Scoop's Pub & Grill

Well, I am usually here on the weekends, when my Blaine or Coon Rapids friends are out. This is definitely your typical "local" sports bar.

There have always been a lot of people when I go. Not that it's the greatest crowd, but at least they're usually a relatively young crowd (in this area, you sometimes pop into a place to find only old men in the waning years of their lives).

Darts and pool can keep you entertained, if your not entertained enough people watching.

Summary: Typical sports bar, good prices, normal mixes (not weak or strong), and a descent weekend crowd. Check it out if you're in the area and bored.

RickyRox Karaoke is one of the best in town. Huge stage..powerful amps and top produced music so when I do Madman across the Water or Black Dog it's authentic! Scoops has two for one on anything and buck fifty burgers are a steal and so are the 35 cent wings! Very down to earth atmosphere and the bartenders are HOT and sweet! This place rocks on Wednesday nites, and if you want to hear top singers.. this is the ticket. See my reviews also at New Art Salon for your next color or cut!

Ok, so here is why I give Scoop's three stars:

1. Darts and a jukebox: Obviously, it takes little to make me happy. Give me a game of cut-throat cricket and a fistful of quarters and I'm happy as a three-year-old watching Dora the Explorer.
2. Solid mixed drinks at a decent price: Add that to the above combo and I'm set for life. Things will get progressively better and surprisingly enough, my darts skills improve proportionately to the Captain Diets I consume.
3. Here is the real reason I like this place: No matter what happens, or how you feel, you will always be one of the most attractive people there. I'm not sayin', but I'm sayin'. Everybody needs a self-esteem boost occasionally, and this place delivers like a couple of Xanax.

I am not a Coon Rapids person and would not have picked out this  glass bead in the rough on my own. Blame a boy. On our second visit there, some random bought us shots of Goldschlager because they said we looked good together (see above #3).  I will always come back for more of that. The food is good, typical bar food and the bartenders are great. Only real complaint is that they lost their best server Artemis (awesome guy: real name) to somewhere down south.  The guy was a walking Wikipedia.