Maxx Bar and Grill

This place is close to home so we go pretty often.  I was debating between 3 and 4 stars but the description of "A-OK" is pretty accurate.  The food is decent bar food.  Nothing to write home about but not bad.  Their battered fish is good.  Inside needs a little updating (please get new bar stools Maxx!).  Service is good most of the time.  Their drink selections aren't too bad for Ham Lake.

My review will solely be based on my drinks and the service from the bartender as I was FAR too hungover to actually consume solid food.

Kyle and I had to meet up with the father unit and as he lives in St. Francis and we live in South Minneapolis we chose a place a little closer to him, but still not way the heck out in the middle of nowhere to meet. We also all agreed there had to be booze there as it had been one of those nights, and was a suffering morning.

We pulled up a stool to the bar and ordered, I was the smart one and got myself a Bloody Mary made with Pappar, with a finger of Coors. I pretty much pounded the first one and greatly enjoyed the olive, pickle, and meat stick that they include in the drink.

Here's where it gets kind of... bad.
I ordered my second Bloody Mary and the bartender (friendly though she was) hurriedly made it and didn't include an olive, pickle, meat stick, or my finger of beer. When I asked her about it she said she would just knock off $1.50 rather than just reaching behind her and grabbing them out of the little plastic holders on the bar... I mean seriously, I could have just reached across the bar and thrown them in my cocktail myself if they wouldn't throw me out for doing that.

The meat raffle was a nice touch, but this definitely isn't somewhere that I would go back too unless I somehow heard about a gourmet food they are serving, which doesn't seem very likely.

Great food great service- lots of fun!