so last night i went to the worst bar ive ever been to. for the first time ever i was kicked out, of a burlington bar....not because i had too much to drink, but because the bartender was stupid enough to make a drink exactly how i instructed him not to make it....now as a bartender i have sympathy because you cant always hear what someone is ordering, so i even offered to pay. i was met by "just get the fuck out of my bar" . so long story short...dont go to this bar. ever. for any reason. ever. unless youre under 21, because they seem to get down on that.
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Ãœberdouchey clientele, although this goes with the territory for every other Main Street bar
Tacky sports bar feel. Â This is downtown Burlington for Christ's sake. Â If watching football replays at 1130 on a Friday night is your idea of fun then I guess you might enjoy this.
Loud and horrible music coming over the speakers. Â And this wasn't a live band. Â This was pre-recorded music. Â I literally had to SHOUT in order to talk to the person across the table. Â It's not like this is a nightclub, either. Â The music playing was like AC/DC or Nickleback or something. Â I wish I was joking.
20 dollar minimum on credit cards
The only redeeming thing about this place was the cheap drafts: one dollar for PBR and two dollars for Switchback. Â Not really enough to make up for how shitty it is though.
Perhaps I'm too far removed from my college days and am glorifying What Ales in my mind, but I never had a bad time here.
Burlington, VT is not a lounge type of place. Instead you get dim, basement bars, complete with the occasional puke on the toilet seat and hordes of drunk college kids. That's the way it is. That being said, this place is cheap with decent music. Yes, the line can wind all the way up the street to JPs. Yes, it is essentially impossible to get a booth after 7pm without creepily hovering over another party, awaiting their retreat. Yes, it can be hard to elbow your way around the crowd to the bar.
BUT...
College kids are not there for the ambiance people, they're there for the booze and meat market. The race to get plastered (a great collegiate pastime) will happen regardless of surroundings. And for that, What Ales does A-OK.
If you're a forty-something St. Michael's College alumnus who was once in a fraternity, What Ale's You is probably a regular haunt of yours. Â
This bar reminds me of a nasty frat house basement. Â (and actually the bar is literally a musty, dark, damp basement)
Back in my Burlington days, I recall this place losing its liquor license a few times for admitting minors. Â Go figure.
Every time I go to this dive, there is a crowd of older gents who are in town for a St. Mikes reunion or a frat brother's wedding and they always comment that it looks exactly the same as the day it opened so many decades ago. Â My dad says the same thing. Â
It's nothing special, but I have fond memories of free wings and good beer specials on week nights. Â Kind of a college meat market on the weekends.
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