Lincoln drinking: Weaving down lonesome highways
O’Rourke’s
121 N. 14th St.
I’ve been a regular at O’Rourke’s,
at 121 N. 14th St., for almost four
years now. I like the jukebox, I like
the pool table, and I like the dark,
smoky atmosphere that makes
O’Rourke’s unique among dark,
smoky bars. I also like the beers and
tequila shots. But most of all, I like the
variety of people who can be found
there.
It’s like a neighborhood bar, only
located downtown.
Among the regulars, you can find
college professors and students, pro
fessional people (whoever they are),
restaurant people and working
people. Many of my friends like to
hang around there. None of them are
superficial.
Topics of conversation range from
the meaning of existence to baseball.
You can be as deep or light or zen as
you want; the possibilities are end
less.
Perhaps the openness of the bar is
what makes it great. Over the past two
years, the bar has grown from being a
quiet, laid-back place to being a loud,
bustling place. Five nights out of
seven the place is packed with inter
esting people.
O’Rourke’s is being forced by the
city to move sometime in the next few
months. The city wants to tear down
the historical building it is located in
to construct a badly needed parking
lot.
That’s progress for you.
— Mick Dyer
The Happy Hour Lounge
1705 O St.
The Happy Hour Lounge, at 1705
O St., is probably better known as
“Girls, Girls, Girls.” You don’t have
to guess what awaits patrons inside.
Psychologists call it sensory bom
bardment.
Women gyrating around in
skimpy outfits. Loud music. Booze
and cigarette smoke. The stage is
illuminated by scintillating colored,
flashing lights. To see tattoos on the
dancers is normal at “Girls, Girls,
Girls.” I even saw a gal there I went to
high school with, more than several
years ago.
The sign that now says “Girls Girls
Girls” used to say “Office Lounge,”
and the dancers were at the opposite
end of the social spectrum.
This bar appeals to my sense of the
surreal.
But the female dancers are just one
of several features that makes this bar
entertaining.
It has two large fish tanks. One of
the tanks is empty. The other tank
holds one fish. The fish is fun to
watch. Psychological studies have
demonstrated that watching fish
swim around in circles for 20 minutes
can be as relaxing and therapeutic as
meditation.
I think the fish are for pafxons who
get overly aroused. Pretty clever, huh?
The Happy Hour Lounge also
serves a variety of delicious foods in
addition to its wide selection of bev
erages. Little bags of nuts and chips
are available to snack on, hamburgers
and sloppy joes, if you have a larger
appetite. The lounge even serves
roast beef, turkey, ham and lasagna
dinners.
The notion of eating lasagna while
watching someone dance around top
less to “Shake Your Love” still makes
me giggle.
Prices range from $1 for a ham
burger to $3.25 for a dinner. I had a
burger while I was there, and it was
really tasty.
Another plus is the air condition
ing. I knew a guy who lived in the
neighborhood who would go to The
Happy Hour Lounge on hot summer
afternoons to read science fiction
novels and drink beer. I guess the
bar’s patrons looked at him like he
was weird.
—Mick Dyer
Mingles
826 P St.
Last Sunday night, I left the
bounds of my body and jammed on an
astral plane. Quite simply put, I died
and went to teenybopper heaven.
Belinda Carlisle may think heaven is
a place on earth, and for teenybop
pers, it’s Mingles’ college night on
Sunday nights, at which, for a $3
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