Rick's American Cafe

Rick's is a dump.

It has the reputation of being the place where people finish their night, after they're already hammered.  There's two sides at the place.  One has a DJ and dancing, the other has tables, tvs, etc.  Both sides are a mess at night,

You have to go at least once while a student at MSU.  Some people love it; I'm not one of them.

Everyone is saying that you won't like Ricks if you're under 25, ugly, or a hipster (good one btw, loser), well I was none of those things any time I ever went there, and it still sucked.

Okay.

First things first, this is a typical college dive bar so expectations need to be managed. It's dark, it's dirty, it's smelly. I wouldn't use the bathrooms if someone paid me. It can take forever to get a drink and you will usually see at least one crying girl in a corner.

But it is an East Lansing staple and a great place to go after a football game if you want to brave the crowds. It's not a place to go and have drinks and conversation. It's a place to end a bar crawl because you will be too "happy" to remember that you braved the stairs to enter this dungeon.