I must say I felt SO embarrassed and bad for my poor cousin who I was trying to show a good time to along with meeting a friend of mine for our graduation mini celebration. I brought along my cousin who is 34 years old by the way but forgot her ID at home (she didn't know where I was pulling her off to).
We walked in with no problem and weren't planning on drinking since I was driving and she doesn't like too. They told us they'll card you at the bar so we were like oh okay no problem. Again, since we weren't drinking we were just minding our own business having a good time, playing darts and what not.
Out of the blue, pop comes out the owner; he comes up to us (my cousin and I) and asked if we had our ID. I thought that was weird because we didn't buy anything and no one carded us at the door. We apologized that she didn't have hers, he then told us we needed to leave because he had a feeling that uncover cops would be coming into his bar and start asking for ID's.
We were only there for maybe 20 minutes at most and may I add we were the only 2 black people in the bar. The majority was Caucasian and Hispanic, she felt that her big afro hair ha ha caused us to stand out.
Will I be returning? Probably not, no matter how "cheap" their drinks are.
Personally, I wish I lived closer to the Copper Bucket so that I can stumble in whenever I get bored.
The staff was friendly
The prices are cheap. ex. Gin and Tonic $3, IPA Pint $8
They have entertainment. ex. darts, pool, switchboard, and arcade games
Overall
Copper Bucket is definitely an acquired taste. It's a complete dive with a ton of character and I rather enjoy its presence. Â
Note
Cash only
They have chips and nuts for about $0.75
Parking is in the back
Games are $0.25
You can request music
Tip
order and bring in food (there's a Pizza Hut right down the street)
they let you know where the checkpoints are for the night