Shady's

My boyfriend loves this place as long as a certain guy is working (I don't know his name) but apparently he makes THE BEST old fashioned or Manhattans or most likely both. They play stuff off of netflix on the TVs usually pretty old movies.  Their jukebox selection is way old school which is nice sometimes when you want to just relax and take it easy.

This is a great place for people who don't want lots of comotion as it usually tends to be quite slow during the week but enough people to obviously keep them in business. I have heard there is a lot more people on fridays and saturdays which would make sense.

I might be in love.  This place may have just blown my last crush away!  I had driven by this rather nondescript place a million times thinking, "I really need to stop in there and check it out".  I also had a fellow, respected cocktail-connoisseur tell me I had to go here for the amazing cocktails and ambiance...that was over a year ago.  So I finally mosied in on a Thursday night and was IMPRESSED.  Shady's has great tunes coming out of the jukebox, great bartenders that made fantastic beverages, and quite a friendly cool crowd.  For all the beer people they also have a good variety of beers.  Oh and did I mention it is INEXPENSIVE!  I thought they screwed something up when the bill arrived because it was so FREAKING cheap.  I went back Friday and Saturday just to confirm:  Shady's is indeed AWESOME.

I'm not a bar person -- i'd honestly rather sit at home and drink a beer with dinner (maybe two if I'm feeling luxurious). It's not only cheaper, but I don't have to worry about how I'm going to get home when I'm feeling even the slightest buzz.

Shady's has shown me a new path. I get it now. The beer selection is incredible, the atmosphere is only moderately hipster, and there's always something interesting playing on the TV. (While we were there, we managed to catch most of Hellevator and the beginning of Gingerdead Man 3. Awesome.)

Shady's knows that people who aren't bros need a place to grab a brew. The owners understand that neighborhood pubs should attract the kind of people you can spend more than a few minutes around without wanting to run into traffic.

Do two beers cost about the same as a six-pack, which usually takes me about a week to finish? Sure. But the place is cool enough to make me ignore that fact.