Exploring an Abandoned Bar Frozen in Time since 1999 due to toxic water

Welcome to this eerie exploration of an abandoned bar frozen in time, left behind in the 1990s! In this video, I take you on a journey through a fascinating piece of history, a building that started as a gas station in the 1920s, catering to travelers along a busy highway. When a new highway was built, the flow of guests dried up, leading the establishment to reinvent itself as a local restaurant and bar for a nearby mining community nestled in the mountains.
As we venture inside, you'll get a glimpse of the past through the worn-down furnishings, vintage decor, and haunting photos of the mining families who once visited. The walls tell a story of a time when this spot was the heart of the community, now frozen in time and left behind permanently in the 90s. Join me as we uncover the forgotten history of this remarkable, abandoned place and the secrets it holds from its unique past.
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[@DarkExploration]

Happy new year everyone ! This video is a unique one, a mountain town that used to house mining workers and their families. After the mines ran dry, the jobs left, and in a couple of decades later, we can go back in time and see what's left. Let me know what you think of this place ! And have a happy and healthy new year!

[@randomviewmonitor]

20:23 was that a toy gun on the table? (on the left)

[@slanger2563]

Hey nice interesting video. Definitely a time capsule. Around 27:36 isn't that a Sundrop can? Those old cans didn't have pop tops or pull rings just a church key or a can opener or puncture. That Other soda can. Was a cross between a Sprite & a Mellow Yellow. I had forgotten about them. ✌🏼

[@SarahJeanXoXoX]

You should check out the expiration dates on some of the sodas you found.. (even in future vids) 😊

[@1lonebird]

Fantastic video. I’m sorry that no one from the town took those pictures with them.

[@russellsampayan3784]

How l ong has it been ? What caught my attention was the Wizard of Oz marshmallows. When did they start using barcodes on the packag

[@markkelley8067]

I would go back to 1999 in a heartbeat.

[@thestars386]

Same here.

[@jerrysanders9101]

I went to a max security prison from August 99 through May 2k and even I would go back in a heartbeat lol 😂

[@Cozmixcartoons]

Same

[@scottdavidson526]

It was a pretty good year, actually.

[@willduke1656]

Ain't that the truth ....

[@floydm.4159]

I honestly struggled to get through this. The photos of people are such a stark reminder of how much our culture and society have changed. I'd give anything to be able to raise my kids in the world we had in the 80's and 90's.

[@carlgothard9644]

For sure! I'm 45 and had my first child at 39. She's 5 now, and I've got her hooked on Oldies music, along with 80's 90's country and rock. She doesn't mess with electronics much, or at least not like majority of kids her age fo. She's always outside playing, or with me working. I'm hoping she'll stay old school and down to earth. Maybe things will slow down a little by the time she becomes a teenager. She loves dirt bikes and go carts already.. So fingers crossed, she dont turn out like many of the others, and maybe she can be the next that sticks to the old ways.

[@PatricisSeverson]

That is such in accurate staement once more that’s say an earlier time would have been so much better what people did noypt get molested killed trapped back then there were school shooting then to. Now we have the technology cell phones medical advances ampn. Dyson much more so you live in youthful your 80 or 90s

[@rosskelly8268]

@@carlgothard9644 Old school? Like a 45 year old? Good grief you're still young! Enjoy it! I'm close to 70, and I can tell you that you have more youthfulness left in your body than you probably appreciate. When you hit about 60 your body and energy levels and face start changing every year like it's 5 years at a time. Put me back in my 45 year old body and I can tell you there's a few things I'd do...

[@33jwill3]

We were the last of the good ones.

[@jacobpetersen5662]

Same here...

[@wes11bravo]

Oddly enough, I too have been frozen in time since 1999.

[@khanysafan1705]

😅

[@brianmelody8930]

Same here

[@thestars386]

Agreed

[@jerrysanders9101]

Too bad everything wasn’t frozen in time since 1999.

[@darianthescorpion1132]

Buddy…the year is 2025. You’ve been frozen for 26 years. Fair warning, a lot of things today might shock you.

[@aztec0112]

You see photos, I see ghosts. Many of those people long departed from this life, but their afterimages remain, fading on a decaying wall, their stories likely long forgotten. I remember these times with a mixture of sadness and longing as I scratch another year off in the Book. Thank you for giving these memories a silent voice once more

[@streetbob818]

That pictrure of the "Funky Gentleman" at 12:00 is the legend GARTH BROOKS 🤣🤣🤣

[@dylanrampage9360]

More like creepy picture of mass serial killer garth brooks iykyk

[@evanorthcliff2782]

I thought so. I recognized him.

[@RetroPC]

We've finally hit the point where this generation doesn't recognize Garth Brooks. Holy crap.

[@michaelshea8183]

I am feeling very old now after learning he does not who Garth Brooks is? Him and Shania Twain once "ruled the planet" kiddies! lol.

[@kyllhugs7097]

I was about to say that

[@gregleonard7391]

We had a bar like this in my small town. Almost every weekend in the 90s wed all be there. We had so many good times in the 1990s. In early 2000 it burnd down. People moved away some passed on. Nothing was ever the same. Cant find that anymore.

[@Maaaattologyyyy]

we all suck now

[@burningdust]

It’s all online now. Which sucks.

[@Bjetson80s]

Ive been a bartender for 17 years and id love to be behind this bar. Some of the best people ive ever met have been sitting in barstool. Laughs, tears, hugs, stories, and everything in between. You can tell by the pictures that this place meant alot to alot of folks. Cheers everyone and Happy New Year.

[@ronray5723]

36 years in the same bar I’ve been bartending there since I was 22 fourth generation owner I have worked for his dad and his grandfather. Long time in one place over half my life there. Miss the hundreds of friends i made who have passed

[@Bjetson80s]

@ronray5723 awesome to hear and I agree 100%. Best family and friends you'll ever have.

[@Maaaattologyyyy]

must be a nice small town. a lot of bars in big cities tend to be just trouble magnets

[@JgggHggh-m5f]

👍👏🙏🤝🎅🎄

[@vitorjr2913]

Watching this reminds me of how good the 80s and 90s were, because only those who lived through that time like I did know that today everything has become boring. Before, when we went to a place like this, we had contact with people, and today the damn smartphone has destroyed all that. I've seen people sitting at a party who, instead of enjoying themselves, are like zombies on their devices. Thank you for bringing back these memories. Hugs to everyone. I'm from Brazil, but I watch videos like this from all over the world, comparing the cultures and perspectives of each place, from when it was and how it is today.

[@Turd_Furgeson]

Before cell phones and social media took over everything

[@cliffhankins5886]

Ain't that the truth...the present isn't near as good as it yous't to be

[@cliffhankins5886]

Wonderful observation. I couldn't agree more about the lack of interaction nowadays as compared to what we experienced with less distractions

[@vitorjr2913]

@@cliffhankins5886 Thanks ;)

[@Greenpoloboy3]

The photographs are moving because each person is a precious soul, seeing them in a happy moment. Now, many years on, things have changed. maybe a number no longer around. That world of the 80's and 90's is gone. Thinking of that would produce sadness for so many

[@danbucko696]

So many folks look down on dive bars as they drive by. These places are so often community hubs and family friendly enclaves. Country clubs without golf courses or dues.

[@s0nnyburnett]

Most of them were shit, even in my parents day of the 70's.

[@SpeedKLS]

my buddy and I on hunting trips always tried to find the local dive bar, and a mom and pop burger or pizza place

[@TheBrandonnnn]

yea dive bars are trash. usually the bottom of the barrel of your "community" hangs out here lol

[@scottdavidson526]

I love this bar. It's my kinda place... oh, sorry.😁

[@terrencegiordan9812]

​@Lee-wk3cb better than going to church that is nothing but brain washing.

[@p.a.6034]

These pictures hit me hard. Don't know why. Love the vibe.

[@moredistractions]

The rifle ad isn't really an advertisement. It's a long running joke about surplus WWII Italian Army rifles. Their condition was "never fired only dropped once", a reference to the Italian Army's record of surrendering instead of fighting on many occasions during that war.

[@DGillyy]

I've always heard it as "French Battle Rifle"

[@kingofcapp]

Like the 91/38 Mannlicher-Carcano used to assassinate JFK.

[@humanrightsactivist101]

@@kingofcapp Is that what the CIA used to assassinate Kennedy?

[@modusceo]

I thought it was a reference to the Carcano, although we know that gun didn’t fire the fatal shot 😉

[@multifaceteduser3405]

@@DGillyy yeah i looked it up and all i could see was the 'french rifle' joke

[@jimwolfmeyer6664]

Great content but sad to see how great bars were back then, and people were having so much fun. Those days and good people and fun are now just a distant memory. Glad I was around for that.

[@rojd71]

A lot photos in there from the 1970's and 80's, many memories. Some of those people are probably long gone.

[@chipcook5346]

So, I wasn't the only one thinking that.

[@garywdeffenbaugh9829]

I was a bouncer at a local bar and night club back in the 90's and I had alot of great memories meeting people from all different areas that would stop by. Some of the locals and people I worked with had past now. All I got now is great memories as the bar is know longer there.

[@violetgotho6187]

wonderful job on documenting this place long after it's death before it's gone forever. you can tell it meant a lot to many people once.

[@DLR-gz6tv]

I checked out the comments to see if anyone commented on the "Funky Gentlemen" in the crazy shirt was Garth Brooks? That's definitely very early 90's, a hangover from the colorful 80's. Garth was definitely a breakout western dude. But really... nice walkthrough. Glad to see it wasn't destroyed by vandals.

[@dylanrampage9360]

Garth is a creep and mass killer dude has a very very dark past.....WHERE ARE THE BODIES GARTH?!?!?! WHERE DID YOU BURY THE BODIES GARTH?!?!?!

[@OffgridMichael]

This video is a time capsule that highlights the loss of 'third places' like this bar. We've shifted from communal hangouts to more isolated lives, missing not just a third but sometimes even a second place for connection. Digital interaction is no substitute for what we had. Ugh I miss those days. Things were so much better.

[@Martyisruling]

This just makes me sad. There used to be a bar where most people knew one another. They had people who worked there for years because they liked it. It closed, remodeled and reopened as something else. But, it has all different employees, and a different crowd. From a certain perspective, that old bar is gone. I'll still run into those people now and again. Greet them with a handshake or a hug. So, seeing this bar and those pictures, makes me a little sad. Some of those people might have gotten together now and again, but that whole crowd, probably haven't all been together since the last time at this bar.

[@terrencegiordan9812]

Sad but true love those places.

[@haileyrobinson5191]

I could look at those photos all day

[@floydm.4159]

Same. It reminds me of the world I miss so much.

[@middleageddad]

The 90s were fun.

[@buddapudgie8482]

They sure were! Hahah.

[@ericmikesell4624]

OMG! Thank you for this, The nostalgia.... I ran successful nite club and a few dive bars for 30 yrs...... And let me tell you, hometown bars like this, were more profitable, than any Nite Cub could do. with three times the clientele... And were more fun.....

[@ericmikesell4624]

Can you possibly send me info of where its at? And info on current owner?

[@dorisrosa62]

It looks like it was a familiar place were everyone was a constant visitor and all share activities together.. it must of been fun going there.

[@Colorado_Native]

Kind of like 'Cheers'.

[@ceceliacorigliano1784]

It's a bowling game. The pins drop down and there was a metal disk you used as a "ball'. There was a powder that would make the lane fast so you could really send the 'ball' flying. Yup game from my childhood I think it was like ten cents a game.

[@rogertemple7193]

This is another great find with an abandoned gas station/bar and despite being empty for so long it still looks nice especially on the inside but with the water being toxic no wonder have a good new year for exploring more abandoned places thank you.👋🇺🇲

[@heathercianflone5350]

Ive bartended since the late 90s, this bar reminds me of so many small town faces that were my regulars. I've worked event venues the last 10 yrs and they'll never take the place of the old mom & pop places, I put heart and soul into over the years.

[@cdnpont]

Thanks for this. It's truly the people that made the place.

[@AR20231]

This was probably the best hole in the wall bar back in the day! You can just tell! Those are my kinda places! But I often wonder what happened? Like why was everything just left? Like what happened so bad that no one came back? Especially the abandoned houses

[@RuthShelton-ou4id]

It was stated in the video that the place closed down to toxic water. It looks like the owner just walked away. It couldn't be sold due to the water problems. It's heartbreaking to have to leaver pretty much everthing & walk away. I wonder how many got sick from the water or also may have died because of it.

[@16voyeur]

@@RuthShelton-ou4id Sounds about right to me.

[@RuthShelton-ou4id]

@@16voyeur I would imagine that recorders for that place might be in the town's courthouse. They probably sent some kind of court order to shut the place down. What I'd like to know was what led to having the water tested? Did people start getting sick-- possible death or deaths? Was the owner charged in a death-(s)-- Maybe a big lawsuit? Stuff just doesn't add up to just leave so much behind, at least take the food out of the place- maybe donate it to a church or food bank. Have some yard sales-- There are folks that buy the pin ball machines - with the dart board trophies that were displayed so proudly -- Wouldn't you take the trophies with you? They don't take up much room. Was there only one owner-& maybe that person died because of the water & that's why the place wasn't cleaned out? Just look at all the pictures left there ! Wouldn't the locals who had their pictures taken there want to save their pictures? So many questions to most likely never will get answers. If I could I'd go to the courthouse & library and would try to find out answers. Microfish - go through old news papers at the library.

[@IronBlockChef]

IF the water suppy got contaminated, you have to have water to be able to serve food and maintain that type of business for sanitary reasons.

[@jasonwebster4969]

Communities like these are dying, no one hangs out like this anymore.

[@gregleonard7391]

So true. Not sure why. When I retire I'm opening a bar like this. I'm gonna have 50c drafts and 10c wings, play music from the 90s and forget about the future.

[@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL]

Younger people don't drink as much. We have a board and PC gaming place near us that's always packed.

[@vladimirputin4370]

Because they are too busy on social media and apps to meet people. You used to actually have to go out to find a significant other. I met my wife of 20 years at a bar randomly (it was a karaoke night and we both had been dragged by a friend) the bar was in the middle of nowhere (the Abby in Enosburgh Vermont- google it) we exchanged numbers, and I called her house for 3 weeks until we finally reconnected and went out. The rest was history lol. But you had to have some sort of communication skills to actually get someone to talk to you, it wasn’t fake filtered photos on an app, you saw each other face to face the moment you met, that chemistry was the best feeling when you met someone you were not only attracted to, but could hold conversation!

[@TheMW2informer]

Not true, there’s tons of small town bars JUST like this one all over Wisconsin!!

[@robertlyman9789]

That’s to the internet

[@larrylambert1220]

I miss that world.

[@loganq]

It was never the same after 9/11 and then the Muslim Barack.

[@larrylambert1220]

@@loganq No argument here.

[@Ladybug83me]

Same. I feel i don't belong to this current time at all.

[@Independently_Minded]

It gets me that the 90s seem like ancient times to the younger generations. “This gentleman,” is Garth Brooks. He has no idea who Garth is.

[@billstill1794]

Who?

[@vladimirputin4370]

@@billstill1794 you would have had to live in the 90’s as a teen to know Garth Brooks. Very large country singer of that time.

[@davesmith8330]

Lol when I saw that part I said out loud "that's Garth Brooks" 😅

[@johnh4863]

I thought everyone knew who Garth Brooks was or at least heard the name lol.

[@abelincoln8185]

@@davesmith8330same! I said “that ain’t no funky gentleman! That’s Garth fuckin brooks!” 😂

[@MUTHAFUKKERJONES]

Very sad to see cuz back in these days small bars in small towns like this were the only place for all the adults to go usually and even a few kids and they all knew each other and had such great times just like an extended family listening to music dancing laughing maybe a drunk fight here and there, looks like it was a great place to go and have a drink !!

[@the_broly_arms]

Watching this while toasted and, man, what a wild wave of nostalgia. Well done!

[@thestars386]

Sounds to me like you can't handle life without being *"toasted".* Time to grow up. Your sad indeed.

[@thestars386]

It sounds like to me you can't handle life without being *"toasted".* It's a crying shame boy.

[@DennisRamsey-lo3dg]

Definitely upstate or western NY, all the Genesee beer stuff and Buffalo Bills glass mug for a tip jar, with the red helmet, 80s and 90s time capsule, pretty cool...GO BILLS

[@LoDDEMOCIDE]

Yeah, and two different kinds of Molson too. GO BILLS!

[@Mynameis..noneofyourbusiness]

Was trying to figure out where it was located Ty😊

[@Turd_Furgeson]

Look at the bar's name and location in with the pictures

[@Pladderkasse]

I was 28 in 1999. It's a world I remember of analog machines, vinyl records, filled ashtrays in bars, no flat screens or computers and cellphones. No micro brew, no IPAs or sours or Russian imperial stouts. Lightbulbs where not LED, the light was softer and warmer and tinted with nicotine. I'm in my 50ies now and back then, I would be considered an old man, but that too has changed as 50 has become the new 40 and so on. 2 years later in 2001 on 9/11 the world changed for good and it was never the same. The next big change happened during the "face mask" epidemic. There's a generation that will never know the carefree sense of freedom we had.

[@analogdriven]

As a kid in the 90s, born in the 80s, I watched that carefree sense of freedom and looked forward to it growing up. And you're right in my late 30s, had I been this age during that time I'd have been considered beyond my sell-by date. Now people look at me as if I'm a kid still! It's frustrating knowing what was and has now become. Actual kids hese days really don't understand what's been lost and their behavior most reminds me of people who are institutionalized.

[@gregleonard7391]

So true my friend

[@thestars386]

​@@analogdriven Yep the youth (kids) are sad in this day and age. They will never know the good times we lived in.

[@natewrites7803]

So true, however, as an early Gen Xer, I also experienced the AIDS epidemic that set off a bunch of change, and 😢 that was the beginning of the end of the happy go lucky, good times generations that preceeded me. What came next was an exodus of jobs leaving the country, union crushing, the roots forming of the student loan crises. From Gen X on forward to the present generations, it has been a rough ride for all. . . I could have spent all afternoon with him looking at that photo wall and thinking of grandparents, great aunts and uncles and those times from long ago.

[@jerseytomato100]

Depends on who’s looking at you. To a 20 year old you’re still old.

[@Facebag201]

One of the most haunting things about this location is that you can clearly tell it was a “third place” for lots of the locals. All the photos of people who were regulars (friends of staff and management etc). That kind of thing is much less common today than it was even back in 1999/2000. Actually kinda sad.

[@Cat_Hurder]

That is super cool!! but at the same time so sad, all those memories left behind, just gonna rot away in there...thx for the explore and Happy New Year to you! 💝

[@haileyrobinson5191]

It’s crazy to think the babies in the pictures are grown adults now

[@billstill1794]

...and the adults in those pics are probably now pushing up daisies!

[@Zapruderfilm1963]

The silence of those memories still intact is so very loud.

[@mdeysenroth]

Thanks for another great episode. The arcade game is a Shuffleboard. This looks like a bowling game. The pins would flip down. The surface would be very smooth wood, dusted with a little sawdust to keep it slippery. Your playing piece would be a very smooth, heavy metal disc about the size of a hockey puck, which you would slide down to knock down, or in the case of a shuffleboard, flip your pins up. The machine would total your score like a pinball machine would. They were really quite fun, but I haven't seen one in years. Very cool to see!

[@spooley]

Those opening photos tho. Sometimes you want to go Where everybody flips you aw-aw-offf

[@chairun75]

Place seems to have a really warm vibe.

[@jamesmills2041]

I can't believe the owner just left EVERYTHING. It makes you wonder if there are any pictures of yourself or your loved ones wandering around the country somewhere.

[@richardloganpowelliii4850]

The pictures stir an ache for I time and culture I was actually a part of. Heartbreaking in a way… I say this in absolute kindness, but “that gentleman” is Garth Brooks, one of the most successful musicians of all time. Coincidentally, he paused his career around the time this bar ceased operation. He came back, but not the bar.

[@critterscute3642]

Cool place. Loved seeing the pics. Some of them look late 70s to me. To the left of the Easter eggs was a box for the dog treat container I had for my dog in the late 90s. When you open the lid, it barks 🐶😀. Thanks for the video…enjoyed it.

[@someone55995]

Wow, closed for a quarter of a century already!! I was born in 2000 so this is like a time capsule for me.

[@timothys3119]

You would’ve loved the 90’s. Best decade ever.

[@Voo_Doo_Blue]

​@timothys3119 says someone born in the late 70's- 80's. 🙄 We always think our teenage thru early 20's were the 'best time ever.' No responsibilities, able to live it up, 'invincible', what's not to love about those days? 😊

[@timothys3119]

@@Voo_Doo_Blue but it’s facts, not just because we say so.

[@Voo_Doo_Blue]

@@timothys3119 😄😄😄

[@entrthedragon]

I remember celebrating New Years ‘99-00 outside with fireworks, ice sculptures, my old girlfriend, and Prince’s 1999 playing as the clock strikes 12.

[@mutatedsilverunicorn]

Oh man, I just felt old when you said the clothes were retro. Lmfao 😂 Always excited to get the notification that you posted. 🙂

[@gretchenblanchette3847]

Great video… love that you spent some time with the photos! Reminds me of time spent in my family’s restaurant as a child… I can hear the echos of banter and laughter at the bar! Awesome as Always Devin! 👍❤️🍻

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Its sad to see a place that brought many people together for happy times now standing empty, and since 1999! Incredible. Wonder if any of those people still live kinda local in those photos?

[@Petertronic]

Amazing place. Perfect snapshot of social history.

[@charleendecker2265]

It's so amazing the can they just leave everything like that keep up the good work guys I love your videos

[@livin2477]

Crazy to think most of these people are now dead. All the times and memories they shared in this old tavern 😢

[@Arcthaw]

A working one of those United's cavalier arcade games sold for $625 recently.

[@firemanfireman7228]

The machine you were talking about in the beginning is a bowling machine It truly is nice to see the past I almost can feel like I'm there with you The ancients and good feeling you get Absolutely amazing video Loved it Fireman 🔥🔥🔥👍

[@pianoman4Jesus]

Looks like it was made in Chicago, IL.... name on the game surface lower than the text he was reading.

[@jolietpinball7439]

It's a shuffle alley. All electromechanical and no computer parts, and still great fun! Definitely savable and worth restoring if someone could purchase it from whoever owns the property. This United Cavalier was manufactured in 1976, so by 2000 it was already very old. It was one of the last electromechanical models produced before Williams/United switched over to computers/digital/Solid-state to run their shuffle alleys and pinball machines.

[@jolietpinball7439]

​@@pianoman4JesusIndeed. Chicago for many decades was the worldwide manufacturing home of pinball machines and video arcade machines, and still is for pinball. United Manufacturing was part of Williams, who made many pinball and video arcade machines. There is a brief close up in this video on the edge of one of the pictures on the wall, where the side of some type of Williams machine is present...either a shuffle alley or pinball machine.

[@Louis-h3o]

I loved places like this, always friendly

[@Phantom-darkness]

The level of water leaking now means the building is about to go downhill really fast. 1-3 years it will start collapsing. Long as the roof holds out a building will sit just collect dust but once water gets inside it’s over.

[@dannymadnessandthethunderking]

At this point I almost think it would be cool for groups of random well-meaning civilians to covertly or as much s possible semi restore places like this to prevent exactly that just in the hope/long chance it might at the very least still be standing decades/years from now and not be randomly torn down anyways one day ya know.

[@djor316]

My wedding reception was held at the local Bar and Restaurant in 1977 brought back a ton of memories for me. The photos of those people were considered family and you were right it usually was the hub of neighborhood. That game at the begining is called Shuffle bowling. They used wax on th eboard thes you slide a puck down and see if you can hit all 10 pins at once. Your only allowed 2 shots then it is the next person's turn yes I am that old. That picture is Garth Brooks many years ago. I will be married 48 years on Jan8,2025. I am not no spring chicken as my Momma use to say. I will be 73 in March hubby will be 77 in April. My youngest son will be 47 in April. My oldest son will be 55 in April on the same day April 15 as his brother. Yup both born April 15 8 years apart.

[@HM2SGT]

*Places like that always remind me of a saying I picked up in the Navy; perfect is the enemy of good enough. It wasn't a big fancy joint with 12.00 drinks and live music at $1,000 a night, but a good time was had by most. There's a place joint not far from my house that is the same story. Something happened, the last time somebody turned out the lights and shut the doors nobody thought it would be The Last Time. Or perhaps they knew. I've seen a place that closed after a New Year's Eve blowout. Everybody just left, nobody cleaned up because there was no point, you could walk in and there was still trash in the cans and dishes and glasses setting where people set them down.*

[@suyashmisra7965]

Great video all the photos collection were amazing good work done by the owner who took all these pictures and put inside the building.

[@sketchypeoplepdx]

The work place photos is such a jolt of nostalgia. I've had so many service industry jobs with photo walls like this. It hits. Fun vid!

[@wakcedout]

ha i work in the beverage industry and ive seen some small bars that look frozen in the 80s. even with the small amounts of modern tech the overall inside looks like its from the past in those places. but then i was a kid in the 80s and hit my teen years in the 90s so i know what the overall asthetic of that time period was.

[@mariasilva2422]

my comfort channel :)

[@BIayne]

Seeing the table still set with forks and knives was so sad. Like they just locked up one night and never returned, not even to take almost anything with them.

[@khanysafan1705]

Honestly, that table looks staged.

[@cloudypac]

@@khanysafan1705I wouldn't be surprised if it is, most channels fake the content for views nowadays 🫤

[@rolfsinkgraven]

A very cozy little bar, very nice.

[@timmurdock3484]

Another great release, always great content and calming music that goes with it all perfectly.

[@michaelclift5408]

Dude this is the best explor video i hahe ever seen an did it so well

[@josephluko]

Good job Devin. You never disappoint 👏

[@rovhalt6650]

Listening to John Gary right now. Listening to it makes the exploration even better and more nostalgic

[@DeathDeclined]

12:13 thats garth brooks when he was super young had to be late 80s early 90s

[@Petoskey116]

As a kid born in the early 90s, the dive bars like this had the best food.

[@HM2SGT]

5:17 😂 The nicotine staining of th ceiling tiles from decades of cigarette smoke...

[@user-iamRobinV68]

Nostalgic find! Great job 😊😊😊

[@GhostOvPerdition]

It's incredible what the right music can do when you're looking at photos and frozen memories from decades past. All you can think is how amazing it is and where are these people today. What were their stories, what were their names 🤍

[@johncorrigan7643]

Another great vid from you, all the best for 2025, keep up the great work, love going back in time with you.

[@renchjeep]

Very cool old bar. Looks like the places I would visit in Western PA back in that time frame. If you have a working VCR player, it would be cool to see what's on those old tapes....if they even still play.

[@johnpinkos2144]

Awesome Video, story and treasure. The last of years of community and neighbors getting together and enjoying life, a happier time before social media and smart phones.

[@Dorox97]

Watched this today that was a good premiere Bars like this are Vintage and Retro now.

[@symtexxd]

wow this video had an impact on me. i remember drinking citra in the 90s. place really is a time capsule.

[@5203bill]

My hats off to this community. Where I live this would never be possible because of the amount of crime and vandalism

[@joylaird1800]

We have a bar that’s still good like this in Arizona. Great place.

[@AsuSun-k6r]

What bar?

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

When my friends moved to Tucson on '94 it was like stepping back into the 70's there. out in what was nowhere in the southwest of town was a locals place like this. Regular specials, beef from a local rancher and had great burgers and only big name beers on tap. And rock music, no other BS, no grunge, rap or anything, rock and country, good country, not "new country" which was awful. I loved that place the times we went, especially after spending 14 hours or more on my motorcycle riding out to visit them, I had the coldest glass of beer there and I needed it in the worst way! The place is still there, but the suburbs have grown around it!

[@davewolf8869]

Kirkland?

[@steveszpyrka2693]

@joylaird1800 Where at in AZ and what is it called?

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

@@steveszpyrka2693 West Tucson, it was called "Tiny's".

[@christopher7824]

Those pictures😢 Good people during good times.

[@Svante]

Never understood, why they just leave everything to rot away. Like the games and pool tables, which they could have sold to collectors or donated. And also all the personal stuff like photos etc. And damn, 1999 feels like just a couple of years ago. I feel old 😂

[@user-xt8es5nj4n]

I know, like the vcr and TV were still valuable back then. I have seen alot of videos like this and it's like they just walked out and locked the door.

[@travisdelee8647]

More than likely they were forced out and not allowed to return at the time per court order. County usually takes over and then these places just rot.

[@carlashepherd9362]

Yes definitely stuck in time! Totally awesome find & explore! 👍👍❤️✊🤘

[@scottdavidson526]

It's a bowling game. They use sawdust on the board to help the puck slide. I know of at least one here in town. This place really was frozen in time. It's like an oversized time capsule.

[@Hodaggium]

The picture at 12:05 is country music singer Garth Brooks. He had quite a few big songs out on country radio back in the 90's.

[@42saram42]

He was so young in that photo I wasn't sure but I thought it was him. Don't think I have seen a photo of him so young even though my mom listened to him all the time in the early 90s. Definitely remember a lot of him and Achy Breaky Heart from back then.

[@travisdelee8647]

That's Chris Gaines..lol

[@EmansAdventures]

What a great video, beautiful hd,Greetings from Massachusetts.

[@ZyllAvatar]

That is a beautiful bowling EM game and should be preserved. You should contact an arcade restoration person to come and save it.

[@paulhewson4600]

Lots of great Friday nd Saturday nights there,,,looks great

[@nickspangler5508]

The music at the end is so relaxing & chill. I love it.

[@csidun9087]

Great job showing this old bar!

[@Whammytap]

Just one suggestion for the filmmaker: there is a little doohickey called a gimbal that you clamp your phone/camera into; it steadies the shot as you're filming. You've got a marvelously steady hand, but using a gimbal would really put that final bit of polish on the finished product. :)

[@christopher7824]

I saw an abandoned bar in Michigan between Weko Beach campground and Benton Harber. If you GPS from Weko Beach campground to Campus Q, you'll find it. It's out in middle of nowhere. It was in 2021 when I spotted it.

[@bensutherland6871]

Very cool loved seeing the photos Thanks

[@CMSgarage96]

Cool Video! Citra was phased out by the year 2000, so that fits, with the bar being closed in 1999.

[@HM2SGT]

0:31 The photos... the memories... 😔😲

[@ronboerste1813]

Right I'm wondering how many of them got to see this video and how many are still amongst us 😏👍

[@HM2SGT]

@ronboerste1813 me too. Especially the ginger Tabby cat. That was somebody's fur friend, somebody really thought a lot of that cat. Somebody really missed him when he was gone.

[@derrenleepoole]

Nice explore this. Wonder if one of the owners was British? The vinyl from the UK, saw a cricket scoreboard, the darts…. What a great time capsule. You can imagine the sounds and smells and vibes in this one.

[@Turd_Furgeson]

The name was McGuinness so Irish

[@derrenleepoole]

@@Turd_Furgeson well spotted.

[@michellelambert8729]

Cool! That place is a trip

[@JenniferStanifer]

I bet that was an awesome, friendly place back in the day. I bet their food kicked ass too. Thanks for sharing!