Billie's Skyline Tavern and Restaurant

As a student at Northern Kentucky, how can you not love Skyline Tavern?
And, be sure to get there why you can because we're not sure how much longer it's going to be there as the new connecting roads are built to surround Northern Kentucky.

Skyline has lots of specials and deals on the daily, from dollar beers, dollar cheeseburgers, and $0.35 wings. There's karaoke on Wednesday nights and there's free pool and darts on some nights as well.

$10.00 minimum on credit and debit cards

Smoking inside and on the patio

I recommend following them on twitter at SkylineTavern to catch their specials and deals!

a good neighborhood kind of bar
- good food
- good people
- good prices
- good TV's
- good times

NKU students don't make the same mistake I did. During my years at Northern, I'd overhear classmates saying "Let's go to Skyline for a beer." Then I would ponder "When did Skyline Chili (which is right down the road) start serving beer?" Not until I was a senior did I realize the Skyline to which everyone was referring was not Cincinnati's beloved chili parlor but the non-descript house at the top of John's Hill, which was really a bar. I was shocked. How could I have not known there was a bar within walking distance from campus?

The confusion rested with the fact the building was practically unmarked, with nothing to distinguish it from the other university buildings that surrounded it. When I finally made it there for a drink, I wasn't impressed. Billie's Skyline was definitely the local dive.

However, at the beginning of 2008, Skyline was re-launched (after the unfortunate passing of the long-time owner, Billie). The bar has been refurbished and now includes a pool table, new furnishings, and 21st century digital jukebox (which replaces the old-school country western filled dud). They also accept credit cards (with a $10 minimum).

Typically a place like this might only garner a three star rating, but this joint fills a crater-like hole in NKU's otherwise dry campus. Now that there's a new sign out front, the next generation of students has no excuse to repeat history.