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| - I know it's closing/ closed, but I'm going to write a review anyway. I don' giv' fug.
Speaking of Dive bars (see my last review)...
The first time I went here was with a bartender I dated. I never considered going out with a bartender before Vegas and I actually hadn't until she asked me out. She Asked me why I didn't ask her and it was because I saw literally hundreds of guys on her watch lay their raps and she saw thru all that crap. So I never considered it. It was a big deal, I was nervous. The band went on stage and blasted their amps and the singers were creaming in such a high pitched yell and my date started thrashing her head around, my body felt like I dropped a hiking backpack off behind me. I looked at the windows to make sure they were holding. Feedback was a romantic ballad to this band. An awesome first time on several fronts.
They had a good kitchen, good variety. But it was a lot of finger food. It's tough because everyone starts pawing at it. I don't mind sharing, but I'm a germophobe. People can fork at it, but no one's going to do that here. Comes with the territory. I actually knew one of the kitchen workers from working with him at another restaurant. A rule I follow, always look for a shill. They will come into play whenever you need them to.
There's a comfort level I couldn't explain here. I never thought I'd think of a punker bar as having a "family feel," but that's what I experienced every time. Yeah, they didn't have drafts, but they did have tall boy PBR's and, AND the bar was one of the few in town that didn't have video poker. It retrospect, would the extra income have been worth renewing the lease?
I have seen many friends here perform, they even had rockabilly/ psychobilly and more towards metal bands here. They even had burlesque nights! Vegas has always been a great melting pot of people. In most of my hangouts like this, if you want to categorize people here, I have seen punkers, rockers, goths, derby girls, zombie pub crawlers, all friends of mine. I recognize many from other bars/ events. I have seen people doing coke in their seats during a show and a couple having sex in a booth in the back corner by the pool table. Just another night in The LV.
If I came from work, I understandably had to ditch my tie. I lived around the corner for a while and it was when I started the infamous Bus phase that loomed over me for 3 jobs after my freighter class molester van took it's last dump.
I heard about the Soprano's pinball machine glass being broken. I also heard about the alleged porn that may or may not have been filmed there. I have to ask around at AVN someday and follow some names. If I have to look at new porn every day until I find it, I will.
With Divebar gone, that part of the strip mall will probably be leveled with no more tenants. Even a western store and seasonal Halloween store couldn't stay open there. Even the anchor of the block, the Taiwal-mart closed, I thought a victory was scored. But of course it just remodeled. All of the smaller sections of the strip mall all the way to Pecos have had many empty storefronts for as long as I could remember. Really, all the remaining businesses could be put in one corner and the other 2/3's of the land could be leveled for something new to revitalize the area. But everyone is where they're at. That reminds me of times at Loose Caboose before I discovered Divebar. I used to go there after working at a restaurant nearby when I first moved to Vegas. That's a whole other review.
I got to know the bartenders there, like Angie and Treika. They would bring in sick movies or some obscure porn to play on the tvs. there are a handful of bars in town that do this. It's a great break from the sports on most tv's in the valley. It was always fun to go there. I think concepts like Dick's last resort take their rude concept from punk bars. It's strange, when you're really an asshole, it's cool. But when servers are nice, you look for what's really going on.
Gonna miss fun times there. I never think to buy shirts of places because I think they'll always be around. Too many of my favorite places are closing with this damn Depression. But I will continue to write about what these small places are doing right, hoping some day developers will get the idea from locals that they want something else to do than another $600+ bottle service ultra abortion lounge.
Can I have the recipe for pirate's blood? Where will the sticker wall go? And the skeleton in a cage? They are now museum pieces. I never thought of buying a tee shirt from a lot of my favorite places. I won't take that for granted anymore.
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