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Buff · 08-29-2009, 01:51 PM

Average Joe's won Sportsnet's Sports bar of the year award, beating out all the other bars in Canada. This was two or three years ago.

I don't go to bars anymore so I can't give recently accurate help but I'll do what I can... I do go to Shark Club for lunch from time to time. It is a nice place with nice TVs all over the place. Good view from wherever you sit, and you can see the TVs well too.

The U is on the westside and there are only a couple of bars nearby. As flames85 mentioned, MoJos and the Duke. Everybody goes to the Duke because it is so close. I used to hang out there when I lived on the westside. Just around the corner from The Duke (same parking lot) is Backstreet (or whatever it is called now)... if it is still open. I still drive by weekly and I don't pay attention to what it is called. The U of L has, or had The Zoo. I'm not sure if it is still a bar or not. At one piont they were shutting it down, or at least changing its usage. I'm not sure if they followed through with that or if that change stuck.

Most of the bars/pubs around town aren't too bad. You'll be able to walk into pretty much any establishment and you won't be stepping on anybody's turf. That doesn't mean that you won't find a bad group here or there, the chances are pretty much equally the same for all the places and those chances aren't too high.

There are a couple of places you want to stay away from though, such as... hmm, I don't know all the names. There is a bar on 13st Street north across from 7-11. I wouldn't go there. The Coalbanks which is downtown... I would avoid that one at all costs. Basically anything that looks like a hole int he wall. You'll know the moment you walk through the door that you shouldn't be at that place.

08-29-2009, 01:51 PM	#3
Buff Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: I don't belong here Exp:	Average Joe's won Sportsnet's Sports bar of the year award, beating out all the other bars in Canada. This was two or three years ago. I don't go to bars anymore so I can't give recently accurate help but I'll do what I can... I do go to Shark Club for lunch from time to time. It is a nice place with nice TVs all over the place. Good view from wherever you sit, and you can see the TVs well too. The U is on the westside and there are only a couple of bars nearby. As flames85 mentioned, MoJos and the Duke. Everybody goes to the Duke because it is so close. I used to hang out there when I lived on the westside. Just around the corner from The Duke (same parking lot) is Backstreet (or whatever it is called now)... if it is still open. I still drive by weekly and I don't pay attention to what it is called. The U of L has, or had The Zoo. I'm not sure if it is still a bar or not. At one piont they were shutting it down, or at least changing its usage. I'm not sure if they followed through with that or if that change stuck. Most of the bars/pubs around town aren't too bad. You'll be able to walk into pretty much any establishment and you won't be stepping on anybody's turf. That doesn't mean that you won't find a bad group here or there, the chances are pretty much equally the same for all the places and those chances aren't too high. There are a couple of places you want to stay away from though, such as... hmm, I don't know all the names. There is a bar on 13st Street north across from 7-11. I wouldn't go there. The Coalbanks which is downtown... I would avoid that one at all costs. Basically anything that looks like a hole int he wall. You'll know the moment you walk through the door that you shouldn't be at that place.