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Show Openings 1988 Entertainment Page Six BAKS AND NIGHTLIFE Local bars provide practice for becoming a real boozer By John Pecorelli Chronicle staff writer If you want a list of good bars, a college newspaper is the last place you'd look. Namely because these institutions don't generally staff the true connoiseurs of libation-bums and dninkards. If you want good bars, these are the people to follow. Many of them have dedicated their lives to booze and adore alcohol as their god and savior. As such, no meager college writer knows the bar scene like your average professional rummy. You won't see them sipping Coronas with lime at the New Yorker. No sir, the real pros hit places like the Deseret Lounge and Macchione's Chat N Chug. But alas, these places ain't my forta Being less than a quarter of a century old, Til hafta stick with reviewing places that we young, amateur alcoholics-to-b- e usually go to. the beginner's bars, the least are these But at S Lame, yes. iv vital training grounds to prepare us for the rough taverns Chronicle photo by Andrew Kollowiy where brawls and debauchery are the glorious norm. to studying fine boozes, The Pub may someday, if they dedicate their lives Anyway, little league boozers should take heed of The Young patrons at Trolley Square's Pub at Trolley Sauare. Here you can expect to be I.D.'d by become true connoiseurs of libation. the hostcop andor waitresscop before you'll even see a beer. Once you get past the security zone, though, the Exposed Flesh Ratio that rivals Salt Lake City's most Pub can be a marginally OK place, relatively speaking. decrepit gogo bars. Travolta Lives! carnivoThe Bar and Grill, 60 E. 800 South, generally holds a Plenty of the opposite sex rove the aisles like crowd (y'know, the kind of yuppies rous creatures of the night The food's not bad, the atmoWaters and the Damned, but still like their and Terrace that like the Union too be John much bit dig sphere may a and the jukebox is stocked with late 70s stuff we all wanna wine cheese). Bar The beer. do have and Grill dishes out. live music via original By John Pecorelli about. Nevertheless, forget they dance floor if you Chronicle staff writer local bands and there's a good-size- d E. alternative nice is a 202 500 South, Junior's Tavern, feel need. the bar d meat marts that litter our local to the If you hate music and don't want to pay the cover scene like flies on Utah's holy liquor laws decree that bars and clubs must back summer out on the can Delta sit that is little a Junior's charge (usually $4), you close their doors at 2 a.m. during the summer (1 a.m. in joint classy spins great blues records, serves up cold spirits at good prices and patio and ogle the parking lot fights in mute horror. the winter). That is to say, right around the time you start has enough character to carry a waterlogged pachyderm. Place, 465 S. 700 East, deserves a plug here if getting drunk enough to lose the inhibitions and get If that ain't enough already, they've somehow managed only for the pool tables, which cost a scant 25 cents a down to some serious debauchery, they kick your ass out to squeeze a pool table in back and have a collection of game. It's kind of a hot spot for college liberalweirdo-ism- , in the street. That's the law in these here parts. clientele-wisand the jukebox features nearly nothneat beer cans from every podunk brewery this side of - And if you haven't found your night's mate by this from decades two J the Cambodia. past ing be pretty depressing. Aside from bowling at it can Kampong Thum, Beer prices are fine, the atmosphere's pretty laid back, point Twelve Oaks, 32 Exchange Place, is positively hell, if there's El Rancho Lanes or video games at that's your scene. It is for the sheer sickness and rot of it they have electronic darts (!) and the waitresses aren't only one alternative at this point: coffee. stuck up (a rarity indeed). But beware-t- he that I dig this place-- it gets me off in a grotesque, price for a Miraculously, it's still legal to drink coffee at night in the GSL. of nachos kind of way. plate may sap your Beehive State. So here's a list of places to go after the bars Well, that's about it. There are quite a few places I've and before beddy-byIt's mainly that Or you can think of them as little needle-dru- g left to translates which out, mainly due to lack of space, laziness and ignoroughly crowd, high society rest stops, places to lack back and get a caffeine buzz going rance. But suffice it to say that none of these places can 'til the bars gluttons garbed in black rayon. open up again in the morning. y sweat Modern disco (called "dance music") is pumped out at even remotely compare to the real bars, Denny's (250 W. 500 South): Sounds kinda lame, I holes like the Twilite Lounge and Classic Corner. abnormal volumes, the decor brings to mind know. But on Friday and Saturday nights around midBut we're young yet, and there's plenty of time to pracRome, there's a slew of 70s strobe lights this place has it night this place gets very weird. It slowly fills with drink prices and an tice up for me real thing. Cheers. all. Not to mention transvestites, punks, street people, coked-u- p yuppies, g wavers, gay imaginable with the d adultsHuntil exception of middle class, Old think blast is the Jehovah you place to gonna smithereens with His Holy Nukes for its sin and wickedness. Coffee's cheap, too. Bill and Nada's (479 S. 600 East): Even though this joint has built a local reputation for the best "Brains and Eggs" platter in the valley ($4.10), Bill's special blend coffee nas been sadly neglected by culinary critics. It's good, strong stuff: goes down smooth like epicaque and hits vour central nervous svstem with the ferocitv of a , industrial solvent. Plus the waitresses spin this freaky roulette wheel every hour and the booth number it lands on gets their yummy meal free. at each table Couple all that with the (featuring the likes of Duke Ellington, Patsy Cline, Connie Francis, etc.) and you have a classic American truck stop worthy of infinite adoration. Bandaloops (somewhere on the west side): Good, reasonably priced imported coffee with free refills, which is a deal even if the patrons can be a tad snooty (artsy LUCIA Dl LAMMERMOOR Season fartsy) at times. Gotta get there quick though, cuz they're Donizetti Gaetano only open 'til 3 a.m. The service is great, they have by Tickets g these In Italian with English SUPERTITLES European desserts (as well as the more NOW ON traditional Yankee fare like M&M's, Snickers, etc.) and October 13, 15, 17, 20, October 23 Matinee rumor nas it that they give 10 percent discounts to those SALE! Starring Roberta Peters with neat scooters. Village Inn (910 E. 400 South): Any weeknight THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Save over around the witching hour this place gets positively by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart d single ticket with drunk college students. The coffee is In Italian with English SUPERTITLES primitive stuff (kinda tastes like Sanka), but they give prices. January 19, 21, 23, 26, January 29 Matinee you a whole pot of it for about 70 cents. The smoke is Call thick, the banana nut pancakes are the best in the land 533-649- 4 DIE FLEDERMAUS and your chances of picking up a member of the opposite sex (or the same sex, for that matter) rival even the by Johann Strauss professional flesh peddlers like Twelve Oaks. Sung in German with English SUPERTITLES John's Place (betwixt 93 W. and 7200 South): Sure, it's Dialogue in English kind of a long drive, but well worth it to experience a bit May 11, 13, 15, 18 May 21 Matinee of down-hom- e Midvale culture. The atmosphere is omiNew Sunday Matinee Series nous and threatens to explode anytime (a combination of infamous egg burritos coupled with the patronage--largel-y John's English SUPERTITLES with every performance. drunk rockers and rednecks). No, it's not really that bad (but you would be d to keep a buck knife handy). Food prices are outrageously affordable. Well, that's about it for the coffee scene around town, Winchell's and and other grim li'l hells Glade Peterson General Director notwithstanding. And if this ain't enough to satisfy you, then you can always drive out to the Nevada border where they have real bars that never close Caffeine buzz not prohibited by law er yuppie-crossov- fashion-oriente- gut-fudg- e. Ex-Wif- e's e, self-mutilati- on post-Palladiu- m, pre-Studebake- r's e. nitty-gritt- post-decli- semi-dece- ne nt aentists--(anytnin- family-oriente- high-powere- d, yj Opera at its Grandest mini-jukebox- es . odd-tastin- : cram-packe- . - - ; well-advise- 24-ho- ur |
