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# BYCU: National Dive Bar Day
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/bycu-national-dive-bar-day/
- Published: 2023-07-07T11:52:38.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-10T11:39:22.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Food and Drink

I celebrate those phony holidays as much as Hitler celebrated Yom Kippur, but I'm getting behind this one:

[National Dive Bar DayHere’s a deep ‘dive’ into dive bars and how best to celebrate these establishments.![](https://nationaltoday.com/mstile-310x310.png)Ali SultanNational Today![](https://nationaltoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/National-Dive-Bar-Day.jpg)](https://nationaltoday.com/national-dive-bar-day/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

> Many people credit author/poet [Charles Bukowski’s](https://thedailyeudemon.com/micro-bio-charles-bukowski/) semi-autobiography, “Barfly,” hailed as an ultimate ‘dive bar’ story even today, as being responsible for bringing dive bars to the cultural mainstream. Apart from a few exceptions — such as the Prohibition and the beatnik era — dive bars were never part of popular culture. “Barfly” and David Lynch’s film “Blue Velvet,” plus mentions in pulp novels and noir thrillers took the humble dive bar to new heights. It became ‘cool’ to celebrate low culture. The end of the ’80s saw many bars adopting the name ‘dive’, even though these establishments were brand new.

The *Detroit Free Press* ran a great piece earlier this week about the best dive bars around Detroit. The first ten are pretty interesting, especially when you reflect that they're in bad neighborhoods (hence the lack of windows and "armored tank" exterior). After the first ten, the rest of the list is pretty dull: just suburban bars, most of them with none of the history or grittiness that make the first ten interesting (if scary).

[Cheap drinks, shabby decor and good times: A list of metro Detroit dive barsWith National Dive Bar Day around the corner, on July 7, here is a list of metro Detroit dive bars you need to check out if you haven’t already.![](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/mobile-web/freep/v1/logos-and-branding/logo-icon.png), Detroit Free PressDetroit Free Press![](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2023/07/03/PDTF/44b1c976-a8a7-4fd0-a21c-7f4907bb737f-Jamboozies_Dive_Bar_SBM_001.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2399,1350,x0,y122&format=pjpg&width=1200)](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/07/05/metro-detroit-dive-bars-to-visit-on-national-dive-bar-day-july-7/70288557007/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

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## A Few Other Fun Dive Bar Pieces

### High class for the white trash

[This Birmingham Dive Bar Transforms Itself into Augusta National for One Day OnlyOtey’s Tavern celebrates the Masters with a sod-to-azaleas makeover![](https://gardenandgun.com/wp-content/themes/garden-and-gun/images/apple-touch-icon.png)Gabriela Gomez-MisserianGarden & Gun![](https://gardenandgun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Oteys-2019-3-1600x1067.jpg)](https://gardenandgun.com/articles/this-birmingham-dive-bar-transforms-itself-into-augusta-national-for-one-day-only/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

### When your crappy tavern becomes a gold mine

[Shots Out of the Park: The Legendary Dive Bars Near MLB StadiumsJoin us on a captivating journey as we unveil the iconic and legendary dive bars nestled near some notable MLB stadiums.![](https://www.rotowire.com/favicon.ico)BJ CourchaineRotoWire![](https://res.cloudinary.com/rotowire/image/upload/ar_16:7,c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_auto:custom_no_override,q_auto,w_800/pejsufgqdrvdx5mirrl0.jpg)](https://www.rotowire.com/article/shots-out-of-the-park-the-legendary-dive-bars-near-mlb-stadiums-73154?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

### An Australian tries to understand America's dive bars

[What Makes A Dive Bar A Dive Bar?No, a dive bar is not just a pub!![](https://awol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-AWOL-Favicon-1.png)Scott PearseAWOL![](https://awol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/18.jpg)](https://awol.com.au/what-makes-a-dive-bar-a-dive-bar/4942?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

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