LJ's-- an old traditional watering hole.

LJ's, on Meridian Street south of Sumner (I think) is what you see in your mind when you think of "old fashioned dive bar."  It's kind of dark inside, has a big mirror behind the bar, and has a small dance floor and bandstand for use on the weekends.  Larry Johnson, the namesake owner, sadly passed away recently, but last I heard his wife and a couple regulars who became investors are now running the place. Larry renovated what used to be Lucky's, or Fonza's, or Doc Gainey's, or one of those names, some years ago when he bought it-- put in a number of new fixtures, new restrooms, and a deck/beer garden out back.  The restroom renovation was a little too ambitious:  they put two urinals and a stall in a space smaller than my bathroom at home-- being a 6-footer, when I sit down and close the stall door my knees touch it, and once a drunk at the urinal rocked backward and stepped on my foot!  Otherwise the place is pretty comfortable, with decent beer and drink prices, cheap if not memorable pub grub, and fairly friendly service.  The crowd varies from blue-collar types to some upper middle-class golfer types.  All in all I like the place, but it just doesn't inspire me like some others....