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Pea Patch

scooterj — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:26:00 +0000

(Downtown, Clarksville, TN)

Scooter’s 784th bar, first visited in 2010.

It was a cold walk of a few blocks to find our next bar of the night. The Pea Patch is a college bar with a huge covered patio. Due to the cold the patio was empty and the inside was packed. We managed to find 2 seats at the end of the bar just inside the door.

Rap music filled the air. The crowd was mostly college students, but there was a fair share of military mixed in as well.

B ended up playing competitive trivia against a couple of military guys. It started out close, but they didn’t catch on that the correct answer to the first 6 questions was ’4′. B ended up clobbering them 9729 to 5399.

535 Franklin Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
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(931) 552-0153
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Blackhorse Pub & Brewery – The Tap Room

scooterj — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:25:00 +0000

(Downtown, Clarksville, TN)

Scooter’s 782nd bar, first visited in 2010.

The Blackhorse Pub was a bar I was eager to visit, unfortunately it has closed early on this Thursday night. However its upstairs spin-off, The Tap Room, was open and very busy.

We proceeded up a very long, steep, and narrow staircase to the upper level. There was no seating available at the U-shaped bar, nor at any of the tables. After standing for a while a small table opened up towards the back that we migrated to.

It was very dark inside so I apologize for the poor picture quality.

The Tap Room is a dive bar, an upscale lounge, and a sports bar. It’s rare to see a place that pulls off all three well. (It should be noted that at $3 a bottle, these were some of the more expensive beers we had in Clarksville.)

The front half of this floor is a bar, the back half is a very mellow lounge bathed in a soft blue light.

Up another smaller set of stairs to the side is another room that had pool tables and other games. We didn’t make it into that room during our visit.

132 Franklin Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
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Lar’s Olde Towne Tavern

scooterj — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:25:00 +0000

(Downtown, Clarksville, TN)

Scooter’s 783rd bar, first visited in 2010.

This beer-only bar downtown was an unexpected bonus find. It was very quiet, only 2 other patrons in the bar.

The bar features 2 pool tables, darts, and PGA Tour Golf. We’d end up finding this golf game in several more bars, it appears to be more popular than Golden Tee in this region.

Pool was free tonight so B decided to shoot a game or two with a guy named Mark who had been shooting alone for a while. We grabbed our mason jars of beer and headed back to the tables.

“It’s free to play, so I’ve been playing by myself for a while,” said Mark.

“Just like when you’re at home, huh?” B replied.

He didn’t get it.

This is one of those bars where you get to write on the walls, but I didn’t notice that until I was uploading the photos later.

116 Franklin Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
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(931) 920-9509
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