Dimitri’s Tavern

We were looking for a dive bar, & boy did we find it.
This place is Cash only, pay as you go…
THE BAD:
All kinds of Addicts in and out all night (yet we managed to stay 2 hours, somehow).
Creepy people looking in and out the front door window. One of the sketchiest places I’ve been in a LONG while… that said, none of the aforementioned characters asked us for money or even acknowledged us at all. So it actually wasn’t that bad???
No soda or tonic water, limited bottled juice, PEPSI.
THE GOOD:
The Bartender was a gem, & the drinks were strong, and STUPID CHEAP!
Abnormally CLEAN BATHROOMS.
No matter how bad your day was, Don’t come here alone.

If you are looking for a stable cash bar with the that serves Hampden’s working class, this is it.
Staunchly resisting gentrification, Dimitri’s is friendly, cheap, and wood-​paneled. Do not expect a poorly lit joint, or an uninspired one: they have events most nights, and a cordial and dedicated crowd.
Nevertheless, you may have to edge past a few characters catching a smoke out front. Spotted: couple arguing over toddler, someone who was obiviously just out of surgery, or a dude there at 5:30am in clear defiance of Bmore’s liquor laws.

It’s a neighborhood bar full of neighborhood people. They’re not steering their business to attract transient hipsters. It is a dump, but how many bars do you see packed at 8:00 AM? The beers are crazy cheap. I’ve seen tons of bars get renovated only to lose all of their customers after doing so. If you’re like Melody C. and want to go to a trendy bar where you overpay for watered down drinks or feel the need to be socially accepted by your peers then stay away.

Dimitri’s, lol. It’s probably the trashiest bar in Hampden. But I haven’t been to Zissimo’s yet, so I might be wrong. Either way, you will not find hipsters here. It’s older, weird, unapologetically completely un-​politically correct Hampden folk.
The left side is a riot if you happen to stumble in here for some strange reason. Super white trash girls dancing to old radio rap. It’s pretty funny. If you’re an attractive girl you will probably be hit on by several drunk men if you sit at the bar. You should probably just leave.
Howeverrrrr… The drinks are DIRT cheap. I’m talking like $ 2 something for a screwdriver and $ 1 beers.
They have carry out service until 2am on every night (!!!, I think) so upon leaving another bar, or for a late night run if you need more beer (or pints of cheap liquor) here is where you go.