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The nearby universities of Trinity and Incarnate Word secure a steady stream of students in search of a good time and happy hour specials, and this place delivers. Indoors, a full bar and a big-screen TV provide the essentials, while patio seating and a mini-bar outdoors are equally enticing on any given breezy night. A range of top-notch live music on weekends is set up on a semi-open backroom stage so that the sounds (like the food at Beto's next door) drift out into the open air. A couple of cozy semi-private rooms with couches and dim lighting are strategically placed throughout the bar, making this the perfect set up for that getting-to-know-you stage. -- A. Onofre