Pjs Pub & Grille

Every once in a while this city girl has to get back to her roots and visit the family in Fairview.  This weekend I had to go for some Thanksgiving eatin' and when nightfall came around my brother and I were thinkin' about drinkin'.  We rounded up a few people we knew from high school and had the parents drop us off at PJ's.  Yes, the parents dropped us off like we were going to a high school football game or something.  Made me feel so young! hehe

Yes, a bona fide BAR!  In Fairview!  To understand why I was so pumped to find out about this place you have to understand how Fairview was when I grew up there.  I lived on a dirt road.  Hardee's opened the year I graduated high school and it was the first restaurant in town and the biggest deal EVER.  It didn't have a red light.  Only 100 people in my graduating class.  And everyone knew everyone so you couldn't even try to buy beer or cigarettes underage without your parents knowing about it 5 minutes later.  It was great and stifling all at once!

This place is in a strip mall and not easy to spot unless you know it is there.  You walk in and realize how small it is.  There's a small area up front for a stage, a long L shaped bar down the right side of the room, tables down the left side, and some bigger tables in the back after the bar ends.  Bathrooms are one seaters as you might imagine but immaculately clean.

They serve beer only which might be its only downfall.  They even serve food and some of it looked and smelled like solid bar food.  You can smoke 'em if you got 'em.  And there was a live band going on as well as Poker Night.  BTW there's something going on every night - I am going to HAVE to come back for karaoke night Friday.  The crowd was all ages and I had the distinct experience of feeling like people look sort of familiar and they are staring at me like they know me but I can't quite figure out who they are.  Kind of fun no?  And we ran into all kinds of people from high school which was entertaining in and of itself.  The owner is there - he's the foreign guy with the crazy wavy hair that apparently is in a local band?

If you are in Fairview and need a drink then get yourself to PJ's.  If you are driving through, stop and check it out.  Even though it is beer only and it closes at midnight (two HUGE negatives for me!), I still give it 5 stars because it is a REAL BAR in Fairview!  Love it!!