Brothers Bar & Grill

A typical college bar, Brother's is an okay place to hang out on the patio and have a drink if you can come at an off time, or when college kids have mostly left, otherwise forget about this place. The place is packed beyond belief from Thursday until Saturday and you'll have trouble even making it to the bar for a drink. Once you get that drink, you may or may not get what you ordered and chances are you'll pay too much for a bad drink made with bottom of the barrel booze. The only exception to this is Mug Night (Thursday), when you pay $5 for a mug that gets refills for a dollar (even on future visits). Overall this place is way too crowded to be very fun and attracts a lot of underage people, so if you look young, don't be surprised if the police (who make regular visits to the place every night) stop you and ask for ID. Even when I went there over 21, it still put me off a little to be eyed suspiciously and approached by police looking to catch me doing something wrong.

Loud, crowded, bad food.

This is one of the busiest bar in Iowa City.  This is the only bar that's always packed with people when other bars are dead after the 21 rule.

There's a nice outdoor patio seating area that overlooks the pedmall.  During game days the TVs are setup on the patio.

For specials, wing night on Wednesday is an amazing deal, the wings are 15 cents each. They are delicious.  Wings here are meaty and tender, there's a couple of different sauces you can choose from but i love the original buffalo sauce here.  There's usually a long line for the wings on Wednesday, so grab a drink and enjoy your buzz while you wait.

Thursday mug night is a must if you are in Iowa City.  $5 for the mug (one time purchase) and it's $1 a drink thereafter.  You can bring the mug back every Thursday and only pay $1 for the drink/refill.  It gets crazy here on Thursday nights.  Always a blast.

Brothers Bar is a corporate chain, they adhere to higher standards and are more structured than shady locally owned bars.    Brothers bar is def worth the visit when you are downtown Iowa City.