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Sam Bonds Garage adds flavor to nightlife
BY AMY UCHTY
PULSE REPORTER
For nine years, Sam Bond's Garage
has added spice to Eugene's nightlife.
With live bands playing everything
from European gypsy music to Irish
rock to traditional music from the
Andes almost every night of the week,
Sam Bond's is the place to see
eclectic entertainment in a chill,
friendly environment.
Sam Bond's Garage is a rather small
neighborhood bar on Fourth Avenue
and Blair Boulevard that cradles the
smiling faces of people visiting with old
friends, those making new ones and
others dancing to the music. On the
night I went the music was provided by
Shandi and the Re-clines, a tribute
band to country music singer Patsy
Cline. Shandi and the Re-clines were
simply superb, I must add. I even
caught my country-music-despising
boyfriend tapping his feet and cheering
loudly with the crowd. Their perfect
rendition of "Crazy" garnered whistles
and applause, and their "Shake, Rattle
and Roll" got people to dance between
the packed tables thatfill the small
barn-type bar.
Cut-out stars and open umbrellas
hung from the ceiling, along with a
disco ball that created the right at
mosphere for boogying. Groups of
friends sat and played cards, stop
ping only to take drinks and applaud
Shandi and the Re-clines, while
other groups chitchatted or simply
appreciated the music.
Nicole Barker | Photographer
Sam
Bond's
Garage is
a garage
converted
into an
eccentric
bar that
serves up
organic
pizza by
the slice
and a wide
array of
concerts.
Prices at Sam Bond's Garage are
reasonable and the variety of beers,
wines, hard liquors and cocktails
are abundant. A normally practicing
teetotaler, I was pleasantly sur
prised at how tasty my Cosmopolitan
was, which was one of the bar
tender's personal, special concoc
tions. It cost me $6, and my
boyfriend's glass of Crown Royal
cost $5.25, which he insisted was a
good price. Pints go for around $3 to
$4 and both Guinness and Sierra
Nevada are on tap. Sam Bond's
prides itself on having a wide selec
tion of microbrewed pale ales, am
bers and seasonal beers, all of
which vary throughout the year.
Sam Bond's Garage also offers a
variety of appetizers and meals,
including salads, garlic bread,
hummus, chips and salsa, organic
soups and their specialty organic
and vegan pizzas. There's also
curry and jambalaya, and all prices
are reasonable.
The type of patrons were just as
varied as Sam Bond's offerings.
Alongside the student crowd were
parents escaping from home life and
regulars just coming around for a
drink on a Friday night
"There's a wide range of people
that come in," bartender Taurmini
Fentress said. "A lot of local people
from around the neighborhood come
in for happy hour and we have music
at night, so it depends on the band.
It really depends on the day. We see
people who just turned 21 to much
older to people who just sit at the bar
and chitchat with us."
Overall, going to Sam Bond's
Garage was a good experience. The
chill environment made everything
feel more relaxed and the friendly
faces all around helped make the
evening much more enjoyable.
"It's a great place, a great environ
ment around here," Fentress said.
"The people that work here and the
people that own it really care about
the community a lot and they work
hard to put out the products and cre
ate a comfortable environment."
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