text: When you think of a bar this is it It is oldschool classy intimate clean and stocked The friendly bartender and servers talk with friendly regulars who talk with anyone welldressed people unwind after work old friends catch up couples canoodle nnA client staying in McCormick Ranch told me about Downside Risk and I put it on my list to check out eventually I figured it would be a good meetinthemiddle spot when I was meeting a friend coming from Old Town so we checked it out nnAt ish on a weeknight the bar stools were mostly taken a few tables had guests and there seemed to be some sort of event going on in their private room The large patio looks great with lots of casual seating and firepits The bathrooms were clean and cutely decorated with the money schemennIn our s my friend and I were by far the youngest people in the place but we did not mind and the regulars did not seem to either At about we were told the kitchen was closing and by most everyone had cleared out and the staff was cleaning up Not exactly their posted hours but with no customers I do not blame them nnIf I lived closer DR would be my MacLarensa reference that I am sure is lost on the majority of the clienteleCheers Regal Beagle