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Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Sep 24, 2011 - 04:13pm PT
Strawbeey Lodge @ Lover's Leap, with Petch pouring drinks and throwing out beta. He used to let you check out his guidebook at the bar while you ate and drank.

I stopped in last weekend for a Bloody Mary (world's best) on the way to Tahoe.


Petch is a bro and I love Strawberry Lodge, but I'd have to see (and taste) the Bloody Mary to believe it beats this:



-knott to mention that it's $5.00 every day from 3:00 - 6:00pm at Balboa Cafe in Mill Valley
(close to killer new bouldering on Mt Tam and routes and bouldering at Mickey's Beach).
Chris McNamara

SuperTopo staff member
Sep 24, 2011 - 06:25pm PT
Knott, I could have used one of the Bloody's today. uggg. They are really great. Definitely best in Marin. Although Smiley's in Bolinas is pretty good. Sorta near climbing. The Bloody that I have had that was better was on San Juan Island at a Marina. I learned that boating culture takes it drinking seriously.
Vegasclimber

Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
Sep 24, 2011 - 06:30pm PT
I guess that "best" is open to interpretation.....

JT Saloon in Josh - the beer is cold and the local ...wildlife....amusing

We usually hang out at Zion Pizza and Noodle when we are there. Their cheese bread is a meal in itself and is like 4 bucks. Good selection of brews.

In Vegas, Three Angry Wives on Charleston is a good after-crag place, decent prices and good food. Try the loaded potatoes.
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Sep 24, 2011 - 06:48pm PT
Personally, I like the Divided Sky.

However, that's a very Tahoe-centric sort of vote.
strangeday

Trad climber
Brea ca.
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 07:00pm PT
Brandon- "divided sky", is my all time favorite Phish song.. I'll have to hit that place next time were there...

Knott- that bloody Mary pic made my wife kinda squishy... She swears by the one at the station at the top of the palm springs tramway...
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Sep 24, 2011 - 07:07pm PT
Divided Sky is your favorite Phish song?

That deserves a thread unto itself.

:)
strangeday

Trad climber
Brea ca.
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 07:25pm PT
Out of 50+ shows, I've been blessed with 14 live divided sky's... But I'll never turn down a mikes->hydrogen->weekapaugh... Cheers to dive bars and Phish!!
Captain...or Skully

climber
Where are you bound?
Sep 24, 2011 - 08:13pm PT
Well, I guess there's always the Crow Inn. I dunno about "best", but it's close.
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Sep 24, 2011 - 08:22pm PT
I almost got jumped by a gang of tweakers at the Iron Door. I asked them why they stole my beer and dog food from the doorstep of my rented mobile home. Why I lived in a mobile home in Groveland with my brother and our girlfriends for a week is a whole different story.

Edit: My brothers girlfriend ended up fighting the tweakers, strange days for sure.
strangeday

Trad climber
Brea ca.
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 08:36pm PT
Not sure if she's back there, but Aimee at the iron door is one of my favorite bartenders... That and Selah at the jtree saloon.. Selah is hands down my favorite ever...
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Sep 24, 2011 - 09:59pm PT
Silver Dollar Bar in Cody and the Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, MT are ones that ice climbers aren't going to want to miss. Good food and cheap drinks in settings that ooze charachter.
ruppell

climber
Sep 24, 2011 - 10:03pm PT
Snugs Harbor New Paltz NY

1 dollar PBR pints tue and thur. At least they used to be. Don't even think about eating there.
bvb

Social climber
flagstaff arizona
Sep 24, 2011 - 10:48pm PT
umm, mountain room bar, yosemite?

and monte vista cocktail lounge, flagstaff, for sure.

spud and elma's two mile house, olympia washington.

pacific shores lounge, ocean beach, CA.


TGT

Social climber
So Cal
Sep 24, 2011 - 10:55pm PT
From that photo, it looks like the Ponderosa has been gentryfyed.

That was an interesting place on a rainy night when packed with bikers, loggers, smelly hippie climbers and a few bewildered tourists.

Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
Sep 24, 2011 - 11:25pm PT
sardellas pack station at kennedy meadows, they let anybody in there, and use mules for bouncers,


10b4me

Boulder climber
Happy Boulders
Sep 25, 2011 - 01:12am PT
Hutchs in Ouray is the bomb.
I've heard good things about the Divided Sky
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Sep 25, 2011 - 01:19am PT
The Drake, in Canmore. Not really anything special as a bar, but it's in the best climbing destination.
Allen Hill

Social climber
CO.
Sep 25, 2011 - 04:27am PT
Allen Hill

Social climber
CO.
Sep 25, 2011 - 05:24am PT
hooblie

climber
from where the anecdotes roam
Sep 25, 2011 - 07:20am PT
^^^^ ya mike m, and by the way ... "where the hell is roscoe?" ... ha, local joke.

i played this song ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGVSIRCi7A ...
on the juke box at the grizzly bar with my final load sitting on the porch
all set for a solo on one of the bigger features up the east rosebud.

after about the third repeat the cowboys sort of nudged me out the door,
but the song kept rolling around in my head for the next couple days.

after four pitches i decided i wasn't a soloist, just a guy without a partner.
that mushroom swiss burger played heavily on my decision
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