Went here to celebrate my husband's birthday a few days ago. Best dive bar ever, very affordable drinks, and the greasy bar food is great. The hot wings were a big hit with our group. The juke box selection is woeful, but we made up for it with a few rounds of pool. Bartender was nice, didn't charge me for my sodas since I was the designated driver.
Review Source:Bartender Don is the best in town. He has the best sneer, the best stare, the best smirk, and the best pour. He's the major reason I go here. It also never hurts that it's always a good mix of a crowd of alumni, locals, college students, the occasional professor, etc. etc. Free popcorn is a bonus and the fried food...perfect with that cold Rainier beer. Thank you Don. As Jerry McGuire said..."You Complete Me".
Review Source:Good beers. Good prices, and they are home to my favorite pool tables in town. Many of the bars in Bham do not take care of their pool tables, but the Beav definitely does. This place is great and is located right next the Horseshoe, so you can kinda get the whole Bellingham experience in one fell swoop. Definitely a good night out when you end up here.
Review Source:Now located next door to the Horseshoe Cafe on Holly Street, the Beaver is still serving up cold drinks and hot fried food at this new address.
When I lived in Bellingham several years ago, the Beaver Inn on State Street was my favorite hangout and I've made a point to stop by when I'm in town ever since. Â Cheap beer and microbrews on tap, hard liquor, fried food (including their famous pub pickles!), free popcorn, lots of seating, pool, darts... just an all-around great dive bar. Â Well, the new location has all of that in a brighter, airier space just few blocks from the old place-- they even brought Don the bartender with 'em when they moved!
I gotta say, though, that part of the charm of the *old* Beaver was that it was actually old-- the bar had been in operation on State Street for 40 years. Â This *new* Beaver just doesn't quite have the same atmosphere (or smell) of the old location; I imagine that's something that can only be acquired after decades of deep frying, beer swilling, and tobacco smoking use. Â
Another negative about the new location is that the front door seems to be a gathering place for vagrants who will hit you up for change coming and going-- one youthful 'bum' was holding up a sign just outside the front window that read "I'd rather be doing this than robbing you". Â On the flip side, at least your clothes don't reek of grease and/or smoke when you leave here.
This place offers the most fun you can have sitting around a table in Bellingham. Â You can almost always find a table and everything is cheap. Â Another plus: they recently removed the Broaster (which was the source of the Beave's famous smell) so soon you may not have to leave your your coat (and other porous valuables) in the car.
Review Source:This place is great. :)
They have good drink specials and if you like beer and free popcorn this is the place for you. They have pool, as well as darts, and there is usually seating at the bar. Really enjoyed going here for a portion of my birthday and have been back since. Not very expensive and the service was pretty good. Does smell like fried food, but if you've been drinking I find you generally don't mind that or you actually like it.
Everybody loves this place. I don't know why. It has a funky smell the instant you walk in and it sticks with you and your clothes once you leave.
Cons: Smell, prices are moderate
Pros: Cool setup, Skeeball!!!, Pool tables, sometimes they have cheap drinks
A friend of mine just created a website too for bellingham bar prices for every night of the week:
http:www.bhambars.com  --- don't know if I'm allowed to post this on here, but the site is really cool and is great if you're trying to drink in Bellingham for cheap! Enjoy!!
Ohh, the Beav. What can be said about this place other than it's only the best dive bar in Bellingham, and perhaps the world. Many a great night spent wiling away the evening here, and hopefully many more to come, despite the fact that I'm no longer a local Bellinghamster. Every time I'm back all efforts are made to end the night at the Beav, as all nights should be ended. Ok, not all nights, but any night  you want to wake up smelling delightfully like... well, like the Beaver.
Review Source:My #1, all-time favorite dive bar. The Beaver Inn has everything you could you want in a dive bar. Low ceilings, brick walls, really cheap beer, darts and a pair of pool tables. Don the Bartender (who can generously be described as "ill-humored") has been there, 86-ing troublemakers, since the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The only bartender I've ever known who will ban someone "for life"...a fate suffered by more than a few dear friends of mine over the years. No live music...but they have a popcorn machine. And it's FREE!!!
Review Source:The Beaver is great for a tasty, although greasy, bite to eat. Seriously, try their Fried Chicken Dinner (not the strips). Â It's delicious! Â They're also the only place in town that has pub pickles. Free popcorn and coffee doesn't hurt either.
You can get your sporting fix whilst imbibing via the TVs or by participating in a raucous air-hockey, pool, dart or Big Buck Hunter game. Â They also have pinball! Â
Office chairs and a padded, upholstered bench make up the seating options, all with delightfully semi-sticky tables. Â Don't forget to pick up your Beaver Inn t-shirt or thong (that's right, Beaver undies) before you head out.
My fondest memory of the Beaver was in the 90's when I was going to Western. Some friends and I went in for last call. It was packed to the gills like I had never seen it before. We were instantly bombarded with flying popcorn. There was so much popcorn on the floor that you couldn't see the floor. I will be back.
Review Source:The only place I'll go for my nights out. Â Get to know the bartenders and they'll take good care of you. Â Its a total dive: crappy pool tables, busted bathroom doors, stinky carpet, office chairs at the tables - but that's what makes it so great. Â Can get very crowded Fri and Sat night, but I usually go early anyway. Â Drink are reasonably priced and food is greasy as it should be. Â When I'm not drinking because I'm driving they usually give me a soda for free.
Review Source:I love the vibe at the beav, its really relaxed and its a great place to go if you want to sit down for a drink with your friends. Theres not much space in the entrance to get in, so I think that deters all the desperate bar hopper dancing people from coming in. (thats a good thing). The popcorn is allright (at least its free) and the fried zucchini is yummy! The only complaint I have had in the past is that the girls bathroom has been closed off multiple times, and that hasn't been too fun.
Review Source:This bar has the cheapest drinks I have found. There is always a place to sit, but it never feels empty. They offer free popcorn, which is a cool perk. THe place has a nice buzz of conversation going but you dont have to yell to be heard. The wait staff is usually nice, however they sometimes belittle customers. this is by far my favoritebar in bellingham.
Review Source:great lesbian dive bar. I love to dive into the Beaver for a cheap drink. Yep, that good ole Beaver always makes me feel warm and welcome. Dive into the Beaver for some pool, darts, air hockey, free popcorn, to feel like a piece of meat to the ladies or for a good mullet show.
dive dive dive into the BEAVER...you won't leave smelling funny either
BEAVER!!!!
This is the bar i most frequented in college and still go back to when I go back the Bham to visit. The bartenders get to know you - the beer is cheap and really their fried food is amazing. I know fried pickles may sound weird - but you can't go wrong with a fried pickle dipped in ranch with a side of PBR. OR if you are up for a challenge, try their fried food sampler platter - really one of my favorite bars in the Ham
Review Source:I used to come here towards the end of the night for a brew and the free popcorn. Next time I go up to Bellingham I will pass on the popcorn. I was talking to a friend recently in Seattle and we were talking about the Beaver, and I mentioned I would go there at 1:30 for popcorn, and he reminded me that it is right next to the bathroom and... enough said.
Review Source:The Beaver is one of the classic Bellingham Bars. Drinks are decent, and decently priced. Pitchers of PBR are "What's Cheap".
The staff is usually pleasent, but they would card their own mothers.
My favorite features of the Beaver, are the air hockey table and Dart boards.
And four months after the smoking ban went into effect, the Beaver still smells like smoke. Although now, the deep fryer smell is beginning to take over. I'm not sure which smell is worse.
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