Legal Beagle Restaurant

This place looked like it would be a total craphole, but it's actually okay.  It's cleaner and nicer inside than I expected, and the bartender was very friendly.  You're not going to find the greatest beer selection in the world, and they were out of Guinness when I stopped by, but at least you can drink for cheap.

Definitely not my type of establishment. We were really hoping for a hole in the wall close to home we can hang out at more often. So hours posted online say they are open til 3am every day but Sunday. Definitely not the case. We tried a few times before finally finding a time they were open. My husband bought a <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a> certificate for us to try something new and it wasn't too far from the house.  Don't order the margarita. They don't have margarita mix. Don't order rum and coke. They give ya something intolerable definitely not like anything I've tasted before. The blue moons don't come with an orange here nor topped off. :(  we should have known when we walked through the first set of doors and it was so dark we didn't know if we had walked into a closed business or a haunted house. Then signs everywhere stating they don't accept any coupons. We asked about it and they said it's under new management and they don't accept any discounts anymore. We stayed anyways because we payed for parking and we wanted to give it a chance. The atmosphere could be cool and it's a nice set up with a good amount of tvs. Waitress was nice. Food menu is very basic with about 5 items only - fish and chips and burgers. Drinks suck and I will never come back but give it a try it seems to be some people's thang....?

Weird with a capital 'W'. My friend and I had an hour to kill before an event and for some reason I had mistaken this place for being O'Reilley's....until I quickly realized it wasn't.  #4 and #5 - -by entering we were officially only the 4th and 5th customers in the entire establishment at 10 p.m. on a Saturday night. There was an eery feeling in the air that I couldn't seem to get off my back until the comical bartender, Neal, lightened the mood. I'm sure it doesn't help that the Legal Beagle's location is so far off the beaten path and that their main audience is City County workers on lunch break from across the street.

I give 5 stars specifically to Neal. He was really making do with his humbling surroundings/situation.  It seemed to take him a few moments to adjust to human contact once we there. Fortunately, for both of us, we are not known for being timid. After a little fumbling to find the ingredients for a Long Island, Neal made up for it by providing us with an alternative option. I strongly feel that there is a lot of potential for this place to blossom into the straight-outta-Dublin-style pub that it resembles on the interior. But based on my fellow Yelper's reviews, I'm not too confident that my optimistic vision will come to fruition in the end.

Good news is: the "intimate" nature of the bar led to us meeting a new friend. I suppose all is well in the world after all.