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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- DJ, Live, Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Thu, Fri, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
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5 reviews for Funky Winker Beans
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Funky Winker Beans
4/28/2010
I go past everyday on my way to work.. looks like a rough crowd.. never went in. Last night though it was my housemates memorial there and so I took a friend and off we went.. Cheap drinks, friendly bartenders. No pretention. Good bar feel... I'm that kind of girl
Listed in: Drink it up
Funky Winker Beans
8/28/2009
Hahahahahahahaa. After reviewing the Cambie a story popped into my head and I just had to review Funky Winker Beans. When I say I love the Cambie people often tell me its sketchy and they don't feel safe there. That's when I tell them about Funky Winker Beans. A couple of my guy friends swear by the $2 pints here.....yyyeeeaaahhhhh....
At the behest of my date I went here with him and a friend of his (another small girl). Right in the middle of the bad part of East Hasting, next to Save on Meats, is this little gem.
We walk in, and the first thing we see is a poster of a missing woman taped to a structural pole. Awesome...
Next thing we see are several giant Plasma HD TVs showing CBC... Alright....
Once we sat down, I noticed that my coaster had that nice half wet and then dried look to it and I noticed half a phone number written on it. I applaud the good common sense that made the person not give the final 4 digits...
It was pretty apparent that our waitress was on the 3rd day or so of neglecting personal hygiene, and to be honest, I'm not sure why we had a waitress at all...
The bathrooms......I'm not a neat freak or a clean freak....but try to stay out of them. The woman's bathroom was missing at least one door. Why? Maybe someone really needed it.
It was a Thursday and it was karaoke night. I can only assume this one woman was a regular, she definitely seemed the part, and sang about every 3rd song. The beer is ridiculously cheap here so we ended up drinking quite a lot and ended up closing the bar with our own rendition of "Tearin' Up My Heart"...after the local bar stars rendition of "Kiss From A Rose" I thought she owed us one. I can assure you though, not one song sung was not ear grating, and that included ours.
All in all the crowd of strung out patrons and the general air of the place made me feel like I could get shanked at any moment, and I was warned not to sit in one of the corner tables because it would be assumed I was "buying."
After our little adventure here we walked, very briskly, to the Cambie, where I have never felt more safe.
Funky Winker Beans
10/6/2009
The Funky Winkerbeans is one of the cleaner dives on East Hastings. Their beer tastes and costs cheap and the tables smell of bleach, But the bar staff will remember you if you actually tip for your pint! Like most true dives, the regulars can be found in here day in and day out, especially during the afternoon of the month's fourth Wednesday. Your wallet wont be exercised drinking here.
The interior decorations are interesting, with the retro wallpaper and flapper girl designs adorning the walls. The booths are pretty comfortable and if you come here with a large crowd the tables are adjustable. I wouldnt sit on any surface in the washroom, although the graffiti is hilarious. There's a pool table near the dance floor that's rarely used, and a jukebox that plays incredibly quietly.
The bar used to host live bands, although I havent heard of them hosting any shows recently. A friend of mine got us a show on a Sunday night, and the bar staff was completely unprepared. One of my friends, a 120 lb lady, was grabbed and thrown out by the bar staff for dancing too raucously! They had no waivers for underage performers, meaning that one of the opening acts couldn't perform that night as well. They seem to have adjusted themselves well though, because their Friday night dance parties have exploded with popularity...
I dont know what to say about the dance party they host every Friday, except that it seems to bring back the hipster clientelle they were once partial to with their hilarious free-beer giveaway kareoke nights. A lot of fixed gear bikes locked up to the scaffolding, perfect for the daring crackhead skilled at picking a lock and looking for someone to sell a bike to. The 2am last call is pretty great if you dont want to hang out at Pub 340 or the Met.
Listed in: Dance to this music, Dive drinks
Funky Winker Beans
4/21/2010
This is getting to be one of my favourite bars in Vancouver. I'm not even going to tell you why because I want to keep it the way it is. So just forget you ever saw this.
Funky Winker Beans
6/17/2009
SHADY... I've been living in Oaktown for a year and a half now and this place is pretty f'ing shady. I had good time, but I'm certain that this place only goes OK when there's a gig there.
My cousin and his posse had a shindig here (No More Strangers) and I think that livened the place up a lot, otherwise I can imagine the barflies, junkies and weirdos kicking it here. The neighborhood isn't great at night, so watch your ass if you're headed around the way.
When a buddy and me ordered a pitcher a cute chick attending the same event immediately says "whatever you do, don't order beer from the tap... the taps here are dirty and gives people upset stomachs" she says this as she walks away with a pitcher full of tap beer (also, this was not the first time nor the only place I've heard that line said to me in Canada; I guess there are a lot of dirty taps up in 'er). Seeing as we're two homeboys from the Oaktown, we get a couple of pitchers anyway... It was fine..., what wasn't fine was an old homeless lady was all over my buddy when we were drinking beer before the band played! It was pretty funny however!
Over all the place is pretty sh@t, but if there's a gig there it's worth it.
Who said Canada was all clean?
