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| - Alright, I really don't know where to start with this place. We found ourselves there one night for reasons we never properly understood, or felt like discussing. It was a strange experience, but one I'm glad to have gone through, I think.
The bar room itself is circular; splashed red and brown with 70s inspired puke. It is by far the strangest bar I've been to in town. We arrived around 7 pm on a Friday night and stayed until 11, long past any reasonable person's initial instincts to get the hell out of there. One example was the fact they wouldn't start a tab with us on a credit card. The other was the manager shooing away drug dealers outside. And the most bizzarre warning sign appeared loud and clear when the karaoke started. But by that time we didn't care and were quite content with our tiny little mugs of beer....
We left on good terms (eventually getting that tab going and even paying it), unlike a lot of creatures who haunt the place on any given night. Al Cove is close to McMahon stadium and I assume they turn good coin during football games, but going there any other time is an adventure. It shares a parking lot with a place in "Motel Village" called the Savory Inn. Which, of course, is ripe for any joke you feel like making after spending an hour or so there. But the girls who work there have already labeled it the "un-Savory Inn" and I'm sure if you got too tired at the bar you could rent a room there -- with "company" included -- for next to nothing....
I suggest stopping by for a drink, though, and saying hello. There are far too many yuppie bars in this city and this place offers a genuine atmosphere. It's not for everybody, but it is entertaining and you will have fun with the right frame of mind. Or maybe it's just me. Yes, maybe you should stay away if you're looking for Vietnamese subs or sushi....but if you want a place to drink, I do recommend Al Cove.
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