What's your favorite dive bar?
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What's your favorite dive bar?
Yeah, I know - the term "dive bar" is a loose one at best and can be debated into nothingness. Â However, I got into a discussion with some folks at work and figured that most bar frequenting people have a go to bar usually near their residence that they feel the most comfortable at. Â For instance, I really love all the places in the Old Market and a few other "upscale" bars, but nine times out of ten you'll find me at the Elbow Room on 50th and Center. Â Where is everyone else's favorite "dive bar"?
I used to love Macky D's (84th & Q), but have not been back in a couple years, as it had gotten pretty ghetto. Â They changed to the Big 10 Bar about a year ago have meant to try it out again. Â Lately, we have been going to the Report In Pub (120th and Center) and really like it. Â I only live a couple blocks from the Pheasant Tavern, but have only been there a couple times (it was interesting enough that I would go back).
Back in the Day, Pat and Mikes! Â We went there all the time, but since I moved away, I don't make it there often.
Now we end up at Barret's a lot.
Now we end up at Barret's a lot.
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Back when I lived in that area, a bunch of us used to get together at Brothers regularly. I wouldn't have called it a "dive" back then, but I haven't been there in maybe 10 years or so. Now the place up at 40th, used to be Players, then Jaspers, was a dive.Swift wrote:Brothers on 38th and Farnam. I miss it daily. (It's still there, I'm just not).
Also, I'll second the Homy Inn.
I didn't consider Marylebone to be a dive either. But again, haven't been there in years.
I'm trying to remember Homy Inn. Is this the one on Saddle Creek or is that The Nifty? Â I know I've been to both, but not regularly or recently. (I can tell a story about a misspelling of Homy Inn.)
I'll second the Marley Bone and Barrets. There was also a really a rough looking bar on North 90th my buddies and I used to go to play pool, but I forget the name. (it was near Alvarados)
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ClubhouseS33 wrote:There was also a really a rougher looking bar on North 90th my buddies and I used to go to play pool, but I forget the name. (it was near Alvarados)
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Pat and Mike's
Brook Park (I think that's what its called)
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Homey Inn is by far the best. The My Way on 84th and Maple is a pretty good, Full House in Benson is also pretty fun.
If its possible to have a dive bar in the Old Market I will give my vote to Dubliner. Love that place cause you can go downtown but avoid the Capital/Whiskey Tango crowd, which is my main mission if I go downtown.
If its possible to have a dive bar in the Old Market I will give my vote to Dubliner. Love that place cause you can go downtown but avoid the Capital/Whiskey Tango crowd, which is my main mission if I go downtown.
 Exactly!cp jay 07 wrote:Love that place cause you can go downtown but avoid the Capital/Whiskey Tango crowd, which is my main mission if I go downtown.
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Last time I was there I think there were a lot more city frat kids who thought they were cool for being at a country bar than anybody who know anything about cattle. Â I even grew up on a dairy farm, so I can spot actual farmers, lol!S33 wrote:Lol - the Whiskey Tango crowd... where do I begin... The place smells of sweat in leather and musty ball sacks. I could say more I know about it, but I'm not about to drag someone else's business through the dirt.
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Started my St. Patrick's marathon there this year, it is quite the gem in that area of town - It can get sketchy around there quick.
I spent most of St. Patrick's Day in the same barstool there. Â If you're looking for some real dive bar adventures check out Sneaky Pete's at 3802 L St. Â Now that's the definition of sketchy.
I spent most of St. Patrick's Day in the same barstool there. Â If you're looking for some real dive bar adventures check out Sneaky Pete's at 3802 L St. Â Now that's the definition of sketchy.
That would require me to leave the Elbow Room, and it takes a lot to make that happen.I spent most of St. Patrick's Day in the same barstool there. If you're looking for some real dive bar adventures check out Sneaky Pete's at 3802 L St. Now that's the definition of sketchy.
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Was there last year with my BIL and sister. Still have family in the neighborhood (grew up 4 blocks away)---I remember when it was Little Paul's. Great beer selection. Sketchy? Not by South Omaha standards. It's a nice neighborhood bar and always has been. Historical trivia: 50 years ago, many of the bars within a mile radius of the packing houses opened at 6 A.M. so the workers could get their shots and beer before heading off to work. They closed at around 9 A.M. and re-opened around 3 P.M.. Little Paul's was a hangout for the guys (mostly Croatian and Lithuanian) who worked at the Wilson Co. Packing plant near Upland Park. The real dive bars at the time were just east of the stockyards where the Kennedy Freeway is now, and along Q St. between 25th and 33rd (most of those buildings are long gone)----illegal/homemade booze, gambling in the back, working girls, knife fights, etc..byrdrules wrote:Started my St. Patrick's marathon there this year, it is quite the gem in that area of town - It can get sketchy around there quick.HitThatDive wrote:My favorite dive bar in Omaha is Brass Monkey 36th and V. Best kept secret in town.
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According to Scuba Steve from Hit that Dive, the Brass Monkey closed down for good as of today.HitThatDive wrote:My favorite dive bar in Omaha is Brass Monkey 36th and V. Best kept secret in town.
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Love seeing Pat and Mike's and Danny's on the List! Great Bars!
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Love seeing Pat and Mike's and Danny's on the List! Great Bars!
A football fan's guide: Omaha's best game day bars
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Jeff Peterson / World-Herald Correspondent wrote: This story is about bars where you have to share a table on game day with a stranger to see the TV. Bars where regulars bring their own halftime chili in slow cookers. Bars where you get a funny look if your drink of choice is something other than brown booze or Bud Light.
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Brass Monkey bar to reopen with new ownerBrad wrote:According to Scuba Steve from Hit that Dive, the Brass Monkey closed down for good as of today.HitThatDive wrote:My favorite dive bar in Omaha is Brass Monkey 36th and V. Best kept secret in town.
Andrea Kszystyniak: World-Herald staff writer wrote:Hatterman said he wants to bring the Brass Monkey, at 5611 S. 36th St., back to what it once was. He plans to continue to focus on craft beers and also wants to expand on the bar’s whiskey and bourbon menu.
Tworek and Hatterman said they hope to have the bar open by St. Patrick’s Day. They’re not sure if that will be possible; the bar is still waiting for a liquor license.
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Liquor license before the City Council this coming Tuesday.
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South Omaha bar will reopen this week with new look, Skee-Ball
Andrea Kszystyniak: World-Herald staff writer wrote:The south Omaha bar is slated to open on Thursday at 6 p.m. The bar, located at 5611 S. 36th St., has been remodeled and now features large murals with old images of south Omaha. They have also added Skee-Ball and pinball games, and they've updated the jukebox.
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Funny to read this two years later. Pheasant is now my favorite bar.joeglow wrote:I used to love Macky D's (84th & Q), but have not been back in a couple years, as it had gotten pretty ghetto. They changed to the Big 10 Bar about a year ago have meant to try it out again. Lately, we have been going to the Report In Pub (120th and Center) and really like it. I only live a couple blocks from the Pheasant Tavern, but have only been there a couple times (it was interesting enough that I would go back).
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Omaha's dive-iest dive bars
Andrea Kszystyniak: World-Herald staff writer wrote:When you envision a dive, you may first think of a shabby place with only Budweiser on tap, where people go to hide from the cops or their angry spouses. But the word has grown to mean something quite different.
Mary Kaufman, owner of Sneaky Pete's Saloon, said dive bars aren't what they used to be. “Now a dive bar is a place that everybody can get together, everybody knows everybody, and everybody just has a darned good time,” she said.