It is little surprise that the Little Red Hen returned first; it is a twanging anomaly in the neighborhood, a country bar in an indie city, a squat and aging building across the street from a new mixed-use compound that contains, among other things, a day spa, a Pure Barre studio, a PCC, and a farm-to-table restaurant. At the Hen, the special scrawled on a board is a pound of rib-eye for $19.99âwith either fries or salad. Previously its dance floor hosted boot-shod line dances nightly, the cityâs oldest honky tonk. Tonight the floor is dancerless, a vacant space given over to a few tablesâme at one, the ponytailed guy and the woman with him at another. Nearby a sheet of paper stuck to a post declares: âNo Dancing.â Around the room sit other customers, mostly lone men scattered about. A few groups in booths. A couple more guys in back, watching baseball on TV. The place smells less like a deep fryer than Iâd expect, more like cleaning products.
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