I’ve always been one to switch around on my drink of preference. When I first started to drink alcohol, I was usually drinking liquor mixers because they tasted the best to me. I had beer quite often, but I preferred to drink liquor mixed with something sweet, like a cherry vodka sour or an amaretto sour, and White Russians were a favorite of mine for a long time. Then, I switched it up and really started to get into drinking beer. And I acquired a taste and love for dark beers. My favorite alcoholic drink of all time is a Priest’s Collar, which is a flavored cider, usually Wood Chuck, with a Guinness floated top. Guinness is one of my favorite beers, but since it fills me up so fast I like to mix it with a cider so I can still drink it with out feeling like I ate a buffet. For a bit I had a wine fetish, and that always comes back around the holidays because that’s what we drink when the entire family gets together. Now, I think I’ve got it all mixed up. Depending on what I’m doing or who I’m with, I’ll want one drink as opposed to the other. When I’m at home and want to chill out and calm down, I usually have a glass of wine. When I go out to the bars, it’s always beer, but when I go to the clubs, it’s always cocktails. I can’t drink the sweet cocktails anymore though, so my preferred mixed drink of choice is a Vodka Tonic with lime. So now I have the best of all of them, I have what ever I feel like having when ever I want.

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I haven’t been to this bar many times, but Adolph’s has always been a fun time when I go with a group of friends. The first time I went there was a small group of us, but there’s constant entertainment when you go on a busy night. It’s a karaoke bar where tons of people actually get up there and try to perform and do well, as opposed to most of the karaoke bars I had been to. They get up there and sing their hearts out. Some of them are good, and some of the are awful, but it’s always entertaining to see someone get up there and try their hardest to perform. The sing some random songs, there’s a dance floor, and the drinks aren’t too expensive. They have little sessions where the DJ just plays regular music and everyone dances, and then they go back to singing. It’s a different crowd than what I usually am around, but that makes it fun and interesting. I’d say this isn’t a good bar to take a date to in the first stages of your relationship, because you guys might get a little uncomfortable or they might decide it would be funny to sign you up and make you sing, but it’s a good place to take a group of friends if you’re looking for a fun crazy time. But make sure you catch it on a busy night, it’s not fun to be at a karaoke bar when there’s no one there.

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A pretty popular club here in Lubbock is located in the Depot District. It’s called Klusoz. It’s a decent club, it has nice looking seating with TVs build into the back of the couches, and lots of TVs on the walls. There are lots of different places to sit and be comfortable and watch what is going on. They also have an outside area that is open when the weather is warm for a live band to perform. There’s a decent sized bar that has a nice variety of liquors, but not the biggest selection of beers. They do not have any beers on tap, but they do have a small selection of bottles available. They have frozen margarita machines and the bar is nicely decorated. The walls change colors, and just add to the atmosphere of the bar. It’s a nice place to go if you are looking for the club scene, there’s a decent sized dance flood and always a dj there. If you’re looking to sit around and watch the game and drink some beers I wouldn’t suggest this place. Usually the TVs are showing strange liquid displays that move with the music or a recording of what is going on on the dance floor. I do like the club scene, so I really like this place. They have really good drink specials if you go early, but after that it’s pretty average cost. So, if you like dancing and club scenes this is a good place for you to go to. If not, steer clear.

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A relatively new bar in Lubbock is called Fire House. It’s located where Bleachers used to be, down in the Depot district. I went there for a Halloween party, and it was pretty crowded. There are a few different places to hang out, they have an outside area and an upstairs, a game room, and a main room with a dance floor. But, they only have one bar. One bar, where you have to wait at least 20 minutes to get a beer if there are people there. This is the only time I went, and before then I had heard pretty bad things about the place. One of my biggest pet peeves is being in a bar that thinks it’s okay to charge cover and then makes it impossible to get a drink the first half hour you are there. There were only two bartenders behind the one bar, with a mob waiting to be served. I didn’t much care of the place. I remember going there when it was Bleachers, and how cool it was. They had live music going, places to sit instead of a dance floor, and you could just go upstairs and get a drink at the bar there. So, I don’t think this is going to be a place that I frequent. I don’t really think this is a place that I’ll ever go to again unless I get drug along by some friends that want to go for some reason. Sorry, Fire House, you just didn’t do it for me.

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Another bar in Lubbock that I tend to frequent is Chimy’s. It is one of the coolest bars in Lubbock, because it started out being so small and they continue to add on more and more areas to accommodate the crowds. They have really good food, I love their fajita nachos. The orders are generous and always good. Then, what they are most famous for, their margaritas. Famous, because for me, I shouldn’t ever have more than two. One of those things will do the trick, but two and I’m done for the night. They taste different than most margaritas you would be used to, but once you get over that initial taste, they become better. The original margarita, frozen or on the rocks, costs less than six bucks. And let me tell you that six bucks goes a really long way, as opposed to six dollars worth of beer. They close at midnight, so it’s a place that most people like to meet at before they make their concrete plans for the night. I like to head out there pretty early and make sure to get a table, then usually get some nachos as a snack and a margarita to start the night off right. There’s never a cover, the lines don’t take long to get a drink, and the one bar has many atmospheres to choose from, like sitting on the deck, sitting outside, or staying in. Only complaint is that they can get pretty crowded and you won’t have anywhere to sit. And, just a warning, if you haven’t had one of their margaritas then… make sure you have at least three in the first hour you’re there.

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Back awhile ago, Crickets used to be one of my favorite bars to go to. They have over one hundred beers on tap, pool tables, shuffleboard, Foosball, and awesome live music. Their don’t have the best drink specials around, but the atmosphere was great. You can tell a lot of locals like to go there, because they have numbered mugs hanging on the ceiling, where you can sign up and pay a fee and get to have your own mug to drink from while you are there. You also get a small discount on each drink you purchase with the mug, and are inducted into the “Mug Club”. They also have a selection of cigars you can purchase while there, not that this matter to me at all. When I was first legal to go out, I loved going here. They have really good food, and it’s a good spot to catch a game because they have lots of sitting room. There are a few set backs to the bar though, other than the drinks being more expensive than most college bars. They only have one actual bar, so get ready to wait a bit before getting a drink. Out of no where here recently, it has been completely taken over by the “greek” of Texas Tech. It has became insanely popular, mostly because they let minors in too unlike most bars here. Most of the time, you can’t even find a seat.. It has eventually turned as bad as you can’t even go in with out waiting in a line, so I’ve just stopped even trying. The only time I go there anymore is if we go out on a random weekday, and it’s not going to be too crowded to even get a beer. It still gets my approval, though, for having such a large selection of draft beers. So go on a Tuesday and enjoy it without the crowd.

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Here in Lubbock, I frequent the bars… quite often, to put it nicely. I love going out. I love bars, I love clubs, I love anywhere with live music, I just love being out on the night scene. I’ve worked out on the night scene here in Lubbock at a few places, and I’d say that I’ve been to around 90 percent of the bars that Lubbock has to offer. So, I’d also say that that gives me a little bit of an expertise in what is decent here, what nights are the best, how the drinks are, what the specials are, all that crap that people care about. So… I’m going to give the low down on each of the bars here that I have attended, what it was like for me and what I think about going back there. I’ll start with writing about all the ones that I frequent, to the ones that I go to sometimes, the ones I’ve been to once, all the way down to the ones I’ve never been to if there’s a legitimate reason. Just check out the category “Bars of Lubbock”, and see if they get my approval or not. This is going to be fun for me and hopefully informative for some of you, if you’re not familiar with Lubbock. So, onto the first bars we go!

Check out the category by going Here. Hope you enjoy reading about them as much as I enjoyed attending them.

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Lately I’ve been curious about the average a person drinks on a daily basis. I understand the idea of moderation, and that it doesn’t mean you don’t drink 5 days of the week and get to make up for it that weekend… too bad though. You hear it all the time though, either the side that claims all alcohol is bad, to the side where it is actually an advantage to your health to have a glass of red wine every day. And, as I sit here and read on the internet, it seems that difference is not going to go away. I’m finding information about both sides equally. Surprise. It’s impossible for someone to say what alcohol will do to every person. In some cases, they show that a person who consumes a moderate amount of alcohol is more likely to have breast cancer, while a different person shows less chance of having heart disease. In other words, I didn’t learn anything. But what I do know is that people have been drinking for many, many years, and that everyone will eventually die. Most of the time, unless you are an alcoholic, that death is not cause by drinking. So, easy enough, I think I’ll just continue on my own path and do what I want. I think I’ll agree a little bit more with the “glass of red wine a day is healthy for you” idea, because that one sounds a little more fun than the other.

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