Top 5 dive bars on the Westside
Picks by Liam-Gowing
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This is it, folks, the Westside's top dive bar: A bar where you can get an economical drink without waiting in line, a bar down the street from a 99-Cents-Only Store and right next to a shady-looking Japanese massage parlor--a bar whose proprietor is named "Marv." Like any respectable dive, the Joker has a checkered linoleum floor, chipped wood-panel walls and a long wooden bar complete with year-round Christmas tree lights and mismatched red bar stools, some of which may be filled with the elder statesmen of the neighborhood. Be not afraid of these old codgers--they won't bite and neither will the no-nonsense bartender. He won't tempt you with any happy hour deals, but who needs any when well drinks are $4.25 and draft domestic beer is just $3.25? Take the money you save and spend it on a game of pool at one of the three tables in the back room or on a game of darts or poker. The payoff may not exceed the one offered next door, but at least you'll have your self-respect afterward.
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