Ok - PREPARE TO BE PLEASENTLY SURPRISED.
We bought a home right around the corner from this dive bar and it has become our beloved local hangout. Weather friends come visit us from PB or out of town, we always take them here. Why, you ask? I'll tell you.
Drinks: Stiff and cheap. Good selection of beers on tap.
Food: Oh. My. God. I never knew bar food could taste this good. Try the grilled chicken sandwich that comes piled high with bacon, jallapanos and cheese on the sourest of toasted sourdough bread - and it's served up with tater tots. Seriously, go there tonight unless you don't like good food.
Bartenders: Cookie and Greg rock. They're not exactly social butterflies - but if you engage them they will humor you with good conversation.
Entertainment: You're free to just post yourself on your bar stool, drink your stiff drink, and enjoy chatting up the locals - but at The Hearth House you have options. Lots of them. There's pool tables, darts, shuffleboard, video golf game, some punching bag game that all the dudes punch incessantly, and a great Internet juke box and ping pong. So yeah, drinking games galore.
Ambiance: This is a dive bar. It doesn't pretend to be anything other than a drive bar. It's dark and not very imaginative in its choice of color scheme and decor. And that's what one should expect at a drive bar. The place is clean and the bathrooms are safe.
Hands down our favorite place to drink and we always have a great time.
Been a patron for over 10 years and made a lot of great friends there. Some of my favorite things: Sculpin IPA on tap (yes, they have beer on tap now), great internet juke box, and Nintendo Wii. I'm there most Friday's and ready for a challenge at Wii Bowling :-)
They've also got pool tables, shuffleboard, a punching bag game, stiff cocktails, a fire place, and a bunch of TV's usually showing sports stuff if you're into that.
I don't often get in before the kitchen closes but, when I have, I've always really enjoyed the cooking (burgers, cheese fries, that sort of thing). Â
It's a clean, safe, fun neighborhood tavern.