Typical beer sign neon can be found throughout Dan Electro’s, the best piece the signature angler fish light that hangs in the front window. Fresh booths can be found surrounding much of the indoor space, the ceiling an open structure that again aids to the airy, open nature of the interior space. String lights hang from supporting beams in the ceiling, tables dotting the expansive stage-adjacent space with plenty of room reserved for a standing-room dancefloor.
Besides live music, the secondary Dan Electro’s calling card is the patio that runs off of the building, an area that was once a mix of wilderness and paved seating that has, you guessed it, be revamped in a much more modern style. Ambient lighting throughout this back area creates a pretty upscale environment, a new paved area extending off of the main building before giving way to a more casual dirt-and-picnic-table area toward the rear of the patio. The visual element of tilted wood panels is repeated here in the fence that rings much of the space.
Dan Electro’s at this point, across multiple ownership groups and a handful of decades no longer qualifies as a dive bar, though some hints at a more rustic past can be found throughout the property. But compelling live music venues are always welcome additions, particularly in tandem with open, relaxed patio drinking possibilities, a niche served well by this new incarnation of Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar.
