There's nothing quite like a dive bar, known universally for cheap drinks, loud music, sticky floors and no shortage of local lore.
For some, a dive bar may be a right-of-passage, the place one goes when they first turn 21 and a $2 draft beer is calling their name. For others, a dive bar may be a place of comfort, a hole-in-the-wall you can go back to time and again, knowing it will be the same each time. And some may see a dive bar as a local neighborhood haunt where they can come as they are for a cold drink and maybe run into other locals from all walks of life, from Kentucky Derby horse trainers and Ford employees to their kids' elementary school teacher or childhood crush.

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