Favorite Bar/Club

Just moved back in mid-December.

My favorites:

Zimms - I know the bartender and can get free drinks usually. Plus there are lots of hot ladies, and I never leave there without 1 phone number . It gets pretty crowded on the weekends which can get annoying.

Davenport - Nice interior, but WAY too crowded (small), and good luck getting a drink!!

Sambuca (downtown) - Cool place to start off the night, watch some jazz, and chill

Rudyards - Great place all around. The music upstairs was pretty weird even for my indie tastes. The band was nothing more than loud thrashing noise.....

Volcano - Tried this place out last Friday. Not too crowded, cool vibe, and nice drink array. Reminded me of Oceans 11 in Austin.

Sherlocks - Am I in college again because this shure feels like it. Lame cover band played on Saturday night......

 

Other? what is other?

 

Forgot about the Volcano, good bar. It can get really crowded on occasion though, I guess just like anyplace else.

 

M Bar - rip off. Bartenders there charge diff. prices for same drink! Door guys are assholes. Basically, just Prague w/ white curtains.

Social - used to have a good crowd. Lately it's been roid ragers & their late 30's stripper girls. Getting bad.

511 - upstairs is good later in the night.

Zimm's fun but getting wayyyyyyyyyy too crowded. The place is small to begin with. Good luck getting a drink here in under 10 minutes.

Stuka - new bar. English style dark, rock, good drink & cheap, on Tuam & Bagby near where Club Sum used to be.

LZ's - like the place but it's like high school/frat reunion on Thursdays & Fridays

Barfly - fun, but again too many drunken frat types starting fights. Giving bar a bad name.

Seven - pretty cool, but in the last month the Roxy crowd has invaded the place on weekends. Check out Rock night on Wednesdays.

I haven't set foot on the Richmond strip in 2 years. I got tired of the trash crowd, fights, shootings, stabbings, hookers, etc. that have taken over that area. Richmond has gone to crap.

 

Oh, I agree w/ all about Rudyard's. This place may also have the best burgers in town.

 

I went some place last time I was in town that was pretty decent. Of course, I was trashed when we got there...I think it's called Cotton Exchange, or something like that. It's downtown.

 

i haven't been to Red Cat Jazz Cafe yet....anyone else been there? my wife and i have talked about going there, but we usually end up at Sambuca when we go out like that...

of course, finding a sitter is not always the easiest of tasks...so a lot of times we use our dates as chances to catch up on movies

 

Max, you want a REAL jazz bar, try Cezanne's. On Montrose next to the Black Lab.

That or just take your wife to Marfreless on West Gray & make out. It's the place across from Sherlock's - no sign, just a door in a wall.

Make sure that any of you who do go to Marfreless take a woman though - nothing they hate more than having a bunch of dudes show up and stand there gawking at all the people making out, and uhh, more...