Montavilla Station

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"Montavilla feels like a small town unto itself and features a couple of other venerable dives, but none can match the faded elegance of the Station’s lion-embossed back bar. Rich walnut woodgrain and cracked white marble combine with neon signage and blinking video poker screens to create an ambiance that’s equal parts 1880s and 1980s. There’s three distinct areas of the bar, with boozing and pool on either wing and an efficiently laid out venue space in the middle, adorned with several decades worth of LP sleeves on the wall, including the smiling faces of Robin Williams and Wham beaming from behind the stage lights." - Ben Coleman