My favorite local bar, hands down, for the past going on 15 years now. JT's is the diary I don't keep (for good reason). I can always go in and pour my heart out to one of the girls while they pour me a Jack and Coke. Best chicken wings on the planet too. And John Taylor's like family to me. Make sure you pop in when Beth is behind the counter. She's a doll and a good listener! I don't have enough love in my heart for this fine establishment.
Oh yeah, and if you can't deal with true dive bar bathrooms, do not go here! Just part of the John Taylor charm, if you ask me!
Jt's is a fantastic neighborhood bar. Full disclosure: I'm a regular there. This is not a fine dining establishment, but the wings are the best in town, and the rest of the nightly specials are definitely worth trying. Go in and check it out, but leave your attitude outside..we are all friends at Jt's and you will be welcomed by all. Oh, and the drinks are strong and the bartenders are awesome. Tip: don't order a frozen drink. It's not the place for it, and I don't think there is even a blender anyway. Try Applebee's instead.
Review Source:I got friends in low places
At JT's Bar where the whiskey are downed
And beer chances my blues away
And I'll be okay
Well, I'm not big on chicken wings
Think I'll give them a try with hot sauce
Oh I got friends
At JT's Bar & Grill!
(Lyrics - Garth Brooks - Low Places)
I can't say I'm a regular here, but this is definitely my dive. Â The place reminds me of home back in Iowa. Â Low, dark, and dink with some crazy-#$% flares hanging around, and I'm not talking about the stuff on the walls - wink! Â I've been here enough and it's weird to say I've never really ate here until I saw it was 2012 Best of Phoenix Bar Food! Shawa!? Â Sweet and awesome article so my friends I gotta try. Â
I ordered their wings after watching how the cook made them. Â Fried tossed in sauce and then grilled. Â Never saw it done like so, but I'm not a fan of soggy wings. Â I always order on the side, but the bartender convinced me to go with "the works", and keep it as is. Â I'm not a sucker for pretty bartenders, but how can I say no.....ooooh shucks sure! Â I did not regret the decision - no foo, not the "Lebron Decision", I'm talking about the wings! Â Okay let's stay focused. Â The wings came with a perfect texture of crispiness with a jolt of sweet and spicy sauce. Â Bam! Â Best damn sauced wings I had! Â Thanks for the recommendation! Â I ordered a side of fries to keep that spicy to balance the spice. Â
Along with your food you must order a few drinks here. Â Not the largest selection in town, but if you need that go to the Yard House ya hippy! Â My AA (Affordable Alcohol) group would love it here. Â In my opinion the drinks are pretty cheap considered the prices of most places these days. Â
Overall, great bar to lay low if that's how you feel for the night. Â It's right in the heart of the Arcadia neighborhood and it's not as rough as it looks from the outside. Â I'm from Iowa and I've seen some rough bars and this place looks the spot, but once you start meeting the people around having a drink. Â You'll feel just at home - a Midwest home that is....- Enjoy!
FIRST - make NO MISTAKE - this is a dive bar. Â But as a purist - the wings are fantastic. Â The Works are the best - fried, tossed then grilled - just outstanding. Â Only tried that & the medium but both were incredible. Â Fries were usual frozen non-player. Â Nice beer selection - waitstaff is friendly, once they get around to you. Â This place is REALLY small and still smells like a 70's smoking lounge.
Only complaint - 2 of my wings were so small, they would make an Ethiopian rancher blush - nothing there but seasoning & bone.
Overall taste was a 5 but experience knocked one off.
On 2nd thought, the people who drink at this place just keep drinking and never leave. That leads to obnoxious drunks with grey hair on their head feeling empowered by a few cocktails. This place isn't a dive bar, it's a wasteland for aholes in that "ritzy" area to act like idiots. My verbal exchange with one of the patrons last night was quite impressive. People in this part of Phoenix are punks and your bars are small and overcrowded. Also, it would be advisable not to give drunken or any customers control of the bar remote control. This could lead to alot more verbal spats.
Review Source:Delectable and crispy wings, just on the good side of too salty. Try not to be put off by "chicken feet" on the menu; they aren't feet but rather... the most delicious and moist chicken tenders EVER (one-upped with homemade ranch dressing). We walked in just looking for a chill spot to watch some Olympiad action and were so pleasantly surprised. Friendly, divey, delicious. Loved it.
Review Source:Best wings I've had in Phoenix - they're fried fresh, tossed in the sauce of your choice (get "the works"), then GRILLED afterwards. They're definitely on the smaller side, though. Service is there, but nothing to write home about. I didn't find my bartender very friendly, and I had to prepare my orders in advance so I can get them in whenever we made eye contact. And this is with me sitting at the bar! I think she was new, though, so I'll let that slide. At the end of the day, I got everything I wanted. As for the ambiance...I found all the Sooners paraphernalia quite charming, even though I have no special ties to OU. A great neighborhood, mom & pop bar. Not recommended for families, claustrophobes (?), and people with disdain for styrofoam cups and red Solo cups.
Review Source:This review is for drinks only! I went here last night with a party of 8 people for a birthday party. The place is cute and supposedly has awesome food...but their kitchen was closed! Lame! Anyway, we all had birthday cake shots and I know everyone really liked them....but I thought they tasted a bit like cough syrup. I do really want to try this place again, especially for the food, but for the shots alone, I would say it's just ok.
Review Source:A true dive bar that makes you feel comfortable. As a traveler for work, sitting in the hotel room on a Friday night was just not going to work. Â So I fire up my trusty yelp app. and off I go. JTs was not hard to find and even less hard to enjoy.
The place is small. Barely large enough to walk past the stools. Â The bar is clean and dark. The decor is very reminiscent of underground grunge clubs. Â The bartenders were very nice and easy on the eyes. They were accommodating and never made you feel like you were bothering them.
I had two blue moons and two margaritas and the works hot wings. The wings were excellent though by the time they got to me the two blur moons had inhibited my ability to properly taste food. Anyway, the wings were crunchy and lightly sweet with a hint of whatever sauce they used. Â They were not smothered so the taste was well balanced. Â Granted this is not one of those places you go for margaritas but
It is my favorite drink so I had to try. Â The margaritas did not impress but I never expected them to.
I had some conversation with random people while waiting to sober up. The bar tender did not rush me and let me take my time before I was well enough to drive. Â Don't drink and drive kids!
By the way, thanks to two female patrons at the bar for their interesting perspective on mixed martial arts. Â I won't mention it here so people can go to the bar and have the interesting conversation themselves.
Definitely if I was a resident of Phoenix I would come here frequently. Â I love local places like this.
Best tucked away spot in Arcadia. I go there for the friendly bartenders, cool crowd and best wings in PHX. You need to order "The Works" wings (secret menu) Julio is the cook and he does a great job! You will find JT sitting at the bar usualyy drinking with the patrons. There's a juke box and great daily specials such as: 2 for 1 burgers on Tuesdays. A can't miss spot.
Review Source:I was introduced to this bar by an old landlord in arcadia. at the time i was not a buffalo wings kinda guy but that has all changed. this place has set the bar for wings in phx for me. fried, sauced and then grilled. weeknight special $5 for a dozen wings. Bad part: not open on football sundays.
Review Source:Grabbed a couple buddies and a few motocycles and headed out for some wings/beer/cigars after chatting with Liz about her review!
Problem is... on arrival... they don't open until 3:30 (we got there around 2).
Dang it!
Can't fault a spot for their opening time... I'm sure they've determined that it's not cost effective, for their location, to be open earlier.......... but it did send us to their competition a couple miles up the street (separate review to follow soon, of course....), where we put away 3 pitchers of Stella and 4 dozen of THEIR wings (for 5 bucks a dozen).
Around 4, we decided to hop over to JT's and compare the two.
A few things to note...
1) JT's is teeny-tiny and their "smoking patio," (I attached a picture of) is two small plastic tables against the front door... technically illegal, but I'm okay with it as a cigar smoker... Â The place we came from has 9 tables on their covered patio where we could watch TV on several screens hanging down.
2) JT's wings are 2.50 more expensive, per dozen...
3) JT's pictchers of the exact beer are 1 dollar more expensive...
That said...... their wings ARE much better than their competition! Â Are they amazing??? Â Eh....... here's ths thing..... they sauce and fry their wings... and THEN grill 'em! Â That makes the skin crispy delicious and the meat turns out very, very tasty........... but the flavors from the sauce are pretty grilled away!
Why not sauce 'em... fry 'em... grill 'em..... and THEN toss them back into the sauce before serving?! Â If they did THAT... these could easily be the best wings in the Valley! Â As they are... the meat itself is great, but very few sauce flavors come through.
The server/bartender was SUPER-cool and a couple of their regulars ended up joining us until we left (what can I say... we're magnetic; haha).
But......
If you wanna compete with a larger bar 2 miles up the street...... you might have to open for lunch and drop your prices, ya know?
Either way...... the place is worth a stop for their GRILLED wings!
Cheers!
All I really need to say is GRILLED WINGS.... but I shall say more in detail. They have the BEST wings in town! They fry the wings, but also grill them. All the staff is VERY nice and friendly. If you go more then a few times, they will know you and know what you will be ordering! Every time I have gone to JT''s it has been busy, so that say's something about the place. So if your mouth is watering and craving wings, JT's is your spot!
Review Source:While I was totally blown away by how perfectly crispy, spicy, fresh and amazing their wings were, it's one of those places where if you're not a regular they all sort of look at you like you don't belong, which is sort of off putting.
It's tiny, it's not a good place if you really want to sit down and eat and it kinda sucks having to work your way through the crowds to order food and, again, I feel like if they don't know you they don't pay as much attention to you. Â Like, when you walk in they all look at you like maybe you have AIDS (and maybe you do man but so what).
I've only been here once so maybe it's odd to write a review BUT man, the wings, seriously, top notch some of the best I've had in the valley. Â Great flavor, cooked really god damn well and served perfectly crispy. Â I would come back strictly for the wings despite my overall discomfort there. Â But then, I'm on anti-anxiety meds and hate crowds so I'm probably mostly just retarded.
Okay, the only reason I went here was because when I searched Yelp for wings they were the closest  place. Once I saw that everyone said they had good wings I had to try them. Plus I was craving for wings, and Honey Bears (which is way closer) only sells wings on Mondays. For some reason on Mondays I never want wings.
So anyway, I placed my order over the phone, and when I got there they already boxed up and ready. Â The picture made me think the wings were bigger. They looked so little in the big togo box, which could have been half the size to fit 12. The order of a dozen cost $7.50. I thought that was a good price thinking the wings were way bigger. So I was disappointed for about 30 seconds till I had my first bite. The wings were DELISH!!! It was worth every penny.
This place a small bar with very little walking space. I can only imagine if I came during happy hour or when a big game was on. I would give them 3.5 stars, but the wings really help. If nothing else come for the wings. They are Awesome!
Wow! Â This place is so tiny, but yet they are able to cram every important part of a bar into this little space. Â
#1 - Awesome bartender! Â We went on a Saturday and Posey (not sure of the spelling) was serving us. Â She joked around with us immediately and gave crap to some of the regulars, which was HYSterical! Â We never waited for a drink.
#2 - Wings Wings Wings! Â They were incredible. Â They deep fry the FRESH chicken wings, then turn them in the sauce (many different flavors to choose from including suicide, a little mix of all) and then throw them on the grill. Â I ordered the hot wings and they were both temperature hot and spicy hot - just perfect. Â
#3 - Small but still there smoking patio. Â
#4 - Satellite TV and football games on multiple TV's
Can't get much better than this. Â This was our first time in and the regulars welcomed us as if we had been coming there for 10 years! Â We will definitely be back. Â The wings are just too awesome not to have again.
This is first and foremost a neighborhood DIVE BAR. However, it is a dive bar with old school charm, style, and personality. The food here is shockingly good. The wings I ordered were fantastic - they grill them AFTER they apply the hot sauce to impart a less slimy texture. I sat at the bar and watched burger after delicious burger roll off the grill - I will be trying one of those on my next visit. Downside: it was warm, and the bathroom needs serious help!
Note: It gets really packed around dinner time and the service can be slow - so take a deep breath, relax, and they will get to you in good time... I really enjoyed the change of pace.
My favorite dive bar in the universe! If you want to go somewhere with friends that has dirt cheap drinks, a rad jukebox, & awesome random people, then JT's is it!
Allegedly, I got really drunk here, danced my ass off on the dance floor that exists in my mind, met the owner, got a free t-shirt, ordered a pizza delivered there at 1AM, made several inappropriate life decisions, & ended the night with an $18 bar tab & a taxi ride home. Allegedly.
I lost the fabulous free t-shirt they gave me too. The front of it said- DUH! I mean, can you get any more classy than that?
If you can't have fun here, then you should see a doctor cause you're probably all bunged up.
So my good friend, the pilot calls and says, "Kimberly, can your yuppy ass hang at a dive bar?" and Im like, " Bring all the dive you got baby...", of course, hes about as preppie as they come... and we end up at JT's... OSU banners adorn the place... its long and narrow.. and we got the once or twice over as we walked in... the bar tender, Rebecca was sweet and informative... The place is simple... and cheap... and packed... The wings seemed to be the thing... and Im wishing I had a taste for them... just never have been a fan. But they looked good... My friend had a burger... it was piled high with mushrooms.. I had a grilled chicken sandwiche...basic, but I needed food if I was drinking with a pilot, after all... 2 Guiness, 4 Harp, 2 shots and 2 burgers... and the bill was about $45, thats a pretty good thing...
Review Source:Hands down best bar in the nation. I go here a few times a week. The food is amazing and the bartenders and waitress are friendly and gorgeous. Even if it's packed the waitress is always right there with a smile. I recommend the wings and taco thursdays! it's a great place to go to watch the game. go sooners!
Review Source:JT, JT, JT....OMG...the wings will make you take flight. They are the most delicious little mouth delights. Serious ..dude should have a solid gold chicken wing out front. They are grilled to perfection, the degree of heat or flavor is right everytime. The bar is fun, fun, fun! The regulars may look you over a time or two..but hey I'm good lookin so I don't mind. lol. The tacos rock out Thursday night.  The only problem with JT's is, he's not open on Sunday for football..and that pisses me off every time I remember on hangover Sunday, that I forgot to get them on Saturday. Damnit, I hate that I have to go there twice a week.  Cuz he is open for Monday night football..oh ya.....screw  it..I'm going right now...c ya...
Review Source:The square footage of this place is about the same as my credit score. But I am not opposed to a cozy, dive bar on the Phoenix/Scottsdale border. This place actually reminded me of bars in San Fran the way it is long and narrow. This place had a good vibe and crowd (ages ranging from early 20's to mid 50's).
The grilled wings were pretty delicious and the drinks were definitely reasonable. My tab was around $50 after 2 dozen wings, 3 draft beers, 2 chick drinks, and a pair of Jameson shots.
The owner of the joint (and I know he was the owner because he was helping himself to drinks behind the bar) walks around and glad-hands the regulars while swapping tales of past and soon-to-be glories of Sooner football.
I have never even set foot in the great state of Oklahoma but after a few drinks at this bar, it will have you whooping "Boomer Sooner" with the rest of the regulars. Whatever-the-fuck that means.
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