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| - I grew up in the neighborhood (which I will now call uptown) and must have passed by Hanratty's a jillion times before finally going in to check it out. The bartender informed me that it's been open since the mid-70s, but this was my first time. (Side note: we wanted to go to the hookah bar down the street - 70s Shop or something, but it was so bright inside that just driving by we could see the face of every single person in there! I like my bars darker...makes me look better!). It's your pretty standard dive bar in Hanratty's- pool tables, wood paneling, CHEAP beer, friendly bartenders, juke box, but I thought it was much bigger, cleaner, and newer than most dive bars I've been in. Like a regular bar masquerading as a dive bar....or something. I see some comments on a bad smell ("old tuna" "danky" "dirty toilets"), but I didn't notice one...maybe I accepted one too many free bud lights from the bartender? Either way - a quality place with great service and really cheap drinks right in my 'hood that is worth visiting again. Oh yeah, and another plus is that they didn't cut us off 45 minutes before closing time like many places have a habit of doing.
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