Taking a Dive

Spike TV's Bar Rescue (for the uninitiated, it's Kitchen Nightmares for the cocktail set) has apparently been plaguing nearly every remaining dive in this increasingly fancy-bar town with calls to get a makeover. Doc's Clock, Bender's, Lucky 13, The Uptown, Shotwell's, Mission Hill Saloon, Emperor Norton's Boozeland, Molotov's, and Whiskey Thieves were all courted. Shotwell's owner, for one, was a bit taken aback: "Just the thought that we were singled out for a Bar Rescue made me second-guess myself." [Uptown Almanac]