Redwood Bar & Grill

After helming the stretch of Second Street between Broadway and Hill for decades, the old Redwood Saloon has been reincarnated as a pirate’s paradise. The windowless tavern is chock-full of maritime-inspired décor, including dock timbers, fishnets, nautical signs and even kitschy mermaid paintings. You’ve heard the expression, “When in Rome?” Well, when at the Redwood, “Do as the pirates do” -- meaning pints of beer and perhaps a shot of whisky to top things off. The menu carries on the seafaring theme with offerings such as fried calamari, jumbo lump crab cakes and beer-battered fish and chips. On most nights DJs man the back room, where they spin everything from ’80s hits to hip-hop. On Tuesday nights blues legend Mickey Champion lights up the deck.