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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: DeathFromAbove1979 on August 02, 2012, 04:25:55 pm
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I mean, who hasn't been saying this for years? [referring to no. 1]
http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2012/08/the-25-douchiest-bars-in-washington-dc/
Pretty surprised Red Room is on there, it's far from the douchiest hipster bar, imo.
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I mean, who hasn't been saying this for years? [referring to no. 1]
http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2012/08/the-25-douchiest-bars-in-washington-dc/
Pretty surprised Red Room is on there, it's far from the douchiest hipster bar, imo.
This list couldn't be more accurate.
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I enjoyed that. Took me down memory lane.
I hope these bars have closed
Dragonfly - when I walked in I honestly thought it was the warehouse that they stored the mannequins after Hecht's went out of business.
Polly's - which is a cross between a Bernie Madoff scam going by the price of the beer. To a English highschool in the 70's judging by the verbal abuse dished out by the staff.
4P's - just because you walk your next door neighbours Kerry Blue called Murphy
doesn't make you Irish. Toolbag!
BTW -Is Millie and Al's still open in Adams Morgan?
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I was expecting Smith Point at #1.
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I haven't been to the Red Room in a few years, but it's still FAR from one of the top 25 douchiest bars in DC.
I like Rocket Bar. I hate going there on event nights, but other than that, it's a good place. What can I say? There are usually TONS of hot women there and I've had decent success there.
I also don't understand how My Brother's Place is on there. One of the least pretentious bars in the city in one of its most hard to find locations.
Thought Sign of the Whale would at least be top 3. Tommy Joe's description was spot on. Cafe Citron sucks, too.
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I was expecting Smith Point at #1.
^ this. Also expected Rumors to be higher.
It's also missing POV at W Hotel, Cafe Milano, and The Tombs.
The writer got lazy and forgot douchiest isn't synonymous with gross. Green Turtle?
And if your going to have Heaven & Hell, you gotta include Tom Tom, and The Reef.
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Swap The Red Room with Eighteenth Street Lounge.
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i used to the think that the bar at kinkeads was stuck up and horrible . . . but then i just opened myself up and made quick friends with the bartenders relating to their general lives and not the place where they work. you get treated like a king by the staff, with others coming around to see what the bartenders are having such a good time about. i like times like that. i feel good. i can relate to restaurant/bar workstaff. they are nice.
the point is, no bar is douchie . . . only the person's douchie perception of it.
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This list focuses more on those who frequent a bar than its staff.
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oh.
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I mean the staff were mentioned in a few of the entries but most of the focus was on clientele.
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I was expecting Smith Point at #1.
^ this. Also expected Rumors to be higher.
It's also missing POV at W Hotel, Cafe Milano, and The Tombs.
The writer got lazy and forgot douchiest isn't synonymous with gross. Green Turtle?
And if your going to have Heaven & Hell, you gotta include Tom Tom, and The Reef.
Tom Tom closed a few years ago.
i used to the think that the bar at kinkeads was stuck up and horrible . . . but then i just opened myself up and made quick friends with the bartenders relating to their general lives and not the place where they work. you get treated like a king by the staff, with others coming around to see what the bartenders are having such a good time about. i like times like that. i feel good. i can relate to restaurant/bar workstaff. they are nice.
the point is, no bar is douchie . . . only the person's douchie perception of it.
Who the hell hangs out at the bar at Kinkaids?? Great food, but terrible atmosphere and definitely not cool.. Just curious, does someone choose to hang out at the bar in that restaurant?? Walky?????
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Totally disagree with Red Room. And I've never seen anyone get sick there. I love that bar.
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Being from Baltimore I have only been to a couple of these places. Rumors - I went there in 1984 because a coworker suggested it and we were teenagers and couldn't legally drink in Maryland.. It was a new wave bar that played music videos. It was Ok from what I remembered. It had a dance floor which is always a plus.
But I think this list is made by someone who has trouble with the opposite sex.
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Being from Baltimore I have only been to a couple of these places. Rumors - I went there in 1984 because a coworker suggested it and we were teenagers and couldn't legally drink in Maryland.. It was a new wave bar that played music videos. It was Ok from what I remembered. It had a dance floor which is always a plus.
But I think this list is made by someone who has trouble with the opposite sex.
HAHAHA.
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"Who the hell hangs out at the bar at Kinkaids?? Great food, but terrible atmosphere and definitely not cool.. Just curious, does someone choose to hang out at the bar in that restaurant?? Walky?????"
yes . . . i do. i like it. the douchiest people i've ever met at a bar in dc, is the bar at the hotel monaco. i think it is called poste.
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Tom Tom closed a few years ago.
ironically, it closed maybe a 8 months ago, the owner fired all the staff, and promised to come back as a less douchey bar.
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Totally disagree with Red Room. And I've never seen anyone get sick there. I love that bar.
I have seen lots of vomit, countless times...
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Totally disagree with Red Room. And I've never seen anyone get sick there. I love that bar.
I have seen lots of vomit, countless times...
Surprised that Rhett hasn't chimed in yet with his story of some band member tossing it in the men's room.
Let's face it, doucie or not, any high volume bar has seen it's share of the regurgitated stuff.
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The person who wrote this list seems like they should be writing for DCist or something. A rather amusing read.
Recessions really??? I've only been on a Saturday night which I think the writer might be a bit scared to go in and see a bunch of industrial/goth people dancing.
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It was a very funny read but I got the sense that the only reason the Red Room made the list was because the writer doesn't like hipsters. In fact, I got the impression that he is somewhat of an outcast and doesn't fit into any specific social grouping and knows it which is why he selected various groups to direct his angst towards, via their hangouts.
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red room is great.. no way should it be on this list.
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What is great about the Red Room? Every time I was there it was filled with shitty beer, douchey indie rock hipsters, and cigarette smoke. At least the government removed the third strike.
red room is great.. no way should it be on this list.
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I had forgotten that story.
Lead singer of the Dears. Claimed it was food poisoning.
Totally disagree with Red Room. And I've never seen anyone get sick there. I love that bar.
I have seen lots of vomit, countless times...
Surprised that Rhett hasn't chimed in yet with his story of some band member tossing it in the men's room.
Let's face it, doucie or not, any high volume bar has seen it's share of the regurgitated stuff.
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What is great about the Red Room? Every time I was there it was filled with shitty beer, douchey indie rock hipsters, and cigarette smoke. At least the government removed the third strike.
red room is great.. no way should it be on this list.
I really don't want to engage with you in conversation cause you're in the 25 biggest douches on this board list. Definitely top 5 at that...
If the last time you were there people were smoking that would mean it was a very long time ago.
Having said all of the above and because I'm feeling charitable I will humour you with a response. I think the beer selection is fine (yes I like the Fosters oil can deal.. you got a problem with that?), the prices are quite good, the place has always had one of the best jukeboxes in town, and some of the bar tenders are the best/friendliest in DC. Add to that its in the BLACK CAT and its a winner. I mean its not friggin' Churchkey, dude. If you're looking for a place with 50 specialty froofroo beers from the Rhine valley its not the place. Its a rock and roll club with a bar and a very good one at being a rock and roll bar. The one minus is that some of the staff at the Black Cat are insufferable but you can't win them all.
Keep writing about shit you don't know though, douchebag.
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I used to live on 14th Street.. many many years... to me the Black Cat bar is an oasis in a sea of overpriced yuppie/lounge whatever the fuck you call them bars.... basically its a REAL place.. they are opening like 1 bar a week on 14th street and they are all the same generic pay $8 for a beer order some calamari with that bullshit places..I wouldn't be caught dead in them..
Hope the Black Cat holds out and doesn't sell out... I'm pretty sure Dante owns his building but I'd hate to see him move out but on the other hand I'm not sure how he feels about being surrounded by sushi places and overpriced furniture retailers, shitty bars etc.. Maybe he likes it... maybe he feels good about providing a nice real place for the kids.. a place where you can actually afford to see a show if you're a young person.. I don't know.. but I'm very thankful for the Black Cat and the Red Room has no business being on that list.
It really is the last place of its kind left on 14th street.. with the playbill cafe having gone down in the past year.
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(yes I like the Fosters oil can deal.. you got a problem with that)
Awesome. Not sure if you're joking or not but I was on a cruise last week and this is all I drank. The beer selection sucked and this was the best value, by far.
And, yeah, the Red Room does not belong on that list.
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hutch, according to the DC Real Property Assessment Database, the black cat property is owned by CIRCLE I PRODUCTIONS INC, which I think is the cat's parent company...for what it's worth
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The Red Room actually has quite a good craft beer selection for what it is (a bar at a rock club). It's quite underrated, always about 5 good craft selections down there which go below most peoples radar. Which is fine by me. I've never gone there and not found something worth drinking and was able to enjoy it without being surrounded by douchebags (I too agree the red room has no place on this list); bonus points that I go upstairs and get to see a show afterward.
Didn't a keg of hopslam last over a week there earlier this year?
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Isn't the fact that a keg of Hopslam lasted a week proof that the place is filled with hipster douchebags?
Maybe we just have differing ideas about what qualifies one as a douchebag.
Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.
The Red Room actually has quite a good craft beer selection for what it is (a bar at a rock club). It's quite underrated, always about 5 good craft selections down there which go below most peoples radar. Which is fine by me. I've never gone there and not found something worth drinking and was able to enjoy it without being surrounded by douchebags (I too agree the red room has no place on this list); bonus points that I go upstairs and get to see a show afterward.
Didn't a keg of hopslam last over a week there earlier this year?
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Isn't the fact that a keg of Hopslam lasted a week proof that the place is filled with hipster douchebags?
Maybe we just have differing ideas about what qualifies one as a douchebag.
Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.
The Red Room actually has quite a good craft beer selection for what it is (a bar at a rock club). It's quite underrated, always about 5 good craft selections down there which go below most peoples radar. Which is fine by me. I've never gone there and not found something worth drinking and was able to enjoy it without being surrounded by douchebags (I too agree the red room has no place on this list); bonus points that I go upstairs and get to see a show afterward.
Didn't a keg of hopslam last over a week there earlier this year?
I can't say much for hutch, as I don't know him at all.
I think you've got it right on the differing types of douches.
There are hipsters aplenty at the red room, which I have no problem with, unless they start drinking all the delicious beers. I generally consider a douchebag to be the fratboy/bro-type/overly loud/manly-man types who infest adams morgan and other related environs (or people with infants in Sticky Rice, but that's a whole different story). Hutch probably shares a similar mindset and thus we don't think the Red Room is very douchey.
Back to the list though.. why is TruOrleans on this list? It's literally a block away from where I live and I've been there a number of times. It's generally, a pretty standard restaurant which I've never seen people really go to for the bar scene. It's not that good, yes, but it's not douchey either.
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Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.
Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.
My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.
And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't. and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.
The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.
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I think I made it pretty clear that my opinion of the Red Room was formed by my actually having been there, on numerous occasions.
Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.
Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.
My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.
And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't. and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.
The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.
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I think I made it pretty clear that my opinion of the Red Room was formed by my actually having been there, on numerous occasions.
Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.
Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.
My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.
And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't. and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.
The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.
Yeah... numerous times BEFORE the smoking ban... when was the last time you were there dude??? 2005???? SEVEN FRIGGIN' years ago? Ten? Give me a break.
Heck , just the fact Al Budd bartends there makes it a cool place.. and if you've been around DC and you know who's how you'd know that.
But making shit up about my son.. that doesn't make you just a douchebag. that makes you an ASSHOLE.
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Back to the list though.. why is TruOrleans on this list? It's literally a block away from where I live and I've been there a number of times. It's generally, a pretty standard restaurant which I've never seen people really go to for the bar scene. It's not that good, yes, but it's not douchey either.
Hmmmm...maybe YOU'RE the douche? ;) Just kidding.
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Smoking ban went into effect January 2007. Clearly, you weren't a math major.
Sorry, my bar attendance has notably declined since the birth of our child in 2007. Actually, since the start of the pregnancy in 2006.
I think I made it pretty clear that my opinion of the Red Room was formed by my actually having been there, on numerous occasions.
Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.
Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.
My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.
And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't. and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.
The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.
Yeah... numerous times BEFORE the smoking ban... when was the last time you were there dude??? 2005???? SEVEN FRIGGIN' years ago? Ten? Give me a break.
Heck , just the fact Al Budd bartends there makes it a cool place.. and if you've been around DC and you know who's how you'd know that.
But making shit up about my son.. that doesn't make you just a douchebag. that makes you an ASSHOLE.
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In all fairness, I think you got the story a little off here:
It was me, in a thrift store "Master of Puppets" tee, that got pissy that my stupid kid was born and I missed a show. It wasn't at the State Theatre; it was at the Hotel. And it wasn't some swinging Latin band; it was the Hot Snakes.
In my defense, she's cute and all, but it was the goddamn Hot Snakes!!!!
Isn't the fact that a keg of Hopslam lasted a week proof that the place is filled with hipster douchebags?
Maybe we just have differing ideas about what qualifies one as a douchebag.
Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.
The Red Room actually has quite a good craft beer selection for what it is (a bar at a rock club). It's quite underrated, always about 5 good craft selections down there which go below most peoples radar. Which is fine by me. I've never gone there and not found something worth drinking and was able to enjoy it without being surrounded by douchebags (I too agree the red room has no place on this list); bonus points that I go upstairs and get to see a show afterward.
Didn't a keg of hopslam last over a week there earlier this year?
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Smoking ban went into effect January 2007. Clearly, you weren't a math major.
Sorry, my bar attendance has notably declined since the birth of our child in 2007. Actually, since the start of the pregnancy in 2006.
I think I made it pretty clear that my opinion of the Red Room was formed by my actually having been there, on numerous occasions.
Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.
Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.
My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.
And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't. and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.
The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.
Yeah... numerous times BEFORE the smoking ban... when was the last time you were there dude??? 2005???? SEVEN FRIGGIN' years ago? Ten? Give me a break.
Heck , just the fact Al Budd bartends there makes it a cool place.. and if you've been around DC and you know who's how you'd know that.
But making shit up about my son.. that doesn't make you just a douchebag. that makes you an ASSHOLE.
Oh gee I was off by one year...sue me
And who knows when the last time was you were there? Six years ago? Seven? Ten? But you're qualified to say douchebags hang out there?
Get a clue.
Not to mention getting me confused with NKOTB.
Go fuck yourself, douchebag.
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I'm here for the butt hurt
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When I was single (which lasted about 3 months a couple of years ago) I choose bars based on how attractive the chicks who frequented the place were. I think those places attract a lot of people others consider douchebags. While not hipster douchebags because those guys don't really do well at those type of places but your general every day douchebag. But I really didn't care. Why should I?
I think a better list would be which bars have the hottest chicks. As I am having my bachelor party in a month this information could be useful ;D
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When I was single (which lasted about 3 months a couple of years ago) I choose bars based on how attractive the chicks who frequented the place were. I think those places attract a lot of people others consider douchebags. While not hipster douchebags because those guys don't really do well at those type of places but your general every day douchebag. But I really didn't care. Why should I?
I think a better list would be which bars have the hottest chicks. As I am having my bachelor party in a month this information could be useful ;D
I'd say in DC the international women can be pretty smokin'... not sure what bar they go to...some of those on the list for sure like Citron
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If it is any consolation, the Hotel's incompetent sound douches and their subpar system ruined the Hot Snakes show.
Well kind of. They still played well.
But I can promise you this. That was the absolute final time I set foot in that godforsaken anus of a rock and roll club.
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Can we get this guy to replace the Red Room for the Blowtel?
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I am not a big drinker but have heard that the upstairs bar at the Blowtel is decent.
Actually, I did go up there once when they were running late with doors downstairs and it was not bad.
But there is nothing redeeming about the concert space but this thread isn't about that.
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I'm here for the butt hurt
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When I was single (which lasted about 3 months a couple of years ago) I choose bars based on how attractive the chicks who frequented the place were. I think those places attract a lot of people others consider douchebags. While not hipster douchebags because those guys don't really do well at those type of places but your general every day douchebag. But I really didn't care. Why should I?
I think a better list would be which bars have the hottest chicks. As I am having my bachelor party in a month this information could be useful ;D
The expensive ones.
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Back to the list though.. why is TruOrleans on this list? It's literally a block away from where I live and I've been there a number of times. It's generally, a pretty standard restaurant which I've never seen people really go to for the bar scene. It's not that good, yes, but it's not douchey either.
Hmmmm...maybe YOU'RE the douche? ;) Just kidding.
Ha, touché. What a bummer that would be. I imagine being a douche is much like being a hipster, in that no one recognizes (or atleast acknowledges) it in themselves.