Finnegan's Daytona, formally known as the Chameleon is located on US-1 in South Daytona. Chameleon's was as close to the look and feel of the bar in Star Wars as you could get on earth. It was a strange mix of cowboys, down on their luck car salesmen, lesbians, sidewalk commandos, swingers, bikers and others that just don't fit in any other category.

As Finnegan's the crowd hasn't changed much. The age groups run from 20 to 80. The dress is from Dockers to stone wash jeans to biker look.

What we find disturbing is they not only do they allow colors, they promote it as if it was a good thing (a piece of white fence near US-1, sprayed with paint , "Welcome Bikers - colors welcome", ).  

 This is a people watching locals bar. The first Saturday of Bike Week, we decided to do it without the bike. We picked a table near the back bar so we could watch the crowd and ordered drinks. The drinks were disappointingly light, don't worry about having to much to drink. I switched to beer. There is a large selection of draft.

The action centers around the dance floor, and there is a DJ and a live band. On the dance floor and surrounding areas there is entertainment aplenty. From the guy dressed in disco clothing dancing by himself, strumming air guitar, to the Alanis Moresette look-alike dancing to her own beat, also very much alone. Then there was the swinger couple working the crowd. There were even some bikers there. Around 11:00 or 12:00 the good sized dance floor is packed. People watching heaven.

Service - Fast service, light drinks and count your change carefully. We're big tippers but we would prefer to tip ourselves as opposed to the waitress miscounting in the tip.

Entertainment - The band, "The Hitmen" is perhaps the best rock house band in Florida. The Hitmen have played backup to some of the biggest names in the business. They are true professional musicians. The guitar player "Jerry", is unbelievable. When BB King or Floyd Miles point to Jerry and say take it, he not only can, he does. The band inspires the Star Wars crowd to entertain us observers from another world.

Drinks - To bad they pour them light here. A jack and coke will run you $3.50 or  I should say Coke and some jack.

Parking - There seems to be plenty of parking, in front and in back of the bar.

Safety - Again this bar invites colors. The security is not what you would call professional. Perhaps the security should spend less time flirting with the girls and more time watching the bikes in parking lot.  - Shortly after this review was posted the sign inviting "Colors" was removed. We applaud Finnegan's for their quick action. We were advised that the sign inviting colors was placed by an employee without the Owner's consent. We were told that it would not happen in the future.