Ric's Corvette Bar & Grill

I don't know what Corvettes got to do with this dumpy little bar. Why don't you swing on past and see if you can figure it out?

I was trying to catch up on some Monday Night Football and was staying across the street. I found Ric's listed among "sports bars" though I don't know how true that is.

When I walked in the place seemed really dated. They had old, old TVs, most small, some with horrible pictures. All of them thankfully turned to MNF. I don't know how often the place gets cleaned; if dust could tell stories... There was a group of guys who seemed like regulars at the bar, and some others guys came and went. In two hours I saw exactly zero women come in or out of the bar, except for the lone pleasant barmaid. I jokingly made a comment about this to the female bartender "This is a great place to pick up chicks, eh?" "HA! It's place for guys to get away from their wives!" She shot back. All the old guys were plenty flirty with her, and she gave 'em hell right back. This was pretty amusing.

I ordered a couple beers and a burger (of course with fries). The waitress recommended the burger. She was right, it was really good. So were the fries. A really commendable job on the fare from an unexpected place. Eventually the cook came out. I remarked on the excellence of the burger "You hand form these?" He replied "Everyday. Don't use no frozen meat. I do the fries everyday too." He was deadly serious about it. I can tell. Finding a good burger is a tough chore (read my other reviews). This dude and I, we have the same love when it comes to formed beef patties.

Ric's badly needs an updating. I can't say I'd go back. It's just so old skool I have a hard time getting past it. But the burgers were really good and are worth the price of admission. Ric's may be your kind of place if you enjoy this sort of thing. I'm a little too young and a little too irregular to really enjoy it. Maybe when I'm 60 years old and need to flirt with a pretty waitress and all I have in life are four other dudes who enjoy the same experience....maybe then I'll come back to Ric's.

Cheers!

As the name implies this is a bar covered with lots of corvette gears and several large TV's set to sports.  I did try a cheese burger which was OK.

Both times I went there few patrons, but the service was good.  They have a good selection of local beers in tap.

A small room has lots of Oregon Lotto game machines.

Vroom... vroom... Ric's Corvette Bar and Grill is for majors only, no minors here. Their televisions are tuned into SPEED and ESPN Sports channels and their walls are adorned with corvette pictures and car racing paraphernalia. Locals order pitchers of beer, play Keno on the screens above and participate in darts tournaments held weekly.

We felt a little out of place without our leather vests and cut-off T's, our group enjoyed fried cheese curds (half-off for $1.25 an order), jalo-onion strips (half-off for $1.25 an order), thick-cut BLT sandwiches, Gyros and Club sandwiches. All sandwiches, except the Gyros were accompanied by "chips," which actually were french fries. Who knew a Grants Pass car-centric bar and grill referred to fries like the jolly ol' British do. The cheese curds were tasty with a cornmeal crust. I prefer them battered, the Minnesota State Fair-style, but since Ric's is the only place I've seen cheese curds in Oregon, the cornmeal ones will do.