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    Stella's Sandtrap

    3.8 (12 reviews)
    InexpensiveDive Bars
    Open 10:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    So glad they were able to re open. We like to grap a couple of cold beers and play w few games of pool

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    9 years ago

    It's a great place to hang. People are nice and Violet kicks ass. Apparently yelp thought my review was to short so I'm adding text

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    3.8(66 reviews)
    6.5 mi
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    Asked advice for a dessert drink. Friendly, 1960's style split down the middle, long dark haired…read morebartendress suggested a Bailey's Kahlua & Cream or Peachy Frangelico.  She's professional, informative, empathetic, good customer rapport as well as having a cultured sense where she could be quite comfortable working at a très haute restaurant. Did customer call out Tony? I went for the Peachy Frangelico. Excellent with hazel nutty, white chocolate taste. refreshing bitterness as an end note to the overall sweet peachy fruitiness and nuttiness.   Laid back atmosphere, and contemporary urban music like from Amp or New Music is not so loud that it interupts conversation. Darts for a Brit pub touch.  Mixed crowd, mellow scene. Kick back, unpretentious,  relaxed, chill out kind of place. Neighborhood bar. VIP may stand for Very Informal Place. 4 stars

    The VIP Lounge has been in business since 1976. Just a great neighborhood bar. Dark & moody with…read morethat old school vibe. Red leather banquets, tables with red leather chairs, very comfy by the way. A fairly long bar seating 11-12 . The lounge is very well maintained. The carpet & room is clean and the upholstery is in great condition. A good selection of libations. TV's for the sports fans. A juke box for your listening pleasure. A dart board for those so inclined. Karen was my friendly mixologist today. She seems to have quite the Sunday afternoon crowd. She knows everyone, is friendly providing excellent service.

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    The Old River Monte Carlo

    4.1(40 reviews)
    11.8 mi
    $$

    We found this wonderful place a couple years ago and just really love the place. The pizzas are…read moreout of this world! They have burgers that are really good also. Tonight we tried the 4 item appetizer platter, there was so much on the platter. The owner and family along with the staff are really great. Highly recommended!

    I had an afternoon to myself and a photo assignment to take pictures of architecture. There are a…read morelot of interesting buildings in Kern County and I remembered the Old river Monte Carlo. It's a bit of a drive on Taft Hwy, but it really paid off. I got there just as they opened. Prince, the owner's son, invited me in and took my order. His father was on the grill that afternoon. I got the cheeseburger with fries and a lemonade. I took some photos while I waited for the food. It's a real honky tonk of a building. There is wood everywhere along with old farm equipment, signs, and one-dollar bills that folks have signed and attached to the wall. There is a full bar, beer on tap. They host line dancing on Wednesday night and karaoke on Thursday nights. There are two pool tables to enjoy. The food arrived, and it was delicious. They use Harris Ranch Angus beef in their burgers. The toppings were fresh. The portions were generous. All this is for under $10. While I ate, I learned that the construction of the Monte Carlo took place in the 1890s. Think about it - 134 years. Did they even have nails back then? ;) I recommend you take the short drive to the Old River Monte Carlo and enjoy the history of the place. They should give tours of the upstairs.

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    Tiki-Ko - Inside decor - Tiki-Ko

    Tiki-Ko

    4.5(286 reviews)
    3.9 mi
    $$

    Nobody plans to spend an evening in Bakersfield. You pass through it on the way to somewhere else…read more-- Mammoth, the Sequoias, the long flat grind up the 99 to Sacramento -- and if you stop at all, it's for gas or a bathroom or because your BMW's brakes have decided, somewhere around the Grapevine, that they'd rather not. Thank you, Weatherford BMW of Berkeley, for the near-death experience and, inadvertently, for one of the best nights out I've had in years. Stranded and waiting on repairs, we checked into The Padre, the only hotel in Bakersfield that feels like someone with a subscription to Dwell had a hand in it, and set out walking through a downtown that time has treated with more kindness than reputation suggests. There's a Woolworth's luncheonette still hanging on. There are old brick facades and wide sidewalks and the particular quiet of a Central Valley evening when the heat finally breaks. And then, on 18th Street, there is Tiki-Ko, and suddenly you are no longer in Bakersfield at all. You are, instead, inside someone's magnificent obsession. Tiki-Ko is a proper tiki bar -- not a tiki-themed cocktail lounge, not a place that bought some bamboo at a craft store and called it atmosphere, but a genuine, committed, floor-to-ceiling shrine to mid-century Polynesian fantasy. The carvings are real. The lighting is correct -- which is to say, barely there. The mugs are serious. There are pufferfish lamps and carved totems and the whole glorious taxonomy of tiki ephemera, accented here and there with a skate-culture edge that keeps it from feeling like a museum. It's reverent without being precious. The drinks are the real thing. Mai Tais built with actual orgeat. Zombies that earn the name. The bartenders make them with the kind of care and enthusiasm that tells you this isn't a gig -- it's a calling. They want you to be here. They want to talk about rum. They want you to try the Painkiller. In a city that most Angelenos regard as a punch line, somebody built a world-class cocktail bar and filled it with joy, and the regulars clearly know it. You will not plan a trip to Bakersfield. But if you find yourself there -- by mechanical failure, by accident, by the peculiar mercy of a bad brake job -- walk downtown. Find the tiki bar. Order a second round. Stay longer than you intended. Bakersfield has been underestimated, and Tiki-Ko is the proof.

    Visited The Sinking Ship with friends and enjoyed ourselves very much. The drinks were good and the…read moreatmosphere was really cool. It was a fun evening in a laid back environment, the bartenders were nice and the lady clearing tables was pleasant. The only thing I, personally, didn't enjoy was the weird ambient soundscapes. A little music would have been nice, rather than the creaking ship noises and ghostly wailing.

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    Stella's Sandtrap - divebars - Updated May 2026

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