Continental Club   

The Continental Club's location tells you lots about its personality. Straddling the Montrose, downtown and Binz areas, it also offers an eclectic range of music to match. With alternative rock, blues and country-tinged acts rotating through the nightly bill, you get a different sound every time you walk through the door. The club is housed in a converted general store. Well, not too converted. The 1920s building still has metal ceilings and original fixtures. A back room offers a pool table and its own bar in case you want to get away from the music. Not that very many want to -- Los Skarnales, Flaco Jimenez, the El Orbits, Shelly King and Lil' Joe Washington have performed here. Happy hours feature a local band with no cover charge and drink specials. The main show most often has a regional or national act as a headliner with a local band or two opening. Sometimes there's a late show, usually with a different lineup. So it's possible to hear some bluegrass, Spanish rock, classic rockabilly and blues all in one night. -- Olivia Flores Alvarez