This was funny. Â A bunch of my friends came into Williamsport for a friend's wedding. Â Since it was a casual afternoon reception, after dinner we were looking for a place to celebrate, and we'd already spent the previous night at Bullfrog.
The Senate was a hell of a good time. Â It was full of old-timers who were rather taken aback that a bunch of dressed-up, citified youngsters more or less took over their bar. Â They had stocked up the jukebox with Sinatra tunes, probably the same ones that they listened to EVERY night. Â Once those ran out, we tried to make a gentle transition with some Johnny Cash followed by classic rock, but pretty soon we were playing every obnoxious 80's and 90's pop classic that we could find. Â How could we not, when it cost $1 per four plays? Â My bastard friend selected "Poison" by Bel Biv Devoe, but only after he knew that I had had enough to drink to be cajoled into doing my "Poison" dance. Â They often ask for it, but only on special occasions does the "Poison" dance come out!
Pitchers of Yuengling cost $5. Â Both the pitchers and the jukebox were dollars well spent. Â (We may have bought more pitchers than songs. Â Hard to say.) Â My (now ex-)girlfriend tricked me into playing a drinking game based on "Roxanne" which led to some rapid, copious consumption over those three minutes. Â That shit still makes me laugh. Â Good times.
The bar has this long table game which looks like shuffle board elevated about four feet off the ground. Â Strange, but fun.
The regulars kept giving us looks but they weren't really bitter or resentful, more like incredulous and shell-shocked. Â Hilarious. Â Over the course of the night, they fled by ones and twos until there were only three stalwarts left. Â
So--a straightfoward neighborhood bar with cheap pitchers, cheaper jukebox, a weird shuffleboard game, and accommodating local yokels.