Bungalow Joe's Bar and Grill

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  This is our neighborhood sports bar and restaurant - the one we can get to and back from in very little time that always has something we like to eat and drink cheap and we usually run into someone we know - and if not - we can play the video trivia/poker game for fun.  It is not always the best spot for a diet - I can't resist the kettle chips they serve with every sandwich - but when I am strong, they have a few items that aren't so bad - like the grilled chicken sandwich, chicken salad, or chopped salad - though you need to have them leave the cheese off to qualify here.  In our personal opinion, they have the best burgers in town - angus beef - so tasty - and big.  The stinky chips and buffalo dip are yummy appetizers.  Good fried fish  and a tasty ruben too.  The atmosphere is a bit loud - seems like either the TV or the music is turned up a bit too high, so everyone is shouting to be heard over it - which makes the noise level get greater as the place fills up.  The acoustics don't seem to help - a bit of bouncing off the walls.  The service is usually pretty good here and friendly.  A good beer selection on tap and by bottle and the standards for mixed drinks and wine.   They can get crowded on the weekends, so I recommend coming early on a Friday night.  They accomodate smokers well with a covered outdoor smoking area which is nice for everyone in the summer.  They have events too - karoake, trivia, cornholl.    The two Joe's (owners) are very friendly and welcoming.  Great prices.

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  Posted on 02.06.13 Lynn B.

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  I'll admit I'm a little biased towards Joe's simply because I live down the street, so it's a convenient place for my husband and I to gather friends and watch UofL sports. The menu has expanded a bit since it first opened, but all your favorite sports bar items are there. Wings, fried shrimp, burgers, etc. Be warned - the buffalo chicken dip is addictive. I don't know what Joe puts in it, but it's amazing. I'm also a fan of their coconut shrimp with the thai chili sauce as well as the southwest eggrolls. Service is good, management is even better, and there's more TVs than you can count. You're bound to find something to watch (and EAT) at Bungalow Joe's.

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  Posted on 01.19.13 Ashley M.

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  It's way the hell out in BFE. But it is apparently on a list of "Home of the Packers" in, you know....non-Wisconsin places. So I came here with some other friends to catch a Sunday afternoon game. They had the Packer game on the big screen in the bar area, with all the other games showing on smaller tvs around the place. They turned up the Packer game for us to hear (it was already playing but you couldn't hear squat).
  The food was decent. Good, as it comes to bar food.
  They seemed baffled about what I wanted when I ordered a Woodchuck Cider, and specified "amber" since they had 3 varieties in the cooler. I had to go back and point it out to them. And then they couldn't find a bottle opener to open my beer. Luckily....I travel prepared and had one in my purse. But come on....a little bar competency would have been nice.
  
  The visit wasn't helped by the family sitting next to us who allowed their daughter/neice/whoever to fling around a bouncy ball all over the bar area, and subsequently all over the other patrons (aka: our table), running around and pushing people when her ball rolled under their table.

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  Posted on 11.06.12 Kathy V.

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  We have some friends that live in that area so we met them at what we all now refer to as "Bunghole Joe's", (tell ya why in a minute). The four of us entered on a Wed. night around 8. We stood at the door as employees ignored us for about 5 minutes. Then it became apparent the servers were arguing because no one wanted to wait on us, and we aren't even that ugly! Finally we just sat down at a table and started talking about our other local options because it didn't look like we were going to be served. We asked each other "Do I have a booger on my face?"  After a few minutes our table was approached by an unnamed bundle of joy who didn't introduce herself or have a name tag so we named "Darlene" (from the Rosanne Show.) She was smacking gum, had a huge "I hate you" type attitude and asked "what do y'all want to drink? We ordered our bar drinks and also requested 4 waters. 10 minutes later our bar drinks arrived and they were indeed good. We asked about our water and "Darlene" laughed and said "you get what you pay for" and walked away. She returned with 4 waters, rolled her eyes and murmured  "sorry bout that". She asked us for our order and we told her we had never been in before. We asked her what's the best and she replied "Ya know, it's all just bar food." My wife kicked me under the table so I wouldn't ask for a manager or someone who cared because she gets embarrassed when I do things like that. We ordered just bar food and it all tasted like cold bar food and looked like bar food. The drinks were good, the atmosphere was
  like a bar. We really didn't feel welcomed or appreciated and we all really were grossed out by "Darlene" scratching the acne bumps on her face while talking to us. "Darlene" was so rude and unappreciative of our presence when she dropped the check we asked her to separate it and she just snatched it up and walked off. She brought back the split checks, grabbed our credit cards, walked off again, came back, smacked them down and said "just write the tip in right there and sign the bottom, k?" (While still smacking her bubble gum) and walked away as fast as she could. What a bunghole waitress! Hence the name Bunghole Joes! That being said, no way will we ever go back to that place. The only time we ever think about it is when we are laughing about it and telling our friends. She probably thought WE were horrible because we only tipped her 4 dollars! That's not even enough money to by itchy acne treatment. We are horrible, horrible people. No wonder no one wanted to wait on us!!!

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  Posted on 05.05.12 Anthony S.

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  great service, and good food!!

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  Posted on 03.09.12 Lindsi P.

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  Recently went here for lunch on Saturday.  Around 2:30 place is pretty packed , parking lot is small & limited spaces due to surrounding businesses.  I used my $5 groupon voucher, worth $10 in food.  I ordered 10 boneless wings from the appetizers, which was more like the size of popcorn chicken for around $8.  Along w/corned beef sandwich, under $10, which came w/a side of kettle chips (many were burned).  Thick slices of corned beef & sweet cole slaw, between wheat bread, though it would've been better served w/rye bread or between small hoagie buns to hold the thick slices of corned beef together.  I sat at the bar since I dined by myself, bartender was nice & friendly but kinda loopy when trying to order food.  Had to repeat my order a few times since there were 3 big screen tvs blasting behind her.  In the end, food was OOOOOkay but I've had better corned beef for under $10.  
  
  Through <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgroupon.com&s=dddd6d4a067849d455557df3f740429e9a4df76571dab2a2356ac944fa74372c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://groupon.com</a>, they advertised seafood.  I dont really consider fish & chips really seafood.  There were a lot more food on the online menu than on the menu at the restaurant.  Not really kids friendly, though didnt really notice the kids menu, unless they're over 10yrs old. Would I come back?  Nah, I think I'll give my groupon voucher to a friend.  Maybe I'll go to McAllisters, kids eat free Monday through Thursday.

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  Posted on 03.05.12 Ann T.

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