Me? I like a dark, shadowy bar..

[beerkegbilly]

dark bar are better. hipsters = gayster Gotta have a dark bar where your alone. With your drinking and your drunken thoughts.
The only lights should be around the animal heads. And around the bars for the barkeeps to work.

[JamesonWilde]

Gonna have to agree. I'm not one for the flashing lights and ridiculously loud music. Unless I'm so plowed that I'm singing at the top of my lungs, in which case I want to be at a party instead of a bar (even then, to hell with flashing lights). Otherwise, give me a dark and somber bar with experienced drunks who are willing to drink their drinks and only engage in conversation if they have something interesting to talk about. None of this prattle about your fucking college major please.

[Freddie AppsHero]

And dank. You gotta have dank.

I love you.

But seriously, we have a bar here called the Exford Hotel. When it hits a certain hour, they turn down the lights, but what we like to say is that they "turn up the dank".

[PFrank]

The Moe Szyslak-style "dank" comment got me rolling.

Anyway, yah, dark but reasonably clean, mellow, and quiet, is the place to be.

[contempt4gravy]

I live around a major college campus and 98% of the bars are shit. They cater to the students with their parents' money. Pop music, weak pours, and obnoxious 18-22 year-olds who wouldn't know class or proper drinking decorum if it bit them on their pampered rumps. I enjoy ogling a tasty college chick as much as the next drunkard, but I don't need to hear her tunelessly scream the lyrics to Lady Gaga or Carly Rae Jepson.

Thankfully, there exists a tiny contingent of dim, wood-paneled establishments that serve as oases of reason in the desert of brightly-lit buffoonery. Jack's Corner Pub, Brewstir's, and Ruby's - along with some other serviceable joints - pour 'em strong and don't ignore you if you aren't young, rich, and beautiful.

[Jollyroger1210]

Even as a younger member of this board, especially one with drinking habits that would classify me as a Frat Bro, College loser, or drinker of not-super-manly drinks, I too can appreciate a dark bar. Because the less you can see, the less you can see two of.

[PFrank]

There is something so wonderfully priceless as sitting in a dark bar, listening to jazz, and nursing a drink. Yes, yes, indeed.

[contempt4gravy]

I too can appreciate a dark bar. Because the less you can see, the less you can see two of.

You are wise beyond your years, sir.

[coqui_chris]

I feel like two of the most campiest, non-pretentious bars in my current neighborhood and the one I grew up in one township over are the most brightly lit. True story. They also haven't renovated their interiors since ... um ... 1984?

But wait! There's more!

Another bar that was a big favorite of mine just recently repainted the whole establishment. THEN! ... They raised prices!

THEN! They installed spiralling disco lights!

FACT: Oftentimes trendy bars rely on poor lighting and strobes to give the place a Jersey Shore feel. FACT.

[jackstraw]

A local, dimly lit, maybe 50 person occupancy joint in the seedier part of town has always been my favorite. A joint where there is no kitchen ,but bringing in Chinese or pizza from the places next door is encouraged. A place where there is only one rest room & the women couldn't care less . A place where I can bring in my

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dog and nobody finds it to be a problem- - -in fact they buy him a drink- - a place that has a back door that leads to a small area outside ,where you can smoke- - The jukebox must be loaded with 60,and 70,s classics (with a few of Sinatra,s best)- - -
You know 75% of the clientele, and rarely have to spend more than 20 bucks as rounds are bought for each other all night long.
The bartender organizes softball games and fishing trips along with any other competitive event against the bar down the street- - This same bartender will always ask if " are you here ?"if the phone is for you - -I know cell phones did away with this favor for the most part- - The beer is always cold, and the shot glasses a bigger than normal
The bartender never makes you wait, and calls you a cab when necessary - You can pay them back later-

A place where the women are friendly but not whores(remember this is local, & you probably live very close)- - I could think of a few more things but as long as the glasses are relativity clean & it closes the doors at 3am** (the doors not the bar) this is more or less the joints I frequent- - 1 in Connecticut(Ernie's) >1 in the Bronx(Mr.Viggs) - - No need to search , it wastes drinking time
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