rant · moment 10 of 18
Lisa's Lounge TripAdvisor and Yelp Reviews
from #176 - The Florida Project | The Tim Dillon Show · #176
8 min
Tim reads bemused TripAdvisor and Yelp reviews of his old Long Island dive bar Lisa's Lounge, including stories about a double homicide nearby and a nervous bartender, contrasting outsiders' confusion with his own fond memories.
- Tim describes TripAdvisor reviews of Lisa's Lounge as absurd—the idea that people would rate a corner bar on Long Island where lives were thrown away.
- One TripAdvisor review describes a band performance that never happened, with equipment failures, an empty Saturday night, and two people shot outside.
- Another reviewer complains the dive bar is dirty and never returns, missing entirely that it's a neighborhood corner bar, not a destination.
- Tim spent Christmas Eve at Lisa's Lounge with a friend and had more fun than being at his father's Masonic Lodge.
- Yelp reviews describe Lisa's Lounge as a hidden gem with a pool table, free beers for veterans, and a nice staff.
- Tim recounts the story of Marge, an elderly regular who bought rounds for everyone, got drunk, and defecated herself at the bar.
- When bar patrons laughed at Marge after the incident, she screamed at them that she'd bought them drinks and threatened to have her husband beat them up.
- Tim defends Marge's use of profanity while being carried out, arguing there was no more appropriate word for an angry woman in that particular situation.
- When Tim told his father he was hanging out at Lisa's Lounge, his dad responded that dive bars had played a role in every Dylan's life, including his uncles and grandfather.
- Tim explains Lisa's Lounge couldn't be enjoyed ironically because genuine human horrors were always on display—people with severe mental illness and disability.
- A newer bartender was present when a regular named Jen came in, setting up a story that doesn't conclude in the segment.