Tim T.
Yelp
Whether or not it's an authentic 'honky tonk' bar is speculative, and since I'm not an expert on such things, I'll only stick to facts.
I recently visited the establishment with friends on a Saturday night, staying from 9PM - 1AM.
The place was never crowded, which was a good thing, however it was pretty smoky inside and when I left, the cigarette smoke was all over me & my clothes, forcing me to take a shower before going to bed, and washing my clothes right away.
A glass of Blue Moon beer was $5.75. I'll let you make up your own mind as to whether or not that's a reasonable price.
I ordered a 'Texas Toast' grilled cheese sandwich for about $8. It arrived about 10 minutes later. When a reasonable person envisions a "Texas Toast" sandwich, I believe they expect it to be fairly large. The reality at this place is its two small pieces of regular bread (about 4"x4"). Not only did I notice it's diminutive size, but my friends noticed it too, and I made the joke that I should have asked them to cut the bread crust off for me, due to it being the size of a sandwich made for a kindergartner. They need to change the name of it to "Rhode Island Toast" before Texas sues them for defamation...
To compensate for the small sandwich, there was a large amount of battered French fries to occupy the large amount of leftover space in the basket. As small as it was, the sandwich tasted very good (it's hard to screw up a grilled cheese) however the fries were clearly the frozen variety, not cooked properly, and bland. Thank god for ketchup...
By about 11PM that Saturday night, the place had mostly cleared out. Not surprising, since much of the clientele there prior was up there in years (60s & 70s).
Unless there's a particular music act playing there that you really want to see, I don't recommend this place.
I understand it changed ownership in the recent past -- I wish the new owner well, but I won't be back.