This is a tiny dive bar on the back side of a gas station at 291 & 210 Hwys. Â Access is from a small unlighted intersection about 500 feet east of the interchange.
The bar is eclectically decorated -- several types of stringed musical instruments, a wooden Indian, bee hives, cattle horns, etc. Â There's a jukebox, a dart board, and a pool table. Â
The clientele is skews a little older, but a few younger people pop in from time to time. Â Draft beer is served in mugs -- some with high school logos on them. Â
We were greeted by an extremely intoxicated mechanic who couldn't even say his own name when introducing himself and found setting a book of matches on the bar to be a rather challenging task.
River Bend -- a village incporporated several years ago by residents who wanted to stay free of the encroaching restrictions of (ironically) Â Liberty and Independence -- has no smoking ordinance. Therefore smoking is allowed in this bar.