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  • 0

    This restaurant was not as good as I thought it was going to be. I tried it twice just to make sure it wasn't just a bad night but the second time around was worst. The waiters make me feel uncomfortable because I feel like they hate their job and do not want to be there. They always had an attitude when they served you. The bartenders can be friendly but can overcharge you on drinks.

    When we ordered the fried pickles one time, I'm almost 99.9% sure they gave us cucumbers because it wasn't even a bit sour like a pickle, it tasted bland like a cucumber! And the color was off like it was really old. The burgers are overcooked, not much flavor and fries came cold. The chili on the chili mac was plain jane, no flavor, and tasted funny.

    Eh, I say go down the street to Metro 29. It's not worth trying to cram yourself into the small parking place nearby.

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    They have new owners I heard and it seemed like the servers/bartenders are not drunk anymore but its still dirty. I would not eat here but it seems safe to drink here(out of a bottle)

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    We came here on half off wing night. Wings were good, but buffalo sauce was a little too watery for my liking. The jerk wings were awesome though. For the people talking about how cheap the food is I don't agree. It isn't an expensive place given DC norms, but $10.50 for a hamburger and $9.50 for sandwich (pay extra if you want fries) isn't cheap. Between this place and Jay's Saloon I give Jays the edge for the "dive bar" title.

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    Cozy dive bar with tasty wings and friendly service! They have a tasty grilled chicken wing, cant remember what they call it but it reminded me of the Texas grilled wings from Hard Times.

    Waitress was super friendly and super quick with refills. Will be back to try more foods and their trivia night!

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  • 0

    It was OK.  Not inexpensive for a semi-dive place, but it is Northern Virginia!  It was pretty crowded for lunch on Sunday so the service was slow, but.... she didn't charge us for a soda and a coffee to make up.  
    Burgers are good, tables are small, not really a clena feeling to the place.
    I wouldn't seek it out, but would go there again for a second chance.

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  • 0

    The ONLY dive bar in Arlington.  Galaxy Hut doesn't count thanks to the Clarendon crew.  While looking for a decent meal (with alcohol) between classes, a friend and I decided to stop by here since we had the Scoutmob deal.  I never noticed it since I drive by his place on Lee Highway all the time, but its very easy to find.  

    This is a real dive bar.  Cheap beer and cheap bar food.  Both of us sitting at the bar, we order some burgers and a few beers.  I ordered the Lojo, which came with some spicy sauce, blue cheese, and grilled onions medium rare.  My buddy ordered the schroomer, which came with sauteed mushrooms and swiss cheese.  I think the draft beers we ordered (can't remember which) were only $5-6 a pint before happy hour.  Not too bad.  The burgers were good but mine was a tad bit overcooked (more like medium).  However, regular size PBR's are only $2.50 all day and $2 during happy hour.  Drafts were $3.50-$4 IIRC and rail drinks only $4.  

    What I loved about this place too was how chill everyone was.  Definitely a real dive bar with real regulars just hanging out.  The bartender, Erica IIRC, was very cool and laid back.  Easily my favorite bar in Arlington aside from TNT.  I'm not sure why this place only has 3 stars but easily deserves a higher rating.

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    When you hear all of those songs about amazing "Dive Bars"... This is the kind of bar they are talking about.  The first time you walk in the door, it feels like home.  There is amazing service, food, friends and all the in between.  One thing I must say though... this is NOT one of those hipster DC bars trying to be a dive bar. So if you are looking for the frat guys and sorority girls that are fresh out of college and still living off of mommy and daddy, this isn't it... go to the Ballroom...  HAHA...  

    Cheap Beer, good bar food that you actually want to eat, friendly staff, customers, and regulars.  

    Easiest way to put it...

    It's like Cheers, but in Arlington...

    and i'l leave you with the great words of Ben Stiller......

    "DO IT, DO IT"...

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  • 0

    Back in December I wrote about how great their Reuben Sand were. It didn't take long for my experience went south. I had their Reuben today and it was at least 75% fat!!! Very disappointed!!!! I found something good and they can't stay consistent. Maybe it was because it was 1/2 price Monday is why I got the CRAP meat!!! It will be awhile before heading back!!!

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  • 0

    This is a dive bar that I'll travel to go to. It's quaint and just a fun place to chill. Everyone's super friendly to include customers just chatting with each other. Beer flows from the taps and you're not going to find anything like Miller Lite or Bud Light there but rather tasty IPAs or pale ales.

    I was last here for a Redskins game and given the irony that we were playing the Cowboys and the place is Cowboy Cafe, the management assure me this has always been a Redskins bar. But let me get one thing clear, everyone's invited whether you like sports or the opposing team.

    I didn't eat much this go round but as a chicken wing connoisseur, these wings are pretty good and I'll definitely come back for them to include the company.

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  • 0

    Had some friends tell me about cowboy recently so I went out for some drinks and hanging out. Great atmosphere, yea its a small place, but its got lots of character. Great service from out waitress and bartenders, even though the place was packed, we never had to wait for anything. Service was outstanding.
    We weren't hungry when we went out, but everyone kept telling us to try the fried pickles and Edgar wings so we did. Great Choice for a late night snack, pickles were fried just right and not greasy at all. The wings were some of the best I have had in a while.
    Beer selection is good, not too many and not just crappy domestics. Full bar with all the liquor choices you could want.
    As other people have said in their reviews. Its a dive bar, but thats what makes it so great, sometimes you just need a low key, easy atmosphere place to hang thats not going to cost you a fortune.

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  • 0

    My buddies and I used to go to Cowboy cafe about 10 years ago.  We loved hiting it up on Sundays and as I recall, the food was pretty good.  However, it seems this place has slid downhill since then.  I ate there a few weeks back and was underwhelmed by the food.  It's barely average bar food, which is a shame because this place has all the potential to be a great dive bar with awesome food and good  live music.  If I owned this place, investing in a new menu with scratch, fresh ingredients would be priority #1... there are not that many good restaurants in Arlington to begin with and even fewer on Lee Highway.  It's almost shameful what people around here think constitutes for good food.  Also the space could use a face-lift... it feels cluttered... it's already a small space and all the stuff makes if feel even smaller.  I like what this place is about but there's just a lot of lost potential.

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  • 0

    I don't know what everyone else is getting here, but it cannot possible be the "spinach artichoke dip" (I'm using quotations because I'm questioning its authenticity), chicken fried steak or chicken sandwich. Okay, my sandwich wasn't the worst of those three, but there was nothing great about it. It's hard to mess up chicken, cheese, bacon and avocado. But serving it on cold bread and with what tasted like Lay's potato chips is one way to head in that direction.

    The chicken fried steak looked like they had fried it until the steak disappeared. My boyfriend immediately doused it, and the from-the-box mashed potatoes, with Tabasco, to no avail. I didn't even bother trying either one of them, but was told they were bad.

    Now to the worst of the worst - that "dip". I'm not kidding, it was horrible. I'm convinced it was cream of mushroom soup, without water added, and spinach. No artichoke flavor whatsoever, and served with those weird thick tortilla chips. Neither the chips nor the dip were even slightly warm. I'll caveat this by saying we didn't send it back, or complain. We ate it, partly because we were starving and partly because, well, I can't think of another reason besides I sort of liked the waitress/bartender and she seemed very busy.

    That leaves me to my one star. I do think it would be a cool place to have a beer. But only a beer. No food. We actually discussed how is was an ideal candidate for Restaurant Impossible, and I usually wouldn't sic Robert Irvine on my worst enemy.

    I really wanted to like this place. It's different, and there aren't many places that have that vibe around here. But I was very disappointed. We were still talking about it the next day, and had to go to what I consider one of the best places in the area to get the lingering taste out of my mouth... (see Plaka Grill review)

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  • 0

    I hadn't been to Cowboy Cafe since they used to have a location on Columbia Pike. . . so it's been a while.  I never thought the food was magnificent, but it was good enough for what it was (sandwiches, burgers, etc).  Used to have good music, etc. . .

    Then yesterday we thought. . . Let's try the one on Glebe to go somewhere different in a different neighborhood (we tried this last week, but there was no parking, and gave up).  

    As a bar, I imagine it's decent enough.  They have a decent selection of non-sucky beers on tap, they have liquor, and they have an ambiance that is not typical Arlington (i.e. Clarendon).   They get a star for that. . .

    The food. . . it just wasn't good.  We got some sort of "spinach artichoke dip".  I don't know what it was made of, but it was somewhere between baby food, and some sort of condensed cream soup that was mixed together, and stuck in the microwave for about 15 seconds to "heat" it up (it must have been 1 degree over room temperature).  It was pretty much the second worst dip I've ever eaten.  The first would be Chef Geoff's spinach-avocado dip (THAT was terrible).

    I ordered the chicken-fried steak for my entree as I thought to myself "It's the Cowboy Cafe. . . one would think that a cowboy knows how to fry up some steak".   Um, they don't.  It was just as underwhelming as the "dip".  Two chicken finger sized pieces of breaded steak,  a plate of "mashed" potatoes (I think they came from a box. . . and not even the good kind of boxed potatoes), and two pats of butter.  Maybe it tastes better than it looks?   Not so much, but compared to the appetizer, it WAS slightly warmer.  Though I've never actually been to Texas aside from the airports, and having lived in Wyoming in the one non-real cowboy town (Jackson). . . maybe cafe cowboys do things differently than what I'd expect of food made in a place with "Cowboy" in its name?  It's "real" cowboy food of shooting something out on the range, and mixing it together with some lint from your pocket, and frying it up in some antelope fat?   Actually, that might turn out okay.

    My lady friend had a chicken sandwich. . . it at least looked better.  Though, she said the bread was pretty stale.

    I was hoping that even if it was just bar-food, that it would be decent enough.  It's NOT.  It tasted like someone took a Hungry Man meal from the frozen food section and put it on a plate and served it to people.  

    I don't understand how some people are giving it 5 stars unless they're always drunk when they're there. . . or maybe they do have decent burgers, and nothing else?  I've had better food in prison. . .and by prison, I mean listening to Johnny Cash sing about life in prison, and eating some road-kill soup with rocks.

    (It wasn't terrible terrible like rats running around. . .but, I had to eat a bunch of York peppermint pieces thingys, and go out and have a few beers to get the thought of that spinach dip flavor out of my mouth.)

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  • 0

    We only went here because my girlfriend had bought a living social voucher. I'll start with the positive. The waitress was attentive and generally provided good service. It would probably be a a decent enough bar. To call it a restaurant though is a not fair to other establishments that use that term.
    I had seen other reviews on this site and others and held out some hope particularly for the BBQ brisket. I could not have been more disappointed. I could not determine how the brisket was prepared but I can say with absolute certainty it was not smoked. There was almost no favor in the half the serving that wasn't fat. There was no seasoning and the whole meal felt like it came right out of the microwave. Even the corn bread had a foul taste to it. The baked beans were the closest thing to edible but even they were marginal at best. They were so over done they were  almost a solid block of paste.  The food was so bad that I wouldn't serve it at home so I can't fathom how a business would dare serve it.

    In conclusion I would say Cowboy Cafe is a decent enough bar with OK ambiance but nearly inedible food. They might be able to cook a burger but I wouldn't count on it.

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  • 0

    I have been to Cowboy Cafe four times now and have enjoyed the food and service each time. I arrived with a bigger party and the server rearranged the tables for us.  There aren't a whole lot of tables, but we have always managed to get one without waiting. The food is tasty and inexpensive. I especially like the burgers (my favorite is the LoJo) and the beer selection. The only negative I can think of has to do with the small parking lot. But there is a second location for parking just yards away (to the right if you are looking from the street). It seems like it could be a good happy hour spot, although I have never been there for that. All in all, a good place for a meal and a beer!!!

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  • 0

    The service at Cowboy Cafe seems to be waivering over the past year.  I know the management has changed hands and the staff has changed.  The menu is the same: tex-mexy american food.  Good burgers (and veggie burger) and sandwiches and I love the jerk wings.  The buffalo wings are great too!  Had a disappointing experience last Friday.  The 2 waitresses seemed overworked with a Friday night crowd.  It was very busy and we had a problem with a number of our orders.  There were 7 of us in our party so I know we were a handful.  But, it was a similar experience when we were there last month so I'm losing confidence that it will continue to be the fun neighborhood hideaway that it used to be.

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  • 0

    This homie dive bar really has something good going on. Every one wants to have a bar they can go to wearing sweats and be able to chill out. BUT also be able to dress up on a friday or saturday night and jam to live music.

    The food is great ( I have had almost everything on the menu!) I loveee wing night! Every wednesday I go in and sit at the bar with some friends and seriously grub on some wings! The Edgar style is my most favorite!! Its a dry rub wing with dressing and hot sauce on the side. There half price burgers (tuesday nights) are a steall!!! I also love the california chicken sandwich, nom nom.

    The girls that work there are always extreamly entertaining. Wheither its dancing or joking around, they always seem to be having a good time, which in turn obviously makes it very easy for us to enjoy the enviroment and food.

    Its a great place to kick back with good people. I love going to a place and being known by name. And Cowboy makes that an easy fit. Best neighborhood/dive bar I can think of.

    Go on.. brighten your horizons.

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  • 0

    My husband and I met another couple at Cowboy Cafe on Sunday (2/26/12) around noon.  It wasn't very crowded (no wait) and not very noisy.  They have a small parking lot to the right of the joint.

    Our waitress was friendly and on-top of things.  The food was very good.  They offer brunch on the weekends from 9am-2pm.

    I debated between the Huevos Rancheros (the eggs are scambled with chorizo) and Biscuit & Sausage Gravy (homemade).  I eventually opted to step outside of my box (I typically will order biscuit and gravy where I can find it since few places in the area serve it) and ordered the Huevos Rancheros.  It was very tasty and filling although not heavy (like b&g would have been).

    My husband had the California Burger and he thought it was good.  Our friends had the Cowboy Hash and the California Chicken Sandwich and they also thought it was yummy.

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  • 0

    My husband and I went one Sunday in the late morning (11ish). It is a small place, and is primarily a bar. It was packed with an incredibly noisy younger crowd.

    We were seated next to a group that had been clearly drinking for a while, and the volume of that group & the others in the small dining area spoke to that. The server was trying to be attentive, but they were overwhelmed.

    We finally got our food, and it was just ok. I had a veggie burger which wasn't particularly hot but not too bad in taste. Given the vast array of good restaurants in Arlington, we won't be coming back to this one.

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  • 0

    I lived walking distance to Cowboy for 2 years and would have loved to call this our local spot.  However, everytime I've eaten there, the bald headed owner acts like he's doing me a huge favor when he serves me.  Almost everytime I've eaten in his restaurant, myself and my friends are the only patrons in the entire place.  This guy should be lucky someone is coming in!

    The poor service is disappointing because the food at Cowboy is the best bar food in Arlington.  In fact, it's better than more than half the restaurants.  The brunch menu has changed a bit over the past few years but the Hueuvos Rancheros are amazing!  I highly recommend the brisket as well.

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  • 0

    I'd driven by Cowboy Cafe tons of times, and the name alone convinced me I had to try it. And it's not bad. The tater tot appetizers are loaded with cheese, and are best remembered as "pretty good", but not great. The fries are weak, but the burger I had was "pretty good", but not great. The beer selection, you might guess, is "pretty good", but not great.

    The atmosphere comes off as a wannabe biker bar/military bar, but the area is probably a bit too yuppie for that. The bar area is pretty small, and even the booths don't seem like they'd seat four people.

    It's not a bad little place at all, but in Arlington/Falls Church/etc., it's one of hundreds of bars, and I can't see recommending this place over many others, even though it's perfectly fine for what it is.

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  • 0

    Usually a fan of CC, but had to alert the presses of a massive string of black hair found in between my halved breakfast burrito. Easily visible too. On the other hand, the bloody Mary was well done.

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  • 0

    We have been long time patrons but recently very disappointed.
    The burgers were over cooked and had large lumps of ? in them.

    The owner could care less!
    Too bad, they were great in the past.

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  • 0

    I went here with high expectations, but was pretty disappointed by the end of my meal. The service was great and the atmosphere was pretty cute, but the food was really not good at all. I ordered a spicy chicken sandwich (I think it was the special of the day) and it was no good and loaded with salt. No one enjoyed their food either, and it was a unanimous decisions that we didn't want to go back again.  Two thumbs down for the Cowboy Cafe, sadly.  I really wanted it to be good!

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  • 0

    Be careful of the bartenders - especially at night.  They are notorious for over charging your credit cards!
    Last time I was there, someone gave themselves a double tip!

    They do NOT deserve a double tip, let alone 15%...

    It was much cooler before the owners changed.

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  • 0

    Three-and-a-half stars, but since that isn't possible, I'm rounding down to three.  They would've gotten the round-up to four stars, but they served me draft beer in a faux pint glass.  You know, the kind of glass that LOOKS like a pint glass, but it has extra-thick glass at the bottom and only actually holds 12 ounces.  If I were reviewing just on the basis of drinking, I'd hammer them on that, especially since their drafts were priced like they were actually serving a full pint of beer.  Drinkers beware.

    Anyway, the food was decent, there's a lot of variety on the menu without looking like they're trying too hard, and the service was adequate.  I'll go back.

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  • 0

    Went here once and I really can't remember if the drinks were good at all.  My friends saw the bartender finish a couple of random people's drinks, floaters and all.  Really, they would turn around to leave, then she'd pick up their drink and finish the rest.  Gross. We spent the rest of the time there staring, waiting for her to do it again.

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  • 0

    You know those hole-in-the-wall joints that don't look impressive but end up blowing you away with their quality? Cowboy Cafe is one.

    I just moved to the DC area and was looking for Chicken Fried Steak. After reading some reviews here, my girlfriend and I went to the Cowboy Cafe for dinner, only to find CFS not on the menu. Matt, one of the owners, was also our waiter. He said that the CFS had been taken off the menu a while ago, but they made one anyway.

    Oh my God it was good! I hear it's hard enough to find a CFS in this part of the country, much less a good one. Everything at Cowboy Cafe is made from scratch and this steak was no exception - I haven't had a chicken-fried steak this good since Threadgill's in Austin, TX. The veggies were also perfect, and my girlfriend's pork/jalapeno/something was excellent as well.

    The staff was friendly, the music was great, and the margarita I had to top it off was surprisingly good. I can't say enough good things about this place. I will definitely be back.

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  • 0

    A tale of two visits.

    My wife and I first visited Cowboy Cafe after seeing the good reviews it got on here.  We were shocked by what followed.

    The service was excruciatingly slow.  Close to 30 minutes to receive our food after ordering.  My cowboy burger came without the BBQ sauce for whatever reason.  We waited almost 15 minutes for our plates to be taken away after were done.  We tried the s'mores desert dish, which took about 20 minutes to arrive, and it had plastic burnt to the bottom of it.  Then another 15 minute wait for check.  

    Despite all that, the food was pretty good, so we decided we would give it one more shot later on to see if they were just having an off night.

    The second time, service was much faster.  The food came with everything it said that it did, and there was no packaging melted onto the food.   And the food was delicious.  

    So based on my experience, it's a crap-shoot of what quality you'll get.  My first visit would've rated 1 star.  The second visit would've rated 4 stars.  

    IF you do go, just cross your fingers that you're catching them on a good night.

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  • 0

    Ended up meeting some people here before heading to the Redskins game. A few of us ordered some drinks as well as some tater tots and jalapeno poppers and an afternoon football game with some people who I assume were locals/regulars (due to the conversations along the lines of, "oh so-and-so", "____ was in here last night" and all the guys at the end of the bar nodding in agreement or shaking their heads).

    The tots were big, fried, and filled with a creamy potato and ooey, gooey cheese (basically two of my favorite ingredients in the world). We were warned that the jalapeno poppers would be hot, and me, being Korean was just like "oh wtfever". I cried. I literally had tears coming from my eyes, a runny nose, and all of a sudden my face got really hot. I downed my drink, I got a glass of water (I would have gotten milk like another person in my party, but I'm lactose intolerant so that just would have made things messy)... And for about 20 minutes after I finished one of those things, all I could feel was my lips tingling, burning, and throbbing.

    The bartenders were super nice, they strike up a conversation, laugh, and joke with you, and on top of that they are hospitable- something that I come across less and less when I go out. They even humored us and didn't laugh in our faces when we said we were going to the Redskins game (and that we still had hope that they might actually win).

    So far I like this place. I plan on going back to try a couple drinks or taste a few things on the menu, so we'll see if the rating changes.

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  • 0

    I love Cowboy and think it is going to be even better now that there is no smoking..sorry smokers.   We catered an event with them and the food was fantastic!  The Burgers are tasty!
    It's a great place to grab a quick lunch in Arlington without a thousand toddlers running around...rare in Arlington.

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  • 0

    It used to be easily a 5 star rating but has fallen off big time recently.  I've come for brunch about a dozen times but after the last couple, it's probably written off for me now.   Food is usually better on weeknights but it's just too inconsistent now.

    On my last visit, I ordered shrimp and grits which is the most expensive brunch item ($15.95).  The other couple of times I've had it, it was pretty damn delicious.  When my dish came, it was about a scoop of grits and 4 small shrimp.  Cost to make this dish would be about 70 cents.  I flagged the waiter down to point out that there was no andouille sausage like on the menu.  Confused or reluctant, he took the plate back to the kitchen.  15 minutes later it returns, now with more grits and what looks like ground beef.  He explains that they didn't have any andouille so they substituted breakfast sausage and that it's all the same.

    There were plenty of solutions to this problem... The waiter could've pointed out that the item was not available when I ordered.  The waiter could've pointed out that the item was not available before serving a half-assed plate of a handful of shrimp for $15.  The waiter could've asked if breakfast sausage was OK when I returned the dish.  This was an abortion of shrimp and grits, enough to keep me away from here for brunch.  

    I don't know if they change cooks for the weekend, or if it's a new staff but it's too hit or miss to recommend now.

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  • 0

    I liked this little place. I thought the bar tender was pretty cool, he traded me an old license plate for a T-shirt. The prices seemed a bit steep until I saw my sandwich, it was huge and worth the price. It had decent flavor to it. I really liked their "home made" pickles, and I'm not a pickle person.

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    I like this place and would give it an extra half star if the rating system allowed me to do so.  It has an authentic local feel to it and the service is great and friendly.  I have been here for lunch twice so far.  My friend raved about his smoked pastrami sandwich the first time we ate there.  I think they smoke it themselves.  This reminds me of a more authentic local BBQ place that I would find in Texas or in a more rural area.  Half of the restaurant is the bar area where they have two mid size flat screen TVs that play sports.  The music seemed to range from country to classic rock.  I am not sure if this was from a juke box or just what they had piped in or played themselves.

    Today I went for half priced burgers.  It was a great value for the quality of the food.  I had an order of yummy fried pickles to go with the burgers.  The coffee is really good here too.  I would like to come back and try their breakfast sometime.

    (It is good to note that if you participate in dining for miles you get three miles for every dollar you spend here and double miles at the beginng of the week.)

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    -Heavenly house infused bourbons
    -Savory house cured corned beef
    -The perfect neighborhood joint where everyone knows your name

    PS:  Live music on Fri/Sat and half priced burgers on Tues

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  • 0

    Good food. Good beer. Good people.

    Love it for casual drinking and hanging out. Also, don't want to blow up the spot too much, but there brunches are awesome. (except for the horrendous bloody mary's and mimosas). In general, great place to grab a burger and a cold beer without having to deal with the pretentiousness of most arlington establishments.

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    Even though gone through quite a transformation I still enjoy this place. Still has delicious half-price burgers on Tuesday, GREAT new brunch menu (completely different than before). I really like how the transformation has brought a ton of new people to the place but my ultimate favorite part of this bar is going in late night when they have live music and no one is there.

    I know that is every bar and bar musicians fear of having no one show up, but it has been two visits late night on a Thursday that I have seen this one guy with a guitar I don't know if he's actually miserable or just really sarcastic but hands down funniest musician I've ever seen. Stopping mid song to crack a joke or making up his own country song, or shouting out to a complete stranger across the bar. It's moments like that that keep their "small town bar" appeal which is something I hope they never lose. It's the best of both worlds kind of bar.

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    The Cowboy Cafe has transformed from a great local bar to a top-drawer restaurant and nightclub. The new owners have remodeled, and the ambiance is more open and sophisticated. They have a remarkable chef now (Patrick) instead of a cook, and the new menu is reasonably priced and sure to please. I even like the vegetables, (don't tell my mom)! Some of the D.C. area's best musicians perform at the Cowboy Cafe, ( the Deacons, Doc Reed, 11th Hour, Bob & Jerry and many others), and there is never a cover charge.

    Whether you're taking the family out to dinner, going out on a date, or just relaxing with friends, the Cowboy Cafe is an excellent choice. If you've been there before, you'll be pleasantly surprised by all the upgrades. If you've never been, come out soon to experience the best food or music that you're likely to find for less than $50 dollars a plate.

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    Cowboy Cafe knows its customers. Flip-flops, ratty shorts, and mismatched accessories are all A-OK at the the Cowboy Cafe. Check out the half price burger, cooked to order and juicy goodness every Tuesday. Or $.30 wings on Wednesday,  tangy and fried.  My favorite part though, live music Thursday, Friday and Sat. in the TINY bar area. sometimes blues, sometimes rock-n-rock you never really know what you'll hear, but cold beer and bacontastic potato skins will be by your side.  One note, along with the tiny bar, there is a tiny parking lot. Usually it's easier ot grab a street spot.

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    oh how i love a deal!  nothing makes tuesday nights better than 1/2 price burgers at Cowboy Cafe!

    packed in this tiny restaurant (seriously, only about a dozen tables) is a great little pub/bar/restaurant.  on tuesday nights all of the burgers are half price.  combine that with a happy hour special on tap and your tip and you've got a great meal for under $10...and probably more like $7, depending on how much you drink.  

    my recommendation is the blue moon or the duke (w/bacon).  and while the CC on Columbia Pike has the pool table, this location has the malt vinegar.

    parking is a bit of a pain though, so be careful.  the lot is small and there are many surrounding businesses that would love to invite the arlington tow-truck companies to tow your car.  my advice is to park by the hardware store across the street.

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