If you want classic Lansing watering hole, this is it! Awesome food, excellent hole-in-the-wall atmosphere, mostly original decor (complete with massive Magic-era MSU hoops murals), table shuffleboard and a long bar to belly-up to. And they actually have specials on decent beers! Warning: Don't ask for extra cheese on the pizza ;-)
Review Source:Place is dark and in major need of remodeling. Definitely a dive bar. Some of the wait staff is awesome, some of them are totally worthless. Food is really good especially the pizza. Large portions and reasonable prices. You will never be able to eat a full order if nachos, no matter how hungry you are. The only weird things are, you always have to ask for your bill, and once they take your credit card, they wander all over the bar with it, then disappear for 10 minutes, Â before they bring it back. I have never had a bad credit card experience, its just nerve racking when your card wanders off for an extended period of time.
Review Source:Art's is my all-time favorite dive bar in Lansing. Â I have been going there for food, drinks, and fun since my college days at MSU in the late 1990s. The beer price and quantity is the best bar bargain at $3 32 oz Shooper. Â The burgers and sandwiches are great. Â The bottomless popcorn helps if you're light on funds. Â If you like shots, they're extremely affordable. Â The pizza is tasty but it's not the best pizza in Lansing; solid though. Â Tracey, Dorie, and Stephanie are always pleasant and fun. Â There is always an eclectic mix of people ranging from blue collar to collegiate to business people. Â If you're uppity or snotty, this might not be the place for you. Â Now I'm older...married with kids but I still have to make an occasional cameo appearance at Art's for cheap beer & shots, great food, good people, and exceptional fun service. Â Art's rocks!!!
Review Source:A great dive bar. Townies, MSU fans, and Capitalistas (made that one up) all come here if they know what's best for them.
Art's is a dive bar on the slightly unbeaten part of Kalamazoo. Its closest neighbors are second-hand furniture stores and abandoned buildings, but that doesn't stop Art's from being a great place to get a cheap beer, good food, and watch a game.
As expected with a dive part, the draft beer selection is minimal (Bud, Bud Light, Miller Light, Labatt, and Dos Equis for an upcharge), but for a modest price ($3 on game days), a generous 32oz schooner glass full of it. Also with the purchase of beverage, our table got a monstrous colander of popcorn. Â The local's will rave that the pizza is best in town, but I'd say its the best bar pizza in town.
Art's additionally has a full menu comparable with other bars in the area. The curly fires a great, and the potato skins were quite good as well (albeit steak fries made from the skins of potatoes). From what I can tell, the kitchen is open relatively late.
Overall, a great dive bar. Don't expect much class, but do expect to have a good time.
Oh Art's Bar.. I am a fan. This is my favorite dive bar in Lansing. You attract quite the odd crowd of folks, but never do you feel out of place. Your  beer shoopers are a steal at $3-4 for 30 ounces of beer.
The good: Pizzas, burgers, cheap beer, service.
The bad: It's a bar, it gets loud. If you want a quiet meal, here really isn't the place.
Favorite dish: the BBQ chicken pizza!
Art's has breakfast! I feel like I'm letting a secret out of the bag... I've never seen them advertise breakfast and didn't see breakfast on their menu when I have been there before, but I stopped in when I saw all the cars in the lot one morning. Great breakfast food- laid back atmosphere. Who knew!?
Review Source:I love Art's. Â It is one of the few bars I enjoy going to in Lansing. Â We've had good food, including the pizza and the appetizers, and the burgers are greasy and delicious, as you would hope they would be at such a dive.
The shoopers are great, its never too loud to hear your friends, and we usually get Dori as our waitress on the weekends and she's fantastic. Â Go to Arts!
I can't speak as to their table service because I never eat there. Â My many trips to Art's Bar have been only to pick up a pizza for take out. Â I can say that it is definitely your typical hole-in-the-wall dive bar with a rather diverse clientele. Â
As to their pizza, I have never been disappointed. Â Good crust (rather thick and chewy) and tasty toppings. Â Art's uses a lot of cheese on their pizzas which makes them a winner in my book. Â Most other places in town are far too stingy with the cheese. Â If you're looking for one of the better pizzas in town, this is your place.
It is necessary to start out saying that we have had many positive experiences - bordering on countless - at Art's. Â It's also necessary to state that I have never written a negative review until I've simmered down. Â That is until tonight's experience as I literally just walked back in the door after "dining" there. Â Here we go:
Hubby and I eat out often, and again, we've eaten at Art's on many occasions. Â Food is typically very consistent, good service, and for the type of establishment that it is, it previously would have earned five stars. Â
We started out ordering what we typically order - a couple of beers and a pizza with pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, and green olives. Â We were having an enjoyable evening sipping our beer when the pizza came and instead of green olives, it had green peppers. Â
Many years before and during college I worked as a waitress. We tip very well (usually 20% or more regardless of the type of restaurant) and never complain about food - even if it's wrong - with the exception of having green peppers as I absolutely, positively, hate them and simply cannot eat them. Â So, when the pizza came, before it even hit the table I could smell them and then when I saw them informed the waitress it was to be green olives, not green peppers. Â Despite being very hungry, I'm not mad at this point. Â Mistakes happen. Â Everything's cool.
Pizza #2 comes out - it is anemic looking - cheese isn't browned and it's not an Art's looking pizza at all. Â Moreover, it's green olives and ham. Â No pepperoni, no sausage, no mushrooms...only green olives and ham, the latter item which wasn't ordered. Â We stated we'd pay for our beer, please bring us a tab. Â Waitress who brought it told us not to worry about it so we left.
On the way to our car while in the parking lot, our waitress ran out apologizing and stating waitress brought us the wrong pizza and ours was ready. Â Stated she would box ours up if we wanted - still no charge - but the correct pizza was ready. Â We agreed to come and sit back down and have our dinner. Â Her actions had saved a long-time, well tipping, uncomplaining customer.
Pizza #3 comes. Â It is green olives, pepperoni, mushrooms - no sausage. Â It too is 'anemic' - cheese isn't browned like it typically is. Â Now I'm convinced the kitchen is going to "show us." Â Hubby had a piece, I had a piece, and I cut into one other piece. Â Between three pieces a restaurant that normally loads their pizza with toppings has no sausage and one piece of pepperoni per slice. Â Wow. Â I mean, seriously. Â Waitress offered to give us another beer on the house but by now, I'm not interested in ever stepping foot in there again as I'm pretty confident by the kitchen's actions that they also likely did something unsavory to our food because they need to "show us."
That's it. Â No more. Â Adios, Art's. Â It's been a good run but this is so ridiculously bad and so obviously intentional, I'm done. Â
Michigan is like a third-world country these days and restaurants that decide to do this are shooting themselves in the foot. Â I seriously hope the ownership reads this as I will not be back under any circumstances whatsoever. Â No amount of free food could lure me back in.
Nothing beats a good dive bar. Â I was at the Capitol on Thursday for a rally and a group of us decided to meet up for a beer after. Â While I'm not from Lansing, nor do I spend any time there, I agreed to meet up at Art's Bar. Â It's about a mile walk from the Capitol, easy to get to though I wouldn't recommend doing the walk at night. Â Definitely not on the beaten path, and a little rough of an area. Â But, during the day the walk was fine. Â
I have to say that the pizza is pretty good and everyone raved about their food (lots of sandiches). Â The beer selection sucks, but whatever, it's a dive bar, not a gastro pub.
I would have given Art's four stars except that I had kind of a weird experience that could have been avoided. Â I ordered a seltzer and when it was delivered it was simply disgusting. Â I thought it maybe had alcohol in it or something and when the waitress came back I told the waitress that and she said, "Yeah, our seltzer is really gross, it's the line or something,"
Um, why not just tell me that befeore? Â Weird.
Despite the seltzer debacle, I definitely recommend Art's Bar for anyone looking for a fun time at a dive bar for lunch, after hours, or whever else.
My Yelp Friend took me here this weekend. If you're into dive bars, this place is five stars for sure. Belly up to the bar and enjoy $3 fishbowls of draft beers (they call them Shoopers here). Friendly bartender and great popcorn to snack on while you play some keno and watch the game. Really smokey, but come May, that won't be an issue any longer. Definitely a nice local bar on the border of Lansing to give a whirl!
Review Source:Pizza just doesn't get better than here. Huge glasses of beer, helpings of cheese, delicious pepperoni? You're at Art's. This little hole in the wall is Lansing's most prized possession in the pizza world. Food is great and the atmosphere is even better. College kids, town drunks, ghetto cruisers and families alike all reside here!
Review Source:I love this bar! Â It may be my favorite in the country, and I've been to several. Â Cheap cold beer, delightful cheese bread, stellar curly fries, and there's always some kind of sports on the big screen. Â The Schupers are one-of-a-kind and are the beer equivalent of comfort food. Â Yeah, there's a lot of smoke, and no dress code to speak of, but the waitresses are super nice, and did I mention I love the beer?
Review Source:At Art's, you will enjoy yourself as long as you don't expect this bar to be something it's not. This isn't a "cool" place to dress up and go hang out. It is a smoky, grimy bar that serves the best pizza in town. The beer is also impressive, they serve a 32 oz. "Schuper" of beer in a big goblet. It's a 2-hander for sure. Anyways, if you are looking for a dive with good food, this is it. Looking for a Friday night hangout, might want to check somewhere else. The type of clientel that hangs out here wouldn't appreciate your club attire....
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