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
Dive bar is giving this place a compliment. I would call it a hole in the wall with some games...It smells like a frat house and like a frat house I felt pretty gross being in there. It's pretty dirty and the people that go there are in their 40s and 50s with a few younger people. I'm gonna say it because I'm white--it's a white-trash kind of bar. So if that's your thing, then this is your place.
Also, CASH ONLY...come on...its 2013 guys.
Cheap pitchers of beer.
Darts, pool, some kind of air hockey?, virtual game (like in casinos) and modern iPlay jukebox.
The crowd can be kind of eccentric you get all kinds of people from different sides of the track. For their drink prices this place brings everyone around.
Everyone smokes outside by the only entrance so If you're just walking in and don't smoke hold your breath.
I've never had any problems here they don't have a bouncer but I have seen Teri one of the bartenders give a firm look to someone before and tell him he's cut off and will be kicked out soon if he doesn't get his act straight. He called defeat and settled down.
Can be very loud so expect to have to use the top of your voice on busy nights.
Dive bar.
They serve beers, and booze. Â And they have a pretty good selection of beers actually. Â Not great beers, but a big selection of them. Â They are served ice cold in the bottle, makes a huge difference. Â
A pool table.
A shuffle board table.
Electronic dart boards (3).
Electronic jukebox.
It's a fun place if you are with the right people.
Hands down, the cheapest place to get your swerve on in the SFV. Â Out of towners need not come by. Â $4 mini pitchers are about 3 glasses of beer. Â Can get a gin and tonic for $3. Â Cash only, but can't complain. Â Dart boards, pool table and some other game IDK. Â Bring all my buddies here when we want to go to a watering hole. Â Always a mixed crowd, never a dull moment at this spot. Â Everyone is laid back, can't be uptight at the prices they charge.
Review Source:Good dive buy with really good prices...!!
Well drink only 3. bucks 3.50 if it has juice...
One of few places in the area were I can get my Cider fix... Angry Orchards Apple Cider..
Have been here several times and the Italian place next door will deliver your food to the bar if you request it.....
They have a pool table... darts, and shuffleboard.... they have a killer jukebox.... but some of the music... is sometimes... way off point...the stuff people pick LOL...
CASH only... Bar... Have met some cool people here that Ii still keep in touch with..
Only con was that s couple of times the TV would go out because of interfance of some sort... during Thrusday night Football....
Place draws a variety of locals to college crowd.. good place to hang out...
Mens restroom has a wierd set up... Trust me once you go you will know what I am talking about....
What's to say, it's a true neighborhood dive bar.
I like this place because it's walking distance from home...next to Zig's and Salsa & Beer (two great places to eat)...and they have Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey which few bars serve.
They have a pool table and some electronic dart boards. Pretty tiny place...would be cool if it was bigger.
NEGATIVE - cash only.
This bar is super close to my house so thats already a good start to this review.
Its family owned so you can never go wrong, Russ the owner of the place is super nice, he gets you what you want with the quickness.
The place is pretty chill and if you want to dance and all the shinanigans I wouldn't recommend this place. Its more of a lets just chill kinda night.
The DRINK ARE SUPER CHEAP we recently went for my brothers GF's bday late at night and for $20 we got an IRISH CAR BOMB, PITCHER OF BEER, 2 CRANBERRY AND VODKA'S and a LONG ISLAND ICED TEA.
now tell me where the hell you'll beat those prices. NOWHERE that im aware of.
Its cash only so dont bring your debit, they do have an ATM but ofcourse it charges you.
Other than that the place is great and its always my last resort on my way home.
A step above your typical dive cause it has a lot more space then you'd think- 2 pool tables, 3 dart boards, a shuffleboard, 2 room areas and an intricate little fire pit sitting arrangement.
The drinks are fairly priced and made right
I wouldn't really recommend it for a huge group because it gets packed weekends and though there is plenty to occupy you- usually it's all booked up for hours. Cool atmosphere though- I never liked it from outside but I do think it's pretty cool inside.
This place is the shizz. Introduced by a neighborhood regular, this place is a gem in the valley, especially in the middle of the valley where, usually, it's harder to find anything better than your typical house party.
The bartenders are adorable, quick, and generous. Drinks are CHEAP and if you know what the specials are, (AHEM... which I cannot disclose, but you can ask around when you've had a few drinks), you will be WINNING. Also, these are not WEAK drinks either, and they will catch up with you.
Darts, Shuffleboard, Pool. Nice size smoking patio outside for the smokey bears. Jukebox which, if you don't control early in the night, will be much more Skrillex and much less Johnny Cash. Yes, it's a dive bar, but it's super young and it's a little dim, which is always nice. People are cool too, bet you'll have friends by the end of the night :)
AND AND AND. You can order in food to the place! Since they don't have food there (except on special occasions, which is also awesome), you can order in from any of the local spots, which include some dope pizza and sandwiches, and you can continue drinking happily.
I had already been hopping along for about 3 hours, come midnight I was looking to go over the cliff. Given the cheap drinks, knocked them back and it was all good. The prices really are fair and the cocktails are hard.
The atmosphere is a piece of crap. Crowded full of gawkers, people who don't give a crap about privacy, and creepy older dudes. Really creepy, dude. Darts, shuffleboard, alcohol. This is not, by any means, any more than the dive-y-est dive bar in all of Los Angeles.
If you're a woman, you're getting groped.
If you're a man, you're getting shoved.
I thoroughly regret going to this bar. I would have been fine without it. In fact, we had to wash down the poison with innout.
Kind've wanna give it like a high 2, maybe a 2.75 / 3.00 but just can't...
So been here with friends a few times. More like dragged cause it's never been me that chooses it. As for the good... there's a ton of darts, pool table and shuffle board action going on... and the DRINKS ARE DIRT CHEAP.
They've got mini-pitchers (3-4 beers worth) for $5-$9 which is a bargain. Can't really beat that. Most basic mixed drinks (rum & coke, vodka+cran) are in the $3-$6 range, which is dirt cheap.
My problem with the place is while you know it's a dive bar going in... the crowd is usually... relatively lame. It's a mix with some different varieties of 20-somethings. However... there is quite a few older people here who are always here which drops it down a star or so.
Nothing like trying to talk with friends or some chill girls and then random 40-50 year olds try to jump in the conversation -___-
All in all it's almost a 3 (average place) for me... it's just the crowd is usually lame/lacking and a few times they've run out of beers on tap relative early (before 11pm).
But despite the 2-star rating... if you're looking to take some friends for some cheap drinking... this is definately an affordable little spot.
p.s. The Sandwiches at the deli next door are f*cking amazing!!!
Wow, did we have fun here. Â Work friends often go here but I never joined them until tonight. A group of about a dozen or so of us showed up. Some friends I hadn't seen in a few months, some I just saw this afternoon.
The bar is great. Funky neighborhood dive bar type of place but packed with friendly people. Some of the other reviews say the place smells of old beer - well it IS an old bar but it smelled just fine to me.
Drinks are super cheap = like half what you'd pay in Hollywood. Lots of games to play - pool, darts, shuffleboard. Nice patio outside for the smokers. Lots of regulars but I didn't feel out of place as a first-timer at all.
The owners run the bar and they're real friendly.
Love this place. It's not a fancy club but it's a lot of fun. You should go. I'll be back.
I mean this place is chill. Half pitchers are $8 dollars I think? Not too bad but def not a $4.50 like Pogo's. Not much of a mixed drink girl anymore so I really wouldn't go out my way to buy a mixed drink. The selection of beer is decent. You can totally tell who the regulars are by the service they receive from the bartenders. I think its family owned? Guessing from how they all look.
The vibe is cool, semi young people here. There's a cute little smoking area outside in the back. Its cash only so don't bring your plastics people.
$3.50 Jack and Coke! I'm used to Jack and Cokes with a shot of jack and the glass filed with coke - here the reverse seems to apply. This place is the definition of a dive. Â
Absolutely zero ambiance but who care about ambiance when you're drunk? The first time I came to this place, one of the bartenders was literally pregnant and entertained us by telling us that she (fortunately) had finally quit drinking, if only while she was still preggers. Â
Half of the regulars look like they just came from a white power meeting, which they may have. Sometimes I'll sit next to a guy with a mullet. Â More often than not, my friends and I are one of the few people here with some melanin in our skin. Strangely enough, I don't really feel self-conscious wearing American Apparel and skinny jeans when most of the people there look like they just dropped from Walmart.
Well drinks are STRONG if they know what they are making you. Â I once asked for a Gimlet and got a blank stare in return. Stick with the basic mixed drinks and beers. Mini-pitchers are a mere four bucks for the big three (Coors, Bud, Miller).
The only issue is that the music can sometimes sucks. I am down with classic rock, I am more than down with Johnny Cash, but when that death metal comes on the jukebox? NO!
I don't really care for shuffle board, pool, or darts. But, I do enjoy cheap booze and lighting that allows me to see all the faces in the bar. Unfortunately, all the faces I saw were of the dudes. Maybe it's because I went on a Sunday night but there sure are a whole lot of ding dongs at this bar.
Copper Bucket. Great place to get a cheap drink with the guys and only the guys. But I admit I may be wrong because I went on a Sunday. But I'm not wrong very often.
When I lived in the valley, it was only place I would ever consider drinking.
It's cheap as hell (cash only), the bartender pulls out the shuffleboard pucks whenever I walk through the door, and you leave having given a thousand high fives to the regulars.
I find it hard to enjoy a dive bar as much as this one. So if you haven't been, get off your lazy butt and head to the valley.
My girl friends have told me about this hidden gem in the valley. This is probably the 2nd bar I've hit up since I turned 21 In October. I was NOT disappointed! I went with my sister and ones of my girls. It gives off a "mom and pop bar" feel, which is nice. :) Parking wasn't bad at all.
My friend ordered a rum and coke. The polite bartender says "$2.75" WHAT? We had to hear it again. "2.75". We were SHOCKED. Other restaurants/bars charge $10+ for simple drinks like that. I ordered an Adios and it was only $6.75. My sister ordered a Corona ($3). LOL we were shocked that the beer cost more than most of the mixed drinks. After having that delicious Adios, I ordered two vodka/cranberries ($3).
There's three dart boards. $0.25? I'm down! HAHA I was pretty tipsy when I was playing and I missed a good number of rounds. I didn't care! My "Wolf Pack" was laughing at me. Lol It was fun. Â $12.75 for three drinks that got me damn TIPSY? NOT a bad deal at all. The drinks are very strong. You won't be disappointed.
Besides the fact that one of the bus boys was hitting on me and drunkenly asking to buy me a drink (which I declined o_0. I paid for all of my drinks) ...This place is chill I'm definitely coming back.
I was skeptical. I came here to meet Crystal L. for drinks one random Friday night. Let me tell you. It was not my kind of scene. I was convinced after I left the first time that I would never come back. Â
...and then March Madness happened. Â I was convinced to join my comrades in some MM viewing. Â When it comes to March Madness all I need is a TV, a stiff drink and someone to talk smack to. Â Let the record show, Copper Bucket had all of that and more. Â Why did I doubt you, Crystal L.? Â I blame it on the jetlag! Â
At some point I drunkenly stumbled upon the holy grail: THE JUKEBOX. Â I may or may not have played Hoobastank's "The Reason" and I may or may not have sung my heart out in the middle of the bar. Â The details are fuzzy. Â But the Jukebox was amazing. Â K-Ci and JoJo? Ke$ha? Backstreet Boys? It's like the guilty pleasure jukebox of my dreams.
Needless to say, if you dance to the beat of your own drum, and are just looking for a place to find cheap drinks and play a game of darts or two. Â Come to Copper Bucket. Â Cash only. Â Extremely cheap drinks. Â Blah Blah Blah. Â
Lastly, to Copper Bucket--I'm sorry that I call you Cooper Bucket, a lot. Â I'm learning.
So, take these 4 stars with a grain of salt. I'm fiercely loyal and the Bucket has recently become my neighborhood bar. It's not the prettiest of joints and the locals have crap taste in music (digital jukebox) but the drinks are cheap and the bar games are aplenty. More specifically, $4 mini-pitchers of Bud/Coors/Miller and darts, pool and shuffleboard. They also have a large selection of bottled beers if crappy domestic isn't really your thing.
All in all, not a bad joint to drink away those work day blues but not exactly a great first date spot.
I'm so slow. Â But once I get it going, I'm a fast learner. Â What am I referring to? Â It took me a few people a couple of times to explain darts to me, darts! Â I didn't get it, I just threw the darts, but by the 20-something round, I got it! Â
I've lived in the Valley my entire life and never even noticed the Copper Bucket. Â Crystal L. and her gang also recently discovered this place and have since become regulars here and I was lucky enough to be included in their local night out here last night. Â
1: location - I literally live like 2 minutes away. Â There should never be any excuses for me not to come here now. Â There's also plenty of parking out back or in the front. Â You all know how I love free and readily available parking!
2: staff - The bartenders looked like they were married and I thought that was cute. Â Also, when I went to order they were so nice, and quick! Â We all know service is key and can bring up any place's stars so the service here is definitely 2 thumbs up!
3: prices - My friends ordered for me and I gave them a $5 bill. Â I was actually skeptical that I gave too little. Â When I asked how much my vodka 7-up was, I found out it was only -- drum roll -- $2.75!!!! Â This is easily $10+ at other places. Â If you can keep your prices this low, I will keep coming back and tell all my friends to come here too, I promise. Â Otherwise, $4 for a Jameson & ginger ale or a mini-pitcher of beer. Â
4: crowd - I was told that no one bothers you here. Â I guess that's true. Â People didn't bother me per se... they were just very friendly! Â The Bucket brings together very friendly people together, I will just leave it at that. Â Also, I saw one of my old teachers here. Â
5: unique "it" factor - I had fun here. Â It's very low key and I think everyone knows it, which is why it's so crowded. Â The Bucket is one of the rare places around where you can have a good time and not spend that much money. Â But if you are going to spend that much money, do it here.
What a nice discovery. Â Thanks for sharing with me!
An awesome place to come for drinks and games. Beers run for about $4 for a mini pitcher (I think they're 32 oz or 40s but they definitely fill up 3 glasses) and the mix drinks are cheap but strong. If you're like me and love to play games as you drink they have pretty much everything you can think of.
1) That Megatouch game (awesome for playing trivia games or photo hunt *wink wink*)
2) A pool table
3) Some heads up Texas Holdem tournament machine (I don't know I've never played on that machine)
4) Three electronic dart boards (they're electronic so you need about a quarter or two per person to keep score during a game)
5) And table shuffleboard!
It is a cash only bar so you do want to make sure you don't forget to bring cash.
This place is so cute! I doubt anyone would ever describe it using that word, but it is. There is something about a bartender who's old enough to be my grandpa that is so oddly cute.
We went here on a Saturday and the place was relatively busy. They have three electronic dart boards, one pool table and one shuffle board. I was really excited to come here and play shuffle board! Too bad I really suck. I should just stick to darts even though I get worse and worse as the night progresses. We only had $4 mini pitchers here which is such a good DEAL!!
Come check this place out if you want cheap drinks and fun bar games!
ps. as others have stated... CASH only!
Want to meet up with a few friends just for a drink? Come here. Â It's not about the decor, or the hype. Â It's just a good time with the good company you choose to keep.
I want to be a regular here.
Why?
-- No dress code. No line. No cover. No bouncer on a power trip. Just a dive bar.
-- My Jack and coke was only $4. Â It was mostly Jack. Â =]
-- Mini pitchers of beer range from $4-7. Â A mini pitcher equals 3 mugs. Â Some people skip the mugs and drink straight out of the pitchers. Â
-- Games! Including: darts, pool, and shuffleboard.  I WON AT DARTS! How? I have no clue.  I like winning.  There's also electronic games, like a  Texas Hold 'em machine and this other one with random games on it (like card games, text twist, find the nipple, etc.).
-- Cash only. Â This can technically be a setback... BUT, if you're on a budget... cash only really helps you budget! I went here with $20. Â I got on a good buzz, and stayed on one all night. Â
Copper Bucket, I like you! =]
Ladies, this is NOT where you go to scope on eye candy. You want chiseled jaw lines and bedroom eyes, you go to Hollywood or Santa Monica or anywhere other than the valley. You want to feel as if some sleaze in a trucker hat has just molested you with his eyes, you go to the Copper Bucket. Don't worry, the $5 Johnny Walker Black on the rocks will wash away the unclean feeling... or induce your gag reflex even more.
Patrons, like the bar, are charmingly trashy. While waiting inside the impossibly small room for the toilet, a skunk-haired lush wearing Suicide Girls paraphernalia complimented me on my shoes before stumbling into her friend and moaning, "Oh my god, I am so drunk right now. Can you get me another pitcher?"
Copper Bucket is not trying to be anything it already isn't. It smells like stale beer and old pot, the lights are too bright, there's only one disgusting bathroom per gender, and it's crowded with sticky bar games. But the drinks are dirt cheap, there's a jukebox (that usually plays top 40s on weekends for some reason), and parking is ample.
Kudos, Copper Bucket, for making a visit to the valley tolerable.
My friend and I pulled up to the Copper Bucket and found the lot surprisingly crowded, even for a Saturday night. As we wandered towards the back door, we noticed a clear plastic bottle with a long, pointed spout on the end.
"Is that what I think it is?" My friend turned to me and asked. I did a round around it, examining it, trying to decipher the clue.
"Yes," I said thoughtfully, "yes, I think that is a douche nozzle. I will take a picture and post it on Yelp so all the Yelpers will be warned that someone has douched in this parking lot and then carelessly discarded their douche nozzle!"
My friends chuckled and cavorted, repeating the phrase "douche nozzle!" and then we all took pictures of it.
All the things other Yelpers have said about the interior of the bar are true: it's bigger than it looks from the outside, and there are dart boards and shuffle boards, bar flies both young and old (but mostly old). When you open the door there is the unmistakable scent of bar: that stale beer and man-sweat, combined with vinyl upholstery and wood. You can tell that 15 years ago this place was smoked in and no one has changed even a stick of furniture in that time.
And then I ordered my usual vodka soda and the bartender says "$2.75"
$2.75?!?!?!
$2.75?????????????
$2.75!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The bartender makes a comment along the lines of "don't bust my chops, chicken!" to which I reply "no, that's great, that's like NorCal prices!" and I promptly tipped her a buck twenty-five.
So what saves a place from being the place you remember only as the bar where you found a douche nozzle in the parking lot?
A $2.75 vodka soda.
I'll be back, Copper Bucket, I'll be back!
Yea you should stay away from this place. Mainly so that the dart boards and the shuffle board table stay open and I don't have to wait for the cheap beer. I come here with a few buddies and have a great time. I think it's more empty on the weekdays while on the weekends it can be hard to get a place to sit if you're with a group. I don't know about you but I like going to dive bars because it's empty and I can play games and get drinks without waiting. This place delivers that on the weekdays.
On second thought, come by so I can beat you at some shuffle board.
TOTAL DIVE BAR!... BUT A GREAT ONE!!
There's a few American Beers on Tap that go for $4 bucks for half a pitcher, and a few different bar games. Darts, Shuffle Board (FUN!!!), and Pool.. and it's really clean, yet kinda cheesy.. Â
I love it since it's so close to my house and cheap. You can definitely take a bunch of friends, get trashed, and have an awesome time @ this bar. It's definitely somewhere I can go when it's 11:30 @ night and have fun. There's not as many old people as there used to be.. I just came from it and there was a good handful of beautiful girls.. ;-]
I LOVE THE BUCKET!
Oh, I'm a fan..
Came in here on a Sunday evening, and was the youngest one in the place, by 15 years at least. Â It was nice and cool, thanks to the 3 GIANT fans buzzing in the corners. The crowd was older, quiet folks just enjoying their drinks and silence. Terri, the no nonsense lady behind the bar is a sweetheart. Beer is ridiculously cheap, as are well drinks. They have a good selection of bottled beer, but there are only 3 on tap.
There are dart boards, a pool table and a shuffle thingy table!
That was super fun once I was um, slightly tipsy.
Which I totally was, because this place is SO affordable that I just couldn't help it.
But don't drink and drive folks, it isn't safe.
Copper Bucket get a 4+ rating for being a decent neighborhood bar. There's nothing fancy here; not the drinks, the decor or the vibe. The prices are what a bar should be. You won't pay more than $5.00 for a call drink. The beer on tap could use some variety, but they have dozens of bottled brands to choose from.
I don't know what anyone means by "rough" crowd. I've been here dozens of time and have never experienced anything near rough. While you will not likely strike up an intellectual conversation about pan-Asian economic growth, you certainly won't get roughed up.
They have darts, a pool table, and especially fun, the shuffle board game...really.
Also, they have possibly the worst juke box in the city. But still a good time...
CASH ONLY!
A textbook example of a dive. Decent size place, a pool table, a bunch of dart machines, and a decent crowd. Been here a few times and there was always a small crowd. (check out the pictures)
So if you like dives all to yourself (and your friends) with $4 pitchers of beer, then this place is for you. Nice place if you just want to get out of the house and grab a beer in peace.
I stumbled into this dive as I was waiting for my take out from the Italian rest. next door. This is a perfect example of "you get what you pay for". If you go to a bar in Hollywood and your drink is $10-$15 chanses are the place cost about 1/2 million to put together, at this place the drinks are about $3 and it looks like it cost $500 to put this place together...
I've actually seen hot dog carts that probably cost more then this place!
But then again the hot dogs are probably more then $3!!!!
It is what it is!!!
Cheers!
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