Darting Around: Recent Comments

Comment on Brits Restaurant and Pub

Darts America — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:48:17 GMT

Thanks for an informative post. The times I have been to Brits I've found it truly hospitable, although as you say the darts can be a bit difficult - but at least they still have them.

Increasingly I find myself in darts bars/pubs that have just removed their boards, moved them to a less accessible area or replaced them with soft tip. If you find any others in this area (or any other area) an e-mail is always appreciated.

Regards.

Comment on Brits Restaurant and Pub

that dart guy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:28:52 GMT

Brits is my local haunt, and I've played more dart there than probably anywhere. It's often tough to get the board though as one of the tables is pretty much under the board, and nobody likes to have darts thrown over their head ;-)

Food is good, beer is good, place has a good regular clientelle that's generally pretty friendly. Heck, I've kept going back for almost 4 years now.

Lucky Baldwin's took out their boards a few years back, the John Bull is long since gone, along with it's boards, and I'm not sure what the status is over at McMurphy's or Old Town Pub these days. Even Molly Malones over on Fairfax got rid of their board after "an incident" a year or so ago! Our bristleboards are a vanishing breed!

I'm glad to find sites that are trying to keep track of where we can keep throwing our sharp pointy objects while drinking beer ;-)

Comment on Southern California Darts Association

Darts America — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:06:17 GMT

Thanks, Mattito for your very helpful comments. I will try to make it to SM and will certainly join your MySpace group.

Comment on Southern California Darts Association

Matt — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:03:01 GMT

We play every Thursday at 7PM at Ye Olde King's Head in Santa Monica with a very mixed crowd: old, young, women, A-C level. Typically team cricket with the occasional $5 buy-in tournament. A few of the guys shoot in the Monday night SCDA league but they'll play with lesser skilled players and readily give sound advice.
The problem with SCDA is there aren't really any teams/leagues around the Hollywood area - mostly valley and westside. I started a group called LARD (LA Regional Darters) for this very reason: http://groups.myspace.com/larddarts. Feel free to join and I'll be happy to keep you posted.

Mattito

Comment on Darts Tournament

Darts America — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:08:43 GMT

I apologize for not having gotten back to you sooner. I believe The Fox and Hounds on Ventura is a pretty friendly place for younger darts players as would be The Cat & Fiddle on Sunset (particularly if you go doing afternoon hours). Both have bars but they also have restaurants. The Buchanan Arms in Burbank often has families with young ones so I'm sure that would be another good place. Still, looking to get a tournament going but don't see that happening until fall. Check back or stay in touch for further details on that.

Comment on Darts Tournament

Youngin — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:34:41 GMT

Went to highschool in Canada and competed in youth darts with the local Canadian Legion. Why is it so hard to find steel-tip clubs in LA? Am I just not looking in the right places? Can't really do bars because of age but I really miss league play and wish there was a place for youth darts closer than Encino. I would definitely enter a local tournament or league in the downtown/Hollywood area.

Comment on Little Bar Lounge

Darts America — Sun, 13 May 2007 21:45:32 GMT

Your obviously well informed comments are really appreciated. Sometimes I'm so happy to see that there is a steel tip board that I just pass that along, knowing the conditions for actual play make the site much more useful. Thanks, again.

Comment on Darts Tournament

Darts America — Sun, 13 May 2007 21:43:32 GMT

Sorry it took awhile to respond to your comment. Thanks for the good words. On my way out of town for about two weeks but would love to follow up on tournament possibilities when I return.

Comment on Little Bar Lounge

Tito — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:15:06 GMT

I made it over to the Little Bar a couple of weeks ago for the cricket tournament, but wasn't too impressed with the board setup.

The boards aren't very good (SportsCraft?), are thick-wired and in poor lighting. Add concrete floors to that equation and you've got bent/broken shafts thanks to bounce-outs.

The bartender must use the door between the throw line and the bar on a semi-regular basis, interrupting your game every now and again. Granted, the bartender's a great guy, I don't want to accidentally shoot him in the cheek.

I recommended better boards (such as the DMI Bandit or Unicorn Radius) and rubber mats. Granted, this place has good people and is a great hangout, just know the board setup could be a lot better.

Comment on Darts Tournament

Tito — Thu, 10 May 2007 10:50:21 GMT

DA - I'm with you. I'd like to put together a weekly league/tournament in the Hollywood/Westside area. We usually shoot at the Cat & Fiddle Tuesdays and the King's Head in Santa Monica on Thursdays. Traveling to OC and Ventura seems a bit far, though.

Format is usually blind draw, best of 3 legs - 1 leg cricket, 1 leg 501, final leg/game decided by cork.

Would be happy to put something together with you and possibly the So Cal Darts Assn - http://www.socaldarts.com/.

BTW - great website and very informative. Thank you!

Tito