The Nautical Turtle - http://nauticalturtle.com/
An establishment which we passed but did not visit, looking, as it did, rather like TB. We heard later that they used to cater for both bikers and the military, an arrangement which used to lead to unpleasant brawls in neighbouring alleys late at night, as a result of which the military are presently banned.
The Tilted Kilt - http://www.tiltedkilt.com/locations/watertown/
An establishment which we did not even pass, but for which we did come across an advertisement in the local free paper. Caught the eye because of the bikini clad young waitresses which decorated the advertisement and which you can read all about at the web site. A chain of bars described as celtic themed sports bars. You can also buy the 2015 calendar. Sadly they do not appear to operate in the UK.
Savory - http://www.savorydowntown.com/
This one, which we did get to, was a large bar underneath the Great Western where we were staying. As well as a bar there was also a dance floor, two stages and an eating area. Very busy on the Friday evening we visited and very noisy as we had live music on the small stage. But not so busy that they could not find us a waitress to find us some food, yet another North American waitress who tried rather harder than is usual with us. An easy place to get on in had we been real drinkers.
Luckily we were sitting behind the band so our ears just about survived.
Paddock Club - http://www.paddockclubusa.com/ - illustrated above
Located in and occupying a good part of the first indoor shopping mall mentioned above, now rather decayed since its glory days. Four or five large linked rooms which functioned as bar, club and restaurant. The room we were in was dark & high and well supplied with various nooks and crannies for getting to know people in. All very suitable for a club.
We had a very young & pretty waitress who did not seem to be very experienced but did seem very keen on earning as much as she possibly could in a couple of years so that she could travel for a couple of years after that. Her mother had died when she was 14, at which point she had moved up from Texas to live with her sister at Watertown, possibly with a military brother in law. Now in her own apartment and probably tougher than she looked.
A Californian white to drink and I had to be firm about it not being in a wine cooler. We were lucky not to have been given a 1.5l bottle of the stuff, which seemed to be their standard, rather than our more usual 0.75l, just managing to stop her in time.
Portions of food enormous, perhaps they thought that it was already winter and we needed the calories, including in my case something called chicken alfredo (main course) instead of the chicken alfredo (appetiser) which I had intended. This main course consisted of some large chunks of chicken on top of a large portion of what amounted to macaroni cheese. I don't suppose I ate more than a third of it which made me rather cross.
We left before 2200, at which time the club side of things had not started at all. Just a few boozers around the bar in one of the other rooms.
PS: sorry to report that the left hand portico pillar (as high as our house back home) of the masonic temple next to our hotel was decaying badly and was wrapped in wire netting to stop lumps falling out of it. The only example of decaying stone work that we came across. Not like the red sandstone blocks used in Edinburgh at all, the faces of which seem to peel off under frost action all the time.
Reference 1: http://www.drum.army.mil/Pages/index.aspx. Note DENTAC, listed as a tenant unit. My father would have been amused.
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