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Lexington’s nightlife is about to get a whole new attitude, as a new concept bar will begrudgingly open its doors at the old Short Street Parlay Social location. Rebranded as Parlay Anti-Social, owners promise our city will finally have an exciting new bar for people who hate people but love bars.

Parlay Anti-Social looks to become Lexington’s first nightlife destination that owners hope customers will love to ignore.

Ownership announced the concept via text message after I had called them all afternoon and were happy to announce that they may or may not have live music. “I’m not sure yet if we’ll have bands play; if we do, we don’t want anyone to play that may bring in a crowd. We don’t want a line out the door or anything, what we really want is for people to walk by and wonder if we’re open yet.”

“We could put on a movie or something I guess,” said another person we interviewed who we’re pretty sure was either the general manager or just a customer, but we weren’t sure because that’s all they said.

Parlay Anti-Social promises to provide a community to those not interested in one, and ultimately do something that no one else has done here or anywhere else. Which is provide an opportunity for introverts to finally get exposed to the coronavirus.

“It’s basically an IRL subreddit” said another guy whose name we didn’t get because he mumbled it and wouldn’t make eye contact. “I’m cool with coming here as long as it doesn’t turn into 4 chan, or Applebee’s”