PrintWhat's your favorite local funky dive?
There's a place a few miles from me, behind a gas station and next to a bait shop. It looks like a dump. Major potholes in the parking lot. A friend tried for over a year to get me to go there, so finally I went to get her to shut up. I am forever indebted!! Gawd, the food is so good . . . steaks, chops, seafood, pizza, pasta . . . I can't wait for out of town friends to come so I can take them there to see the look on their face. I have to duck to get through the door. There are only twelve tables, a pellet stove (so cozy in the winter), and a tiny bar. They finally patched the hole in the floor in the far corner. There's a blue marlin mounted on one of the walls. One waitress works the room and some nights it feels like one big raucous family. My favorite place outside of my own kitchen!
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8 Comments:
Well, I can't say it's a dump, or not as much as you have described. But the decor is to be desired you could say! The walls are all stucco with pannelling. There are old murals placed here and there, where the paint is chipping, the tables and carpet are old, very old. They have newspaper clipping taped to the side of the coke fridge that must have been put up when I was a born! It's a ma and pa restaurant. The food is amazing, and everyone in town knows it, it's not a best kept secret! Their pizza and puffios are fantastic. I've never had it better - they would take NY by storm. (i'm always hearing that NY has the best pizza....haha...try Ciccio's and you'd know better)
Lilartist at 1:42PM on 05/23/07
Schnack in Brooklyn, although I'm not sure it can be considered a dive.
ceforrester at 1:53PM on 05/23/07
A bar in Baltimore's Fells Point neighborhood called, well, Bar. I will say nothing more because it should remain as unsullied as possible.
Hungover Gourmet at 2:21PM on 05/23/07
I love the Boat in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. I like the basement of Brewer's in Baltimore, but it's not really a dive. HungoverGourmet - care to share the name of the bar with me? I live in Bmore and now that I will have a job and can spend money, I am on a quest for a good dive.
charm city cupcake at 4:39PM on 05/23/07
The LaundraBar in Chicago. Freaking awesome food, and of course, superb drinks. The owner usually buys a couple of rounds at night. Oh, and you can eat and drink while your laundry is running it's cycles.
skigil at 1:50PM on 05/24/07
My favorite local funky dive just celebrated its 22nd anniversary yesterday. And some of us there have known it for all 22 years, myself included. No food (unless you count popcorn with hot sauce, and regulars bringing dishes from home, which happens a fair bit). Great happy hour, and the world's best bartenders.
Cheers to you, bar in the East Village that I am not going to mention by name,!
BaHa at 4:12PM on 05/24/07
To: Hungover Gourmet
That's cool!
Fells Point is one of my very favorite places. When my wife gets unruly, I take her to the Admiral Fell Inn for a "Harbor Magic" weekend.
Then for the next few weeks I am wearing a smile on my ugly face!
I LOVE the "dives" in Fells Point.
DocChuck at 4:31PM on 05/24/07
My favorite dive just closed down-- got taken over by a stylish, one-word name cafe. =(
Christina at 2:53PM on 05/25/07