Any accountant playing rebel can park his soft-tail in front of a bar. But you know the Tool Shed Cocktail Lounge is the real deal when you look over the corkboard covered in faded photographs of fallen brothers. Even without tributes to dead bikers, the Tool Shed is everything a biker bar should be: It serves drinks with little bullshit and saves smiles for when they're earned; the stink of cigarettes still lingers two years after the smoking ban went through; and you're not always sure you should be sitting so close to the guy at the next stool. But respect the vets, and they'll respect you. And, please, don't plan on having two drinks and leaving. Bring some friends, order some whiskey and settle in. This joint — and this is one of the few bars that should be called a joint — stays open until 3 a.m., and the real fun doesn't start until well after midnight.
