Atomic Liquorsĭivology: Graffiti of a post-apocalyptic future that never happenedĪtomic Liquors is a throwback to the nuclear age, if the nuclear age threw out all its awesome, divey bar stuff before buying all those ugly, lime green kitchen appliances. Anthony Bourdain again? Really? Where have you not been? Photo courtesy of Atomic Liquors. What more could you want from a place that dubs itself the “happiest place on earth”? Eat that, Portia de Rossi’s underwear drawer.Ī typical night at Atomi. So down a bacon martini and mosh your heart out. Punk rock in all its varieties and many more forms of hard and fast and kickass music can be found. But the real attractions here are the shows.

And the wall art is something to behold then drink until you forget.

They serve disgusting drinks that we don’t like to think about but actually taste pretty good. There’s a wall that says “Shut up and drink” among many, many other things. Double Down is the place you’d picture if someone told you the Misfits’ logo threw up on their black Vans at the bar last night. We respectfully disagree, but can understand the sentiment.

We’ve heard the argument recently that Double Down Saloon has become so divey that it’s transcended divitude and become almost a parody of a dive bar with the same bite. Photo courtesy of Double Down Saloon Double Down The best show you'll ever get stabbed at.