Stockyard Saloon

Totally a dive bar...My friend and I lowered the age level in there by about 20 years.  It was Happy Hour so we each enjoyed a beverage. There were some dirty ole men hooping and hollering at us. It was late afternoon so I'm guessing this crowd livens up and gets younger as the night goes on...

No big deal...great Happy Hour and cute saloon doors...but it is so gross in here and the people look like they gave up on life.  The guys in here whistle and hit on every girl that walks in...which would be nice if they were decent.  Just dirty old men, kind of like this place.  It is just a dive bar with old Tvs and half way decent drinks.  Bartender was really nice.  She was an older lady with a cig in her mouth fixing her hair in the mirror...hilarious!  Just your local downhome time warped hang out.

Funny thing, this ebb and flow they see at the Stockyards, and I'm guessing this is surprising to absolutely no one, but then again, that never stopped me from telling a tale before.

Sounds like Stockyard Saloon isn't particularly busy, except when they're not, and I happened (fortunately, actually) to pop in one night during baseball season when the Rangers were piling on some hapless opponent (let's call them, for the sake of the story, the Baltimore Orioles), and this joint played a little like a Texas postcard. A little smoke wafting about, a little pool playing in the back (bathed in florescent hues), jukebox numbers that clearly had been cranked up by someone still in the building. A bartender who knew everyone in the room by name. Cause that's what bartenders do.

The beer choices are pretty middle of the road (although I do profess a soft spot for a Lone Star or Shiner every now and again), and the conversation was lively. I asked, and was told that they do karaoke Wednesdays and sounds like there's a regular room for that, and in the mean time, the gang that knows the room well ambles in for their regular thing - pool, sports on the big screen, chatter amongst friends.

I'm reserving more love for the time when I get to know this place better, and sounds like they don't have much trouble squeezing folks in on weekends. I'll look forward to soaking that in. But I don't mind much about chilling in the time in between either.