There are just as many ideas of what makes a bar a dive as there are dive bars in America. CNN decided that a dive bar "includes decades of history and everything from octogenarian bartenders and surly bouncers to pooping chickens and giggling ghosts." and "most are neighborhood standbys". Were you checking the boxes while reading that last statement? We were and are delighted to be 1 of 9 classic U.S. dive bars.