Bad Alice general manager Chris Claboltz feels his bar in downtown Geneva has become the friendly, neighborhood establishment he and his partners envisioned after opening earlier this year. Courtesy of Dave Heun

Chris Claboltz isn’t sure he likes what some people say about the new bar he manages in downtown Geneva. But he understands those impressions, which haven’t deterred people from liking the place.

“Some people describe it as an ‘upscale dive bar,’” said Claboltz, the general manager of Bad Alice, at 204 W. State St. “But I think of it as a friendly bar.”

In that regard, Claboltz, has been overseeing a business the past six months that is exactly what the team of restaurateurs Marshall McCarty, Devin Beerman and Laura Beerman had in mind when opening Bad Alice and asking Claboltz

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