I'm the first to admit that I was skeptical when I heard that Corby's was adding a pizza kitchen, but the added bonus of going smoke-free was an incentive to check it out.
A group of us were there for the smoke-free kick off and decided to check out the food as well. Â The menu is small to start and features homemade pizza and a couple of sandwiches, including a meatball sub.
We ordered a large pizza, which was huge, with sausage and black olives. Â The crust was thin and perfectly crisp, topped with homemade sauce and an impressive homemade sausage that had a nice little kick. Â
Another in the group ordered the meatball sub, which was huge! Â Homemade meatballs topped with the homemade sauce and cheese then backed in the pizza oven.
Definitely worth checking out!
the official bar of the ROMP - my cohort at notre dame in the MNA program.
spacious, good beer prices (not so much hard booze), 3 sets of cornhole boards, and a really nice, revamped kitchen.
corby's is a great bar with good service. Â and the best spot in town for you and 28 friends.
I hate this bar for the following reasons:
-It costs $5 just to walk in and there is supposedly a "dress code," but that place is always full of shabbily dressed douches, so who knows.
-The dancing is basically nonexistent, even though they have a dance floor. Â I guess nobody wants to ruin their Saturday night best that they had to wear just to get in. Â Saturday night best includes White Sox baseball caps worn backwards, cargo shorts, and flipflops, fyi.
-You can smoke there. Â I know this is an Indiana thing, but I feel like Corby's has a specifically bad smoking population.
-You WILL get groped by a stranger, even if the bar isn't crowded.
-Tuesday nights are college night, so just stay away, unless you like wearing vomit.
-The back patio is reserved for people who feel they'd rather play cornhole at a bar with a $5 cover charge and more expensive Miller Lite, instead of just at home with the cheaper stuff. Â And you will get the stare down if you go out to the patio and interrupt their game.
I give this crap hole one star because the building itself does not offend me and the beer is cold and cheap. Â Other than that, avoid this place like the plague, unless you like getting side glances from trashy girls and trashier guys.
Corby's is a mixed bag, and for its unreliability, I can only give two stars. Â Also, I had a jacket stolen there. Â And more than one guy has looked at my, um, you know, while I was peeing.
Yes, they have several pool tables, and a patio that they try to call a "beer garden". Â But how much pool can you play when it's crowded, and how much of the year is warm enough that I WANT to be outside, at night, drinking cold beer?
Also, on certain nights they charge cover.
On occasion, they have live music, but that's pretty sporadic.
The best part of Corby's is leaving. Â Not just to get out of that unfortunate hellhole of "we wish we could back up the hype", but because of the FOOD Â being SLOW-COOKED and SMOKED on the SIDEWALK! Â WOOOOOO!!!
But after all that ranting, Corby's is a good place during the summer months to have a quiet pint, maybe meet some new folks, and make use of that patio.
Only made one visit here, but it seemed the prototypical college bar. Â Enormous pitchers of beer at dangerously low prices. Â Co-eds and their callers abound. Â
I recall a few pool tables as well. Â This isn't necessarily a good thing. Â I've come to associate pool tables with violence. Â Know what I mean? Â Some guy with a five-foot stick gets flustered while he's setting up an important shot, and the rest is history. Â And never, ever, is there a pool table with wide enough boundaries to prevent these kind of coma-inducing incidents from happening. Â Such is the nature of the game.
3 1/2 Stars
Corby's is usually a nice place to enjoy a pint at the bar and chat with friends or the bartenders during the week. On tuesday nights it is the place to be for students and is often standing room only. Thurs-Sat nights are a toned down version of tuesdays, the place is crowded but you can move around and breathe usually. Overall its a decent place to enjoy a drink or party on given nights for relatively low cost.
So apparently Corby's is the place to go if you want to party in South Bend. Â I stopped in twice this weekend when I was in town for a wedding and I wasn't impressed. Â
It is a pretty big space and was the only bar in town that was packed. Â There is a large fenced in outdoor patio outback and a dance floor up front near the bar. Â
This is the type of place you would go if you want to pound shots of Jager, hook up with a fat chick and spend the rest of the night vomiting. Â
Also, the first time we stopped in we were turned away for a dress code violation. Â This is a college bar in South Bend?? Â Dress code, are you kidding me?
after having my nose broken at this establishment, the asshole owners sent away me and the fucker who was holding me AND the fucker who hit me without bringing in the police so I could press charges.
my buddy was the art director who did the kickass mural on the big wall. so check it out, then get the fuck out. 10 minutes inside, and you're bound to smell like fucking marlboros.
How Oyster Bar and the Backer have a better rating than Corby's, I will never know. Â This is the only ND bar that is actually a bar. Â You can sit at the bar and just drink. Â No ridiculous dancing, no cages like Fever, just good old fashioned drinking.
They have cornhole out back on the patio during the summer too. Â Corby's rocks, and they never charge a cover, so I'm not sure what those guys below are talking about.
Teeny tiny. Real dank and dirty. When I went it was the summer on a weekday, there was no cover but it was busy with students that were townies, especially from Bethel. Townies mixed with students from Holy Cross and Notre Dame in the regular season. If you are in your 20s, you will be surrounded by people your age. I cannot vouch for the prices because I never paid for my drinks here, but my friends say it's cheap. A typical college bar.
Review Source:Corby's is a SB institution. Â If you're an Irish fan or just like the idea of being stuffed in a small bar with a bunch of guys in brown leather sandals and girls carrying designer purses around in their armpits, Corby's is your dream come true. Â
On the other hand, if the thought of elbowing 6 drunken domers out of the way every time you want to take a shot at your pool table makes you break out in a cold sweat, please do not go here. Â
be prepared to pay a cover charge. Â yes, a cover charge to enter a bar. Â with no live entertainment of any sort. Â
They do have a patio. Â one star for having a patio.
I've been in here 2 times in my life, both to meet a friend, and don't think that I will ever go back.
#1: an absolute tool fest. All of the ND students come here, and all of the rich townies that wanted to go to Notre Dame come here and strut around.
#2: a cover charge. There are wayy better bars around than this that don't charge a cover.
#3: Music volume. I listen to loud music, and this is by far the loudest music bar in town, a great deal louder than the Oyster Bar, which is pretty loud in it's own right.
Now, they do have cheap drinks, and if you're looking for local college tail, Thursday nights are when the students come for Thirsty Thursdays. But, this idea is far and away outshone by the meatheads and preppies that are absolutely stuffed to the rafters in this place, and the mere fact that I go hoarse trying to be heard in this bar is an abomination.
Corby's is my second favorite bar in south bend. Even though it looks like it would hold about 5 people, it is really quite large with plenty of entertainment and an outdoor area which is fabulous in nicer weather. Tuesdays are best day because of their pitcher deals, but I would really recommend Corby's on a game day. The people in the know are there, no one is really obnoxious and you can sit and relax if the Irish sucked (praying for the '08 season!). They also have guiness and leine's on tap, which a definite plus.
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