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I think it’s safe to say that any dining establishment who ends their name with “and Lounge” should be investigated as a dive bar candidate.  A’s Place Restaurant and Lounge in Milton was just begging us to stop in, with a name like that.  And yes, I was in Milton â€" obviously one of Dive Bar America’s best-kept secret cities.

Immediately upon entrance there were two words that those tiny voices in my head suddenly screamed: “Helloooo Vegas!!”  The restaurant’s congenial hostess looked like she just stepped out from behind a casino slot machine.  Painted on eyebrows, long glitzy fingernails, spectacles that would make Liberace jealous, and a huge white bouffant hairstyle that I’m sure housed many sparrows in its day.

Check out what I discovered here.