A Video Treat

Dives in Springfield, MO

This one is for Frankie:
Repost courtesy of GO…
Wikipedia defines “dive bar” as “A downmarket drinking establishment serving a working class clientele.”
Wikipedia is full of crap.
We prefer urbandictionary.com’s first definition: “A well-worn, unglamorous bar, often serving a cheap, simple selection of drinks to a regular clientele.”
That’s more like it.
But no matter which definition you subscribe to, [...]

The Hub, Tampa, FL

She had one of those ebony/ivory smiles — the kind with black gaps where a white tooth once peeked out from behind her happy lips.  Her Lynyrd Skynyrd tee-shirt may have been a part of her wardrobe since the boys nosed into the hard Mississippi ground that fateful night in 1977.  I ordered my usual [...]

4 Mile Bar, Las Vegas, Nevada

submitted by “Frank”
After working for four years as an auto mechanic I decided it was time for a vacation.  I quit my job and headed west during the summer of 1976.  I was a single man and twenty-four years old.  One of my stops was Las Vegas.  A new found friend Jim worked for Otis [...]

Welcome

I miss the Great American Dive.  I created this little barstool for you to saddle up to and enjoy vignettes on roadhouses and watering holes that once populated this country (and some that still do!) from Bangor, Maine to Chula Vista, California.  These are the little joints that were owned by guys from the neighborhood.  [...]