Favorite Bar

**Chitownclone2** · 07-01-2010, 04:37 PM

Old School Ames: People's/Lumpy's

Chicago: Cleo's

DSM: El Bait or Cumming Tap

**bringmagicback** · 07-01-2010, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by capitalcityguy

Like many on here, have a little one, so don't go out much anymore.

Ames: Welch Ave

Des Moines: Royal Mile/Red Monk is my fav, but also have soft spot for Shortys, The Lift, and the bar at Azalea

Azalea is my favorite restaurant in DM.... I just wish they would stop changing the menu. Also Shortys would have been top 5 for me but I hate how they have remodeled...I think it kinda sucks now.

**bringmagicback** · 07-01-2010, 05:06 PM

Top 5

1: Court Ave Brewing Co. (Cabco)
2: Johnnys HOF when it's not packed (away game days mostly)
3:Cosmos
4: High Life
5:Blue Moon

**cmoore_23** · 07-01-2010, 05:07 PM

i cant really pick one but capones, cy's roost, and welch in no order

**sunnysideup** · 07-01-2010, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by bringmagicback

Top 5

1: Court Ave Brewing Co. (Cabco)
2: Johnnys HOF when it's not packed (away game days mostly)
3:Cosmos
4: High Life
5:Blue Moon

Good call on CABCo. I don't get there as often as I should, considering I'm a mug club member. They would rock so much harder if they had more TVs at the bar and had dish.

**dmclone** · 07-01-2010, 05:19 PM

I like small town joints so my favorite in the metro is Kiegens Korner (AKA Tim's Timeout) in Grimes.

Red Monk and the rest of the bars by full court or whatever their name is are my favorites in DM.

**cyclonepower** · 07-01-2010, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by chuckd4735

I see azn4cy at The Garden quite frequently.

I figured you guys were more of the Blazing Saddles type...

**dmclone** · 07-01-2010, 05:28 PM

I'm probably the only person in Des Moines that actually preferred the old Johny's.

**Chipper** · 07-01-2010, 05:34 PM

DM: Bogies, Blue Moon, Tonic

**cybsball20** · 07-01-2010, 05:38 PM

AK's Beaverdale
Saints Pub and Patio
Johnny's
Twisted Parrott
Bogies

**bringmagicback** · 07-01-2010, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by sunnysideup

Good call on CABCo. I don't get there as often as I should, considering I'm a mug club member. They would rock so much harder if they had more TVs at the bar and had dish.

I hear ya, Im going on my 5th mug.....I get the TV thing however they do that on purpose. They try to keep it a casual chill place and not a sports bar which is understandable. Ive seen a few people (SuperFan if you frequent dt youll know who this is haha) get kicked out for being to loud while cheering haha!

**enisthemenace** · 07-01-2010, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by dmclone

I'm probably the only person in Des Moines that actually preferred the old Johny's.

Nope. I preferred old Johnny's, too.

Ames: I miss Lumpy's
Des Moines: Waveland (just down the street).

**MookInLincoln** · 07-01-2010, 05:56 PM

ISU days ...

Tazzles - drinkin' with lincoln, need I say more! ... It was the first and only bar I got into before turning 21, halloween 1996 - I was so drunk that I thought the bar was twice as big as it actually was (mirrors man, it was the mirrors LOL) I also ran into Coach Kirby Wilson in vampire costume and thought he was a white guy - I was asked to leave after drinking beer from pitchers (that weren't mine)

Cy's Roost had double captain & cokes on wednesdays I think - a great black and tan upstairs too, what was that place called? ... Lived a few blocks from Thumbs, never know who you would see in there ... People's music was good, but the place was way too greek for me ... I never really got into penny pitchers at The Zone downtown, that was just too much for me or I just got too old ... I also can't remember the place downtown that closed not too long ago that I enjoyed, and we did Whiskey River once in a while ... there was that country bar out by 30, but Thursdays at Tazzles were sacred during my time ... these days I usually hit Welch Ave. Station or go out to Wallaby's if I have my kids with me

After ISU ...

Falls Sports Lounge - Dearborn, Michigan
"Ownership included former NHL players Jim Cummins and Chris Chelios, Red Wings and opposing players in there regularly - they also sponsored my flag football team ... great burgers"

Blue Jeans Bar & Grill - Mishawaka, Indiana
"As good of a honky tonk as you could have in northern Indiana, used to go to karaoke night there every week - ownership change killed it just before we moved"

KC's Eastside Saloon - Ashland, Nebraska
"Again I know the owners and love karaoke night - I've discovered a theme of my oldness"

**bringmagicback** · 07-01-2010, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by enisthemenace

Nope. I preferred old Johnny's, too.

Ames: I miss Lumpy's
Des Moines: Waveland (just down the street).

It was ok because it was always pretty dead so you could actually talk to people. The only problem was the shifty characters that frequented the establishment. Your chance of being stabbed increased the further back you went haha.

**enisthemenace** · 07-01-2010, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by bringmagicback

It was ok because it was always pretty dead so you could actually talk to people. The only problem was the shifty characters that frequented the establishment. Your chance of being stabbed increased the further back you went haha.

This is funny, cause it's true. That's what I liked about it though.

Same can be said about The Wave these days. Depending on the night, it can get pretty strange in there. Ever seen "From Dusk Till Dawn"?