221 White Horse Pike
Chesilhurst
(609) 768-5848
I headed west down Rt 30 into Camden County on Good Friday. I guess Good
Friday is a big party night, because there were cops everywhere. I was actually
getting a little worried and contemplated going somewhere a little closer to home.
Every few miles or so, an officer would pull out or make a U-turn behind me and
follow me for several miles. I had my radar detector on though and all of the police in
this area have their radars on constantly, so I figured I would be alright.
I walked into the Double Deuce Saloon, not too sure of what I would find inside. My
first impression was that it was 1989 all over again. This was a place where the 80’s
were still going strong. The women all had the high hair and 80’s style clothing. Now
I understand that the whole retro 80’s fashion is starting to make a comeback, but I
doubt that these people knew that it ever went out of style. I also noticed that all of
the light covers were red, even the pool table lights. This is starting to become a
pattern. If anyone knows why these crappy bars all have annoying red lights, please
let me know. I mean, I like my bars rather dim, but red just gets me in an angry
aggressive mood. I just want to grab the POS sitting next to me, and SMASH of GOD
DAMN BEER BOTTLE OVER HIS…sorry, I got a little carried away there. Maybe I
don’t get quite that angry.
The bar looked like a typical local bar. The walls were decorated with neon beers
signs, a few beer mirrors and a deer head. The bar itself was a decent size and
formed a large L shape. There was a pool table in the back and surprisingly a digital
jukebox on the wall. Behind the bar on the wall were at least $500 in $1’s all taped
up with quirky messages on them. There were even a few $5’s and I think I saw a
$3, but I got a little suspicious at that one.
The bartender Melany came over and in a beautiful voice asked what I wanted to
drink. Actually she sounded more like she had a trache in her throat. I am just going
to assume she was sick or lost her voice or something. She was very nice though
and I talked to her for a little while and told her what I was doing. It was about 1:
00AM and the bar had a medium to low crowd density. She told me that on
Wednesdays and Fridays, the bar is open until 6 AM. At about 3 the bar was going
to fill up as the other bars in the area closed. As much as I wanted to witness this, I
didn’t want to sit here for another 2 hours, so I promised that I would be back
someday.
Good Point about the bar:
They are open until 6 on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Bad Point about the bar:
The red lights.
White trash factor (1-10): 10
Ratio of girls to guys: 1/1 - There were actually a lot of women here. The bar wasn’t
really all that crowded though, so this could have thrown off the numbers a bit.
Crowd density: Medium/Low
Age of the crowd: twenties to forties
Overall rating: 5 – Although this bar would make a decent local watering hole, it was
pretty crappy. I gave it a higher rating than it deserved only because they are open
until 6 two days a week and apparently it gets crazy busy and cool. For all I know
this bar could be totally kick ass at 3 when it fills up, but I left early and had to rely on
the bartenders word. Maybe if I come back late night some time, I’ll reconsider the
rating.
Here's a pic I took inside. It really doesn't do the bar justice.
