Friday, February 10, 2012
Times Leader features writer Mike McGinley is often called a man about town. Each week in this space, see who he saw while out and about at local clubs, bars and taverns.
The Weekender's annual Reader's Choice Awards made for a packed house at Breakers bar inside Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Wednesday night.
With popular local band Handshakes & Headbutts playing at the Naked Grape in Plains Township on Friday, it was standing room only.
While every day of the week may be a good time at Cafe 99 in the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre, the sentiment especially rings true for Sunday.
One of three bars in the Downtown After Dark complex on South Main Street, Bourbon Street Saloon was a sea of green on Wednesday, March 17.
Known for female bartenders slapping guys' butts, girls dancing on the bar and bands spewing out signature songs, Hardware Bar needs no introduction.
Area musicians Aaron Bruch and Steve Husted took the stage at Senunas' on North Main Street in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday night.
You can't beat the banter at Beer Boys, where about two dozen televisions show sporting events, bartenders are attentive and the bar food is affordable.
Tuesdays are reserved for punk-rock and heavy-metal music at BAR in Plains Township.
You have to push the streamers to the side to have a conversation and deal with the clowns, some of whom tend bar, running around, but locals seem to like "Funhouse Friday."
Rodano's is a popular nighttime spot nowadays, and known for more than just its pizza.
Didn't think Sunday was a popular night to see what's happening on the local social scene?