McGlinchey's - Philadelphia

Perhaps the bar's myspace page can give you some insight into this fine establishment:
"I am a bar. All my drinks are cheap, my bathrooms are horribly disgusting and small, and my staff is often disagreeable. But I am good. If you don't like it, you can go fuck yourself. No shouting, no dancing and no throwing beer at the bartenders. I don't serve Jagermeister. If you want that shit, take your ass to Penn you funkin joke."

Or how about this review from a satisfied customer: "You are the worst bar in Center City, that one waitress wit the tattoo's and black hair doesnt deserve any of my money unless she is using to go buy Midol, that bitch sucks at life. Quite a disgrace to the service industry, never again will i ever step foot in that shithole if she still works there, have fun being a cunt".

You can't argue with a recommondation like that!

There are plenty of places to go if you want to feel welcomed. This is not one of them.
Check your candy ass mantra; "The customer is always right" at the door before entering.

Hockeytown Cafe-Detroit

Been a few times. By myself and with the kids.
The downstairs bar has a band around the perimeter with ice chilled by the same technology that freeze ice hockey rinks.
I never experienced an occasion where I drank a beer so slowly that it needed to kept chilled. But the concept is cool.
Lot of Red Wing photos and memorabilia abound.
The place is across the street from the historic Fox Theatre and tne new Tigers Comamerica Park.
The place is a passionate sports bar but the best feature of all is the strong Canadian beer selection available.
There aren't many places south of border states that have a strong offering of Molson and Labatts products.
I had my illusion crushed when we visited the place with the boys, who were in Detriot for a travel hockey tournament. I did the tour of the memoribilia behind glass when my son turned to me and asked why there is still a price tag hanging on an apparent game used jersey.
At least I still felt like a kid in a candy store there even if the kids did not.

Tortugas' Lie- Nags Head, NC

Tortugas' Lie is a pastel colored shack on the Beach Road around MP 11 in the Outer Banks.
The Caribbean inspired beach bar is a crammed room with a decent selection of tap and bottled beers. Additional seating is available on the porch.
NC inspired steamers on the pub style menu with decent seafood and jerk inspired fare. The place has a diverse crowd of locals and tourists. The bartenders control the music from behind the bar.
A great laid back atmosphere to suck down a few ice cold Red Strips.
I don't recall many times when Jimmy Buffet tunes were playing but it is one of those places you expect to hear some Correl Reefer Band being piped in.