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    Smiling Skull Saloon

    4.2 (10 reviews)
    InexpensiveBars
    Open 10:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    8 months ago

    Awesome place. Great bar to hang out and just meet the locals. Been there manny times.

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    3 years ago

    We love this little dive bar. Every bike ride through Athens,Ohio deserves a stop in!!! Great conversations with friendly strangers!

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    9 years ago

    The skull is the place to hang out. On warm nights the street out front is full of bikes. If you like bikers and good people, stop by.

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    Equal parts college bar, townie bar and biker bar, 'The Skull' was a favorite hangout of my late college year

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    The J Bar

    The J Bar

    3.3(15 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    $$

    Excellent time many times at this bar. My only complaint is that they don't allow you to hang…read morefrom the top bar. I believe they should start letting people hang from this in order to have a better time. So many games can be played with this being allowed, for example: Air kickball Foot baseball Dodgeball Floating flip cup Human piñata Regular piñata Floating dance contests Pull up contests Reverse sit up contests Swings with your arms Pin the donkey Foot flip cup Foot pong Many movie scenes can be reenacted Squirt gun fights Dodge the tomato Ski shots in the air I would go on but I have an important business meeting to attend on issues including balloon structure that I cannot go into further detail for legal purposes. But one last thing everyone should know is if you want to get a drink faster from the bartender there named Scott, just call him Scotty-pants or Jeffrey using a "this is my butler accent like Geoffrey from the fresh prince of Bel-air" and he will get you a drink much quicker.

    if I could give a one star I would. I went to the this club last night. I handed my ID to the…read morebouncer he swore up and down it was fake (I'm 21 going on 22 in a couple of months) they handed it to me and when I reached out for it they dropped it laughing at me. I asked them to call cops to prove to them it was real but they wouldnt. This bar is discriminatory and only cater to fraternities. Don't waste your time go to Stephens they are the best.

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