Gator’s Jam Inn ll

Was here awhile back. A friend was having a little get together and this is one of his favorite places to hang out. It’s part of the «Race Street Renaissance» (chuckle), as I call it. Honestly though, Race Street is lookin’ a lot nicer nowadays, and that’s a good thing.
Not a big place, pretty good crowd on a Sat. night. You can call it a little low brow if you want, but in this case that’s not a negative, the crowd is nice, there to have fun, all sorts and sizes, and everybody was getting along fine. Pool table and stripper pole in one corner. When they run out of glasses, you get your cocktail in a fancy clear plastic dixie cup, ya know… who cares?
I went to grab a drink, looked, didn’t see my brand, (although there was a decent liquor selection) so asked the bartender what my gin options were, as I had seen NO gin on the back bar at all. He turns, scans, looks back at me a little apologetically, and says «well, I do have well gin». Hey, I’m easy, I can handle it, let’s do it. Got my dixie cup gin and tonic and moved on outside where…
Smoking is allowed! Yea baby. No smoking indoors, but nice fenced off outside patio where you can smoke till you stroke! Cigars no problem, burn em if you got em! That was one of the points of the get together, after all. Sat outside on a nice evening, switched to double well gins, and everything was fine.
Drink pricing was in line, drinks were good for the price. Didn’t see any waitresses running around that I could identify, so walk up to the bar for service. I believe they do serve some food, but didn’t see any so maybe that’s a daytime thing or maybe it’s delivery or maybe I have no idea what the hell I’m talking about.
It was fun, I won’t hesitate to go back. No pretentious BS, nobody cares who you are, or aren’t.

This place has become a new favorite of mine after only 3 visits. Bartenders are awesome and treat you as if they’ve known you for years. The place is well kept and the live music is pretty darn good! Great prices for drinks btw. This place is a must if you’re in the Riverside area. Also, the diverse crowd was a bonus!

Great little joint to hang with friends and listen to good music. All you non smokers listen up! There is NO SMOKING INSIDE THE BUILDING! So therefore… you will find me on the patio… and a rocking patio it is. Good breeze running though, plenty of seating, cold beer or cocktail and as always tons of laughs.
They have live music regularly, like them on Facebook to be notified. There’s a pool table, a jukebox and a feel good vibe about the place. I haven’t tasted the food yet so I’ll reserve one star to use when I do.
This place is spotless and the service is perfect. If you’re in the Riverside area of town this is one of several fun little bars that have opened up. Lots of fun!