The Underground

LOVE LOVE LOVE the underground…
This is the go to bar for me and my bff. We go at least once a month, sometimes twice. We only generally spend $ 12-​$ 15 on drinks all night because we drink the $ 2.50 strawberry long islands which are AMAZING… bar tenders are awesome, djs cool, bouncers fun…
None of the pictures that show up of the writting on the bathroom stalls are actually there…

ok i went to this place last night out of curiousity. omg. ghetto city! like if u want to dance at a place with a bunch of fat chicks in tight clothes, white trash females shaking their ass on men. and gang looking weirdos hanging around the entrance oogling every female that walks by. this is the place for you. its dirty and loud no one bothers even dressing up when they go here. never go here if you have any sort of class. id rather pay for more expensive drinks and be with a decent crowd than go here. within 10 minutes. we were done and walked out.

I like the underground.
Especially if I’m looking to get a little crazy and drink cheap sugary boozy drinks from a plastic cup. The drinks there are cheap, the service is great, and you can usually find some good DJ’s playing on the weekends.
It’s big enough to hold a group of friends, too. In fact you can usually find one of those annoying bachelorette groups around. They have darts and pool tables (I think they have pool tables, definitely darts…)
Be prepared for crowds, cash only, strong drinks, and usually loud music.

I always seem to end up at Underground when I go downtown. It’s not even a nice or pleasant bar, it’s just a cheap place to dance or drink $ 2 long islands and party with the college and beyond crowd. Bartenders are usually grouchy and the wait takes forever, but thats part of the charm here. Bathrooms are disgusting, people can be sketchy, and its not a classy place at all, but they have foosball and darts and tables to hang with your friends in the back. I somehow have an odd appreciation for the place.

The Underground is one of those places that has potential, yet is ruined by the clientele. It was REALLY cool when we got there, with cheap booze, decent bar games, a frat-​party-​basement look, and plenty of room to move. They don’t accept plastic, which is a big P.I.T.A., but tolerable when the drinks are as cheap as they are. However, when the people started showing up, it got ugly. HOLY DOUCHEBAGGERY, BATMAN.
To all the guys wearing sunglasses indoors, long after dark, take note: YOU ARE NOT COREY HART. This is not «Less Than Zero,» and you are not Rob Lowe. Wearing sunglasses inside a dark, underground bar only solidifies the fact that you are indeed the biggest tool in the shed. Take those damn things off, idiot.
To all the desperate girls stumbling around going, «like, ohmahgawd, I am SOOOOO drunk and ohmahgawd, where are my friends, and ohmahgawd, HI WHAT’S YOUR NAME,» are you trying to get Roofied n’ Raped? Seriously. I didn’t see a sign at the door saying, «check your self-​esteem here» so what’s with this nonsense? Knock it off. In the few hours we were there we saw this one pathetic creature dude-​hopping from guy to guy to guy like she was some sort of slutting pinball. I hope they were at least paying for her drinks (but I doubt it).
I took a few snapshots of the graffiti in the Ladies ‘Throom, which pretty much sums up the general jackassery going on at The Underground. You can tell a LOT about a bar by the kind of graffiti in the bathrooms. Check out the photos and tell me this place isn’t overrun with choads and skeezers.
I rest my case.

If my doctor is right and I really do have brain damage, it’s probably at least partially related to the fact that I’ve spent a few nights pickling my brain at the Underground. The premise is simple: stiff drinks at affordable prices. In the era prior to the smoking ban, summer nights here were basically unbearable due to the combination of humidity from people and smoke.
If No Frills Grocery store had a bar equivalent, it would be the Underground because there’s truly nothing remarkable about it, except the stark contrast between the French restaurant upstairs and the french-​kissing transsexuals that hang out in the Underground.

Been here a few times, once when they were having some kind of radio station calendar girl promotion.
Both times the bar has been fairly busy. There are lots of different places to sit, dance, play pool, whatever. The crowd is extremely diverse — all ages all types of people. The service was alright, it took awhile to get a drink because the line at the main bar was long (they have 2, one for just beer and one full bar) but the employees were polite.
Not a bad bar, definitely makes for some awesome people watching!
*Note: They only accept cash, there’s an ATM on site.
Also, beware the stairs. :-)