Donovan's

Good bar food at a reasonable price.  Friendly staff.  A little smoky from the regulars who must have never read the Surgeon General's warning.

Try the triple cheeseburger - two quarter patties sandwiched between three kinds of cheese.  Fries are a side item but good and there are lots of them.

So this place has long been known as a dive with a predictable array of barflies that frequent the joint.  However, the business now claims new owners, so I gave it a whirl with a dear friend.  We sat on the bar side, as there are clearly separate dining/drinking sections.  The menu had several items, all fairly typical American fare.  Their bottle list was merely ok to not great, but they did have Sam Adams, Sol, and Guinness.  Their taps were only two in number, and both dedicated to Super-industrial tasteless lagers.

The decor was pretty neat though--it has old barn siding throughout with agricultural antiques festooning the walls.  The food was nothing to write home about, but for Arcadia, I'd eat there again.  I like the fact that they exist, and they are trying, and I am willing to give them another opportunity, perhaps on Friday or Saturday, when they advertise live entertainment, and perhaps more people to mingle with.