps happy barflies that are as varied as the drinks.
This is one of maybe four venues I've ever been to where you can have a drink with the band you just saw play. Davey's is a great place to see all the favorite and not-so-much local bands as well as some of the favorite national acts.
The bartenders? They bust their asses to keep you happy, they will remember you and what you like to drink even if it's been a couple of months since they've seen your handsome mug.
The crowds there are interesting. Put on the Ritz, or whatever rumpled article you found on the floor in the corner of your room, it doesn't matter-no one will so much as raise an eyebrow at you. Depending on who you chat up the discussion you have will include but is not limited to politics, theology, Vincent Price's career as a master chef, sports, movies, and the finer points of ballistics chemistry. Like any place, it's well to mind your manners, lest you find yourself getting tossed.
As far as the bathrooms go, well, you can use 'em unless some thoughtless girl before you didn't read the sign next to the toilet. And the mirror. And the trash can. I can't complain about the bathrooms actually. Then again, my basis for comparison is having had to pay to use a hole in the ground in a former USSR country and then having to pay for toilet paper. But I digress.
There's a pool table in the smoking room. Yep, you read that right, smoking room. There is absolutely no climate control in the smoking room. This is of no consequence however; having an actual room to puff away in is pretty danged close to Nirvana when the weather is nasty outside.
I love this bar.
UPDATE 20120108: Okay, so they don't sell my smokes. The bartenders know how I like to drink and they get it right every single time. I don't have to educate them about why one shouldn't ever serve fine whiskey on the rocks. I don't have to beg them for a cup of hot, black coffee that's still going to be delicious when it's gone cold and I am never want for conversation at Davey's. As I've said before, I love this bar.
I believe the term "dive bar" to be one of the most overused these days, but Davey's qualifies. It's been in that spot seemingly forever (just ask the K who used to live across the way back in the mid-90s). The neighborhood has changed a lot, Davey's not so much (some of the same band stickers grace the walls of the foyer). Dives cannot be contrived. Rule number one. Davey's is the real deal.
Is the bathroom scary? You betcha. It's clean enough, but that towel machine-you know the kind, it claims if you pull the thing, it gets clean by...what, a ton of little elves who live inside the contraption? I think not. It's just par for the course. Try not to think about it. Oh, I do, of course, I think of the all the people who came before me and dried their *not scrubbed viciously while singing the ABCs* grubby paws after doing god knows what. Just. Don't. Think. About. It.
See why I'm only a wannabe dive lover?
Service is quick, with a smile and on to the next. Sit at the bar if you want to chat or step away. Sounds just right to me. You'd expect the tenders to be less friendly, so it's a nice surprise that they're not.
We sat for a while in the first room while throwing a few strong ones back (I never get drunk off two vodka drinks. I had no need for a third the other night). We were there for Weird Wednesdays Supper Club, a delightful weekly event that I hope to attend regularly. It's *free,* attracts a friendly group of people, some cool talent (burlesque, comedy, music) and food...good food I heard (I ate beforehand, silly me). Let's not forget the amazin' Gypsy Joan who reads your cards for free (tip her!)
Need one for the road?
Davey's got you covered.
Seriously. This is the only place I have ever heard of that you can buy alcohol to go! I have never actually done so, but... I can. And knowing that I can is all I need to know.
Having performed here, I haven't written a review on it yet, because I felt it would be a too biased review since the staff was so friendly and helpful, and the show went amazingly well with the best crowd ever! So I waited until I went to see a show there to review it and I have still walked away with a great experience! Cheap drinks! Two dollar tuesdays! Friendly staff! Awesome shows!
I guess my only complaint is the filthy bathrooms and I think the floor could use a good mopping... especially after seeing some train-hopping hobo spit beer everywhere and then do some sort of tasmanian Devil dance barefoot. Not only do I not want to come in contact with his spit, spit out beer, anything out of his mouth, I don't want to come in contact with anything that his filthy feed stepped upon.
But for real. Davey;s is worth it. :)
Dirty, cheap and dark... The makings of a place that I used to frequent all the time. Reminds me of places in Lawrence a lot. I always drink vodka and club soda with a lime and the lime in my drink from here was pretty non existent. I guess that is what I would expect from a venue like this. I live just around the corner but this place is not on my list of places I would go to on a regular basis. I came to watch a friends band and I was probably way overdressed too. I love old dingy dive bars sometimes and since it is so close and not as crowded as Buzzard Beach it might be a stop of mine this summer.
The stage is small and I think that they do have two bars. I also saw people sneaking to a back "smoking room". I never visited the bathroom so I can't tell you what that was like. My neighborhood is kind of rough so if you drive just be sure to lock it up.
this was a nice, laid back, divey bar full of those wanting to see live music and have a good time. Â I dug the ceilings the most, cool 60's drawings of naked girls riding champagne bottles and other drinking nostalgia. Â lots of history on the walls, with band stickers, portraits, old posters reminding the rowdy crowd of glory days. Â
spacious standing rooms, and interspersed stools made it easy to relax or dance. Â in the front/main room lots of booths to hang out.
Last time I was here, it was a bastardly night with storms of severe proportions. I was surprised at the amount of people who braved the storm to see the show at this venue. It has the potential to house some really cool shows. I would love to see more live music here. Good use of space, some bar game machines, open stage area, unimpressive staff, strange location. I was trying to film the show from the back bar while dodging a violent ceiling leak. Why was it leaking back there? I thought there was a whole building on top of it? I'm knocking the staff because they refused to open the back door for the bands and crew so they had to drag thousands of dollars of equipment through Poseidon's torment to the front door. Not cool, guys. Not cool.
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