The Elbow Room

The Elbow Room is what it is. A neighborhood bar with its collection of regulars and the occasional drop in. That would be me. Went there out of curiosity after reading other Yelp reviews. It's a place I might frequent if I lived nearby but probably would not travel to. Dive bar ambience. Decent selection of major name beers with a hint of local brews. But I can get that closer to home. There are, however, two things that make Elbow Room worth the trip. First, the service. Our waitress was excellent. Efficient and friendly. She knows how to treat customers and that makes a difference. Second, the pizza. Fantastic!  Prepared next door. Reasonable price, excellent taste and generous portions. For me, this would be a fine place to grab an afternoon beer and maybe a burger.

I was introduced to this gem recently and I'm glad for it. As dive bars go, this bar has it in spades. We joked and drank with an elderly man who must've been around 85 years old and is most certainly a regular. We were drinking PBRs and enjoying some horse racing. Nothing like getting daytime drunk with a senior citizen!

The bartenders were extremely friendly and gave back as much flack as we gave them. The food was also on point. My friends had the thin crust pizza and I had the Italian sausage myself. Definitely a great establishment to add to my rotation list of bars.

Out of the way bar near downtown, with average food, average prices, but nice folks.

My first visit here was tainted by the fact that their air conditioning had gone out.  This did not stop a smallish crowd from sitting at the bar and singing along to a country tune that was playing on the sound system.  Not my bag in music, but their enthusiasm was refreshing.  But the heat was not, so we made our way out to the patio.  There was a minor breeze that helped, but not too much.  We ordered the pizza, which was okay, but on the smallish side.

So we sipped our drinks, finished our pizza and moved on.  My companions were headed a different direction, however, and were not sure how to get back to the highway.  But a friendly patron stepped out of Elbow Room and heard our discussion and offered to let them follow her and said she would lead them back to the highway.  

Yep, you will find some nice folks at Elbow Room.  But unfortunately there was not much else there to get excited about.