Friday's South is a great neighborhood-style bar, though it's downtown in Collinsville. The staff is friendly, the food is good and more than reasonable priced. Good beer selection. The Sunday pizza deal, large deluxe for $9, has to be one of the best around. The thin-crust pizza is one of the best in the area.
Review Source:I ate too much and it is because the food was very tasty. It was Thursday, "Philly & Fries" on the Daily Specials. Food came pretty quick. They passed all the basic tests with flying colors.
1. Smiled and served me pretty fast from the bar.
2. Fries were hot, I hate gooey fries.
3. The food came relatively fast.
What came to my table looked like two sandwiches at other bars. I think the bread was there to keep the meat out of the french fries. I had to cut it with the knife to make it manageable. That was a good thing. Ordered up a PBR draft and started in on the sandwich.
When I looked at the meaty beast of a sandwich, it, my first thought was, "No way I am going to finish this today." That is what I get for thinking....
It was huge, had plenty of tasty cheese and just enough peppers mixed in. As I said, the fries were hot. Even the long fries and I had some long ones, were crispy hot.
I couldn't help but eat the whole thing. Clearly half of that Philly could have been tomorrow's lunch, but hell no, it tasted too good to stop!
The were friendly too. Why I waited so long to check this place out..
I'd comment on the pizza, but I was too full to try any. It look awesome. Sunday or Wednesday I'll tackle a thin crust!
Five stars easy! They should get five more for value!
A co-worker recommended it, so I went yesterday for lunch. The special for the day was a Philly Cheese Steak. It was pretty good, only $6. I'll have to go sometime when I'm not on the clock so I can have a drink or two. They have food and drink specials every day of the week. From what I can remember they are Mon: 35cent wings, Tues: $4or5 Burger n fries, Wed: $9.95 any 16" pizza, Thurs: Philly, and I don't remember Fri-Sun
Review Source:Hubby and I went there on a night when they do a $4 burger and fries night. I don't know how to explain it but the fries are excellent, not that dry crinkle-cut fries type junk you find in most bars. Golden little sticks of yum, perfectly salted. The burgers are huge. $4 bucks filled me up and THEN some.
The bartender there, can't remember his name, makes a perfectly mixed Long Island Iced Tea and other LIIT Connoisseur's know that it's not an easy drink to make without overpowering it with one of the many liquors in the mix. I was pleasantly surprised as it had been a while since I'd had one that was mixed well.
Drinks are reasonable and the food is good!
I'd recommend to any Dive-Bar-Lover who visits Collinsville!