About Us
A row of motorcycles always sits outside the neon illuminated front entrance accompanied by the stench of whiskey, leather, and cigarettes with enough commotion to rival a prison riot. And this is just a regular Tuesday night at the Devil's Trough.
The Devil's Trough opened on the outskirts of Basin City, California in 2018 after enjoying years of success in Nevada. Known for its rowdy customer base and tough as nails, but twice as pretty, bartenders, the Trough is a place with open doors to vagabonds and rough riders alike. The tenders often double as dancers, entertaining patrons with Olympic level acrobatics on the many poles that line the back half of the club.
This bar isn't for the faint of heart, the customer is not king here and customer service doesn't always come at a premium. For those not sporting the tomahawk and skull, you're expected to mind your ps and qs, but show a little respect and you'll be in for one hell of a good time.
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................................ Location 2200 Perdida Road Basin City, CA 95436 |
........................... Contact Us Phone: 707 482-1212 Email: summoncirc@devilstrough,com |
........................... Business Hours Sun - Thur 1pm - 2am Fri - Sat 1pm - 4 am |
The Team
Management
The Girls
Other
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NOW HIRING - Available Positions
Bartender 2/5
Dancer - 1/∞
Barback - 0/2
Bouncer - 1/4 - WWMC Only-
Contact Ephram to apply
Management
 Lylla Graseson Owner / Bartender |
 Ephram Holt Management / Security |
The Girls
 Nadine Harrison Bartender/Dancer |
Other
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NOW HIRING - Available Positions
Bartender 2/5
Job Description
Bartenders are expected to serve drinks, interact with customers and work the room. The Trough can be a rough place to work, bartenders are expected to be able to hold their own in most situations though bouncers are always on hand to assist where needed. If things get really rough, there is always the trusty shotgun behind the bar. Late hours, flexible schedule. Pay starts at $10.75 supplemented with tips.
Responsibilities
•Interact with customers, take orders and serve drinks
•Assess needs and preferences and make recommendations
•Mix ingredients to prepare cocktails
•Check customers’ identification and confirm it meets legal drinking age
•Restock and replenish bar inventory and supplies
•Assess needs and preferences and make recommendations
•Mix ingredients to prepare cocktails
•Check customers’ identification and confirm it meets legal drinking age
•Restock and replenish bar inventory and supplies
Dancer - 1/∞
Job Description
This position requires a great deal of physical strength and a positive attitude. Will be expected to dance provocatively for an audience and remove clothing to obtain tips as payment, and this type of job requires dancing abilities and the ability to work with a pole. Needs to be able to take care of themselves in a rough setting like the trough. Pay starts at $13 an hour though tips can make this a more lucrative position depending on the skill level of the dancer. -Females only-
Responsibilities
•Perform on stage or in private settings.
•Build and maintain audience excitement and enthusiasm.
•Build and maintain audience excitement and enthusiasm.
Barback - 0/2
Job Description
Barbacks are responsible for backing up bartenders. They are responsible for the operations of the bar including stocking the bar, cleaning the bar and opening or closing procedures. Pay starts at $11 hourly and tips are not typically given.
Responsibilities
•Keep the bar fully stocked at all times, prepare garnishes, refill ice well, replenish counter items.
•Keep the bar clean by emptying dispensers, changing out kegs, maintaining clean rags, cleaning counters, tables and other furniture. Clean the glasses and collect patron glasses. Clean spills and broken glassware. Take out the trash. Maintain minor repairs. Mop the floors.
•Opening and closing duties. Restock for next shift, handle deliveries, inventory, set and tear down.
•Help the bartender with anything that he or she needs.
•Relay key info to security - line is forming outside, someone drinking out of an outside bottle, someone underage.
•Keep the bar clean by emptying dispensers, changing out kegs, maintaining clean rags, cleaning counters, tables and other furniture. Clean the glasses and collect patron glasses. Clean spills and broken glassware. Take out the trash. Maintain minor repairs. Mop the floors.
•Opening and closing duties. Restock for next shift, handle deliveries, inventory, set and tear down.
•Help the bartender with anything that he or she needs.
•Relay key info to security - line is forming outside, someone drinking out of an outside bottle, someone underage.
Bouncer - 1/4 - WWMC Only-
Job Description
Bouncers are tasked with maintaining the safety of all individuals within the Trough, mostly those who work there. They monitor who enters and who leaves, watching the crowd for altercations, quickly quelling disputes, controlling who enters the premises, and monitoring all areas where cash is held or changes hands. Pay starts at $13 an hour.
Responsibilities
•Control the crowd, remove patrons who get too rowdy, settles disputes.
•Checks identification when needed, challenged with spotting fake ids.
•Ensuring no weapons get through the door.
•Checks identification when needed, challenged with spotting fake ids.
•Ensuring no weapons get through the door.
Contact Ephram to apply
Events
Down & Dirty Nights - October 19th
An annual party sponsored by the Warriors, formerly organized by the Queens. It includes mud wrestling and a wet t-shirt contest. All proceeds go to the Alzheimer's Foundation.
Amateur Night - First Friday Every Month
We give our girls a rest between the hours of 6 - 10 and open the stage to Basin City's own lucky ladies. Rumor has it jobs are sometimes offered to the best of the best.
Down & Dirty Nights - October 19th
An annual party sponsored by the Warriors, formerly organized by the Queens. It includes mud wrestling and a wet t-shirt contest. All proceeds go to the Alzheimer's Foundation.
Amateur Night - First Friday Every Month
We give our girls a rest between the hours of 6 - 10 and open the stage to Basin City's own lucky ladies. Rumor has it jobs are sometimes offered to the best of the best.
Yelp Reviews
Francine Dubois
Flagstaff, AZ
★☆☆☆☆ | 06/17/2009
Charlene Grouseman
Calaveras, NV
★★★★★ | 09/17/2009
Kendell Rothstone
Portland, OR
★★☆☆☆ | 08/30/2010
Elroy Johnson
Jean, NV
★★★★★ | 10/2/2010
Francine Dubois
Flagstaff, AZ
★☆☆☆☆ | 06/17/2009
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If I could give this establishment 0 stars, I would. My husband and I stopped in here on the way from Flagstaff to Vegas. We should have just taken a flight but my husband had just watched Into the Wild and got inspired to take a road trip instead. Men…Anyway, I had been telling him for at least an hour that I was starving, so when Herb saw the place, he insisted on stopping. I really didn’t want to go in… Their sign had some obscene young woman with devil horns and I tried to tell my husband that it was probably run by a cult but his mind was made up.
Having the word ‘Trough’ in the name, we of course assumed that they offered some kind of food menu. Oh dear, were we wrong. From the moment we entered, we were made to feel like outsiders. I tried to convince Herb to leave but that man is as stubborn as a mule. The staff was so rude, they didn’t even offer me a glass of water even though it was scorching outside. There were half naked women everywhere and the bartender was PREGNANT, I mean really...do they have no shame? Everyone in there looked like a drug dealer and they were looking at us as though we were walking dollar signs, I have never been more terrified in my life.
After multiple attempts to drag my husband out of this bar, we took a seat and asked for a menu. And wouldn’t you know it? They don’t even serve any food! It was only then that I was able to convince Herb to leave, but of course we couldn’t make it out the door without some ruffian taking a swat at my backside! They were all laughing at us, Herb was too afraid to defend my honor so we hurried out as fast as we could. What kind of animals run this place?! The best advice I could give any half decent person who is considering visiting this establishment is DON’T. If you see their satanic sign on your way to Vegas, KEEP DRIVING. They should really just shut this place down and open a church in its place. I will be praying for their souls.
Having the word ‘Trough’ in the name, we of course assumed that they offered some kind of food menu. Oh dear, were we wrong. From the moment we entered, we were made to feel like outsiders. I tried to convince Herb to leave but that man is as stubborn as a mule. The staff was so rude, they didn’t even offer me a glass of water even though it was scorching outside. There were half naked women everywhere and the bartender was PREGNANT, I mean really...do they have no shame? Everyone in there looked like a drug dealer and they were looking at us as though we were walking dollar signs, I have never been more terrified in my life.
After multiple attempts to drag my husband out of this bar, we took a seat and asked for a menu. And wouldn’t you know it? They don’t even serve any food! It was only then that I was able to convince Herb to leave, but of course we couldn’t make it out the door without some ruffian taking a swat at my backside! They were all laughing at us, Herb was too afraid to defend my honor so we hurried out as fast as we could. What kind of animals run this place?! The best advice I could give any half decent person who is considering visiting this establishment is DON’T. If you see their satanic sign on your way to Vegas, KEEP DRIVING. They should really just shut this place down and open a church in its place. I will be praying for their souls.
Charlene Grouseman
Calaveras, NV
★★★★★ | 09/17/2009
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The best feed in town, always at a reliable price. Sweetest little family that runs it, from Guatemala I hear!
edit 04/17/12 - Oops lol, wrong link. I thought this was for The Pig Trough. Devil's Trough? Ha... stay the hell away from that place, nothing but delinquents and drunks there.
edit 04/17/12 - Oops lol, wrong link. I thought this was for The Pig Trough. Devil's Trough? Ha... stay the hell away from that place, nothing but delinquents and drunks there.
Kendell Rothstone
Portland, OR
★★☆☆☆ | 08/30/2010
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Ugh, what a dump. My friends and I were taking a road trip from Portland to Mexico and we decided to check out all the hole in the wall bars on the way there as part of an Instagram project I’m spearheading to support small businesses and to kickstart my freelance photography career. (#divebarsusa #hustleordie #KRothstonePhotog) So we stopped into this place because, honestly, it looked like a shit show…And shit shows are definitely click bate. I mean, it has that rustic aesthetic I like but it probably would have been better for traffic on my Insta Stories if there were more cafe racers and less choppers lined up outside. (#knowyouraudience #itsnotthe70sanymore)
So Tate, Asher, and I went inside and found a few stools in the corner. Literally everyone in there looked like a walking Budweiser ad…And no wonder, they literally had NO microbrews on tap. Who can even keep their doors open without offering a half way decent microbrew these days? And that’s not even the worst of it. Tate ordered a Moscow Mule and the bartender literally told him to fuck off. Alright, we get it, you’re a big bad biker bar, you don’t need to oversell it, man. So we settled for tall cans of Pabst because thank god SOMEONE in that dump had decent taste in beer. I swear, if I had to drink a Coors or some cheap corporate trash like that I probably would have just walked out.
There were a few SOA wannabes sitting in the corner looking at us like we were aliens and we just ignored them. But I overheard them talking and Yelp probably have to call the PC police if I repeated what they had to say. Long story short, the beers were cheap, the music was awful, it smelled like my girlfriend’s dreads after a week of camping in Lake Trillium…We didn’t stay long because I’m pretty sure one of those ancient biker fucks were gonna strangle us with the American Flag because we didn’t vote for McCain. There are way better retro dive dumps in Vegas, save yourself some time and go elsewhere.
So Tate, Asher, and I went inside and found a few stools in the corner. Literally everyone in there looked like a walking Budweiser ad…And no wonder, they literally had NO microbrews on tap. Who can even keep their doors open without offering a half way decent microbrew these days? And that’s not even the worst of it. Tate ordered a Moscow Mule and the bartender literally told him to fuck off. Alright, we get it, you’re a big bad biker bar, you don’t need to oversell it, man. So we settled for tall cans of Pabst because thank god SOMEONE in that dump had decent taste in beer. I swear, if I had to drink a Coors or some cheap corporate trash like that I probably would have just walked out.
There were a few SOA wannabes sitting in the corner looking at us like we were aliens and we just ignored them. But I overheard them talking and Yelp probably have to call the PC police if I repeated what they had to say. Long story short, the beers were cheap, the music was awful, it smelled like my girlfriend’s dreads after a week of camping in Lake Trillium…We didn’t stay long because I’m pretty sure one of those ancient biker fucks were gonna strangle us with the American Flag because we didn’t vote for McCain. There are way better retro dive dumps in Vegas, save yourself some time and go elsewhere.
Elroy Johnson
Jean, NV
★★★★★ | 10/2/2010
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Ignore the hippy’s review above. Best bar in town if you aren’t a soft handed sissy. Cheap booze, good music, bartender’s got nice tits.
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