Got the game a few days ago. Will not wait so long to get the next one!
I can confirm that the Bar can be reached in 1.1, and the boss can be killed.
However, there seems to be a problem with looking around the Bar and talking to everyone. I had the game crash three times while I was in there. The error message said something about an AGS error and a problem with scripting. (I'm playing the Steam version.)
Also, half the conversations either have no voice or only have voice for part of the conversation.