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A Dream Come True: Somewhere New To Drink Without The Distraction of Television!
9:44AM ON
04/22/2008
BY
Matthew Lawrence
One of my problems, if not my only problem, with Lili Marlene’s is that it’s always been the only bar of its kind in town. Which means that sometimes when you want to sit in a dark loungy bar listening to Portishead you can’t, because 750 other people all want to be doing the same thing at the same time and sometimes it’s dark or loungy in there at all. Plus all the bartenders are really frigging lovable and friendly and cute and popular and talented at making drinks, which makes it even more crowded.
So the other night I stopped by The Avery, JR’s brand-new titty bar bar that happens to have lots of breast imagery everywhere. As I suspected, the former Decatur location was crazy busy. JR himself was behind the bar so the drinks were good (and cheapish!) I didn’t get close enough to the bar to see what kinds of fancy libations he had back there, but that’s okay, because there’s a lot of other stuff to look at in that place once your eyes adjust to the darkness.
I’m totally into the leather armchairs and general Lili’s-like appreciation of dim lighting and sconces.* Also, like Lili’s, the place is completely free of TVs, which I wholeheartedly endorse and which no other bar in town seems to understand. The walls are really crazy, with really elaborate wood cutouts of naked ladies and, um, some other stuff. And boobs, did I mention the boobs? And behind the bar there’s more naked ladies, this time on glass.
I’m hoping that over time the enthusiastic crowd at the International House of Tatas Avery thins out a little, at least enough that you can sit and listen to Ladytron album tracks and have a conversation without having to deal with some shrieking drunk girl pressed against your table. I suspect things will settle down once it gets warmer and people realize that the patio’s not reopening anytime soon.
(*According to my mother, when I was two I told her that the sconces in our living room were gaudy. True story!)
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April 23rd, 2008 at 9:51AM
Drinky LaPuke Says:
Friday night it was PACKED 90% of the crowd was women! If you are looking for the ladies I think this could be the Motherlode! I am hoping for some girl fights outfront over a man!
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