Antoinette's Restaurant & Lounge

Redneck, yes...bad 90's music, yes...dive that is right up my alley!  Hell Yes!

I am all about a good dive bar with PBR in a can and a row of Harleys out front!  Plus, little did I know when I was there at half past when I should have been in bed; they serve a full menu from breakfast, apps, and even a little Mexican fare.  The breakfast menu is served until 6 AM!  They do stop serving liquor at 3 like other area bars, but you can get your grub on immediately and avoid the next days regrets!

Live music is entertaining enough on a Friday and Saturday night and if you get the bravery from your PBR's and red snapper shots, take a swing on the dance floor!  You won't be alone!  

I am all for supporting the local dives and businesses.  KC has a lot of different people and neighborhoods, and this place will not disappoint in the people watching race!

Husband and I went out for a rare date night, ending up here.  I was a bit apprehensive upon seeing the 20 or so bikes outside.  Wasn't sure if the jukebox would do that "screeeech" to a halt thing when we walked in...  me being dressed in jeans & 4" heels and husband in Dockers.  By the way, we're your typical soccer parents...  at a place known more or less as a "biker bar".  We just happen to live close to here.

We went in anyway for a beer (or three) and had a great time!  It has character, maybe a bit rough around the edges.  No loud frat boys, no orangey-tan chicks in micro skirts here.  The band was cool and the dance floor was packed. Good service, decent drink prices.  Kitchen is open late with pretty good bar food.  Large smoking patio out front, and that seemed like the most popular section most of the night.

I much prefer this place and clientele (did not hear the offensive language that Scott referred to) to a random bar in a strip mall, Westport, or Zona Rosa...  and I don't consider myself redneck.  If you like good live music that doesn't blow your eardrums out and can keep the dance floor rockin - check this place out.

In my review of "American Legion Post 61"  I noted that it "borderlines as being the most redneck" bar I had ever been to.   Why did it only borderline?   Because Antoinette's takes the cake.

The bar is a working class dive/lounge attached to the restaurant.   Kinda dirty, but not disgusting.    Except for the language.   During my visit, the "N word" was quite possibly the most frequently used word here among the all-white crowd.   And not by just a couple of people, but by pretty much everyone in there including the bartender.    It was really kind of disturbing.

I like places with grit where people can be themselves, but this was just a little bit too much for my tastes.