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| - Chris H and I ended up at the Vine on Friday night after hitting a few bars on Mill since it's stumbling distance from where we live. He had been there once before for happy hour, but I had never been. I think we found our new neighborhood dive bar hang out spot!
The building itself on the outside is pretty non-descript, so you would probably drive by and not even notice it. The inside is large with a main bar area with tables and then a back room with pool tables. The back room also has a breathalyzer that you can use for $1...first time I ever saw that at a bar. There are also a ton of TVs scattered throughout the space. Oh, and did I mention there was a very large deer's head mounted on the wall?
Normally we hate bars, especially dive bars, that have a cover. I mean a $4 cover before 10 pm?? But, we quickly learned that the special that evening was $1 you call its, so that made up for the cover. We sat at the bar and the bartender, although kinda creepy looking, was super nice and informed us that there was only like 1 or 2 drinks that weren't $1. Sweet! Our draft beers came in plastic cups, which fit in with the dive bar atmosphere. We got to that intoxicated stage where fried food sounds really good although you know you will regret it the next day, so Chris ordered mozzarella sticks which were pretty good because the batter was light...they reminded me of the ones you can get at Casey Moores.
We'll definitely be going back to the Vine due to proximity and good drink specials.
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