Some folk feel that the cleanup of the “TenderNob” district has killed the few good seedy bars left. The Hemlock Tavern replaced the Giraffe, Reflections is now Vertigo, and the Polk Gulch Saloon is now Lush Lounge. But it doesn’t take much of a walk to see that nothing has changed. They are all the same dark places. They’re all lit only by red bulbs that make it hard to focus, and the stoner on stage can still get 4 bars into the his song before realizing he’s in the wrong key.

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