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A First Look at Little Dipper Bar: Unpretentious Charm and Laid-Back Atmosphere Abound

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If you're a drinker who isn't in the habit of knowing what you want at a bar, I suggest a good ol' can or bottle of beer. Little Dipper's short but sweet selection is made up of: • Lone Star • Real Ale Hans Pils • Founders All Day IPA • Blanche de Bruxelles Wheat • Racer 5 IPA • Buried Hatchet Stout • Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout (priced aggressively at $4) • St. Feullien Saison

Outside the realm of drinks, something else that was notably absent at Little Dipper was a speaker system. Rather than playing uniformly throughout the space, 1980s music drifted out of an evidently small device behind the bar. Little Dipper was lacking some ambience when I visited, and some good, fully audible music would have surely spruced things up a bit.

But perhaps bars that are "spruced-up" a bit aren't your style. If this is the case, then put on your space suit and float on over to Little Dipper.

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Carla Soriano