Thursday, February 24, 2011

Diamondback Saloon

Shots in test tubes, amazing

Perhaps you've seen it: the big yellow building off I-94 between Ann Arbor and DTW. Though the Diamondback Saloon is only a few miles outside of Ann Arbor, it feels like a different world.

The bar has cheap beer. The servers all wear booty shorts. They come to your table with fifths of liquor in holsters and push cheap shots. Diamondback Saloon is also the only place where I've seen a leopard print, mesh miniskirt. Oh, and did I mention line dancing? In case you are a little rusty on your footwork, there are beginner line dancing lessons every Thursday for $5 from 7-9. Be warned: Earleen videotapes all her classes and puts them on youtube. Thankfully the video of me dancing has not been uploaded yet.

It is hard to capture the extent of booty shorts happening at Diamondback


As the night progresses, Diamondback gets pretty crowded and surprisingly diverse. Sure, there is a lot of camo, cowboy hats, a biker presidents, dip, and lots of country music. But the house band, Derringer, does some pop covers and not everyone is white.

9 comments:

  1. Did you know?: Line dance is the most popular form of dance in Canada.

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  2. I believe they play both kinds of music there....country and western.

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  3. Do you have to be 21 to get in? Because I don't know if I can wait until August to experience this.

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  4. This is quite possibly the hidden gem of a bar which all sorts of AA folks are looking for who are sick and tired of the traditional. No judgement here, a must have experience! Yee Haw!

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  5. Plus Ben, you are country at heart, I have seen you line dance and you are a heart-breaker my friend!

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  6. The servers all ware booty shorts.

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  7. Colleen: while we were there, Ben and I said this is the first place we're going to take you when you turn 21. I'm pretty sure they checked our ID's at the door.

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