I don't remember dive bars struggling this hard to adopt the affect of a dive bar. If you want to drink in one, and you find yourself in Helena, you can come here and pretend along with everybody else. Kid-friendliness: This is a good place to find people who are on probation for committing crimes against children, so I would definitely avoid bringing mine here. With that said, your values may not mirror mine, so why not give the kids a night to remember? Seriously, though, it's a bar. Don't bring your kids.