Our newest ongoing feature zeros in on where you should party this month
THE REASON for naming Underground Bar our first hotspot is simple: affordability. This time of year, especially considering our wonderful economic climate (yes, that’s facetious), budgets are pretty tight. For many of the college students and young professionals who call this town home, a penny saved is a Christmas gift bought. And, if mommy and daddy aren’t footing the travel budget, getting home for the holidays might not be all that easy – especially if you’re not willing to give up on having a social life.
That’s why Underground Bar, located below Landmark, is excellent. While you might catch happy hour elsewhere, or be lucky enough to find specials somewhere from 10pm-midnight, Underground Bar is always cheap. They don’t have specials – they have an entire discounted drink menu. Yes, they’re connected to Landmark, which makes bar hopping a breeze, but you’ll only find the discounted menu downstairs. We’re not just talking cheap light beers. You’ll find $3 Skyy vodka drinks, $4 Absolut drinks, $3 Coors and Yuengling pounders, $3 Soco Lime shots and $2 well drinks, plus Coors light and Yuengling 12oz cans. Those specials are all day, and Underground Bar is open every Friday and Saturday.
Now, we love Landmark. In fact, as of writing this, half our team is battling hangovers from a few too many of the Dogfish Head 120-Minute IPAs that Landmark tapped this past Thursday. Truth is, sometimes they’re just packed – shoulder-to-shoulder, no-space-to-stand packed. On more than one occasion we’ve taken advantage of the extra space downstairs to hang out, but having already battled for a beer from the main bar, we always showed up in Underground with a drink in hand. It’s because of this that we only recently discovered the drinks.
After ducking in the side door on Darlington Street to hide from the cold and avoid the line at the front door, we stumbled downstairs and just happened upon the second-most affordable bar in town. If you’re looking for cheap drinks, you’re simply not gonna beat Jake’s drafts, but Underground has Jake’s beat when it comes to entertainment.
On any given weekend you’ll find Atlantic City DJs packing the dance floor at Underground Bar. Not to offend our own DJ Romeo, but these are artists of a different caliber. Okay, so you’re not going to find Kaskade or David Guetta down there, but you will find some of the other artists whose billboards you’ve passed on the AC Expressway. Why drive all the way to Harrah’s to catch DJ X-Tina if you could have seen her Thanksgiving Eve at Underground Bar?
If you need another reason to check out Underground Bar, we’re having our second West Chester Young Professionals Networking Event there on Tuesday, December 20. Come out for free food, discounted drinks and get to meet the team behind The WC, as well as many of our great sponsors. We’ll also be giving away gift cards to local businesses as part of our business card exchange. Bring your business cards, and we’ll see you there.
