Best Bar For A First (And Last) Date
STAFF PICK: If, for some reason, you wish to make a horrendous impression on your first date (and thereby ensure the person will never wish to speak to you again), there is no better locale than the Buffet Bar, 538 E. Ninth St. Everything in the Buffet, which bills itself as "Tucson's oldest bar," is covered with a flyspecked patina of grease, dirt and cigarette smoke, including most of the loyal regulars, who look like something borne out of a Ralph Steadman fever-dream. Having achieved the same sort of stoic, elbow-bending inertia often seen at Las Vegas slot machines, the regulars mix uneasily with the Buffet's other chief patrons: UA students wishing to sample a taste of the "dangerous" life. Innumerable stories abound regarding the Buffet; our favorite involves a woman who, while speaking with a friend at the bar, suddenly leaned over, vomited on the floor, and resumed her conversation without missing a beat.
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