The only bad thing I really have to say is that the parking situation in the area is abysmal due to being on the Tennessee strip and next to other, louder establishments.
I am not a barfly, and was pleasantly surprised by the bearable level of cigarette smoke and particularly the special they apparently run with some frequency of $2.50 top shelf liquor drinks.
Digital jukebox, a handful of pool tables, and free darts all make for a bit of activity if you don't want to sit and talk. Speaking of talking, I was here late on a Friday night and could actually TALK! Yes, there was music and also the televisions were showing athletic events, but none of it was unbearably loud as you get at a place charging cover and blaring terrible cover band music.
Speaking of which, NO COVER! It's painted on the building, so I'm assuming that is always the case. I also really appreciated this place being 21 and up. No armband or other crap. Just check ID at the door and you are in.
Parking is terrible and Bullwinkle's is next door, so do keep that in mind.
In short, for this none boozehound, Poor Paul's made a positive impression on me and if I am looking for a spot to go out with some friends, knock back a few, and chat or watch a ballgame, this place will definitely be in the running.
Editing my review to say that I see others complaining about the bartenders. Maybe I just got lucky, but all the workers were very polite and professional with me.
It's an ok little bar. They have a lot of special nights that allow for cheap drinking, like ladies night where I think the draft beer is 1$. The best nights are Sunday and Monday night, though. They give out free pizza from Gumby's and it's a mad grab for the slices. Every pizza slave for themselves, suckers.
Review Source:I've had some amazing times at this place. Its a great hole in the wall bar. Plenty of seating on most nights and the music isn't so loud that you can't enjoy your company. Â They used to do free pizza on Sunday and Monday nights which was a real treat!! Def a bar filled with locals :)
Review Source:Fun place. We stopped in Tallahasse after a long drive from texas. People are nice and they have good service. I live in downtown Huntington Beach Ca a coors light pitcher is allmost 10 bucks here at Poor Pauls pitcher was only $3.95 so we slugged down at least 5 pitchers. The place is cool inside and worth checkin out. They also have a cool juke box & darts. The bathroom has some funny comic pictures. Overall a great place and will come back in the future
Review Source:One of the best dive bars in Florida. I have lived up and down Florida, from the 305 all the way up to Tallahassee and in between. This bar is dive in every sense of the word. It looks almost just like it did when it was built over 30 years ago. By far the best happy hour in town. Spin the wheel for super cheap imports or poor pauls cash towards your next domestic. There are dart boards, pool tables, air hockey, arcade games, a jukebox, trivia, snacks, boiled peanuts, and it's also smoker friendly. Â There is never a cover charge and even on Sunday and Monday nights they give out free Gumby's pizza. By far the best damn bar in town.
Review Source:A great bar, for sure. Just the right amount of college kids versus locals. You'll probably run into your friends, but you'll also meet some new people. Strict carding at the door keeps the riffraff and under-age out, and the bartenders are the right amount of sweet and sour. Not to mention the fact that if there's no babes (or dudes, for the ladies) to scam on you've got pool, air hockey, Golden Tee, darts, Big Game Hunter and a few other arcade games to help bypass bar-ennui. Can't believe it took me 2 years after me 21st to finally get here.
Review Source:Poor Paul's is one of my favorite local bars in town, if not my favorite. It's just a great dive bar in general. They are probably the most strict in Tallahassee about carding at the door, so you won't get any of the obnoxious underage college students in there. The bar is stocked, the drink specials are good, and lots of toys to play with including: billiards, darts, jukebox, air hockey, Golden Tee, Area 51, and trivia. This is a great place to bring a small group, or to stop in by yourself and strike up a conversation with one of the friendly locals over a pitcher. If you happen to go on a Sunday or Monday night be aware that it is $3.95 domestic pitchers, and free Gumby's pizza.
Review Source:I travel a lot and happen to be in Tallahassee, where I've been to a couple times and outside of FSU is just the dullest of places, but Poor Paul's livened things up. Your typical college dive bar and it doesn't get much better. The night we were there they had 3.95 pitchers and 85 cent drafts. First great thing.
They also had darts, pool, air hockey, arcade games and just a lot of room to hang out. We were there during college break and there was still a good crowd, which says a lot.
They even had boiled peanuts and other food choices.
Great atmosphere and a "cool place" to be.
Well done.
A classic college dive bar. Stop in, grab a very cheap beer or liquor drink, throw some tunes on the jukebox, play darts on real (wood) dartboards, shoot some pool, play air hockey and/or mingle.
I stopped in this past weekend and it's still the same place I remembered from a few years ago. You can spin the world famous Wheel Of Fortune when you buy drinks and win Poor Paul's $ to purchase more drinks. Grab some free peanuts at the bar. Love the adult comics in the men's restroom and when the alarm goes off when ladies take a peek at Superman's package in the ladies room. $2.95 pitchers of domestic beer and free food 9-2 on Sunday and Monday nights...one of their many cheap drink specials. Yes, it's very smoky in there, but that's not out of the norm for a dive bar with low ceilings. Poor Paul's is a great place...
Oh, Poor Paul's...
When I was in graduate school, my boyfriend and I went to Poor Paul's at least every other Friday for $2 Top Shelf drinks, darts, and the occasional NTN trivia death match. Â After awhile, the bartender with the moustache (a.k.a. "The 'Mean' One") would make our drinks when we walked in. Â Rock on, Mean One.
In many ways Poor Paul's is a textbook dive bar: cheap drinks, friendly (and, in some cases, creepy) regulars on stools, colorful locals, scratched up booths, pool tables, free peanuts, tiny bathrooms full of graffiti, a gravel parking lot, pinball, FSU/UF shouting matches, etc. Â Oh, and for that added air of scuzz, it's located underneath an adult video/toy store. Â Best of all, it's low on bonehead undergrads that can't hold their booze.
But it's also more than just your average dive bar. Â Most noticeably, there's the wheel. Â You buy a beer, you pick a color, they spin the wheel, and if your color comes up you win Poor Paul's Bucks redeemable for more beer and booze. Â Then there are the dartboards--none of this electronic crap, but real darts that draw their own crowd of regulars. Â Throw in a kick-ass jukebox and the Superman's Junk Alarm in the ladies' room, and what's not to love? Â
I left Tallahassee three years ago, but I still have a Poor Paul's Buck hanging in my office. Â Easily my favorite bar in Tallahassee.
Possibly my favorite bar in Tallahassee. An unpretentious hangout where you are free to socialize and drink with friends at one of their many booth tables. Free darts, dollar pool tables, and the game of wizards everywhere ntn trivia (drkldy!). There is never a cover and almost always a good special going on. Unfortunately Tuesdays Ladies Night are no more but Sunday/Monday $3.95 domestic pitchers and free pizza FREE PIZZA. This place has had more dudebro overflow from Bullwinkles as of late so beware. Usually a mix of creepy locals, college drunks, and those who never want to step foot in Bullwinkles. Very smokey and some of the bartenders(man with the 'stach and hat) take pride in being assholes.
Review Source:The dive bar to end all dive bars. Asshole bartenders, chipped glasses, scary patrons. I think i'm in love. Yes its smokey and dark, but if you are looking for cheap drinks and a good time this is the place. Daily drink specials, the famous wheel to win poor pauls cash and ladies night every tuesday. My only complaint is that it is close to campus so you occasionally have to put up with bullwinkles overflow.
But they don't last long. Long live pp's
Poor Paul's is the kind of bar that's dear to my heart: dark, dirty and kind of creepy. Â It's right behind the Adult Toy Store and right next to the super popular undergraduate hangout, Bullwinkle's. Â So when they try to charge you ten bucks for cover at 1 AM, march right on over to Poor Paul's -- is there ever any cover?
This is a fun place. Â If you buy a pitcher, you get to spin the wheel and win Poor Paul's bucks to go toward your next one. Â There are always tons of peanuts to eat and you'll definitely wake up with some shells in your hair the next morning. On Tuesdays, ladies drink free and guys do too if they wear a skirt.
The one thing that sucks about this place is it's sooo incredibly smoky. Â I'm a drinking-smoker, but Poor Paul's has made me absolutely nauseous before. Â Be prepared to get the black lung.
The best bathroom I've ever been in. Â There is a painted picture of Superman in the ladies room and over a certain part of Superman there is a box with a handle (see picture above). Â The dirty, dirty girls that open the box get to see Superman's package and the drunk guys at the bar are alerted to these dirty girls with an alarm that sounds! Â Oops!
The other really cool thing about this bar is the wheel (it's like Wheel of Fortune - except you win free drinks). Â This place has pool and darts but is very smoky inside.
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