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Nothing beats a rough afternoon of swingin’ at Milton’s Kemper Park then a quick trip to the Hide-A-Way Room at Dave’s of Milton. Dive bar veterans unite! The Hide-A-Way Room is a genuine find, and well worth the trip up I-5. The servers are like family as they mingle
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I was a little unsure about the West End Pub & Grill being “divey” enough for me, but my cousin Karen loves the ribs, Bandito Betty said it always reminded her of a dive bar, and we were wicked-thirsty for a beer; so off to West End Pub we went. We
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I was a little unsure about the West End Pub & Grill being “divey” enough for me, but my cousin Karen loves the ribs, Bandito Betty said it always reminded her of a dive bar, and we were wicked-thirsty for a beer; so off to West End Pub we went.
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I had been to O’Malley’s a few times in my old Femme Fianna Dockyard Derby Dames days. It was always late at night, dark, crowded, and reeked of beer and sweat. I loved it. The best throw downs, punk bands and bartenders have graced O’Malley’s soil during the after dinner
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I had been to O’Malley’s a few times in my old Femme Fianna Dockyard Derby Dames days. It was always late at night, dark, crowded, and reeked of beer and sweat. I loved it. The best throw downs, punk bands and bartenders have graced O’Malley’s soil during the after dinner
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Alert the tree huggers and break out the patchouli for a day. Let your armpit hair flow free as you step into the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall for the Livable Communities Fair this Saturday, May 17. Pierce County and the City of Tacoma have partnered up to give you an all-inclusive
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Alert the tree huggers and break out the patchouli for a day. Let your armpit hair flow free as you step into the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall for the Livable Communities Fair this Saturday, May 17. Pierce County and the City of Tacoma have partnered up to give you an all-inclusive
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I swear to blog, I have never in my expansive 36-year-old life seen so many damned liquor bottles on display. At least that is, for a dive bar. Leave it to Bandito Betty and me to stumble upon a metaphorical glass decanter metropolis called The Friendly Duck’s Decoy Room on
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(Ed. Note: The Friendly Duck is currently closed.) I swear to blog, I have never in my expansive 36-year-old life seen so many damned liquor bottles on display. At least that is, for a dive bar. Leave it to Bandito Betty and me to stumble upon a metaphorical glass decanter metropolis
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About a year ago The Acme Grub Cage was purchased by an eager bartender and his customer. Together they are changing the way Tacoma views this once dilapidated dive bar. New wooden cabinets are stained and ready for the multitude of liquor bottles that will be available once their liquor
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About a year ago The Acme Grub Cage was purchased by an eager bartender and his customer. Together they are changing the way Tacoma views this once dilapidated dive bar. New wooden cabinets are stained and ready for the multitude of liquor bottles that will be available once
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We’re still not quite sure if Terry’s Office Tavern is a real and true dive. It certainly looks as though it would be classified as a dive, but it sure doesn’t feel like one. Instead, Terry’s feels like the neighborhood hideaway. The tavern where local homeowners escape dinner duty and local
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We’re still not quite sure if Terry’s Office Tavern is a real and true dive. It certainly looks as though it would be classified as a dive, but it sure doesn’t feel like one. Instead, Terry’s feels like the neighborhood hideaway. The tavern where local homeowners escape dinner duty
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It was in the bar at Puget Sound Pizza that Bandito Betty and I overheard a somewhat toothless lady talking. She was venting her outrage about how she had been 86’d (kicked out) from Ida’s. Wait a second. If a toothless lady had been 86’d out of Ida’s, Ida’s was a place
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It was in the bar at Puget Sound Pizza that Bandito Betty and I overheard a somewhat toothless lady talking. She was venting her outrage about how she had been 86’d (kicked out) from Ida’s. Wait a second. If a toothless lady had been 86’d out of Ida’s,
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It isn't easy to get a job; harder still when you have a disability - and virtually impossible without transportation. The 28 percent cut in service announced by Pierce Transit on Feb. 11 will devastate most individuals with disabilities trying to find work or to hold on to their job. "People
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Bandito Betty, as I’m sure most of you know, slings beer part time at the Parkway Tavern. For our dive bar experience this week she suggested we stop by The Corner Bar, which is the bastard child of Jeff, Parkway Tavern owner. The Corner Bar is located in a somewhat shady
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Bandito Betty, as I’m sure most of you know, slings beer part time at the Parkway Tavern. For our dive bar experience this week she suggested we stop by The Corner Bar, which is the bastard child of Jeff, Parkway Tavern owner. The Corner Bar is located in a
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The KAke had to rent a movie the other night for her needy, sick boyfriend, so we stopped by Stadium Video to check one out. Bored out of our minds and eager for some action, BanditoBetty and I split upstairs to toss one back at the lounge behind The Harvester. There
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The KAke had to rent a movie the other night for her needy, sick boyfriend, so we stopped by Stadium Video to check one out. Bored out of our minds and eager for some action, BanditoBetty and I split upstairs to toss one back at the lounge behind The Harvester.
