This ample venue included a bookcase, stained-glass windows, one wall composed of stone and dark wood logs, pool tables, additional sofa seating, plus a large deer head mounted above a fireplace. Light fixtures in the form of interlocking antlers hung down from the high ceiling. Kona Big Wave on draft was our first choice, and we used our own coasters. Music was subdued and not to my liking. But after ordering a second beer, reliable Stone IPA, I was able to play a few favorite selections using TouchTunes app on my phone.

As Sue and I suffered through another Las Vegas winter, down in the low 60s, I noticed on one of the inescapable large-screen TVs perched over the bar that Sean McDermott just got fired as head coach for the Buffalo Bills, after losing to the Denver Broncos. That’s what you get for leading only team in the NFL to make it to playoffs for last seven years in row. Unemployed!

Combined with only a few people around, and a bartender with not much to say, the mood was overly subdued. Sure, it’s early afternoon on a Wednesday. But this is Vegas—no excuses! I found out Happy Hour is from 3 to 6 pm, Monday to Thursday, although not for the beers we had. Nice try. Sue and I have seen better.