Old Town Tavern — Restaurant in Carmel

I don't know what burr Bruce (owner) has up his butt with his business neighbor, Peace Water Winery, but it's infantile and ridiculous. Each Friday and Saturday evening when Peace Water Winery has live acoustic entertainment on its back patio, Bruce maliciously blasts music at over 100 decibels out of a speaker mounted just outside his back door and right next to the Peace Water patio, attempting to create a miserable experience for the musician AND Peace Water's patrons. I am one of those musicians and experienced this last night (Saturday, Aug. 12th). He started this during my sound check. I, having also been a customer of Old Town Tavern over the years, walked over and politely asked Bruce to keep his music down after he refused to honor the same request by the manager of Peace Water Winery. Bruce AGREED to turn the music off and we shook hands. However, towards the end of my second of three sets, Bruce couldn't contain himself and started blaring his music again and maintained it at over 100 decibels outside of Carmel's sound ordinance. The photo below is a screenshot of my decibel meter reading I took about 50 feet from the back of his establishment right after playing my final set. Why is Bruce doing this? Maybe it's because his smokey dive bar, which is out of place in downtown Carmel, only has a handful of customers at any given time while places like Peace Water, The Pint Room, Muldoon's and Scotty's are packed. If he and his wife are going to continue to be angry and childish, perhaps it's time to retire and sell the place to someone who will embrace the positive culture and growth of the Carmel Arts District. I know that I will NEVER step back into this establishment as long as Bruce owns it or until he stops causing problems and apologizes to me and the owners of Peace Water Winery. — at Old...

Great Old school Bar - met owner Bruce and his wife and had great conversation - reminds me of small FL keys bars we used to go to on weekends - no frills just a bar, drinks, cold beers, pool table and interesting people from all over... Not fancy, you will smell of smoke - but really cool place that is the old school Bar. . I understand why so many people have almost a cult following of this place. It's been around forever - the owner is cool and laid back, and it breaks from the rest of the downtown carmel in its focus. Five stars for being independent and what they are... chilled shots, great beer - I had Zombie Dust on tap - which is always awesome - and just a great old school Bar in carmel downtown. Thanks to them for great outing and memories from younger years in...

They will charge you for more bottles that you drank even when they’re on the table if Leslie is working and then when you try to bring it up and discuss it they throw you out of the bar I’ve seen that happens to other people and the two years I was going there and then they did the same thing to me when she tried to overcharges for four beersAnd all of bottles were on the table you could count how many we got I was a patron every day for three years and then thrown out because my brother told Leslie she overcharged us for beers the bottles are on the table she threw us out and Bruce backed it up I spent money in there every night for three years you decide for yourself what kind...