at the time I wrote that, I did not yet know that the building that Joe's occupied was deteriorating. Â Joe's was closed, the building torn down and rebuilt, and Joe's restored "exactly" the way it was before!! Â Unbelievable how much it looks the same! Â Same feel, same look, everything. Â Way to go Joe's! Â I just don't get to there much, anymore.
Review Source:I have been to this bar a few times over the last 5 years. Â I don't think I have ever been disrespected by anyone like I was when I was here. Â I was sitting at the bar (5 inch heels on) waiting for my brother to bring us our drinks. Â The bartender asked me if I wanted something and I said "No thank you I'm getting one from the man right there," (I pointed) He gave me a dirty look and yelled "Well nevermind then!" I said "I'm sorry but thank you." Then he asked the other bartender to come and take our chairs. Â Are you kidding me?! If I'm blocking you from getting business (which let's face it, in Chico if someone wants a drink they know how to squeeze their little body in and get one!) then politely ask me to move, not be a vagina and have someone else come get my chair. Â Maybe he was just having a bad night, but as a customer I expect a little more.
Review Source:Wow, I can see how Chico got its booze-town reputation.
My first time in town, I was brought here for a post-dinner drink. Good atmosphere: TVs on the wall, sawdust on the floor... nice. And the drinks were freakin' cheap. Not only cheap, but huge and stiff. A Tangaray and tonic cost something like $6, and it came in a glass that would be too big if it was a water glass. Can't argue with that!
After a little while, the evening crowd started cycling in, so we made our way out. Gets loud and crowded, but if you're in town to party, I could see this place being a blast. Plenty of other bars within walking distance too.
Oh Chico... I guess the legends are true. Good times.
This is a great bar day or night. It's casual with a "Cheers" vibe to it. You can sit at the bar and BS with the bartender and other patrons or at tables with friends. There is a covered outside patio that comes in handy when it gets crowded or for smokers. Don't be turned off by the location, this is definitely not a frat bar.
Review Source:For those of us who used to go to Joes regularly before the remodel, we knew the free peanuts and sawdust. We were so eager to go when they reopened we went the second day, but then found out we had to buy peanuts. We were disappointed, but didnt make a fuss.
5 o'clock rolled around and Joe's bought everyone there a pitcher. It was at this glorious moment I realized that paying for a few peanuts was not a big deal to support the best bar in Chico. Its just a great atmosphere that you can't find anywhere else in Chico.
Joe's. What can I even say? This is, hands down, the best bar in Chico. Great for cheap, strong drinks. Great for hanging out with friends. Great for getting plastered drunk and singing to Bon Jovi, Alabama, and Journey. Perfect place to start or end your night...and perfect to go back to and nurse your hangover. JOE'S FOREVER!!!
Review Source:Joe's is one of my favorite places in Chico. The waitresses are super nice. One time there was a mean waitress and I am pretty sure she was fired which is awesome. The drinks are reasonably priced and they serve peanuts!! Oh yeah, and for the hipsters out there, they serve olympia in a can. It was shut down for remodeling at the beginning of the year, but I hope it opens up by the time I get up there in the fall.
Review Source:I went to 2 stars only because they took the building down to the ground. Â This is the same owner who sold JB's to a strip mall that doesn't and can not hold business. Â The building was a classic brick building. Â Torn to the ground.... The bloody Joes I would say were ok not the best because they change their mixes depending on who was on shift. Â The last days they were using juice right out of the can... no mix.... and not their reg goodies that go in... but that happened with my bloody joes quite often. Â Then they started charging for peanuts... really... that would be like charging for chips at a mex food joint.... I am being hard on joes but that is because you do not change what you start with... the owner needs a teardown check ... becasue it is still one of my fav it gets a 3 star now.
Review Source:Best dive bar ever. Best bloody mary ever.
They always have some pretty good drink specials and their back porch is nice for the summertime.
It's been a while since I have been back to Joe's but they have that golf arcade game, the sawdusty floors, and always a weird drunk chick that needs people to hold her up. This is the greatest place in Chico to end your night!
I never met a Joe I didnt like, and Joe's bar makes no exception. Ice cold drinks, great service, good music and free peanuts! Definitely WAY better than Rileys across the street. In fact id rather eat the sawdust off the floor in Joes bar than go to Rileys any night.....seriously if you have any self respect you will not go to Rileys.
PS. When I say "good music," I mean good drunk music. Also, there are a good handful of cowboys at this place, so if you have a problem with that, dont come here!!
Best Bar in Chico by FAR. Love the smell of saw dust and the last call rush followed by a group sing along with the every one in the entire bar to "I've Got Friends in Low Places". Who cares if you like country or not, this is what this town is all about! Oh, and don't forget to leave at least 10 min before 2, so you can sprint the 5 blocks to the 7/11 and pick up a 30 pack for the rest of the night.
Boozing, Singing, Saw Dust, and $6.00 "double whiskey cokes" that could get a bull drunk with the sheer size!!!!!!!!!!! Go!!!!!!!!!
Am I the only Chico kid who is going to review this fucking bar, or did all the other reviewers just expatriate and then review? Come on, Chico! Sing it loud and proud! Joe's Bar! Where else can you get a 32oz Tecate or such a huge Anchor Steam? The sawdust, the peanuts, the back patio, and 1:30AM when the entire bar is inexplicably singing Don't Stop Believin' even though Journey sucks. It's the spot if you know what's up, and don't feel like dancin' the night away.
Review Source:Ummmm, I love melonaids! I also love that I can run to Joe's after Riley's or the Bear's last call and still have time to get another drink. The only bad thing about this place... your shoes will be covered in saw dust. Still though the saw dust is quite an endearing quality about Joe's!
Review Source:This is my all time favorite Chico Bar!
It's not just the sawdust and peanut shells on the floor, it's not the fact that you can get a 32oz Tecate, it's not even pushing past sweaty frat boys in the tiny ass hallway to the back patio past the bathrooms. I don't know what it is, but I love this place.
There is always that hella drunk chick in the back that people are holding up so that she doesn't get kicked out. There's always that loud annoying guy who tries to make friends with everyone. There's always a miss-priss Sorority chick from some other school that can't believe she's at such a dive bar.
It's just a fantastic place to people watch. $3 Ginormous Beers ROCK! You're never going to wait too long in line outside. It's just a great time. Check it out!
Ahh, Joe's. The prototypical name yields way to a prototypical college bar. And i loved it.
Joe's is just exactly the bar you expect to find in a town like Chico, and when you finally DO find it, you cant help but smile. This is the place to go for any classic holiday revelry. St Patricks Day? Time for Joe's. Getting up early the morning of your graduation for a pre-grad bloody mary? Better find out what time Joe's opens (hint: Early).
The sawdust on the ground means that the place isnt very sandal friendly, which is a problem for Chico in the summer considering fucking everyone where sandals in the summer. Why wouldnt you? But i willingly look over this semi-flaw. Its hard to even call it a flaw since the sawdust is such a great/campy addition.
Love Joe's for what it is... everything you would expect.
Mmmmm peanuts and beer or a hearty bloody mary. Joes was probably my favorite bar in college. Nothing fancy, a small, intimate scene, a fireplace, pinball machines and a nice little patio. I also was a fan of the fact that my friend Ryan was a bartender there and knew how to brew up some pretty wicked drinks. Ok, with all the good stuff said, I'm afraid I have to talk about some of the negative aspects of good ol' Joes. The bartenders and bouncers all have meathead, I drive a Jeep with the bumper sticker "It's  Jeep Thing" syndrome. They always thought because they worked at a bar that they were way cooler than anyone they were serving. But the truth is most of those bartenders/bouncers are still there! They graduate, and then make a living about slinging drinks to ridiculously drunk frat boys. Speaking of frat boys, that is another downfall. I mean how many drunk, sleazy muscle heads can you fit into a tiny bar? Well Joe's figured out how to do it, because it was always overrun with them. I could have done without those losers. And the third con is the size, which is also a pro. Sometimes the place was so packed I would find myself smashed in a corner between some guy's huge back and the pinball machine. But hey, we always made the best of it.
Review Source:I always end up leaving my credit card here after a night of drinking. Â They always charge me fairly and I end up getting my card back the next day. Â I might have to stop opening a tab though, since I'm tired of heading back here the next day and having incomprehensible flashbacks of the night before.
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