Drinks at a desert dive

After a long flight, we wanted to work in some sightseeing during our layover. The suns’ heat was so intense that we ended up just ducking into the first place we found that was open. It turned out to be this dimly lit, somewhat sketchy bar. It was packed full of pilots and travelers, drinking or smoking hookah pipes. They even had live music, which seemed odd at midday.

It was gritty, but actually not too bad for a dive bar in the middle of the desert. The drink menu included local favorites like the Desert Bloom and the Meltdown. I ordered a vegan Juri Juice, which came in a cool collectible jar. Phillip stuck with Blue Milk. I later found out some pretty intense fights had broken out there in the past. But that was a long time ago, and we didn’t have any problems.

One Yelp review called the cantina “a wretched hive of scum and villainy,” which just goes to show, you shouldn’t believe everything you read.

PS For more out-of-this world cocktail ideas, check out this post on Getting Hammered in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.

Disclosure: We did not receive any compensation from the Mos Eisley Cantina for this review. In fact, I can’t even confirm that we ever left our home planet. While April 1st is the only day you’ll hear about our layover on Tatooine, we are actually
headed to Star Wars Celebration in a couple weeks, and we’ll be sure to tell you all about that.