Bar Bleu

In town for a friend's bachelor party and this was a stop on our afternoon bar crawl.  We arrived around 3 and the bar was pretty crowded.  Special of $5 fish bowls (essentially really big wine glasses) and they had a list of flavors.  We all got the Long Island bowls and they were just OK.  Tons of booze and tasted fine, just nothing to write home about.  Would definitely stop in again if I was looking to get a little sideways, but nothing special here that would draw me back in.

I would normally only give it three stars but Bar Bleu was very clean in a sea of dirty college bars; so it gets a fourth star.

Upstairs is decent but downstairs is much better.  The kitchen needs to stay open later.  Good for sports or just chilling.  Sometimes they charge a $5 cover which is lame.

Have I really never reviewed my absolute favorite bar in State College?

I lived across the street my junior and senior (read: legal drinking age) years here and I spent many, MANY nights here.

It's got 2 very different atmospheres...the upstairs has wooden booths, leather couches and a pool table and the downstairs is an electric bar that is a bit sexier.

We usually sat upstairs, and ordered pitcher after pitcher after pitcher....and then attempted to stand up and walk home. (again, I lived across the street so I only had to hurdle myself so far)

The drinks are really reasonable (looking back, it was cheap as balls) and they're well known for their fishbowls. Kind of akin to the Saloon's monkey boy, but smaller. They are also a diabetic coma waiting to happen if you order the blue one. (I don't know what that is other than a freaking lot of curacao).

I also recall many nights of blowjob shots. (take that how you will, they are delicious.)

Overall, one of the better bars downtown to catch the game, have a few beers and people watch.