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| - The wife and I work quite different schedules. I manage a bank and am always home fairly early in the evening. My wife, however, is a general manager of a retail store and works many late nights. We often meet for drinks or a late night bite and are always looking to try out new bars and local hangouts that we simply had not had the chance to try out in our 12 years living in Vegas. A while back we came upon finally trying out Surf City bar located behind Arby's and the 99 Cent store on Martin Luther King & Craig.
The bar is connected to a very large Mexican restaurant called Que Más I believe. We have never dined there as by the time we get there it is closed. The bar; however is 24/7 in typical local dive bar style, but Surf City is certainly not what I would consider to be a Dive Bar.
It is styled like a California beach city in the 50's and 60's, with surfboards, posters, and aesthetic adornments on the walls that remind you of Huntington Beach and Laguna.
They have one coin-op pool table that has very nicely maintained felt and firm bumpers. The coin-op mechanism works perfectly and even the house cues are quite straight and usable.
Every time we have gone there, we have had the pleasure of being served by Dean, the Bar Manager. Dean is the type of bar manager that you wished all bars had. Reminiscent of Sam Malone from Cheers for his humor, friendliness, and welcoming nature, I feel like Norm when I walk in, warmly greeted and asked if I would like my usual.
We have tried a few different versions of their nachos from the bar menu and all have been delicious and fresh. It is evident that the cooks are very familiar with the recipes as the nachos are ones that are certainly prepared with experience.
The game of pool will run you $0.75. Dean will sell you quarters if you didn't bring any. They don't have Midori, but I'm totally fine with it as the well melon liqueur is just as tasty and cheaper anyway!
The Surf City is a wonderful local hangout with solid value, tasty bar food, and a comfortable place to smoke and play some pool or some video poker. I look forward to probably going there again tonight!
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