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By Bill Allen
Senior Reporter
The last year or so brought several
changes to the downtown bar
scene. The Lucky Lady brought
new trends to the star city, hurting
business at P.O. Pears, 322 S. Ninth St.,
for" a few months. A couple of downtown
bars went to live music in an effort to
pick up business.
All local bar managers interviewed
say they are giving the customers what
they want.
The Lucky Lady, in the Golds Galle
ria Building, opened seven months ago
with pre-recorded videos, lip syncing,
and a dress code. The owners were try
ing to create a party atmosphere, Tom
Upah, Lucky Lady general manager,
said.
The dress code encourages semi
formal clothing and discourages worn
jeans or shoddy clothes, he said.
Upah said the dress code is in
tended to set a standard so all custo
mers feel comfortable.
"A businessman getting off work
dressed in a suit doesn't have to sit
next to someone in cut-off jeans," he
said.
P.O. Pears Manager Ben Brett calls
the Lucky Lady a "high-tech bar."
"People are changing to go with the
audience," he said. "The trend right
now is high-tech," he said, adding that
while he was in Phoenix recently many
bars were like it.
A high-tech bar makes a town like
Lincoln feel a little more with things,
he said.
Brett said he doesn't think the
Lucky Lady phenomena will last, des
pite the fact that its opening did hurt
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P.O. Pears.
"You can't go head to head with a
new opening like this," he said. "We
dropped off for about three months but
things are picking up."
He said it was the same way when
Pears opened about four years ago. For
a while Pears was the number one bar
in Lincoln.
"The honeymoon might be over for
the Lucky Lady," Brett said. "Everyb
ody has seen it and the first impression
is wearing off.
"There's only so many times that you
can watch MTV at home and then go
down to a bar and watch the same thing
all night," he said.
Upah said he is uncomfortable
with the "high tech" label and
thinks the Lucky Lady will be at
the top for awhile.
"We don't use MTV," Upah said.
"We do use pre-recorded videos."
He said the bar uses modern tech
nology, such as the videos, to give the
customers what they want.
However, Upah said, this modern
technology is not the bar's only draw
ing card.
"We offer good congenial customer
service," he said. "You can get a drink
quickly anytime you want it.
"Our prices are right in line with the
market," he said, "and we're also
brighter than a lot of bars."
As far as the number of customers,
Upah said, "I think we're level now. I
can see normal seasonal changes but I
think we're level."
During this tfcae Stooges, 828 P
St., was having trouble with the State
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Steve Allen, bartender at PO Peers, turns up the music for an empty bar. Pears, like other
dovmtovra bars, is turning to live music and relying on the very popular "cheap drink" to hold
crowds that traditionally were theirs.
the Human Rights Commission because
of ladies' nights and wet T-shirt contests.
Stooges closed, but on New Year's
Eve The Fizz opened in the same spot,
with the same owner, and with a new
"high-tech" image, complete with a
dress code.
However, owner Bob Eastwood said
The Fizz is not an attempt to imitate
The Lucky Lady.
He described The Lucky Lady as a
"party scene" bar with "bright colors
and nice fixtures."
"We're mere a theatrical bar," he
said, "meaning we use high technology,
sounds, lights and videos all in one
package. All of them are coordinated
together."
Eastwood also said The Fizz shouldn't
be compared to the former Stooges,
although some similarities exist.
"The majority of things here are
new," he said. "A few are similar."
This place is much mere moder
nistic than Stooge's," he said. "It's a
higher class bar now."
Part of that higher class includes
the dress code, which bans worn, faded
and torn jeans and seme other clothes,
such as flannel shirts.
Some promotions have remained from
the Stooges days, including the wet
T-shirt contest on Tuesday night. And
since the State Liquor Control Bofjrd
banned multiple drinks for the price of
one, The Fizz has offered one-third
priced drinks.
Eastwood isid other promotions,
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Going with another trend, two bars,
P.O. Pears and Chesterfield, Bottoms
ley & Potts, 245 N. 13th, started using
live band entertainment this year.
Brett said Pears made the move to
pick up business and made a big step
in that direction last weekend, when
Charlie Burton performed.
The bar also s bringing back KFRX
night, he said.
KFRX, a Lincoln rock station, pro
vides a disc jockey who plays audience
requests.
Pear's also serves food, as does
Chesterfield's, and, Brett said, partly
because of specials, the restaurant
aspect of Pear's has picked up lately.
Chesterfield's manager Al Beer said
his bar is more a dinner, date and
couple-type bar.
Despite the advent of live music this
year, Beer said, Chesterfield's will bas
ically keep that image, mainly because
the live music is in a separate room.
"It's like a completely separate entity,
almost sound proof, from the rest of the
bar," hs said.
Beer said The Lucky Lady hasn't
really af acted Chesterfield's thM much. .
Business is about average for this time
cf year, he said.
Beer said his bir doesn't cater to the
same typa cf clientel as the Lucky
Lady, sa Chesterfield's is more dinner
and couples-oriented, he said.
He ssid, however, that the raise in
the drinking age has affected the bsr.
Beer said he has noticed the effect of
The Lucky Lady on the Lincoln by
scene, but 'The Lucky Lady is a fad bar.
. When the fad wears of! business at
. other bars will pick up."
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has stayed away from any trends and
continues with live music.
Larry Boehmer, manager of the bar,
said this past fall the business was
down, but he didn't attribute this to
the opening cf any new bars.
Live music all over the country
was down," he said. "And our format is
live music. We're a no-frills bar. We try
to offer the best music at the lowest
prices."
Despite the advent cf new trends,
Lincoln's bar scene remains basically
unchanged.
The full impact of banning the mul
tiple sale of drinks for one price has not
been realized, and there srty not be an
impact as long as the State Liquor
Board doesn't prohibit reduced prices
for drinks.
Some bars, instead cf offering two
drinks for the price of one, are offering
drinks at half price.
According to one bsr owner this
doesn't force the consumer to buy two
drinks (or more) it once.
The Eista Legislature raised the
drinking &e to 21, but cr.Jy a couple cf
bar miazsrs commented ca its teipact ,
saying only that mere tfae is Beaded to
sse if it Elil hart tir.cc3,
If you frsqucr.t ths darzstcwa fc:rs
you'll fca seeing nm live mm.lt, cr.d
occasionally & move ta a cere modem
look, but as ia the case cf Chester
field's md Pears, this is criy la addi
tion to what they already offered. The
modern trend so fer is restricted to The
Lucky Lady and The Fizz.
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