Desperados Saloon — Restaurant in Bartow

Aptly named. Desperate being the operative word. A good place to start, for a pathetic, mangled, emotional husk of a "man" in his 50's, who's wife has left for greener (and better endowed) pastures (long before I realized, as it turned out). Apparently, I still got it though- added to my "body count", and bolstered my self esteem, hitting both a "base hit" and a "homer" all in the same night. Left me feeling like my younger, ego-driven self, with a crushing "is this really what it's all about" feeling afterward. I require constant reminders that "love" is nothing more than a vestigial evolutionary adaption, that causes nothing but grief in this day and age. On with the body count! "And I shall cleave a trail of destruction,...

Major "small town bar" vibes. My buddy and I were in town for a Tough Mudder and stayed the night at the hotel down the street. We wanted to grab a drink so we walked down to Desperado Saloon. When we walked in, it was like an old school pool hall. Smoking, small bar, pool tables in two different rooms. Seems like everyone in there knows everyone. Felt a little uncomfortable at first since we clearly weren't from the area but after grabbing a drink and starting to shoot pool, a few regulars came in, asked us what kind of music we liked and put on some music.

If I was in the area, I'd...

Last night an uneducated bartender served me about 1/3 of a shot if that and charged me full price for it thinking i wouldn’t notice that it wasn’t even close 1.5 oz. Never had any issues here before, but this particular experience put me off. Go to a bar that consistently has real qualified bartenders is my...