Donnie Boy's Tap

I've been to a lot of bars.   A lot.   And this one, might take the cake as the worst.  As I walked in, a dog ran up and sniffed at me.  Not sure who the owner of the dog was, but whoever they were,  they didn't seem to care about it.  There were about 10 people hanging around, playing pool & sitting at the bar.  A random 8 year old hanging around, I thought that was pretty weird for a bar.   I ordered a Johnny Walker Red, and the bartender started looking around for it.  I told her I'd take a Dewars or whatever scotch they had around and someone bellowed from the pool table "No Scotch."  Now I've been to bars that don't have my brand of scotch, but never in my life have I been to one that didn't have any at all.  So I had a beer, figured I'd just stay for the one then and move on to a bar that had scotch.  I asked for my bill, and she told me I couldn't pay for my $4 dollar beer with a credit card because it was under their $5 minimum.  So now I had to overpay for the drink I didn't want.  So I pass her my AMEX and she informs me they don't accept AMEX.  There is a sticker on the fridge next to the cash register that says they take AMEX.  "We should take that off."  She tells me.  All that said, the bartender was a sweet heart, she kind of seemed embarrassed about all of it,  but these are issues that fall on the owners/management.  It's the kind of place that seems like the owner said to a buddy "Dude, we should open a bar" having no management skills or business acumen.  On a side note, I did over hear a regular telling the bartender a story about how he "choked a dude out" there on St. Patrick's day.  This place was pure comedy.