Mainstreet Pub

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  The happy hour crowd is good, but at night the place can get too packed with people, especially on the 2nd floor.  The balcony is a really good spot to get away from the crowds, if you can get a table.  The problem is the type of crowd.  Mostly tools, d-bags, and college students.  For the most part, everyone there is trying to be hip, and trying too hard.  Come to think of it, most are some variation of the hipster species.  I think people need to realize that Pabst is a crappy beer that most of our dads and their friends drank because they were too damn poor to drink anything better.  Stupid hipsters, you can't pay rent with "irony bucks".
  
  The food is decent, but this is a bar, so don't expect anything amazing.  But again, this is the Melbourne bar scene...which tries too hard to be like the bar scene of other places.

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  Posted on 07.17.13 Jon M.

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  Pretty average. The food isn't too bad. Their outside patio is pleasant. Food cannot be ordered after 9pm though the menu says otherwise.

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  Posted on 02.25.13 Leontine M.

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  Fresh squeezed cocktails and friendly faces. A Melbourne must do!

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  Posted on 10.02.12 Phil L.

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  Poor service, usually too busy and crowded to have a conversation or really enjoy. Typical Melbourne Bar scene

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  Posted on 05.31.12 Amanda S.

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  This is a very chill, casual pub.  The place has an outdoor tiki bar, which is a nice touch.  I came here for lunch, and they had a good selection with decent prices.  I also came back for their acoustic night outside at the tiki bar and it was a very nice atmosphere.  They have TVs outside as well, so you can sit and watch games as well.  Bathrooms are clean, which is huge plus in my book!  The servers are attentive.

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  Posted on 05.22.12 Nina T.

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  Whenever I come here, I think back to my first visit.  I walked in and sat at the bar thinking "So this it, it looks alot bigger on the outside".  I continue to nurse a bottle of beer watching the TV.  After a while I notice someone going out into the back.  At first I thought the restrooms were back there, but then I saw someone taking food back there.  No one takes food to the restroom (no one I hang out anyway), so I looked for myself.  There's a courtyard back here!
  
  They offer plenty of mixed drinks to choose from.  I'm more of a beer guy, so I tried a local beer they had, Jai Alai. It was a little too much on the bitter side for my tastes.
  
  If you're visiting Downtown Melbourne, this should be one of your first stops.  If you're coming in from the west side, this will be the first bar you see.  And if you're like me, this bar will be the first stepping stone to an awesome night!

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  Posted on 10.31.11 Navin R.

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  On the weekends, this place is always the place to go to. Even if you go by yourself, you'll wind up bumping into someone you know. There's three rooms and it's always a lot of fun :)

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  Posted on 08.26.10 Kimmy P.

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  This place is a "must do" when in downtown Melbourne. It is an old house that was beautifully converted into 3 bars. They have drink specials all the time, and you have to try one of their fresh squeezed drinks!! They squeeze the fruit right in front of you, it will spoil your taste buds forever.

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  Posted on 07.04.10 Denise L.

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  Great bar but very deceiving.  When you first walk in, your first
  thought is "this is it?"  but if you keep walking through you will find the backside of the bar/club where it opens into a courtyard. This is where all the fun happens.  You will see anyone and everyone there.  There is an upstairs bar and and an upstairs outside balcony.  
  
  It is all the talk in Melbourne.  Everyone usually starts off the night here.  Thursday through Saturday it is standing room only.
  The bar tenders are great and really hustle.  
  
  During the week its a quiet non-assuming restaurant that serves one of the BEST Cuban sandwiches in town.
  Also, if you ever have the chance to visit go to the back courtyard bar and see if you can get the good looking Asian bartender Yung.  He makes the best drinks!  Everyone knows Yung and if he cant make it, you dont want it...

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  Posted on 06.22.10 Connie W.

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  Ah ha, ha, ha, ha!!!! Fricking ab-so-lute hilarity.
  
  Out playing pool someone hollers let's go downtown - On it.
  
  In my jeans & black t shirt "Support Southern Rock" on the front "Lynard Skynard" on the back. Perfect.
  
  Except APPARENTLY we were supposed to be wearing our slutty prom dresses. Ooops!
  
  The place is PACKED. With the lamest group of peeps I have ever been in close proximity w/. Fabulous people watching. I outright laughed in people's faces. What are they gonna do? Some dude there was hitting on chicks claiming to be a Dr. Uh no, my friend pointed out - "he has a PhD in , like, English."
  
  I get why people go here, cuz really what else you gonna do on a Wed w/ $1 drafts?
  
  I'll tell you what to do - get a job so you can afford to go somewhere else.
  
  The place seems even more crowded cuz the peeps there are pathetically atrocious and to top it off - the bartendar we had couldn't have been a bigger bitch. I want my $20 - back.

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  Posted on 11.13.08 Sarah H.

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