Eldorado's Food & Spirits

New to neighborhood and a friend suggested I go to Eldo's, I love it. Great owners who call you by name after just going there a few times. Everyone is friendly and it makes you want to stop in!!! Thanks Eldo's!!

I would come here every day if I could. We had the most amazing experience ever here last night. This is my new favourite local bar - I just wish it wasn't ALL the way up High Street from where I live (but it'd be a quick cab ride, I bet). We aren't drinking this month, but yes, we found our way to several bars last night. A last ditch effort at amusing ourselve amidst our November sobriety, El Dorado made my night completely.

It's a hole in the wall bar, and yes there were a bunch of rowdy middle aged locals hanging around outside (I think they were serving beer from a booth/window outside? I couldn't exactly tell what was going on). We walked in to witness a fully packed bar - mostly middle aged and white haired local yokels - dressed to the nines in their own way, and dancing and carrying on to an excellent cover band of the same general age/cultural demographic. The band was truly very good, and it was awesome to watch everyone so thoroughly and uninhibitedly enjoying themselves.

A couple funny moments: I went to go to the bathroom, and while I was waiting outside, a drunk older man started leering at me. My boy swooped in and waited with me - then while I was in the bathroom, I heard this woman drunkenly ask him if he was waiting for his "wife." Hit on all around! Haaa. Wonderful.
When the boy went outside to make a call, I got asked to dance by several very nice men my dad's age - within like three minutes. It was really very endearing and not at all skeezy - people just wanted to have a good time! I declined and went to find the boy outside, but we really enjoyed spending the next hour or so listening to the band (and not drinking, ftw!). We are DEFINITELY coming back here in December and getting trashed with these wonderful people at this effing fantastic bar.

If you like serious local culture, I'd recommend checking out El Dorado - but don't bring in your own element and try to take it over or change it. It's very obvious that this is these peoples' bar.

If it wasn't for Bob's being right across the street, Eldorado would have a lockdown on the charmingly strange bar scene that unfolds in this plaza-heavy section of N. High Street. First off, you'll see at least five people on the "patio" smoking cigarettes and drinking beer straight from the pitcher no matter what time of day it may be. Whether these people are unemployed, underemployed, or just don't give a $hit is anyones, but they sure are a feisty bunch indeed. I'd wager money that these are the same type of people that spent their tax refund checks on lottery tickets and faux-leather steering wheel wraps, if you catch my drift. Where they come from is anyone's guess, but they sure are fun to drink with at 3 PM- mainly because there's absolutely no way you'll ever be the drunkest person at the bar.

Oh yeah, the bar. About that- it's pretty damn small, the lighting is suited for a hangover, and as you can tell from the small piece of real estate in that Eldorado takes up, it's dinky as well. The tap houses a random mish-mash of domestics and mainstream imports, but I think I may have sighted some type of Great Lakes the last time I was there. There's definitely nothing out of the ordinary about this place. The pizza is average in taste but generally cheaper than most bar/grill type places by a few bucks. Other than that, ehhh.

Why anyone would be looking for a drink in this area is beyond me, but if you absolutely have to get your daily dose of grandpa's cough syrup. I'd recommend getting it across the street at Bob's Bar. It is "The Cultural Hub of the Midwest", after all. Top it off with a Barnyard Buster at Tee Jaye's and you've got yourself one hell of an awesomely bad afternoon right there!