Bleachers

This bar is drama central! The staff is good. The owner is not.

I'm here twice a week and the amount of crazy that goes on at this place could fill an entire ward at the looney bin. In fact, every once in a while, you can even catch one being thrown into a one for doing something stupid...like making a big stink about wanting to commit suicide. True story.

There is one particular "nuisance" (for lack of a better, non-offensive word) that continually causes a scene, yelling and picking fights with someone new all the time. The owner refuses to do anything about it besides giving a slap on the wrist. Multiple regulars have complained, but he doesn't care.

The food here is pretty good (except the regular, non-specialty burgers)...but they changed the menu and now my favorite dish is no longer available. The new street tacos are great, but tiny.

Live music on Fridays, karaoke on Wednesday and Saturday.

They just got some new tables put in. They look nice, but that's about it. They're heavy, the tops are grooved, and the bases are way too wide. Chairs can't be pushed in all the way because of the wide base, which make navigating the bar difficult even when it's empty. When it's packed, forget it. There are more tables than room.

Honestly, the only reason I keep going back here is because of my friends...and I get hungry. I wouldn't shed a tear if the place got sucked into a vortex.

It needs a new owner and stricter no-stupid policies.

Hmmm...not sure what I was thinking when I decided to eat at Bleachers. Smokey, cramped, and very loud. Yes, I should have expected this, but I was hungry and it was close by. I'm guessing this place used to be a fun hang out for 20-30 somethings but now it is mostly middle aged men and small groups playing cards.

The burgers were ok (frozen patty, but nicely done with bun crisped on the flat top), fries were good, beers were the usual selection at a dive. The cocktail waitress was obviously overwhelmed but was pretty nice considering how other customers were heckling her.

I probably will not return.

As everyone else has said, this place is a dive bar.  We were hungry late on a Sunday night and it was close to 10pm.  We went to three different local restaurants and they were all closed or in the process of closing.  So we thought, Bleachers!  What a great idea, they should definitely be open.  So we go and of course they are open.  So we pull up and walk in and the music stops and everyone turned to stare at us.  At least that's what I think the wife was thinking.  Everyone was playing cards as if a tournament was going on.  I guess the wife doesn't go to dive bars that often so she didn't know what to expect.

Nevertheless, I walk up to the bar as normal as any place and sit down and the bartender takes a couple minutes to notice us but once she does she asks us what we want.  I ask for a menu and she says, "oh.. I'm sorry, the kitchen closes at 10."  It's like 10:05.

So we turn around and go out looking for somewhere else to eat.  Too bad, we would have loved to give you a try, but no luck.  =o/