I'm a huge fan, devoted patron, and personal friend of THE Roger of Roger's Exciting Tattle Tale Cocktails. Â Every experience here has been completely unique, with all sorts of weird people and situations to tell my friends about come morning.
When I first discovered The Tattle Tale Room upon moving to Culver City in 2010, I knew it was a winner purely based on its name and sign. Â Then, through various visits, I've met every form of human life imaginable: leathery, old Regatta champions, Adam Sandler's biggest fans (seriously?), and even a little old woman named Flo who touched my boyfriend's junk in front of me on New Year's Eve. Â Can you really get mad at her, though? Â She's, like, 80. Â I'm not a huge karaoke fan, but it's generally pretty entertaining here...the song selections tend to get pretty filthy. Â Bartender Melissa is great and hooks it up with the free drink tokens.
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The great and powerful Tattle Tale Room, host to many a Packer game... I devoted. The most Wisconsin friendly bar in California... During football season this place is wall to wall green and yellow jerseys. GO PACK GO!!!! Great bartending from what I remember (Heavy hands). This dive bar is a great contrast to anything else in Culver City. 7 days of karaoke, cheap drinks, wall to wall flat screens, and Green Bay memorabilia everywhere make this place an excellent place to drink the cheap beers and cheer on America's real team The Green Bay Packers
Review Source:I love this local dive bar.
Yes, it is small. No, it's not pretty.
The crowd is great though and service is good as well. There is free karaoke every night after 9:30 and they also offer pool.
If you're a packers fan, this is the bar to come to during a game! Its always a good time and they give you FREE food.
Drinks are reasonable and you never have to wait to long.
If your looking for a cool spot to Hang out for a few, and meet cool folks this is the spot! I don't drink but the Atmosphere is supper, nice big flat screen TV, two pool table if you got skills :-), really a fun place! It's kinda a hole in the wall Bar! Thumbs-up on Representing THE GREEN BAY PACKER ! !
Review Source:The Greatest Packer Bar in the world!
These people really know how to take the snooty and stuffy out of a bar, so you can just chill and relax over a beverage of your choice at 1/2 the cost of places where the crowds are. Â Sure the Tattle Tale Room is perhaps dive bar. Â It is not pretty. a bit rough, small, grimy and dare say ugly?
However,
Every Sunday, I make my trek over here to watch my team play. Â Here are my reasons why I always return and why I go even if there wasn't a game going.
1) Â Friendly staff and patrons... sure it may look scary, but once you are in, you are greeted with a smile and a handshake.
2) Â Bring your own food. Â But at halftime during a game, you get free pizza. Â (really? Â yes!)
3) Â Parking can be tight, but you can find spaces behind, across the street and all over
4) Â I'm gluten intolerant, and when I asked for gluten-free beer, they said yes! Â Awesome! Â A place that serves gluten free beer so i don't feel left out.
5) Â And free Karaoke mid week!
This place is my new dive bar. Â Convenient location and parking (limited, but it's there). Â The gun store next door adds a certain charm which I found thrilling and my friend found unsettling. Â When the drunk old man in the bar started causing trouble over the fact that his "friend" had moved his drink over one seat so we could sit down, I was excited for raucous activity while my friend reminded me there was a gun store next door. Â I should probably take her with me everywhere to keep me out of trouble. Â But I digress....
The bartenders are great. Â Two different girls and they were both super friendly, down to earth and made the place feel like a Cheers. Â Great place for watching a game as it's small with multiple TV's. Â Pool tables are a nice touch. Â You could tell the place was full of regulars and everyone was very friendly.
The only complaint I can think of is the bathroom is dirty, but who cares. Â Pop a squat and enjoy the homey, slightly unpredictable environment. Â Cheers!
The Tattle Tale Room is a perhaps the dive-y-est bar out there. It is not pretty. Very rough, small, grimy and ugly. Â Yes, very ugly.
But all this doesn't matter with the Packers are on! Go back go! Good, cheap drinks and free food! Yes, FREE food!
The food range from Wisconsin cheese and crackers, to KFC chicken to Jack in the Box' tacos. Very random but I love it! They also pass out free shots during half time!
I will definitely revisit during the next game. The fans here are awesome! Be forewarned, don't come here with Bear's gear!
Not such a fan. I normally like dive bars, but I just did not have a good time.
I had to swim through fat people with 40's to get a drink while they sang drunken karaoke like a choir of elephants. Joyful noise...
And when I stepped outside, I had to ply off a drunk guy off of some poor skinny west side girl. The guy's BO was about as subtle as an airhorn. I shit you not, I could smell him from the other side of the bar.
I don't think I'll be back. If I am, I'll be sure to bring a gas mask.
Juuust finished finals and I joked to my group that I needed a shot of tequila. One suggested going to a bar after class adjourned. Felt a little ballsy, for a lack of better terminology, for a Saturday afternoon so I agreed. I remembered reading about this place in L. A. Weekly not too long ago, plus I've passed by this place for years. We researched nearby bars and found the Tattle Tale Room.
I am so glad we found this place.
The small crowd and the bartender Melissa were very welcoming. We ordered margaritas and oh boy...looks are deceiving. After two (well, one and a half for me) I felt it all. They were delicious. The music on the jukebox was perfect and I enjoyed conversing with those that stopped by. Thoroughly enjoyed my time here. I've bookmarked this place for future references because I definitely want to check out the karaoke nights. Great place to unwind and have pure fun.
Wasn't a big fan last night. Â It was my first time walking into this place and I may have come on an "off" night, and it may have already been too late (as is we should have arrived earlier...), but I'm willing to give the Tattle Tale Room another chance.
Service was satisfactory and the brews were icy.
It was karaoke night and some of the patrons singing were pretty good. Â There was one girl singing one of Alanis Morisette's hits and she was pretty badass and cute, hitting every line on point.
What did it for us, was that there was really no room to sit. Â That's why I was saying we may have come too late, so I'm williing to give this place a second go sometime in the future.
I would be more compelled to comeback if it wasn't as crowded as the place looks like a pretty cozy dive to have a brew or two in after a hard day at work. Â I definitely recommend the spot to anyone searching for a dive. Â The 3-star rating definitely reflects my sentiments about it -- "A-OK." Â I'd want to return when it's not karaoke night, but on a random off night.
This place is like a bar with a karoke section off to the side. Â It has a small neighborhood bar kind of vibe with a really lively atmosphere. Â Unfortunately, I came here yesterday and I still don't think my hearing is back 100%. Â It is un-neccesarily loud and forget conversations.. we ended up txting each other across the table.
Stayed here 20 min before we couldn't handle it anymore.
I'm 26 and old now.. wanna protect what hearing I have left!
Boooooooy, is this place NOISY!!! wait a sec, it's supposed to be? Â LOL. It's a bar, karaoke place, pool, etc. AND it's ridiculously busy which equals awesomeballs. I got invited by my friend Missy for her 21st birthday and woohoo! I'm a fan now. There's a full bar, a gang load of beer, what more shall we ask for?
Come early, stay for the pool, karaoke, cool people, and $5.50 beer. :D
Good times! Happy birthday to the bestest singer, Missy *hearts*
Hooray for a $2-off Yelp check-in offer. I love easy-to-use deals like the one at the Tattle Tale Room. $2 off any purchase works for me. Especially when that purchase is Jameson's Whiskey with Ginger Ale & Lime.
The bar is just that. It's a bar ... a dive bar. And Tattle Tale Room is proud of that dive-rsity. It's slogan is "Enter as strangers; Leave as friends." Which is similar to my personal slogan of "Enter as a stranger; Leave as a drunk."
The bar is full of regulars. You know the kind that flunked out of AA school and have come to accept who they are gonna be in life... even if their liver hasn't. Tattle Tale Room isn't a date bar or place to impress (or pick up) the ladies. It's a place to have a drink (or 3), play a game of pool, and watch whatever sports is on TV. They advertise karaoke, but I haven't been on karaoke night.
Parking was busy in the strip mall lot, but free. After entering, we grabbed a couple spots at the bar. The bartender was nice and quick. After discovering the drink was a healthy pour, I can say "very nice." We nibbled on the nuts and just hung out for awhile. It's what you do at a dive bar. It's what you do at the Tattle Tale Room.
The homie and I stop by on a Sunday afternoon to catch a Laker game. We were driving southbound on the 405 and realized Tattle Tale was the nearest watering hole by a Culver City off ramp.
The first bad sign was the 40 y/o inebriated skateboarder sitting on the ground in front of the bar. The bartender with red hair and braids was uber cool and professional, but the small crowd of "regulars" was sad. These dudes and one lady were hammered, I mean piss dunk at 12:30pm.The atmosphere was too depressing for us and we bounced after 2 beers.
In all fairness, I hear the night action is pretty solid but there are plenty of other joints in Culver City with a more fun atmosphere during the day. I see absolutely no reason to ever return here (during the day) unless I wake up an alcoholic and I have a desire to go "Where Everybody Knows Your Name."
If you love karaoke, any night of the week, this place is the place to be. Â Top-notch karaoke with a great staff and nice people enjoying the lovely booze and the average to outstanding singing.. Â But the weekends are ridiculous. Â Sometimes it's packed, and sometimes it's PACKED. Â If you came to sing, arrive early and plan to stay late. Â The KJ is completely fair and doesn't play favorites, so you WILL get up, but be patient, because about 80% of the bar wants to sing. Â Everything else you've read here is true as well; the bartenders will give nice hard drinks while singing, answering the phone and doing whatever else is required of them. Â
Yes, it's a dive bar, but for some magical reason, it's the most popular, crowded and fun place to be on a weekend night. Â (Don't plan to find a place to sit down though, it's that crowded.)
I didn't know what to expect. All I knew was that Tattle Tale was a dive and to be prepared for some karaoke.
You will definitely find some hidden talent singing karaoke here, including the lovely bartender who sang 'Fade Into You' by Mazzy Star. She sings while she makes your drinks! Oh, and the karaoke host is a ringer too. A very talented staff awaits.
Expect some people watching opportunities. Be open minded and just enjoy the music.
Let's get this out of the way now. This is a dive bar. If that's not your scene then move right on along.
Whenever I come to town I MUST make a trip to the Tattle otherwise my trip is a complete waste (maybe an exaggeration but you get the point). Originally suggested by a friend, I was very skeptical. Growing up around the area I has seen this place many many times and it always looked to me like the dumpy neighborhood bar that was probably full of bums and alcoholics. I certainly was wrong.
The environment is very welcoming and yes you have your regulars but never did I get the feeling that I was unwelcome. Maybe this has to do with the fact that my friend passed me around to all her buddies and I was able to get to know everyone but even still people here seem real chill. My only real complaint, and someone else said it in another review, some people (regulars I assume), have a real problem if you take "their seat". Someone approached me the other night and said just that and I politely said that she took off for 10 minutes with no drink left behind so it was fair game. She didn't seem to like that but do I care. I was having a good time and wasn't going to let a chair nazi bring me down.
This place also has tall cans! Yea, maybe it's a little college-bar-esq but they are priced well. The bartender (her name escapes me) was pretty friendly and knows her stuff. I mean for a Friday night it was crowded and she was not only serving up like a pro, she was singing karaoke too. Pretty impressive and she didn't skip a beat.
I thoroughly enjoy myself when I go here and I think you will too. Stop in one night and check it out. I think you'll like it.
The Tale did something very unusual and I must give them credit for it.
They've accumulated so many regulars, that they realized they don't need new customers. Which is kinda cool. I know what you're thinking: "Well, in that case, doesn't that mean that they are mean, so why should I go there?"
Well they aren't mean to newbies, in fact, they are INCREDIBLY nice to everyone. You'll never feel mistreated at the tale, BUT the house of regulars and the bartenders have created a weird kind of family dynamic so that anyone not in this de-facto club feels like they just walked into someone's house and just started hanging out while everyone else conducts their business.
I've lived in Culver City for YEARS, and I still don't feel comfortable walking in this place. Not because they don't like me or treat me poorly, they treat me great, I just feel like I'm a wallflower in their fun night.
It's nice to see a bar fully appreciate their regulars the way the Tale does, which is why I give it 5 stars. Also, cheap drinks.
I wanted to come here for a super long time. Â The night I broke up with my ex, I said I wanted to come here and he told me he did not want to go to this sort of bar with me. Â I guess that means he didn't ever want to take me to an awesome fucking place, cause that's exactly what this place is. Â
I went here after my friend and I had been drinking and I decided I wanted to get drunker and sing as loud as fucking possible. Â Since the Tattle Tale has karaoke every night of the week, this was totally the best fucking option. Â
I'll be back here for sure because it has two things I like in a bar: Â cheap drinks and karaoke. Â AWESOME!
Tattle Tale is without a doubt my favorite bar in LA, for a number of reasons, including but not limited to:
1. Karaoke every night
2. Packer's paraphernalia
3. Karaoke-singing bartender (who is also more generally awesome)
4. Drink tokens
5. Giant beers
6. Cheap drinks
7. Pool/darts
8. The crowd
9. A Dutch door
10. In a strip mall
11. Named "Roger's Exciting Tattle Tale Room"
LA needs way more bars like this one.
My friend Valerie said it best: the Tattle Tale Room is the local spot where you want to hole up with your buddies when zombie Armageddon comes. Â Hunker down, grab a cue stick, and get ready to beat zombies until they are dead...or just non-ambulatory. Â Good jukebox for comic violence, too. Â (Don't Stop Me Now?)
If you happen to seek sanctuary on a Friday or Saturday night, you will find an eclectic, laid-back crowd of teetering friendlies. Â I invite anyone who has ever uttered the phrase "L.A. is so fake" to come here and meet the real L.A. Â Big groups of locals, old dudes, high dudes, gorgeous cougars, UCLA students. Â Lots of un-ironic mustaches, hugging and back slapping. Â N.B. These are the kinds of people you want on your side when you have to fight the undead. Â Â
I didn't catch the bartender's name, but she is amazing. Â You can watch her take care of the entire bar by herself, slinging beers, pouring some stiff-ass drinks, and maintaining what seems like a million bar tabs all laid out on the back counter. Â She can even rock the wireless mic on karaoke at the same time. Â She reminded me of those short-order cooks at breakfast diners who move like Neo in the Matrix.
I love this bar.
Ended up here when my plans fell through and I wanted to watch the US v Can hockey final....
true definition of a dive bar....not the hipsters version where if there's no cover, a lil dust on the tables, old pool tables and a rickety jukebox in a corner...dive bar. but a real DIVE bar- old regulars, loud smack talking, cool bartenders. Now maybe they lose some dive-y points cuz they were welcoming me when i walked in...but they went back to what they were doing- drinking, laughing, cursing and just enjoying themselves.
Big props that within 15min of being there--the bell rings!!--a free round bought by...hell if i know- some guy at the end of bar. Â i go back to the game, thinking i'm a newbie, doesn't apply to me...and one of the guys comes over, gives me a "free drink poker chip" and says enjoy!
The place definitely has a lived in smell...if u know what i mean. There's no maid service coming thru here every coupla days. Â but if u just want to catch a game, grab a beer, and relax..this shld be on your list if you're on the westside of town.
Since my move to Los Angeles from Boston a coupla years ago, I've been actively looking for some good, dirty dive bars to shoot some pool, shoot the shit with random folks, shoot some liquor, and enjoy some karaoke (yeah, couldn't fit "shoot" into that last line)... and here it was. Â My first exposure to this place was some rowdy karaoke night a few months back on my roommate's birthday. Â It was pretty obvious that the vast majority of the folks lingering around the bar were regulars... and it immediately felt like HOME!
To start, the bartender is WONDERFUL, and cute to boot. Â Heh. Â Immediately greeted me by name the second time I'd ever been there, despite the fact the first time I'd been wearing a hat and the second time was weeks later with my hair up in liberty spikes. Â She also remembered by drink of choice and mixed it pretty much as RUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!!!!!!! & (coke).
Once karaoke started up, she opened the night singing beautifully  whilst still serving drinks; mic in one hand, alcohol in the other; never losing her place in the song nor the line of folks looking for a refill or two.
Most of the folks there are perfectly willing to start ANY conversation with ANYONE standing around looking bored, whether you wanna talk about gas prices, politics, baseball, some strange growth they found on their toe, tastes great vs. less filling, or whatever else is on your mind and you feel like ranting about. Â Sure, the crowd looks a LITTLE rough around the edges, so if you've grown up in a nice, cushy suburb, and your idea of a bar is shiny and slinky and posh, you're gonna feel a wee bit outta place.
Glancing at some of these other reviews, I've gotta say even the most negative ones (i.e. "This is the most terrifying bar that I have even been too!") are just the selling points for folks like me! Â So if you're looking for a good, grungy, friendly, cheap, amusing dive bar, this' your place.
Tattle Tale Room is disgusting. I like a good dive bar, and that's not an oxymoron. But this tavern is just awful. I saw a man throw up on the floor (no one else noticed - he was adept at public barfing). Then he came over and KISSED my visiting friend on the cheek. Welcome to America, darling. Here's a dose of class for you.
I liked the bartender, though. She poured a perfect Jack and Coke and sang a mean "Hopelessly Devoted to You." She also gave me a free drink token, which I am passing to the first responder to this review. I don't ever want to go back.
The other karaoke singers generally blew chunks, so to speak, except my friend Max who is the reason we went to this bar in the first place. There are semi-decent pool tables and a helluva lot of sticks. The bathroom is clean-ish. The drinks are cheap. Two stars is generous, but I am trying gener
This is the most terrifying bar that I have even been too! Seriously. When I walked in, it was like I walked out of Los Angeles and walked into some dirty hick town.
I have never felt so uncomfortable in my whole entire life. I also felt like I might not make it out alive. Big scary hick meat-heads shooting fool who sounded like they were ready to fight for no reason. A large woman who was talking very loudly about how she got married in Vegas after knowing the dude for 4 hours (or was it 4 days.)
I sucked down my drink so fast (while playing erotic photo hunt ... the one plus there) and walked out. My favorite part was the face that the "newly wed" walked out in front of me. Not only did she not hold the door, she slammed it closed! I was RIGHT behind her.
I will NEVER EVER return to this bar. It was horrible, horrible, horrible. I am also hoping no one from the bar reads this, tracks me down, and beats me up. Yeah, thats how scary it is.
"Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And hes quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But theres someplace that he'd rather be
He says, Bill, I believe this is killing me.
As the smile ran away from his face
Well Im sure that I could be a rock star
If I could get out of this place"
If you're afraid of the elderly don't venture in. Â Wow this really is a dive bar. Â I came here for karoake for a friend who was celebrating a new job. Â Misery drips from a hole in the drop ceiling and dreams come here to die only to reignite on karoake night like a phoenix rising from the fire closer to a flaming pigeon shot from a slingshot but you get the point.
You can get a quart of Coors. Â I asked for a 40 but they don't serve them. Â Guess you gotta draw a line in the sand somewhere. Â The men's room has one those machines where you can get a "Shocking Erotic" photocard which turned out to be neither or something called "The Tickler" that will make her scream and moan(their words not mine.) Â I half expected a little knife to pop outta that one.
Someone mentioned this place turns hipster at night. Â Not on the Friday I was there. Â I don't think there are hipsters in Culver City. Â Not of the caliber of Echo Park anyways.
Come, gather round my dearies for a tale of woe, glory, and fist pumping kick assery.
My roommates and I all moved to Culver City after college, and wanted desperately to find a good dive bar close to our house. Our motivation was the search for a sticky, cheap as shit bar like the ones we had become accustomed to in college. We drive by the Tale, and we know weve found a winner.
We go in with a group of folks, and this place is as fantastic and campy as the name outside implies. Its like you got loaded into a slingshot to Kansas City. The blaring karaoke (thats taken VERY seriously, by the way), the dirty regulars, the 32's of Busch served. Oh yes.
I only brought $20. I figured, judging by other LA bar experiences, that $20 would be enough to get me barely buzzed. Nope. The fantastic Joules, our tender, would never allow that. Drink after drink came, and i was as drunk as ive been in years. Just obliterated. We start the stumble home and I, being a complete fucking moron, get separated from our group and proceed on my own. At 3am. Through a shady ass area.
Suffice to say, i woke up in a bush hours later, 20 yards off the road with no wallet, keys, or cellphone and a huge welt on my head and no memory of what happened. Yup. Mugged. No shit.
I get an email the next day from a gorgeous girl saying she found my keys and wallet on the concrete in front of her work. I get my stuff, we start chatting, one thing lead to other things...
So you may be asking yourself, after this story, after this asshole got mugged, how in the world is this a 5 star review? Look back up... i brought $20, and was drunk to the point that my dumbass got myself mugged! Off $20! AND i met a cutie out of the deal!
Seriously, if that isnt the criteria for a good review, i really dont know what is. I would give the tale a 90 star review after that. Tattle Tale, i fucking love you, as much for your terribleness as for your awesomeness.
And thats not even bringing up the other stories i have... like when the 75 year old toothless granny spent 30 minutes hitting on me and squeezing my arm...
Salty Salty Drunks. Â
That's what you go to the Tattletale for... because the truth is, these folks are tired of the lies. The drinks are sta-rong and the jukebox is kickin.  Its true,  when you first walk in to a place like this you are immediately aware of the fact that not that many people just wander in off the street for an afternoon apertif...  this is a bar with Regulars (note the capital R.)  Not to mention the bizarre and fantastic half door.... you know the kind, the top part is open while the bottom part is closed.  I was befuddled trying to  figure out if the entryway was a door or a window; Thank goodness my friends spotted me (through the open top half) and beckoned me to just come one in!
At first we were received with an understandable touch of skepticism, but after stating our righteous motives (whiskey, vodka, tequila, Please), we were quickly accepted into the fold. Â The bartender was young, edgy and, as Courtney L. so correctly put it, quite heavy handed. Â The drinks are cheap cheap cheap, so cheap you'll be fighting with each other to buy the next round. Â
There are two pool tables, a dart "machine", video games  and KARAOKE EVERY NIGHT except Tuesday....  can you believe that??? It was right here in your Culver City back yard all along!!!!!!
I'll be there at least once a week for the next few months (new office, new local), so stop on by and say hello... Â I wouldn't be surprised if you end up buying a signature Tattle tale "Babe in a Martini" shirt. HOT!
PS. Â Please note the hours. Â 6am - 2am. Â Night shift hang out.
Came here for Day 3 of Amy's birthday celebration on Saturday, after passing it for the 8 years I've lived in LA! Â And whaddya know... it was karaoke night! Â And 2 words even made it better... Cordless mic! Â I sang right from my seat at the bar... of course with the strong-ass drinks, I wasn't sitting for very long! Â Anyway, the mic may have been the best I've ever sang from... made me sound half decent... either that or I was just really drunk...
Speaking of drinks... you can't really beat $6.50 for an Absolut / Redbull... which was mostly Absolut. Â 3 cocktails had me bouncing all over the bar! Â The bartender was really great and between the 5 of us there, remembered everything we ordered and made sure we had a cocktail in our hand at all times! Â Now that's what I call a bartender! Â Not to mention, she gave us each a free drink token to make sure we all come back again! Â
The crowd was a mixture of the totally ghetto kind, to the preppy kind, to the wonderful Asian kind... ehem... me! Â : ) Â Everyone was really nice and you can tell this place has a ton of regulars.
Oh and there's the funniest sign on top of the bar that says, "If you're smoking in here, you better be on fire!" Â I'm easily amused and it had me entertained for about 5 minutes. Â And if you're planning on getting lucky, rest assured, there's a condom machine in the lady's restroom packed with Climax Control, Erection King and Glow in the Dark condoms for your pleasure and protection. Â
I'll definitely be coming back again! Â ... For the drinks and karaoke... not the condoms.
totally creepy in that "Cheers" type of way. When i walked in, the regulars asked me what my name was and why i was sitting by myself.
but i liked them in the end. Â extremely friendly, one of the guys even bought me a drink. very nice.
definitely fell in love with the bartender, Jamie. *sigh*
My boy Sidd S. and I came here one night on a whim. I had seen it from Sepulveda many times but had never ventured in. Always thought the name of the place was funny and had wanted to check it out.
It was pretty much dead when we were there, except for this nasty a** cougar that kept hitting on my friend. She looked like a Poison groupie or worse. She kept saying how young the both of us looked and how handsome we were. Please lady I'm trying to drink here and NO you can't take a sip out of my glass. Thankfully she left to go buy some cigarettes and never came back.
I kind of liked the atmosphere of the place, and could see if there were more patrons it would be pretty tight. The jukebox had some good tunes (standard bar selection of rock, metal, and pop) and the drinks were pretty strong. Will have to hit it up on a more "happening" night.
American Idol, meet the dive bar.
My friend Kimmy got me to come out one Saturday night for Karaoke and it was really nice to just sit around and get away from Hollywood. Â Seriously, nobody was looking around trying to figure out who everyone is nor do they give a rats who you are. Â Really, you could put this bar in the middle of Kansas and you wouldn't know you were in LA. Â So we go once every month or so.
Some of the singing is great, some is bad. Â The Karaoke Jockey guy that's there on Saturdays has a ton of music. Â The only problem is that when you have a mixed group, you get some weirdness. Â One night we got jazzstandardspalooza followed by ballad-o-rama. Â It really threw people off when I rocked my hip-hop stylings on "Whoomp! Â There It Is!" and it killed me that these fools didn't react. Â I asked the KJ what was wrong with the crowd and he said "oh they haven't heard this done here before." Â So it does have its moments.
But the beers are cheap, shots are large, just don't go up to the really large-breasted bartender who thinks she rules because of her boobs. Â I'm sorry ladies, just because you have big breasts doesn't mean I'll suck up to you. Â And if you think I will, I've got a tip for ya, it's the penny floating in my water glass.
The full name of this great dive bar is "Roger's exciting Tattle Tale Room" and let me tell you, it lives up to it completely. Â Some times you just needto go to a good divey bar on the fringe of culver city, and when the scarlet lady next door just won't do, Â I hit the tattle tale.
I like it cause it's a great place to escape from the scenesters and hipsters, no starf***ers here and the grungy look is purely natural. Â But be careful not to piss people off when playing songs off the jukebox, and get a feel for the place before you start acting like you're one of the family