BEST DIVE BAR
The Thirsty Beaver Saloon
Staff Pick
The Thirsty Beaver is the kind of bar a working man might build in his basement, if only his wife would let him. Few frills are to be found here, unless you count the Smokey and the Bandit poster on the wall and the Hee Haw reruns playing on a TV behind the bar.
1225 Central Ave.
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