The Paradox

A MUST for the dive bar tour!!  Jorge G.'s review sums it up - everything you want in a dive bar - strong drinks and eclectic customer base waiting at the door in the morning.  I love the copper counter tops and bar.

I think this place might be more interesting in the daytime.

I've always wondered about it driving by and finally decided to stop in. For a Friday night, this place was dead. The music was insanely loud, so much so that I couldn't even think (and I'm used to loud music!).  The bartender was nice, though he couldn't hear us.

Beer and shots were standard, if a little flat, but that happens.

If someone else got their hands on this place I bet it'd be awesome.

A-OK if you are the sort of person who spends most of their day sitting at a bar drinking.

The husband's fishing buddy is a bartender at The Paradox. On MLK's b-day; after a day of fishing in 70 degree weather, the husband wanted to gloat a bit to his working buddy. So we stopped in for a cocktail. It is dark and decorated with beer signs including the rotating Bud draft horse lamp. There are games and pool tables if anyone is so inclined; two guys were giving each other drunken chest bumps over a bowling game. Woo Hoo.  However, our bartending friend mixed a great bloody Mary for me (on the house) and the husband had a beer.  

Not a place for Yelp happy hours but also not a totally creepy place for a drink. We heard they have bands on Friday and a different set of people at night, so you night owls will have to review that scene.