The owner and staff really should do  something about this guy who is hitting on guys on Friday/Saturday nights.  I recently was trying to enjoy an evening out with some buddy's and this overweight obnoxious guy tries striking up a conversation with us asking us every question in the world.  He is so annoying and loud.  We finally heard all we could stand and went to Afton Tavern to enjoy our drinks.  He is going to continue run people away if the ownership doesn't do something about him.  I really like going to Joe's on the weekends but if I see this idiot, I will walk away.  Others are talking about it and feel the same.  Hope to go in there in the future and not see this guy.
Review Source:Went to meet some friends, and wasn't very impressed. Â It's not the most terrible place in Concord, but really not somewhere I'd go again.
There was a special on vodka, so I went to the bar and ordered a vodka on the rocks. Â The bartender shoved me off pretty rudely, telling me that if I was at a table, I couldn't order from the bar. Â I know that's fairly standard, but she was very rude about it. Â Also, I waited 10 minutes at the table before going to the bar for service. Â The drink itself was absolutely not even a full shot (I tended bar for a while, and it was maybe a two count.) Â
I didn't eat, and left shortly after. Â I can get rudely ignored for free, so I'll save my $2 next time!
Cool place to hang out and drink, BUT DO NOT order the food. Aside from the gross overpricing of the food, all the bar does is purchase frozen meals from the Food Lion across the street and microwave that shit. Im not even kidding.
Shitty, overpriced food aside: The amount of HD TVs is impressive, and as there are very few bars like this in our part of Concord, its a legit spot on gamedays and weekends. (Beware, it is a Steeler's bar - - - GO JETS!)
I liked Joe's. They have a bunch of HD TVs all over the room and 2 outside on the patio. They also had a beer I didn't turn my nose up at. The Widmer Drifter Pale Ale. Had the chili con queso and chips for and appetizer. Â Nothing spectacular but it hit the spot. We had burgers for supper. They were good burgers. My wife had the home made chips and I had baked beans for the sides. All the food was very good. I think the beans came out of a can but they were good. Everything came out hot and cooked properly. The bartender, Rick, was very friendly and laid back. The atmosphere was good and there were an equal amount of Sox and Yankee fans for the game which Rick put on for us. Overall we had a really good time. Yes, even the Yankee fans were cool. As sports bars go it was one of the better ones. A real nice corner bar.
Review Source:I thought the quality of the food, for a sports bar, was excellent.
The Western Bacon Burger I got was fantastic.
Service was decent.
However the restaurant smelled pretty bad of cigarette smoke - even though it just opened for the day and nobody inside was smoking.
I'd classify a lunch for two at a sports bar to be 'pricey' at $22. Â That hurts its value.
Joe's Sports Bar.
Well here we have your classic bar scenario.
Afternoon crowd: Older, "lifestyle drinkers" kicking them back before the younger crowd crawls out of the wood work. Country music blaring from the jukebox, real downers too. Songs about whisky, trucks and loose women. You can also find your cliche old drunk guy hitting on a girl too young to care, to drunk to notice.
Night crowd: Young, noisy, vibrant. Dare I say a little classier.. some just off of work from the office, others there for the big game. Smokier, though. But all in all the kind of vibe you would think a place like Joe's thrives on.
As far as the booze goes they've got it down. The bartenders are all chicks, at least every time I go, and they know how to have fun. One bartender has a heavy pour, which I love, especially when she makes my Midori and Coke. Another, not quite as heavy a pour but a much bigger smile. All of them pleasant and mostly, professional.
The food..well.. that's *another* story. I've been to Joe's on multiple occasions and ordered something to eat, as I am a firm believer in eating while drinking. I understand, clearly, that for the type of bar Joe's has established itself as that the food isn't going to be in the same country as a Michelin star or even a NY Times sneeze. However I don't believe that, reguardless of your atmosphere, there is any excuse for bad food.
The cook there, whose name I won't mention, really doesn't have a clue. My first meal there was simple. A BLT. Classic. The bread came out untoasted, the lettuce was slimy and the bacon was limp.
The second time, a second chance, chili cheese fries. The fries were limp, the chili laid on way too thick, cheese congealed.
A third time was another simple one. Grilled ham and cheese. The bread was toasted in a toaster, the cheese was not melted and the ham was cold. Â Â Â Somebody get this guy a manual.
In the short:
Recommend the booze, for sure.
When they take out the food menu, run for your life.
Let's start off by saying I'm no fan of Sports Bars.
However, when one of my Charlotte area hosts suggested we go visit some friends at "Joe's new bar," I didn't have much of a choice.
Me: What's it called?
Him: Joe's Bar
Me: I know it's Joe's bar, but what's the name of it?
Him: Joe's Bar
Me: Oh, so you don't know the name. Where is it?
Him: It's in Concord.
Me: It's where? It's not even on Yelp. How new is it? Did it just open. Maybe if I search bars in Concord it will show up and we can find out the name.
Him: That IS the name.
Me: OK, let's just go. What kind of bar is it?
Him: A sports bar.
Me: Ohhhhhh........(*dread sets in*)
Honestly, aside from the fact that the walls of this place are a horrid color - something my friend Amy and I deemed "Little Boys Room Blue", the place is pretty harmless.
I liked the patio out front (hated the smoking indoors). I liked the computerized jukebox that had every artist I could come up with (hated the fact that playing Guns n' Roses and Bon Jovi only costs $1 per song but playing any of my favorite artists costs $2 per song). Loved the brand spankin' new Ikea furniture feel in the decor scheme (again, hated the blue which screamed "When I grow up, I wanna own my own bar." "What kind of bar do you want, Junior?" "A blue one, Mommy, I want a blue one! Because blue is for boys!")
Overall, it was actually a good "Cheers" type of place where, frighteningly enough since I was in Concord, most of the people in the bar really DID eventually know my name! And Joe was actually at the bar the whole time, which was kind of cool actually.
The best thing about this place is that if you're ever stuck in Concord (and if you're there at all...believe me, you're stuck), this is the only drinking option you really have. So, Joe's Bar it is all the way!
Good luck, Joe. Honestly, you're onto something here.
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