Media Criticism - Lifestyle - Dosie's Pub & Grill

     Since Columbia County overturned a 71-year-old prohibition on alcohol in 2014, several businesses sprung up to capitalize on the newly liberated alcohol, including two liquor stores and two bars. The longest standing alcohol-selling business (not counting the American Legion, as it existed prior to the lifting of the prohibition) is Dosie's Pub and Grill. Part bar, restaurant, pool hall, dance hall and night club, Dosie's offers a warm and inviting atmosphere with great food and great music. Tucked into the corner slot of the Jackson Street strip right down from ________ Gym, Dosie's serves American Pub style foods, like made-to-order burgers, chicken wings, fried pickles, specialty fries, catfish baskets, good old fashioned steaks, and a few off-menu regular-inspired items like Frank-n-Hot Sauce, for only the hardiest of wing eaters. The bar serves classic import and domestic beers at $4 and $3.50 respectively, while a bucket of six will cost you $22 and $13 respectively, so catch them at Frank's Happy Hour, from 4-6 on Mondays. Among the usual beers and liquors found in a bar, Dosie's offers many in-house drinks inspired by patrons and staff, like the "J-Baby," "Blue Mo-Fo," and "Jolly Jack."

If you walk into Dosie's on a weekday, you will see your typical hometown bar. You can hear the clack of billiards over country music twanging from the stage speakers. TVs adorn the central column of the space, broadcasting sports news. The usual crowd of regulars sit in their usual seats at the bar, eating their finely tuned personal orders and watching "The Big Game" on the bar's monstrous main TV. The wall sports a massive mural of a lone woman standing atop a rock near an expansive sea, watching a ship sail into a sunset, part of Dosie's nautical theme, accompanied with ship's wheels on the server's podium and anchors on the walls. On Mondays, Dosie's often hosts a pool tournament, drawing competitors from bar regulars, college students, and locals.

On weekends, the main lights go down, the blacklights come up, and Dosie's becomes a hotspot for locals, hosting parties and events for live musicians, including DJs, hip-hop artists and rock bands. The bar's maximum capacity of 250 persons is often pushed to its limit during club nights, with steady door traffic all night. Most weekends, Dosie's hosts DJ Drewster, a local DJ that always draws a crowd. Other artists include TR1LL B1LL, CS Dubb and Lucid Lions. The night life at Dosie's is active, with a quarter of the space reserved as a dance floor directly in front of the stage. The party starts at 10 and always runs -including the kitchen- until the bar closes at 2 A.M.