Westerner Club

What a fun bar to go to!! We usually fill a car or truck with our girls-night group and head down, it's super fun for every personality we bring! Good drinks, fun and weird contests, huge dance floor, cool and mellow tables to chill out at and a seperate karaoke room. Although I thought the song-menu was a tad stale, it seemed pretty low pressure to go in there and sing. Enjoy and wear your boots and hat!! Embrace your inner cowboy/girl!! Ya'll come back now, hear!? The parking kinda sucks, so go early

Came here after going to the Eric Church concert. The place is much bigger than I imagined it would be. We heard really good things about this place from friends and other reviews, so we were excited to find a table in the back by the bar as soon as we walked in. There are multiple bars, pool tables, and of course the mechanical bull. Plus live band, huge dance floor, and some kind of private room. I think it was for smokers, but by then I was a little tipsy. Anyways, I had so much fun, the bad was awesome, and I rode that bull so much that my legs hurt like crazy in the morning. This place is by far one of the funnest bars I have ever been to. Even for people that are not that into country music it is a great time.

I came here to see Jamie O'Neal last night.  At $7, it was the cheapest concert I've been to in a long time, but alas, 2001 is long over and poor Jamie's best songwriting days might be behind her.  As for The Westerner, it was definitely an interesting experience.

First of all, my stein of Shock Top did NOT come cheaply.  At $6.75, I decided it would be more economical to switch to my old standby, Pabst Blue Ribbon.  Imagine my surprise and disappointment when Salt Lake's premier western bar did not carry PBR.  So Bud Light it was.  One thing I did enjoy was that a cocktail waitress continually circulated to sell us test tube shots.  The novelty never seemed to wear off!

Another point for the win column goes to the mechanical bull that resides at The Westerner seven days a week!  Or so I thought.  Did you know that cultural mores dictate that if you're female and want to ride the mechanical bull you are obligated to be seductive about it?  I left my bikini at home, dammit.  Another time, I guess.

There is a LOT of line dancing happening here.  If you're into that kind of thing, The Westerner is your weekend destination for The Boot Scootin' Boogie and all manner of other dances.  If you think you MIGHT be into line dancing, The Westerner even offers classes throughout the week so you can keep up on the weekends.  Unfortunately, I am morally opposed to line dancing, and so this didn't really do it for me.  Mostly I was just mad that you aren't allowed to bring drinks on the floor.  This is a stridently enforced rule, and if you even consider breaking it, you will be rushed by one of several burly bouncers that are abundantly present throughout the club.

Something that I was very impressed by was the karaoke room.  It's sound proof, and seems to always be open.  I thought this was a genius way of catering to a variety of bar interests.  If few of your friends want to line dance, but almost everyone else wants to karaoke, and the only thing you can all agree on is that everyone wants to get drunk (and wear sparkly jeans), The Westerner can meet your entire party's expectations in one fell swoop.  Again, it's brilliant!

The only snag happened at the end of the evening, when nobody seemed to be able to locate my card to close the tab.  It took about 20 minutes for the employees to track down which waitress and bar had my debit card and ID.  Whatever.  Also, the parking lot is vast, muddy, and terrifying.  It looks like it would be at home in the opening scenes of an episode of SVU.

In all, this was a pretty fun evening out.  If you haven't been to The Westerner you should probably go, if only just to spice up your life a little bit.