#4 Skully's Music-Diner

1151 N. High St., 43201 (map, web)

I must have missed the memo that suggested anyone over the age of 30 can't stay up past 10:00 on a weeknight. Weekends are questionable too, in my experience. Let's just say that I'm WELL PAST the cutoff date, and am having trouble finding people to participate in 80 Bars, and mostly for the reason above. Note to friends: It's not a rule really, more of a guideline.

Luckily I have a few friends under the cutoff and one of them, Steve, of Spiro's fame, resuscitated my dying plans and accompanied me to Skully's Music-Diner for Eighties Ladies night. Thanks, Steve, I owe you one.

It's true, things don't really start happening until well after 10:00. At 10:15, two people were on the dance floor, but by 10:30, it was starting to get crowded. When we left at midnight, many people were still arriving.

Eighties Ladies Night is certainly an event that attracts the ladies, as the name suggests, so there's no problem there. Most people come in groups, or in couples, but as Steve found out, it's not a great place to try and meet someone. Many seem to come just to dance to the 80's music, or showoff their 80's themed outfits.

One thing to note is that almost none of the people there that night were actually of adult age in the 1980's. Well, except for the half dozen or so older guys who were hanging around. As one who shares there, ahem...status in life, I can tell you that they looked the same as I felt, like a fish out of water, and definitely in a situation where one had the opportunity to make a complete fool of oneself. Thankfully I managed to make it through the night without doing so, and I'd like to offer the following to all the other "mature" guys out there who are thinking of going to Eighties Ladies Night.

1. Yes, they will know you're older
2. Don't wear shorts, for god's sake
3. Dancing alone on the dance floor will not lead to accidentally dancing with someone else
4. Taking your beer on the dance floor will just lead to spillage
5. Hawaiian shirts - never a good idea
6. You're not cool just because you know the words to all the songs
7. You don't get funnier or dance better the more you drink
8. Don't get carried away dancing like you did back in the 80's, you're likely to hurt yourself
9. Keep your shirt buttoned up, please
10. Don't go, just don't

In the meantime, I'll keep looking for an 80's night bar that still has all the original parts, if you know what I mean. If any of you readers happen to know one, leave your suggestions in the comments section or email me.

Rating (1-5)

4 Pints (A fun time, for those that fit in.)

Would I go Back?

I probably won't go back to Eighties Ladies Night, but Skully's is still one of the best places to see live music, especially now that Little Brother's is gone.

Fresh as a Daisy

Since Daisy was still out of town for this visit, I can't offer a Ladies Room review. My original plan to have someone else rate the room was dashed when everyone bailed. My backup plan to ask a random female to give me the scoop started feeling like some creepy pick-up scheme, given the youngish crowd, so I abandoned that idea.

I can say that this was the first Men's room that I've been in that offered a decoy sink. Only one of the two sinks in the Men's room works. Can you guess which one?

Next Visit: TBD