Went here last night for a little bluegrass and to catch the Niner game. The Niners lost, but that had nothing to do with the Drytown Club.
It's a cute little spot, with weathered hardwood floors and a genuine gold country feel. The bartender was pleasant, and we were satisfied with their selection on tap (nothing too spectacular, but they had a local beer!). We ordered up some of the food, and I would say the next time around, I'd pass on the nachos and go for a burger or the pot pie instead.
The live bluegrass was a lot of fun, and a bit of a surprise as I hear they mostly host a blues band that has become quite popular.
It's always nice feel comfortable and welcomed as out of towners in a new place, and the Drytown Club was friendly, so I'll be back. :)
The funnest, most inviting hangout I have ever been to. Live music - always excellent and sure to get you movin'. Great food that NEVER disappoints - delicious burgers, hot wings and piled high nachos, etc. I travel to Amador regularly from couple hours away just because of Drytown Club. The owner and team here are always a blast and so incredibly sweet. Wear your dancin' shoes because this atmosphere is sure to have you on the dance floor all night. Firepit outside so you can move around inside or out.
We threw my best friend's 30th bday bash here and just as everytime we come here, it was EPIC!!!
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Really love this place. Â Great place to meet up with friends and make new ones. Â They have a new outside stage and bar that looks great! Grab a beer sit down, meet new friends, listen to great live music and time will fly. Â Although the staple of the bar, Reverb, the wonderful dog that greeted you with a big smile is no longer there. Â RIP Reverb.... we will truly miss you! Â The people are still great! The wettest spot in Drytown!
Review Source:I don't think country bars get any better than this place!
Friendly bartender/servers, good ribeye steaks served with potato salad and beans, great live music, good, good acoustics, and a good wood dance floor of reasonable size. Â The Leather Souls band members are all local Amador musicians that play a mean tune to dance by!
We went there for the BBQ and Blues Sunday evening. Â Unfortunately, the pulled pork that they are especially known for was already gone by 6PM when we got there. Â However, the medium -rare ribeye steak did not disappoint. Â They had about 5 or 6 different varieties of wine from the local Drytown Cellers winery down the road. Â The Primitivo was excellent and a bargain at $5.50 a glass! Â It went excellently with the steak dinner.
Prices are pretty good, too. Â A Â steak dinner and 2 glasses of red wine only set me back about $27 bucks, plus tip.
The parking lot is tiny, but there's parking across the street and along the road. Â People are friendly. Â This is a place that I wish was closer to town, but I Â know that part of it's charm is that it's located way out in rural Amador County.
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I went back the following Sunday. Â We were meeting up with friends that had spent the whole weekend at the Behind the Cellar Doors event that brought out many, many wine fans. Â The Drytown Club is well-situated as a place to grab a bite to eat after a long day of winetasting.
The skies were pouring down with rain, but the slick, water-doused roads were no barrier to our  finding our way back for more of the steak..
The medium-rare ribeye steak goes well with the cabernet sauvignon, too! Â
[My friends had already eaten. Â When the steak arrived, it looked so good that they wished they'd ordered the steak, too!]
My family was staying at the New Horzons 49er village over the weekend and on my way to Amador City we passed this little bar in Drytown. I went here for the first time Sat. night. The live music was fun country bluegrass venue. Did some dancing that night. Bar serves Beer and Wine. Be sure to order there local wine.Support the tiny town. Population 200! A Â gal in working overalls was playing a fiddle and she sang a couple of old bluegrass classics. Boy could she belt those lyrics out. Reminded me of the music from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou. Next time we are up in the Mother Load we are going back. Oh, dog Reverb was a perfect compliment to the bar.
Review Source:The wettest spot in Drytown. The Allen that owned it no longer does (I don't think the other Allen at Drytown Cellars ever did) - but Reverb the dog still sits on the Porch, holding court with regulars and being a good person. Santa Cruz Allen was a great guy - still is. The bar is all wine and beer - the wine from Drytown Cellars. Good place to hang at night, mellow, with mainly locals. Good beer, too. Music good. Place - gooood.
Review Source:The Drytown Club is really a musician's venue. No matter what the crowd is like on the night you may choose to visit or what person you may involuntarily have an uncomfortable conversation with, you can always count on soul-powered blues to keep you coming back.
My greatest memory here involves a drunken night, my brother and my best friend. It was a Saturday, and they were drinking at The Annex in Sutter Creek. I was designated as the sober one. In need of a change of scenery, I drove the three of us at lightning speed down dark country towards the Drytown Club. It was a Saturday, and we fully expected what this place has a reputation for: an eclectic mix of bikers, vagrants, tipsy older women and bewildered retirees who look as if they took a wrong turn and ended up as extras in a bad remake of "Roadhouse." Amazingly, we found none of these on this particular night, just the usual cozy, country cabin-style interior adorned with $1's on the ceiling, beer signs and Christmas lights. There's also a stripper pole in the corner- let's leave it at that. A girl with a pierced face served us beers and we looked around disappointed, that is until the band (who apparently had been on a break between sets) took the stage. Led by the thundering soul voice of a gigantic man named Big something, this eclectic blues group called the "Leather Souls" instantly proved ten times better than the one man karaoke disaster at our previous destination. The club's owner, Alan, was sitting in on guitar. We were bewildered as to why no one else had shown up to enjoy this wonderful free concert. The pierced girl provided us with a simple answer: "Depends on the night." Nevertheless, it proved to be the highlight of our night, and well worth the dangerous drive.
Drytown Club was kickin' butt again this past weekend. Â Leather Souls featuring Allen Frank, Allen Kreutzer, Rick Arnold and Phil (Hicks?) were on fire. Â Why Drytown club isn't on more people's radar for a fun blues setting just escapes me. Â Other pros would do well to perform here.
Here's video proof:
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Allen, part owner and also is the winemaker at the other alcohol serving establishment in Drytown (Drytown Cellars), told us to swing by for some live blues later that night. I was staying at the Old Well Motel & Grill so a careful shuffle across the street was just right after a long hot day of wine tasting. It's a bar set up to have a band in it, Â very handy that the owner is also the drummer in the band! Music was fun, the crowd was mostly locals, there is a dance pole for those daring, and of course some Drytown Cellars wines and a full bar. Nice outside area to escape the band if it gets too loud for you.
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