Dave's Fox Head Tavern

Simple, no-nonsense iconic Iowa City bar. Saw a movie star/writer/producer there once. Only four beers on tap including a stout, pale ale, and Pabs. Full liquor selection. Excellent bar tender on a Saturday night. Awesome carvings on the booths: not at all seedy. One pool table but not much of a wait. Lots of the Iowa Writer's Workshop people like to hang out here, including famous grads like John Irving. Low key but kinda loud.

Not a bad place to hang out.  The times I've been there, the bar tender seems to have a lot of attitude for serving up Lacrosse Lager Light and PBR, but I guess that just adds to the character.  Generally more "interesting" people here than you'll run into at Brothers.  If nothing else go for all the old beer signs that litter the joint.

This is generally known as the writer's bar in Iowa City. As a result, there is the understanding that this bar is particularly pretentious. I want to take care to note that these are just the people in the bar, and honestly, it's mostly just the writers and some of the grad students. I've met some totally levelheaded people at this bar. For me, the Fox Head is probably one of the least pretentious bars that I know (the most pretentious is the Sanctuary).

There are few options at the Fox Head. You can't get a fancy drink. You can get a beer, whiskey, gin, vodka, or tequila. There are few options of each, all of which are pretty cheap. There are four, maybe five beers on tap. The tables wobble and the men's bathroom is eight types of wrong. Additionally, you need to watch out for pool players.

All of these things make it one of my favorite places to drink in Iowa City. There are booths everywhere and I can just have a conversation with someone while listening to one of the weirdest, most excellent bar jukeboxes in this city. It's rarely loud and rarely crowded. Whatever you heard about the Foxhead is probably wrong. You should check it out some time that isn't Sunday because it's never open on Sundays.