Pharmacy Bar Replacement The High Dive is Embracing Haters on Twitter

News broke yesterday that Pharmacy Bar will remain a dive bar under new ownership, reopening in March. Some people were skeptical of plans for The High Dive, particularly the fact that the bar plans to serve cocktails despite its professed divey status.

The bar, owned by Tristan Magee and Andrew Stuart, seems to be taking any criticism in stride, retweeting all critical Tweets and offering tongue-in-cheek responses. Below, a sample of some of the Tweets @highdivedc has retweeted, sent and responded to over the past day and a half.

@ronmknoxDC @TomGrahsler @Eater_DC It'd be better if they called the new spot "False Dive."

— Alan Zilberman (@alanzilberman) February 16, 2015

@deeparch welp. Sounds...uh..blaaaah

— B (@distributedcog) February 16, 2015

By "early 90's vibe" I just meant that we ended up with 4 Guns N Roses albums on our juke box and a SF2 cabinet #HighDiveDC

— The High Dive DC (@highdivedc) February 17, 2015

@barredindc @HolleyUnedited Is it too late for a name change?

— The High Dive DC (@highdivedc) February 17, 2015

@pharmacy_bar It's ok. Let it all out people. Then, in a month, come cleanse your hatred with cheap drinks at #HighDiveDC

— The High Dive DC (@highdivedc) February 17, 2015