Mulligan's Bar and Grill

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  My favorite ND bar!  Pat and Sue are awesome and true Notre Dame fans living a dream of being a bar owners.  Great pub grub, huge beers.  Give them a try...they treat you like family!

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  Posted on 12.27.12 Daniele P.

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  This is a place for locals only. Very small establishment with the owners (I'm assuming) drunk all the time while running the establishment.
  The food is pretty much nonexistent. Go somewhere else! They love the former ND athlete and  "really" try to accommodate us. They always want pictures and memorabilia to put on the walls. It's a pass when your in south bend

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  Posted on 01.05.12 ND U.

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  There is absolutely nothing about this place that makes it unique.  The DJ plays the same tired songs every day.  The atmosphere is unremarkable.  Nothing about it sticks out.
  
  I take that back.  There is one unique thing about this place.  When the owner recognizes you and greets you with a "Welcome home," it's creepy enough to make you want to turn tail and run out.

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  Posted on 01.04.12 Admiral W.

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  Ran out of pizza when I went but it was okay...
  
  They have amazing drink specials.  I think everyday they have 33oz draft beers for $3.50.  The owner was really nice.  
  
  It is smoky there (like 'Backer) so be aware.

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  Posted on 07.31.11 Burrel V.

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  Listen, Mulligan's isn't the greatest bar in the world but it's a lot better than most of the bars in South Bend.  And it's a huge supporter of Notre Dame and ND club sports.
  
  If you want a great place to play some pool, shoot some darts, have some great pub food then this is the place.
  
  Also, don't forget to say "Hi" to Pat and Sue Mulligan.  Great people!

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  Posted on 10.14.10 Don S.

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  How is it that Mulligan's has yet to be reviewed on here!?  As someone who finally started writing reviews after feeling a bit guilty for reaping the benefits of the insight of others over the years, I have recently become perhaps a tad overeager to offer my opinion.  But, I can't pass up sharing about this place.
  
  Let's start with some context:  I was a law student in South Bend.  This is through the eyes of someone who went out multiple days of the week in the great community surrounding ND versus someone who comes into town for a football game without an understanding about the "nightlife" in SoBe.
  
  This place opened right when my third year started, and I am so happy it did.  This is your typical no-frills establishment, with cheap drinks, a makeshift outdoor patio (the fence around it has led my friends and I to affectionately call it "The Pig Pen"), and a DJ and/or Karaoke almost every night.  The layout of the bar is admittedly kind of bizarre, with the bar and surrounding stools in one room separated from the main dining room and dance floor.  The dance floor isn't large (tiny compared to Finnegan's or Backer's), but that's rarely a problem.  Pool and darts are an option for those nights you don't have enough liquid courage to dance around like an idiot.
  
  Huge beers for $3, and well drinks for not much more.  Bartenders are all very friendly and fast.  The clientele is a blend of ND students (lots of law types like myself) and locals.  I think the solid variety on any given night if a testament to how awesome this place is, because if you know anything about the Bend, you know that locals and students don't always mix particularly well socially.
  
  When you're feeling the dance floor, your DJ will actually play your song request within the next couple songs even if you don't slip money into the tip jar, and karaoke performances vary from the awesomely horrendous (I like to think I fall into this category) to occasionally downright impressive.  Be warned: you'll regularly hear the same song from the same person or group multiple times a week if they happen to be around that night.
  
  When all is said and done, it is truly the owners that make this place so great.  Pat and Sue work almost every night, and "welcome you home" whenever you decide to stop by.  They are behind the bar, helping in the kitchen or simply greeting--they're everywhere.  They do everything they can to keep all their patrons happy, and they're about as big of ND fans as they come.  They know you, they know your story--it's the Cheers of SB.
  
  The themed nights (Mardi Gras, St. Pat's, etc.), beer pong tournaments, different DJs nightly and milestone celebrations (customer birthdays, graduation, etc.) means coming to the same bar all the time still consistently provides a new experience.
  
  If I could change one thing, it would be the smoking policy.  I hate it.  It's not fun to be able to smell yourself as soon as you get home at night and know that if you don't shower immediately, you risk your bed smelling like an ashtray.
  
  If you go, you need to Bear Fight if you haven't done one before.  Don't ask, just do it.

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  Posted on 08.12.10 Britt G.

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