The Blarney Stone

It a fun place

Its a hole in the wall so dont expect too much . They do have a live band on Saturday , The crowd is normally a 28 and older crowd . Very mellow scene . The only thing that bugged me about this place is that its cash only . Im the king of using my card and I never carry more then 20 dollars .Had a great experiance there , If im in the area again ill stop in and say hello

I've got to admit, I feel a little bad about my last review. I feel like I ended up just going to the bar on a bad night which soured my opinion. I avoided this place for well over a year. The only image I could conjure up in my imagination when somebody mentioned the Blarney Stone was a crowded line of old Vietnam vets who disliked me at a glance because I walked into their territory while being at least a decade under 40 years of age.

In all honesty I would have NEVER come back to this place if it wasn't for the fact that my front door is about a 3 minute walk from this dive bar. Boy am I glad I came back! This place is, well, it's really... ... ...I like it. It's not my favorite bar, but it's now a nice secret little spot to take a lady friend for a late night beer and a shot after hanging out at my place.

The clientele is most definitely an older crowd. Mostly a bunch of old white men. I wouldn't describe the main customer as "young and spry and ready to take on the world" by any means. Usually they just like to sit there, watch the tv, and order their drinks. They tend to leave you alone as long as you can hang and don't make an ass of yourself.

The bartenders are about as nice as they get. If it's a packed house there's, at most, two bartenders, so you might be sitting there with an empty glass for 5 or 10 minutes, but I can totally understand when it's busy as hell. If you buy them a shot, they'll give you a little extra special attention!

The drinks! The whole reason I come here. They're strong and they're pretty cheap. They no longer have only Budweiser and Bud Light on tap. Now they have Fat Tire and I believe a few others. The pints are cheap, the mixed drinks are poured with a fairly heavy hand, and the shots are poured with a VERY heavy hand.

The music is typically from somewhere between the 70's and the early 90's and it gets cranked up towards the end of the night. There's also live music at least once a week which tends to attract quite a crowd and a good energy.

There's a lone pool table in the back that takes a couple quarters to play. There don't seem to be too many pool sharks trying to scam ya.

The restrooms are exactly what you'd imagine a dive bar restroom to be like: small, nothing special, but clean enough. Just a solo toilet and urinal in the men's and a solo toilet in the women's. Never a long line.

Overall? I'll be back. It's the only bar in the area, and the fact that it's next to a Vietnamese coffee shop with girls in bikinis, a sweet Mexican taco joint, and 3 minutes away from my HOUSE, makes it my new favorite bar this side of Euclid.

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The Bar: Once again, located in a strip-mall as routinely the best dives are. The sign out front is drawn on with a sharpie from the looks of it. Immediately upon arriving to the place we new it was exactly the type of bar we all love. No windows, just a solid brick wall out front with a door leading into the unknown. The bar itself seats about 15 people with some tables along the wall.
The Crowd: We got here pretty early and it was dead. The band Tight Rope was setting up and few locals sitting at the bar. Once the band started playing, the crowd poured in. All friendly and easy to talk to.
Service: 5 star service. Bartender knows his drinks well... including the famous Guerilla Fart shot which about knocked me on my ass.
Entertainment: Karaoke every Tuesday night along with Live Bands on the weekends. 1 pool table in the back ($0.75) and a internet jukebox.
Restroom: Looked like shit. Not in the literal term, but still pretty gross, although it smelled nice.
Closing statement: If you're in the area, I would absolutely recommend this bar. We had a blast and definitely plan on a return trip in the future.