Bored & Thirsty: HMS Bounty
The Gaylord Apartments were built in the 1920’s; I am not sure when the HMS Bounty was installed on its first floor, but I can guarantee it hasn’t changed since the day it opened. The food here is pretty mediocre: steaks and seafood only your grandmother would enjoy, but the drinking is superb.
As you may have gathered from the name, HMS Bounty has a nautical/British pub theme, everywhere you turn is wood paneling or a picture of a ship. Each red booth has a little plaque naming the old icons who preferred sitting there, Jack Webb and William Randolph Hearst amoung them. If you need to use the restroom you must leave the restaurant, walk through the lobby of the Gaylord, down a hallway and some stairs, this place is definitely an experience.
At the bar regulars and hipster invaders drink stiff drinks in harmony. It is relatively bright inside, never loud, and the mood is some how fun filled (might have to do with the heavy pour of the Seagrams). 
The HMS Bounty is one of those great old places that hasn’t changed a lick, but doesn’t seek to turn away the new comer. This notion is made clear on their website where they admit, “the restaurant has become know to Gen X’ers as a great hang.” If that statement doesn’t tell you what to expect I can’t help you.
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WHAT: Drink lik an old man
WHEN: Daily till 2am
WHERE: HMS Bounty
$$: Well drinks about $5
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January 14th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
The HMS Bounty was originally called “The Gay Room” (wonder why they changed it).
Also notable, the Bounty was Winston Churchill’s favorite pub while a guest at the Ambassador Hotel across the street. The Bounty still serves the “Churchill Beef Dip”.
-Joe
Resident of the Gaylord Apartments
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