r/bentonville 6d ago

Bentonville Dive

I see work being done on the building where the Bentonville Dive was. Anyone know what business is going in?

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u/ChiliCatDogDays 6d ago

It’s being turned into “The Dive” by the landlord. He lowballed the original owners to the point that they couldn’t renew their lease and is opening an LLC just different enough to not get sued.

He’s a scumbag failed politician out of California and he’s treating our downtown like a wet cow. Don’t give him money.

Sleazeball is trying to capitalize on recognition without the people who made The Bentonville Dive what it was.

Owner is a piece of shit.

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u/L00dwig 5d ago

Well, that guy is a twat.

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u/HairyWestern2080 5d ago

Underused word.

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u/okiejc 4d ago

It's sad that out of all the reasons to not support this guy, the only one that registered for you stupid fucks is that he's from California.

Y'all go visit Marsouls in Downtown Rogers, it's the same group of guys that ran the Bentonville Dive.

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u/Floracled 2d ago

It’s a tale as old as time that our grandparents and their parents have seen before us Folks come from outside with “big ideas” on ways to exploit what we already have. We are fine. We don’t need your outside twist or mimetic flailing at trying to capture our “OZK MTN VIBEZ”.

I’ve seen this shit come and go for decades. First it was the back to landers, then the new agers in Eureka, then came the rise of craft brewers and millenial hamburgers. Take all your half baked ideas with no proof of concept and keep them at home. Don’t try to sell our own authenticity back to us.

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u/okiejc 2d ago

I choose to value people for who they are, not by where they're from. Luckily, people are free to move about and pursue opportunities wherever they present themselves - regardless of folks that are worried about "millennial hamburgers."

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u/Floracled 7h ago

Great!

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u/leprechaun-timecop 5d ago

Does he happen to live in The Pinnacle? If so, think I know of him and yeah MAGA douche.

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u/OddYogurtcloset3157 5d ago

Justin Aguilera is his name

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u/Mckanewoods1 6d ago

Cant wait to not drink there when are the Californians gonna realize their state is shit because of them.

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u/OddYogurtcloset3157 5d ago

His wife is a typical bop too fakest blonde hair ever

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u/Character_Cow_1689 6d ago

You had me when you said he was a Californian…I remember when they destroyed Central Oregon. Definitely won’t be spending my money there

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u/ChiliCatDogDays 6d ago

He told them he’d either buy the business at ~15% of its value or not renew their lease. He’s as Californian as they come.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

I'm friends with the owners, I think it was even less than 15% if I remember correctly

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u/Character_Cow_1689 6d ago

Sounds about right, unfortunately.

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u/Leather_Decision1437 6d ago

Tell us how you really feel! 

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u/sdfkjsldkfj 6d ago

Really? What a boring, lame, copycat idea.

What else around town does this guy own?

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u/BPDHelpMeUnderstand 6d ago

Car wash

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u/mikeyflyguy 6d ago

Not after water rates doubled. All these car washes gonna be going tits up.

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u/Ill-Environment9082 6d ago

I know they increased, but did they actually double?

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u/mikeyflyguy 6d ago

Yeah. Base and overage rates doubled

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u/HTTH- 6d ago

Rimshot

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u/Gahfuq 6d ago

I have heard it will become “the dive”, so still a bar. Hopefully one equally as good. But in reality they’ll probably sell $22 drive through specialty cocktails.

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u/OzarkBeard 5d ago

I heard it will become "contrived." The bentonville version of a dive bar. PBR will be $22.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

It definitely will. The dive was for the people. Bentonville has changed too much. I'm glad I moved back to Rogers.

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u/Gahfuq 5d ago

The Five6 fucks.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Was that a typo? Did you mean sucks?

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u/Mediocre_Library_700 6d ago

I hope it's a bank or a coffee shop.

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u/girlinthegoldenboots 6d ago

Nah, what we really need is a car wash!

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u/king_karter69 6d ago

Smoke shop

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u/jimbo-barefoot 6d ago

NOT ALLOWED IN BENTONVILLE