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Dublin 2 ( & 01/478-0766 ), and the second-oldest pub in Dublin,
the Bleeding Horse, 24-25 Camden St., Dublin 2 ( & 01/475-
2705 ). For the over-30 late crowd, try Break for the Border, Lower
Stephen's Street, Dublin 2 ( & 01/478-0300 ), Bad Bob's Backstage
Bar, East Essex Street, Dublin 2 ( & 01/677-0945 ), Major Tom's,
South King Street, Dublin 2 ( & 01/478-3266 ), or Sinnotts, South
King Street, Dublin 2 ( & 01/478-4698 ).
2 The Club & Music Scene
Dublin's club and music scene is confoundingly complex and
volatile. Jazz, blues, folk, country, traditional, rock, and comedy
move from venue to venue, night by night. The same club could be
a gay fetish scene one night and a techno-pop dance hall the next,
so you have to stay on your toes to find what you want. The first
rule is to get the very latest listings and see what's on and where (see
the introduction to this chapter for a couple of suggested resources).
Keeping all this in mind, a few low-risk generalizations might prove
helpful to give you a sense of what to expect.
One fact unlikely to change is that the after-hours scene in
Dublin is definitively young, averaging about 25. The hottest clubs
have a “strict” (read unfriendly) door policy of admitting only “reg-
ulars.” It helps if you're a celebrity or a supermodel—or just look
like one. But barring that, your chances of getting past the door
increase if you go in smallish groups and wear your hippest clothes
and your coolest attitude.
Most trendy clubs have DJs or live music, with the current genre
of choice being “rave.” Cover charges tend to fluctuate not only
from place to place, but from night to night and from person to per-
son (some people can't buy their way in, while others glide in gratis).
Cover charges range from nominal to
15 ($18).
HIPPER THAN THOU
Wear your designer duds and a big attitude to these cutting-edge
clubs, where Europe's best DJs are the prime entertainers:
Lillie's Bordello Open more than a decade and still the hippest of
them all, Lillie's breaks the rule that you've got to be new to be hot.
Paintings of nudes hanging on whorehouse-red walls is the look that's
made Lillie's a surprisingly unraunchy icon of kitsch. There's a well-
deserved reputation for posers and boy-band celebrities, and the door
policy can best be described as callous, except on Sundays. If you
don't feel like dancing, head for “The Library,” whose floor-to-ceiling
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