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Downtown & the Gulch
A dozen bars wouldn’t get you halfway down Lower Broadway, and this is a cut above all the other joints. It pulls out all the stops for folks making a country music pilgrimage, and you can even get a burger or a fried bologna sandwich at the grill. Music starts at opening and goes all night.
Gospel is played from 10:30am to 11:45am on Sunday. Brazilbilly, the house band, rocks it after 10pm on weekends. All ages are welcome before 6pm; thereafter it's strictly 21 and up.
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