"It's a really really small place. It doesn't get crowded. There's a pool table, a dart board, and that's about it. Oh, and people are allowed to bring their dogs. And the name of the place is The Druid's Keep."
That is what I was told about the bar I was going to last Friday night. As you can imagine, I wasn't exactly brimming with excitement about being brought along to a place like this. It was one of my girlfriend's friend's birthdays, and that is where he and his friends were going. I wasn't going to stay home, lest I look like a schmuck to my girlfriend's friends. (Inside fact: I have an inherent desire to be liked by people, especially those close to my significant other. It just makes life easier when they have a positive opinion of you.) So I decided to go, not at all expecting to enjoy myself in such a venue. The Druid's Keep??? Are you kidding me? Are we going to be drinking or playing Dungeons and Dragons?
So we roll up to the place and it doesn't look like much (click link above). Now I'm even less excited. But lo and behold, I walk in and the pleasantness hit me like an tidal wave of....pleasantness. The bar was bigger than I envisioned, and there was a good crowd, but by no means was it packed. There was one of those internet jukeboxes on the wall playing music at a moderate level so you didn't have to scream at the person next to you so they could hear you (I'll never understand why more bars don't do this). Then I see all the amenities: Photo Hunt machine, foosball, Golden Tee Live, pool, darts. This place had everything a cool bar needs. Plus they had some good beers on tap, including UFO Hefeweizen at only $4 a pint. I was also pleased by the $5 vodka Red Bull served in a pint glass.
That is what I was told about the bar I was going to last Friday night. As you can imagine, I wasn't exactly brimming with excitement about being brought along to a place like this. It was one of my girlfriend's friend's birthdays, and that is where he and his friends were going. I wasn't going to stay home, lest I look like a schmuck to my girlfriend's friends. (Inside fact: I have an inherent desire to be liked by people, especially those close to my significant other. It just makes life easier when they have a positive opinion of you.) So I decided to go, not at all expecting to enjoy myself in such a venue. The Druid's Keep??? Are you kidding me? Are we going to be drinking or playing Dungeons and Dragons?
So we roll up to the place and it doesn't look like much (click link above). Now I'm even less excited. But lo and behold, I walk in and the pleasantness hit me like an tidal wave of....pleasantness. The bar was bigger than I envisioned, and there was a good crowd, but by no means was it packed. There was one of those internet jukeboxes on the wall playing music at a moderate level so you didn't have to scream at the person next to you so they could hear you (I'll never understand why more bars don't do this). Then I see all the amenities: Photo Hunt machine, foosball, Golden Tee Live, pool, darts. This place had everything a cool bar needs. Plus they had some good beers on tap, including UFO Hefeweizen at only $4 a pint. I was also pleased by the $5 vodka Red Bull served in a pint glass.
As for the dogs, there was only one dog inside; the owner's husky. I love huskies. And this one was even cooler than most because it just kind of moseyed around the bar as if he were saying, "Hey. Having a good time? Yeah? Enjoying that beer ya got there? Ok, good stuff. See ya later."
Then you could go outside the bar to a fenced in backyard patio where there was some 
guy grilling free food (burgers, sausage, corn on the cob, chicken, etc.) It was almost like being at a frat house party, only way way way...way more awesome. There were two more dogs hanging out in the back, both pitbulls. And at one point the husky tried humping one of them. I don't care what anybody says; seeing a dog try to hump another dog (or any object, for that matter) is one of the funniest things that can ever happen. I was cracking up. After I saw that, The Druid's Keep officially won me over and catapulted itself into my Five Favorite Bars, among the likes of Bar A and Captain Hook's.
guy grilling free food (burgers, sausage, corn on the cob, chicken, etc.) It was almost like being at a frat house party, only way way way...way more awesome. There were two more dogs hanging out in the back, both pitbulls. And at one point the husky tried humping one of them. I don't care what anybody says; seeing a dog try to hump another dog (or any object, for that matter) is one of the funniest things that can ever happen. I was cracking up. After I saw that, The Druid's Keep officially won me over and catapulted itself into my Five Favorite Bars, among the likes of Bar A and Captain Hook's. It is a safe bet that I will be returning in the near future.
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