Char Bar

• Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining

Description

With its marriage of two disparate services, Char Bar is quite possibly downtown's most peculiar drinkery. What used to be, and in fact still is, a tailor shop opened by Duke Shapiro has been beautifully remade into a Market Square watering hole. A shoeshine booth sits to the left as you enter, followed by a behemoth working counter. The cabinets in the walls are still full of fabric and dress shirts, which, along with the various photos and newspaper clippings plastered around the place, help with the nostalgic feel. Char Bar just opened up an upstairs patio, perfect for people-watching as the nightlife on the square heats up. Be sure to partake in the bar's frozen vodka or tequila concoctions, which are stronger than they look. The only drawback is an Internet jukebox that's all wrong for such a place, but the serviceable drinks will make up for it in the eyes of many. Beyoncé just doesn't cut it on a Tuesday night when the lawyers on hand start growling at one another.