The Place

Fun neighborhood bar in CDM.  Nice cold beers and good burgers (Try the Flame Burger with everything on it...mmmm).  Don't expect to be waited on hand and food here, you can't be afraid to walk up to the bar to order your food, but expect friendly conversation and a good time.  Nice to have bars like this in the Newport Beach area.

Love this place. Came here to watch soccer and the environment was really laid back. The food (had flame burger w/fries & the BLT w/onion rings) really hit the spot with a nice cold beer. It gets hectic so sometimes you have to go up to the bar and order from there - but its all good. Bartender Marcelle is HILARIOUS, super sweet+witty and makes one hell of a margarita!

Now, I had my first "date" with my man here, so I have sentimental reasons to like this place. My guy and I went back there this past Friday. We get there around 4:30 and Carla is bar-tending.

I hate to be negative..but Carla sucks so bad, she needs to be fired.Or re-trained.One of the two. No smiles at us, no warm greeting, very cold. My guy asks about happy hour beer specials, and she is shrugs her shoulders like, of course, we have some. But dammed if I'm gonna tell you about it!!

Then, you will be waiting for a refill while she talks to other people. That is annoying. A good bartender scans the bar and keeps his own pockets full by keeping everyone's drink above 1/4 low. Two, count em 2 guys walked in, sat at the bar, put their money on that bar, and waited. She continued to talk to others, ignoring them. So they took their fat billfolds and went to elsewhere.

Then, to top it all off, she is over 55, gotta be, and she dresses like she was 25. No, wearing a white shirt with a black bar at your age is not a good idea. Nor is having long raggy over dyed hair, with no makeup. Overall, the picture of her was...YIKES!!

So sad. I hope the owners read this. They need to send her back to bar tending school. And in the meantime, hire a professional bartender, that place could be rocking!