A guide to local bars
For all those of you who are turning 21 after the break or who are already 21, here’s your guide to TCU’s local bars.

The Aardvark
2905 West Berry Street
(817) 926-7814

THE ATMOSPHERE: Loud music, younger crowd (the only local bar that lets in those under 21), dancing.

THE HIGHS: The Aardvark is the place to go for live music. Alligator Dave is a regular on the guest list, and respected bands (Reel Big Fish) have played there before they found fame.

THE LOWS: On big nights, the Aardvark has the tendency to get just a smidge crowded. Okay, so crowded you can’t move and so smoky that when you wake up the next morning, you wonder how you are still breathing.

Scooners
3051 S. University
(817) 924-6700

THE ATMOSPHERE: Live bands, lots of drinking, and a fairly lackadaisical attitude.

THE HIGHS: Free the Leaf. Easy to get a drink.

THE LOWS: Cooler in its prime three years ago.

The Moon
2911 W Berry
(817) 926-9600

THE ATMOSPHERE: Ummm ...

THE HIGHS: Lots of fun when a large group accumulates.

THE LOWS: Definitely not the most popular of the local bars as there is often a shortage of, well, people.

Fat Harry’s Daiquiris & Tavern
3013 S. University Dr.
(817) 923-6000

THE ATMOSPHERE: Younger college students and people who have been going there since their own younger days. Light-hearted pool-playing and lots of sitting around on tables.

THE HIGHS: The Orange-blizzed.

THE LOWS: The younger crowd.

The Cellar
2916 W Berry St.
(817) 920-0097

THE ATMOSPHERE: Mostly underground, upstairs has pool and air hockey tables, generally older crowd (not older as in senior citizens, older as in college seniors).

THE HIGHS: $1.50 happy-hour Shiners.

THE LOWS: Short ceiling makes for a hot little bar.

The Pub
3019 S University Dr.
(817) 921-3332

THE ATMOSPHERE: Chill, many “regulars,” ability to sit, several separate rooms for whatever mood you may be in.

THE HIGHS: Regulars get special treatment.

THE LOWS: Regulars get special treatment.

— Compiled by Lara Hendrickson and Brent Yarina