Whiskey Lou’s Lounge
121 N. Bumby Ave., 407-896-2593
After work or after hours? Does all day count?
Beer/wine or liquor too? All.
Check all that apply: ☐ fancy cocktails
☒ make ’em strong and keep ’em coming
☐ wine list (5 choices or more)
☐ craft beer
☒ beer: the usual suspects
☒ wide selection of bottles/cans (more than 15)
☐ wide selection on tap (more than 15)
Food? Y ☐ N ☒
Smoking allowed inside? Y ☒ N ☐
Outside drinking? Y ☐ N ☒
Dog-friendly? Y ☐ N ☒
Bathrooms: nightmare or not bad? Not bad
Bag hooks? Y ☐ N ☒
TVs? Y ☒ N ☐
What’s on? The news
DJs? Y ☐ N ☒ Live music Y ☐ N ☒ There’s a jukebox.
Games? Check all that apply: ☐ pinball
☐ video
☒ pool
☐ darts
☐ other:
Essay question: Why should I drink here?
Maybe you shouldn’t drink here? Just kidding. This is one of Orlando’s best-known dive bars, though they would probably dispute the use of “dive”; clearly the owners take pride in their property. It’s kind of the Milk District’s answer to Mills 50’s Wally’s, with a haze of smoke overhead, friendly regular barflies (they open at 11 a.m.!), super-strong drinks and a cash-only policy. If you’ve never been here, you gotta go – it’s a true Orlando classic.
This article appears in Jul 20-26, 2016.