Dive Bars of "not quite Nashville" - Part 1

My current job requires me to travel frequently to Nashville so my blog posts will travel there as well.

I was aware of a small dive bar near my office here and my lovely co-workers offered up another dive spot to try so I decided to take a tour.  

Stop 1: Bikini Beach Bar - Antioch Pike

Allow me to set the scene:  

The place is basically an old house that looks as though you hope the county inspector doesn't come too close.  Upon parking in a gravel parking lot there was a mysterious smell of dead animal - I would guess rat.  As you enter there are numerous warning signs, which should have included a beware of the old rickety porch.  However, these things do not detour me from my experience.

Once inside: Smoking is allowed.  It's dark, there are pool tables, golden tee and the old classic huge monitor with that faces game, a cigarette machine, lots of tacky signs and there is a decent crowd for 6pm.  After being greeted with "Hello Darlin' what can I get you?" in some very charming Nashville twang, I order my normal Tito's and Soda with a lemon.   It arrives in a Styrofoam cup.  I love this place already.

You can tell most people are locals and there is a pool tournament about to happen.  Everyone is friendly and there is some banter back and forth that occasionally included me.  

Classic greetings heard while there: New guy coming in to bar patron: "What's up M-F'er" echoed by the bartender "oh - you've graduated to M-F'er". "what's up crazy b!tch" and "hello sexy".  Literally all in a 5 minute time by the new people coming in. 

I will be honest, I love this place, people having fun, no care in the world, everyone knows everyone and even when they don't, it doesn't matter.  The service was outstanding. I would have stayed longer but I didn't want to wash my hair today and with the cigarette smoke indoors my time was up. 

I also believe the possibility to find love in this pub was relatively high as it was mostly men - however, your dream date will need to be a smoker, that rides a Harley and has a beard similar to the Duck Dynasty guys!

Follow the account on Insta for some lovely pics @loveinthepub