It's a cool dive, kind of a laid back place that I like. On top of that, the view just out the door is amazing.
They've got the usual beers, then the popular California beers (bear republic!), and lots of wall mounted TVs playing various sports. I'm not a sports fan myself, but my man was able to catch one of the western conference finals while I enjoyed the beer and the view.
The bartender had kind of a Vince Vaughn/Ben Affleck vibe going and he was friendly. I didn't feel the "out of towners" unwelcome attitude some people are talking about here. Â What more can I say? Good dive!
This is a great local bar in Mendocino. Â Know that it really is locals though, and don't be a touron (part tourist, part moron) when you go here. Â Seriously - just be cool. Â They have a full bar and lots of good beers on tap - some local and some not. Â It's good though, and if you want to watch a game while you're in Mendocino this is a good place. Â They have a few TVs and will accommodate which game you want to watch on at least one of them.
Review Source:Awesome, righteous spot in Mendocino village. We recently overtook Dick's completely with an entire wedding party, and found ourselves meeting new friends at every angle as opposed to being divided between locals and visitors. Before long the jukebox (which is varied and GREAT by the way) was pumped and the whole bar just ripped it up. You can go easy on the wallet and have a simple beer or go whole-hog and order legit cocktails and high-end shots. If you're in town and feel like having a good time drop on by.
Review Source:This is a "Working Mans/Chics" bar!
Don't come in and ask for a Manhattan or clinch your teeth to ask for red wine from the Bordeaux region..
After a few over priced meals, I would come to Dicks for a reality check. Yup!
Go where you are welcome, don't pretend what your not!
Great local draft beers from the surrounding area and of coarse spirits incase you need to forget!
Clean pissers, stand-up & sit down!
Cheers-
Step back in time: Somewhere one can purchase a rub-on tattoo, a knit hat with a fake ponytail draining out the back, and a sleeveless Harley tee shirt with battery acid burns conveniently over the nipple areas. Â Go ahead...no one will notice.
So what if you roared up on an electric bicycle with an Obama sticker peeling off your dented fender...no one will notice.
When the local CHP cruiser slinks past the wobblies leaning against their rusty station wagons those toothless locals carefully place their recently purchased 'off sale' booze bottles down the front of their painter's pants and grin; well then, be careful.
Dick's Place is surprisingly 'clean' for an old establishment. Â If anthropologists want to lift up the flooring for ancient history, no doubt there would be nothing but broken teeth, roach clips, and that darn phone number of some record kept, over-charged hormones ago... Perhaps the phone number of a local clinic to boot!
Park your scooter right in front; you can even leave your helmet strapped up to your handlebars - no one will mess with it. Â
How's this for a glittering endorsement? Â (Drive responsibly)
This place kind of reminds me of the old adage, "If it weren't for all these damn customers, this job would be great." The bar is classic in decor and the music in the jukebox is good. I had ordered a Crown Royal and Coke and have no idea what was actually served; it certainly wasn't Crown?!?.
Maybe we caught them on a bad day as previous visits were fun and lacked the attitude from locals and staff.
Great place to catch a game.
Quick service, cold drinks, a great location (by the water next to the Mendocino hotel) and really accommodating staff.
Definitely a younger and more fun crowd than Pattersons.
I'll definitely make this my go-to bar in downtown Mendocino on all future trips.
I've walked by this bar so many times and never peaked inside. Mostly because there was loud music, raucous drunken laughter, and frat-type boys about. But today was different.
It was Thanksgiving day and very quiet in Mendocino Village. We weren't even sure if it was open but wanted a little beer to start the holiday. Only a few patrons, mellow bartendress, and happy hour prices...who could resist?
I had a Blue Beer (Fort Bragg brewery) that was so yummy that I'm thinking of having another tomorrow afternoon. I'm pretty sure the only light cast inside the small, funky bar was the afternoon sun gleaning in from the front windows. I sat on the stool and enjoyed the fragmented view of the cliffs, ocean, and fading sun and knew that I was in the right place.
Don't order drinks within a half hour of closing, they have no problem dumping them just after you have paid. Stay away from the short dark haired bartender, he is  pissed off and jaded looking to start a fight, kick you out and/or call the local sherrif on you just to prove he's the boss. We had a group of people minding our own business spending $1000+ over a few days there and he still insisted on treating us like shit. This isn't the UFC of bartending, it's bartending in Mendocino.
Review Source:Fnah.
Decent dive bar, but definitely a locals place, which the bartender was happy to let me know by giving me the "you're a waste of my bartending time" look as soon as I walked in. When I asked to open a tab he said no because he wasn't "good at counting." He didn't look a day over 18 to begin with, so maybe he was telling the truth. Later I overheard him telling a story about "some pussies from San Diego." (Not a reference to me, since he didn't know where I was from, but it was obvious that this guy has issues with people outside the Mendocino zip code.)
Anyway, I understand that a small town dive bar isn't going to necessarily be the friendliest place for a stranger, so no hard feelings. I met a couple of nice locals who more than made up for the bartender's doucheness.
Great place, though, with the darts and jukebox and whatnot.
I have a thing for bars that have been around for decades and decades and decades, outlaw cell phone conversations, and have awesome patrons and bartenders. Dick's Place is that place in Mendocino.
My boyfriend and I stopped in after tooling around Mendocino on a weekend trip. Dick's Place is small, but it has an ATM, a jukebox, darts and pinball. It also has several flat-screen TVs to catch the game.
The bartender was friendly to us out-of-towners even with a bar full of locals to keep her busy. The locals were friendly and had some great tips for places to go and things to do. Ironically, no one was a dick in Dick's.
A nice change after our mediocre experience at Fort Bragg's Tip Top bar where there were actually too few Richards and too many Dicks.
Ahhh, Dick's Place. Their motto is, "So few Richards, so many Dicks." One of the oldest bars in the country, dating to the repeal of Prohibition, and changed very little over the years. This is real, 1930's style Mendocino, from before Carmel-ization. If you like a good old-fashioned saloon with a number of questionable "characters" and some really good, friendly bartenders, this is your kind of place. Ask about the old logging tools on the walls. I think the only way to get unfriendly service is to be one of which there are so many. Dick's isn't for everyone, thank God, but it is my favorite hangout in town.
Review Source:This was one of the bars we frequented twice on my wedding weekend. Â I can't comment on the drinks since I only had water -- didn't want to have a hangover before my wedding. Â
Our crowd of english blokes rated this place higher than Pattersons -- they liked the jutebox and live music. Â I think Pattersons was too tame for them. Â This bar definitely has the gritty, local feel. Â We were fortunately to hear a fun band play on Thursday night - the people were friendly and the place wasn't overly crowded.
Friday was definitely much more busy - half and half on friendliness from the locals. Â I think some were fed up with our party since we had quite a few people from our wedding. Â Overall, it was still fun and a great place to drink and have fun.
It's all about the bloody mary's at Dick's! Â I'm from the Mendo coast, and as a child felt a shiver of fear whenever I walked by Dick's on a Sunday afternoon and heard/saw all the crazy locals inside/outside...honestly nothing like the fear I felt whenever I walked by the Tip Top in Fort Bragg hahaha. Â Now, however, I embrace Dick's like most local kids have come to.
There's always the typical array of Mendo locals here, and there are lots of cool old pictures on the walls.
So anyway, if you only have one drink at Dick's, make sure it's a bloody. Â They're too die for. Â They put in all the veggies, and they make their own mix. Â Dill is the secret ingredient as far as I can tell, but I've never been able to duplicate the deliciousness at home.
After long deliberations about what my 200th review should be, I decided that while not epic, Dick's Place in Mendocino deserved it's own little piece of history....so please allow me to butcher/revise the verses to the classic Brady Bunch Theme Tune (forgive me, Sherwood Schwartz)
Here's a story of a lovely lady
Who was out in Mendocino with her crew
All of them really loved to drink, wine & spirits,
and any type of brew.
Here's a story of a bar called Dick's Place
Who was busy with the hicks of this old town
Girls in dreadlocks, and boys with scraggle
Their sorrows here to drown.
Till the one day when the city folk went to Dicks Place
And they knew that it was pretty much their chance
To amuse the cougars, bros, and crazy alchies
With cheap drinks and their dance.
But the kitchyness started to fade rather early
Cheap drinks are good but crowd was definitely a bust
Thanks, but no thanks Mister Dick, I'm not buyin'
Sizzle crew is leaving you in their dust!
The Sizzle's dust, the Sizzle's dust...Sizzle crew says F U Dick, you're in our duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust! (Ba dump ba dump bump ba da ba da dum dmmmm dum bump!)
It was my dad's 50th Birthday so we took him for a shot at dicks. The prices were not bad and it seemed like a cool place to just sit back and watch. The bar tender is strict about checking IDs, but he did let my aunt's dog into the bar.
He was nice enough to take a picture for us and chat. I would come back to Dicks. It seems like a place with such a character. Just don't forget your ID...or your dog.
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