Take Five Cocktails

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  I'm a sucker for a dive and a juke box, this place has both. Though it does lack the divey smell. I've always had a good time here, and I've always had good drinks. Take Five is a good place to wait while you are getting your Chinese Food at Chester's.

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  Posted on 07.02.13 Anna A.

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  Seems I write mostly negative revirews when I get riled up, so I thought it was time to ad a Positive
  
  I Love theis place, I may be one of the creepers others refer to, but who cares.
  This is a dark dirty dive bar, but the friendliest place I have ever been.  Started going hers a few years ago was going through a rough time and just wanted to drink till I couldn't drink anymore.  Bartenders and Customers were all cool.  A few weirdos, and as I said I might have been one of them.
  
  Great mix of crowd, jobless, alcoholics, people trying to forget, successful businessmen, young and old. regulars, and a lot of genuine people.
  
  Yes occasionally there can be fights, but still a great place to hang out and drink, listen to music, and talk, tell lies, listen to lies, and laugh about it all.
  
  If you are an appletini kind of person, this place is not for you.  You you want to relax after work, drink have fun, and don't care about how clean the bathrooms are. This place is for you

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  Posted on 12.13.12 Aphytis P.

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  They should hand out free penicillin shots with every drink at Take 5.

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  Posted on 06.14.12 Michael L.

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  I love dive bars and between Lamplighter, Outlaws, and Clubhouse... Take 5 is my favorite.
  
  Pool games are 50c each. Their cues aren't perfect but they're actually pretty nice for bar cues. They all have their tips and you can always find a few good ones to play with on either of their two tables.
  
  There's a jukebox and a couple of game machines (our favorite game is the "what's the difference in these pictures?" in the erotic section ;D) They also have a stack of local readers with jokes and funny stories sitting on a table.
  
  The back patio for smoking has covered benches. The restrooms are usually clean (it's a bar; sometimes they get mussed up) and the lines are short.
  
  It's usually pretty empty but can get crowded and fill up quick on some nights. The bartenders are really friendly. Don't be shy to flag them down. They'll just keep talking to the patrons at the other end of the bar if you don't. ;) Drink prices are fair. They serve coffee and other non-alcoholic beverages for DDs and superdrunks.

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  Posted on 01.21.12 Nikki T.

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  I came to meet a friend for a beer who was there for another friends' birthday celebration.   I thought I was going to stay for a few minutes, have a beer, catch up a bit, and take off.
  
  The stars are for the bartendress, who was charming, attentive, and down-to-earth, willing to chat and gossip or leave you alone to drown your sorrows.
  
  Unfortunately, the clientele in this joint is trashy as all get-out.  
  For example:
  I watched a girl who was smashed make a pass at a guy who was also pretty tanked.    
  Nothing out of the ordinary.  
  They chatted, half danced, half fell into eachother.  
  Still pretty standard.  
  They vanish.
  A vicious rumor cycles through the bar, one that I, out of curiousity, felt a need to investigate.
  Sure enough, the two were having sex between two dumpsters behind the bar.  I would never have believed it if I hadn't seen it occurring right before my eyes.
  
  Moments later, girl comes back inside and sits glumly at the end of the bar, discarded, fiddling with her phone and waiting for her girl friends to finish and take her home.
  Guy comes back in to whistling and high-fives from his bro-friends.
  It was as if we had stepped into a frat house initiation.  I was terrified.
  
  I'm certain this doesn't occur nightly, and I did actually meet some decently interesting folks I played darts with for a while, but I'd rather maintain my ignorance and pretend that Camarillo folks aren't so tragically disgusting as the patrons of this bar.

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  Posted on 11.12.11 Christophe B.

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