So a few of us are at First Friday in downtown and decide to have some after party action. We aren't sure what's close enough in walking distance and two of us immediately go, \"Let's Yelp it\" (yay, for Yelp on the iPhone!).\n\nWe wanted to go to a bit of a dive bar and Dino's popped up, had four stars, and was a couple of blocks away. \"Ding ding ding, we have a winner!\" Or so I thought.\n\nWhen we walked in, it certainly had the look of a dive bar, down to the busted plastic divider that holds the pool balls after they've been sunk such that you don't actually have to put money into the table to play. The problem was that the mood and the atmosphere just were not there. I've been to some pretty interesting dive bars. Ones where the owner's dogs loll about looking for a good scratch behind the ear, or where you find an eclectic mix of people and start up a conversation with a person carrying their As Seen On TV birthday gift around with them. Dino's is not that kind of place. At least it wasn't when I visited. Dino's isn't a bad place, but it's not a great place either. It's just a run of the mill dive bar.
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