Otis Campbell's

OC has a reputation for fights...inside the bar and out side. the owner has two bars in Washington and both still allow smoking. We went this fall in a large group but had to leave because of the smoke. Also don't serve wine.

I have a lot of mixed feelings about the OC. I spent nearly every other saturday night at this place from 2006 to about 2010 hanging out with some combination of friends and family, and the overwhelming majority of my experiences have been great. I got into a friendly face-slapping contest with my friend Petra and had to explain to the bouncer that we were only kidding around, I had the time of my life dancing in and subsequently winning a dance/halloween costume contest a couple years ago dressed as an old man, complete with tennis-balled walker (see my photos)...all great times.

Things keeping me from rating this a 5:

- RAMPANT fighting...there's even a sign displayed prominently on the windows in front that you will be banned for life on the first offense (again, see my pics).

- Along those lines, chances are there are at least a few guys in there that are looking for an excuse to exorcise their personal anger demons...I've been approached there by guys I didn't even know and told that they heard I had a problem with them...I've been shoved to the floor from behind for reasons that escape me...and so on. :P

- Someone ganked my peacoat from the windowsill near the door when I had just bought it two weeks earlier...no coat check but I guess that's what I get for wearing my coat from the car to the bar.

- Oh and a couple years ago somebody was arrested for doing meth in the bathroom. Hooray for Franklin County!

All that jankiness aside, I still love the place. Good live music pretty much every day, and it's right across the street from The Landing (a Washmo institution) and John G's Bier Deck (my favorite outdoor hangout in town).