Then and now: Bar-BQ-Bar photos demonstrate the dive's unruly nature

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Photo courtesy of Fiction
Photo courtesy of Fiction
Bar-BQ-Bar owners Ashley Dishman and Marshall Hurst
Bar-BQ-Bar owners Ashley Dishman and Marshall Hurst
The Courtesy Bar owner and original Bar-BQ-Bar regular Gene Zimmerman (photo by Amanda Winters)
The Courtesy Bar owner and original Bar-BQ-Bar regular Gene Zimmerman (photo by Amanda Winters)
Photo courtesy of Fiction
Photo courtesy of Fiction
Bittersweet 16 party (photo courtesy of Fiction)
Bittersweet 16 party (photo courtesy of Fiction)
Photo courtesy of Fiction
Photo courtesy of Fiction
Original Ladies Night bartender Henry Mays (photo by Amanda Winters)
Original Ladies Night bartender Henry Mays (photo by Amanda Winters)
Photo courtesy of Fiction
Photo courtesy of Fiction
Bittersweet 16 party (photo courtesy of Fiction)
Bittersweet 16 party (photo courtesy of Fiction)
Princeton's Guff performs live at Bar-BQ-Bar (photo by Jim Leatherman)
Princeton's Guff performs live at Bar-BQ-Bar (photo by Jim Leatherman)