Night 2 of our bar crawl in the new neighborhood led us to the Scurvy Dog, and it did not disappoint, Â We went early (we were walking and still not sure of the area) and it was quiet-ish. Â But the proprietor was very friends and our Bartender was charming and welcoming. Â Excellent selection of beers and my lack or hangover today suggests they keep the taps pretty clean. Â We will surely return!
Review Source:The scurvy dog is the best bar to open its doors to wonderful patrons like myself. Strong f***ing drinks, attractive and accommodating bartenders and the best playlists on nights where there is no dj. When they do have djs, the riddler makes my heart explode with joyful lighting bolts of passion when he spins the illest beats from decades past. I feel at home with my freaks and geeks and everything in between. Also, I'm glad that I don't have a 401k, otherwise I would have been born a dick. I love the scurv 4ever.
Review Source:Oh, geez, I'm quite fond of the Scurvy Dog. I've found the environment to be welcoming and a great place to find new folks to strike up a conversation with, even if you're a tinge introverted like myself. The bartenders are approachable to say the least and they make a strong drink (a preference of mine-- I like to "taste my pain.") all at a swell price ($3.75 for a vodka and soda water...Um, yes, anddd I'll have another, please).
I've never felt uncomfortable based on my attire or what have you. I don't have a defined aesthetic, but I've come in with pearls and no one made me feel out of place. Certainly the music isn't typically Top 40 (they'll try to drive you out with Hall and Oates on occaison though at closing time, but in my experience that only makes me want to prance around more) but I don't think it defines the crowd. So eh, give it a whirl, I say!!!
I love The Scurvy Dog. Â I love the bartenders, the people who go there, the decor, the music and the drink selections. Â I've never had a bad time or a drink. Â It DEFINITELY is not everyone's cup of tea, though. Â I've been here when it was completely packed and when it was just myself and maybe 3 or 4 other people. Â Still love it. Â Its just a nice spot to sit and have a drink...and maybe watch some completely random movies they put on the TV.
Review Source:I've had two polarized experiences here. The former was fine, when I was wearing my usual black skinny jeans and a hoodie. Totally kosher. The latter changed everything, because I met some friends here straight from work, and I was still wearing a pencil skirt. God forbid.
Expect people to ignore you when you try to make conversation about this sweet Black Flag song if you're wearing normal clothes. Because If you don't LOOK like you enjoy Black Flag, it doesn't matter that you've been listening to them for 10 years. Looking the part is all that matters. And that's what Scurvy Dog taught me.
Mondays are $12 scorpion bowls. Be easy with them, fun brutal fun!
I don't like going when it's busy just because I worked in bars for years and I'm over it. I go when it's slow. Like Mondays, typically a slower night. Terry tends bar that night and he makes scorpion bowls which make my heart skip a beat and my eyes bulge out of my head.
Some local/regional craft beers available. Well drinks are $4 (and strong!).
In a decent location with food trucks out during the warmers months.
Much like the E&O, this is not a "dive bar", it's a dive-themed hipster bar. Its the type of place that people who say they "love dive bars" like to go - filled with other attractive 20/30something tatooed white people who are all part of the same social scene. These people never hang out at Gilligans, the City Line Pub, or The Acores Cafe.
That's not to knock the Scurvy Dog. Much like the E&O, I like the place. What sets the Scurvy Dog apart is its music and hours. The music, as many have noted, is a lot of metal and punk - mostly from the 80s and early 90s. It tends to be the stuff that is going to be remembered as "classics" and recognized by folks who have at least a cursory knowledge of that type of music. It stays away from the truly obscure underground music as well as the MTV pop nonsense that was never really part of that music scene. So you won't hear AUS ROTTEN and BROTHER INFERIOR in this punk bar, but you also won't hear BLINK 182 and Avril Levigne.
The hours of the bar are it's other big selling point. As one on the few hipster bars in the area open past midnight (the other option being Lili Marlene's on Atwells) it draws a good crowd from E&O, Avery, and Julians later in the evening. The easy availability of parking, and location close to the Armory district where many of it's clientele live make it a great destination as the last stop on a West End/Federal Hill bar crawl. The fact that there's usually a food truck in the parking lot when you're drunk and craving something hot and greasy is just icing on the cake.
Solid brew selection
Nice bartenders
Standoffish vibe
I hesitate to say this place makes non-regulars feel unwelcome, but it's pretty certain that the dish on the Dog is that the regulars do want to keep it to themselves, I suspect. Â No fault in that - and not much challenge, either, given its stand-alone location on the precipice of Rt. 6, standing as a sturdy, squat bastion of rock & booze along Westminster.
I like this joint, but I don't think it likes me back as well. Â Hard to describe, but there's an air of people having fun AT each other, rather than WITH each other when I mosey in. Â I should say that I like to frequent this place late in the evening, maybe as a fourth or fifth stop, and so it's well-oiled and underway when I arrive, sometimes near last call. Â Experience may vary for earlier arrivals - and I'll keep that on my own to-do list as well.
On the flip side, I think it's intriguing that I've been half a dozen times or more and still don't have the place completely figured. Â I think that's the kind of late-night bar I want...most of the action within a certain range of expectedness, but with the possibility of something story-worthy happening, too.
Pinball, pool, and that fine selection of cold brew-nami's don't hurt. Â I'll keep heading back.
And PS for days-gone-by buffs - this here's the former location of Westminster Public House (briefly) and before that, Green Bar (aka Freddie Cork's place on Showtime's "Brotherhood"), don'tcha know. Â Knowing is half the battle, after all.
You want a typical dive-y, hipster-y, dirt-y bar? Â Scurvy Dog is where it's at.
PBR all around. Â A pool table. Â Punk/metal thrashing from the iPod. Â Tattoos bouncing up and down.
If you remember the Green Bar prior to the Scurvy Dog taking over - you'd appreciate the Dog more than you may realize. Â It was a giant step up, believe it or not.
A night spent here makes me realize how much I love my 401K, health insurance and paid vacation time.
Maybe I'm just not hipster-stoner-punk-grunge-tattooed-hairy-dirty-Âyoung enough for the Scurvy Dog but I just can not get into the vibe here. I fully appreciate the appeal of a good dive bar, but the Scurvy Dog does not have it.
The clientele all seem to just be living their lives away, drinking PBR's and comparing flannel shirts and video game scores or trying to start up yet another sh*tty garage band.
I don't come here often but every time I do I have a blast. I am a big fan of chill, no frills bars filled with cool people. If you're looking for a fancy pants place with a specialty drink menu this isn't your place. Grab some friends and head to the Scurvy Dog if you're looking to get silly. Â
An added bonus is that Olneyville NY System is right down the street for drunken eats.
The first thing that attracted me to the Scurvy Dog a couple years ago was its lack of windows. And it's lack of doors. Lack of color... just lack of everything. It literally is a mysterious black box. And I had to look inside.
Now, Scurvy is the final stop (#3) on my favorite West Side pub crawl. Why? Because when all the other West Side bars close at midnight, Scurvy is open until 2 am (1am Sun-Th). Because on Fridays, Poco Loco Tacos shines like a beacon for drunken sailors from the Scurvy parking lot. Because when I get inside, the first thing I stumble upon is the bar-- it's RIGHT THERE. Can't miss it. Because Scurvy serves all sorts-- from metalheads to hipsters to preppy college students. No judgment here. And because, in this cozy, dimly lit space, they're always playing great music (anything from metal to 90's), and they always have a well-priced beer waiting for me.
So be adventurous. Check out the sketchy black box on the Olneyville border before you go home on a Friday night. You won't be disappointed!
I am definitely gettin jiggy wit dis place.
As everyone has said, it's a small unassuming building, basically resembles the Kaa`ba in Mecca. Ya I went there, google it. Except the people inside are probably more chill and drinkin some saweet craft beers. I am definitely down with this place; It's open late, cheap, bartenders nice and the crowd was pretty positive.
I went on a weeknight with some people after an elite event ::brushes some lower class dust off his shoulders:: and we were able to talk about everything at a normal audible level and get some great drinks.
I'd definitely want to come back and check out this place on  a weekend night when the real metal heads come out and the music is blasting more.
Absolutely going to put this place on my, "Stop in for a night cap after drinking at a preppy bar and need to pick up a metal chick to bring home so we both can climax at the drop in the song End of the World by God Forbid album version" list.
And yes I realize that's only a minute thirteen into the song.
All I could think while I was at the Scurvy Dog was it felt like your boyfriend's bachelor pad. Who's kinda into hard rock/punk/metal. Who brought some odd souvenirs back from Mexico. Who has really great taste in beer.
The Scurvy is dark, small, dingy and bare bones, but there's something comfortable about it. Maybe it's the pool table. Maybe it's the friendly barstaff. It's definitely not the location - ha.
I can't say I'd come back on my own, despite the reasonably priced craft beer, but I would come back if friends were on their way.
At the top of the pothole mountain that is the Olneyville Square exit ramp in a small unassuming black box is the Phenix known as the Scurvy Dog. Â Risen from the ashes of a crack house disguised as bar, this is the type of place I would like to own if I ever had the money to open a bar. Â It may not be the type of dive that is all things to all people (perhaps Chris R. misses the Green Bar), but its not some kind of "scene bar" if you know what I'm saying. Â Anybody can walk in here, grab a drink, and enjoy. Â
I like this bar because they always have 4 or 5 good, craft, draft beers available all the time. Â Look on the blackboard and you'll find something tasty. Â Last time I drank Dale's Pale Ale which is not often seen on draft. Â And yes, PBR for the hipsters and good old 'Gansett to keep it cheap AND local. Â (Order a 'Gansett for God sakes and lets get a brewery back up and running in Rhode Island!) Â But if you want to get freaky and order some artsy martini your friend on the East Side told you was good, these guys will bust it out for you.
The bartenders are laid back, they know their stuff, and they're also the business owners. Â They've got a great bar here, they're making a nice profit, and the Occupy Providence crew will still show up and drink with them. Â That's how f~&king cool these guys really are.
Long live the Scurvy Dog!
It's small. It's dark. Â It has heavy metal and punk music playing on the speakers. Â It is my new favorite bar. Â
I went to Scurvy Dog on a whim one day after appy hour at the Providence Oyster Bar. Â I had read some good reviews on Yelp and as a fan of cool bars and pubs I was intrigued. Â The first thing I thought when i saw the bar from the outside was "what the heck? This is it?" Â The bar on the outside is nothing special. Â It is small and looks like it may have been a strip club or biker bar that had been closed for years. Â Once we got inside and went to sit at the bar, we felt right at home. Â The bartender was friendly, there was great music playing on the juke box or ipod (not sure which it was), and there were plenty of good draft beer choices (including several craft beers). Â We were there early on a week-night, so there weren't too many other people in the bar. Â That was just fine because it meant we could hang out and have a good conversation with the bartender about heavy metal and good beer. Â Apparently they are planning on starting a heavy metal night which means I will be frequenting the Scurvy Dog quite a bit in the future. Â
I would recommend Scurvy Dog for all those punks, metal heads, freaks, and geeks who want a no frills place to hang out and have a good beer in the Federal Hill area. Â I hear it can get quite busy on Friday and Saturday nights so I would skip those nights if you want to have a beer without climbing over people to get to the bar (it is small, so I'm sure it gets a little too cozy for my taste).
The Scürvy Dög is located in the former home of The Green Bar. The Green Bar closed before I began to venture to the west side of town, but from what I hear from Scürvy Dög patrons and other locals, Green Bar was a very different place; a hot spot for those into drug deals and bar fights. About three years ago Terry, Brendan, and Jaime came along and cleaned the place up, gave it a fresh coat of paint (red and black this time), and opened the Scürvy Dög.
Arrive early (before about 9:30) and you can likely find a seat at the bar where Terry or Brendan are often serving drinks and conversing with the regulars. They both will take note of faces they see come back again and again and do an excellent job making everyone feel at home. Now that summer is here, you can find the Poco Loco taco truck in the parking lot a few nights a week serving food throughout the night (very good food I might add). Most of the normal patrons are a mix of west side hipsters and punks dressed to go to a Black Flag show though everyone is welcome. -- A Black Flag show? -- Yes, the Scürvy Dög is a punk rock bar with a soundtrack and decor to match. Stay long enough and you'll eventually hear a classic punk rock anthem come through the stereo as the guy next to you sings along. The decor includes posters from old Misfits and Iggy Pop tours that have come though Providence, a lot of skulls, and a lot of Elvis and Marilyn Monroe memorabilia.
I'm sure The Scürvy Dög's beer prices probably aren't the cheapest in the city but they're very reasonable with $2.50 tallboys of PBR and 'Ganset up to about $9 for 22oz bottles of Pretty Things' Baby Tree and Jack D'Or. The draft selections are nearly as varied as the bottles ranging form big brewery light beer to BBC Coffeehaus Porter, and Alagash White. Despite the building's matchbox size, they managed to fit a pool table in the bar that you can play for free before 9:00 every night.
Overall, the Scürvy Dög is a great little punk rock dive bar on the west side. I highly encourage you to go down by yourself or with a few friends, grab some tacos from the truck in the parking lot, play some pool, listen to some Descendants, Vandals, and Black Flag until last call, and have a great time.
I have been trying to get to this place for a couple months now but they are not open during the day. Â I am a day drinker. Â
Great selection of high end craft beers on tap and the bartender was very knowledgeable about the beer they have. Â My friend Steve asks a lot of questions and he was tolerant of him. Â Thanks
Free pool till 9pm so get there early and drink up.
After gathering with some new friends for a Mardi Gras / Blog Anniversary party there recently, I can safely say I absolutely adore the Scurvy Dog.
Coming from Chicago, I appreciate a good dive bar - especially if it has good drink prices. Once a dive bar fully embraces its divey-ness, it usually becomes intolerable. (Not this bar though.)
Though we arrived there late on a rando, Tuesday evening, the bar seemed to be hopping with a great mix of gay, straight and everything in between. Different groups that didn't arrive together began mingling, drinks flowed freely, and the music wasn't so loud that screaming conversation had to occur.
All in all, I'd say we'll definitely be back here for repeat visits.
Whenever my friends come to visit me in Providence, there's usually some lofty party destination for our evening in mind but it always comes down to "Fuck this. Â Scurvy?" Â
2 blocks from my house, a playlist full of classic goth, punk and metal, cheap drinks and (seasonal) visits from the Poco Loco taco truck make this one of the places I fought for custody over in a recent breakup. Â A gin and tonic costs $3.75. Â Scorpion bowls, only available on Mondays, cost $12 and will get 2 people wrecked. Â Pool is free. Â One of the best bangs for your buck, and best places to bang in the parking lot, in town!
4 stars?
5 stars?
Seriously?
No f-ing way. Not on it's best day. Or night.
I had read the reviews.
I was amped to stop in.
You know, to see what the hype (and reviews) was about.
What is was about was utter disappointment.
I like, no actually, I LOVE dive bars. Real ones. Authentic ones. This is not that place. It tries too hard to be a dive bar. You see, dive bars evolve over time. They are not decorated to be one. True dive bars develop and mature and age like a fine wine. Okay, not like a fine wine at all. Like cheese? Yeah, maybe like cheese. They get moldy. They aren't painted and decorated to look like they have street cred.
The person trying to get the music going was technology impaired. She was trying to hook her laptop up to a mixer up to the sound system. The only thing she actually accomplished was an annoying mix of feedback, static and eardrum shattering noise.
Ahhh, but the positives.
The bartender seemed like a decent guy and he mixed a passable cocktail. Nothing fancy but the expectations were low. Beer options were plentiful.
Plenty of parking in a well-lit lot.
I don't know. I expected more. And less.
I have to admit, first of all, that I'm typing this tucked up at the bar at Scurvy.
As I am a lot of nights.
So there. Disclaimer out of the way, as it were. My frequent attendance here should really indicate my opinion of the place - it's the best sometimes-overlooked bar in Providence, hands down.
It's like someone carefully considered exactly what someone like me would like from a bar - good, friendly staff who mix drinks with a heavy hand on the bottle, a wide selection of reasonably-priced imbibables, a decor best described as 'horror-punk', a playlist of excellent punk music, and a pool table.
The crowds usually show up around ten, which can make it a bit loud to have a conversation. (Despite this, most people still manage.) They include the usual bar selection of unfortunate hipsters, but also a good selection of the real punks of Providence. One of the members of the Usual Suspects hosts a monthly punk night, where he plays some truly amazing stuff.
Terry, the primary bartender, is a great guy. I have never seen him not know how to make a drink, and have seen him mix custom ones for people who want something but don't know just what.
I love this place. And now, if you'll excuse me, I do believe it's time for pool.
This bar took a while getting used to. I used to feel super claustrophobic because it's literally a box with no windows... and the after E&O/Avery crowd was a bit much...
BUT...
I've grown to like the place. It's a Good Ol' fashion dive bar. Good beer, good service, good decor... and I like to play pinball!
A vastly great improvement from the bar it used to be, filled with 3pm vagrants looking for... I don't know what.
:D
The Scurvy Dog is a great spot to get sloshed on "slippery nipple" shots and pogo around the pool table late on a weeknight. I know that slippery nipples are as amateur hour as wine coolers, but it's become something of a tradition in my circle to have them here.
I was a punk rock teen, so it's a real nostalgia kick to howl along to Black Flag, The Misfits and Plastic Bertrand. No one will mind that you're totally unhinged; in fact, look around you: others are singing too.
The bartender Terry, whose dour expression is a false alarm, will jovially recommend drinks with names like "the oatmeal cookie" when you're drunk, disorderly and blathering on about girls night and how desperately you need something sweet, fabulous and rimmed in sugar.
This place can get somewhat packed and my pals on the prowl have said it's the top spot in Providence to locate hot freaky types of questionable virtue.
A final tip: This place is far too loud for any kind of genuine human connection to occur. If you want to have a meeting of the souls, I suggest you go to The Avery instead.
Hands down best punk bar in Providence! Â This is a must visit if you listened to GG Allin at any point in your lifetime. Â Prices are great (2 dollar tallboys)! Â The owners are some of the coolest people in town. Â Very friendly atmosphere. Â Pool table. Â Sometimes they do outdoor BBQs with great bands. Â The decor kicks ass (check out the shadow boxes)! Â They have a great DJ on Sundays who plays great oldies and Scorpion bowl night on Mondays with tiki-themed music. Â Punk rock greats the rest of the week! Â Do yourself a favor, go to the Scurvy Dog!
Review Source:I love this bar! Cheap prices, I can always count on knowing at least 2 out of 4 people there and it's dark but clean!
Sometimes they'll have an outdoor bbq with bands that's always fun- the food is really good too! You'll probably want to friend or like their facebook page for a heads up on these though.
I guess I can allude to to the fact that it's a punk bar, but growing up punk, for me it's more of a haven where I can feel at home, converse with friends and hear great music all in the same spot.. If you are a little off the 'norm', you'll be welcome here.
If the bar lot is full, there is additional parking across the street, sssshhhh!
I'll finish with that the bartenders are great- nice, strong drinks, always friendly and serve you with a smile.
As if nature itself was to make amends and restore the perfect hop balance to our world, I was lucky enough to find out about the Scurvy Dog the same day as my worse than dreadful experience at Union Station (<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/union-station-brewery-providence-providence#hrid:je8VRpa69G5Ftjmw_oAVmQ">http://www.yelp.com/biz/…</a>). This place is a bar mans bar, and you can tell by the people who flock to it, and most importantly the bartender himself.
The name pretty much gives away what bit of a "theme" can be derived here, although calling it that would be a disservice to the true bar-lke qualities it possesses, like not really having a theme. There are a fair amount of Jolly Rogers' and other assorted skull and bones paraphernalia around the place, but not so much as to make you hate it, or maybe even notice unless you're by yourself like me and trying to take everything in. There is also an abundance of Elvis portraiture in the men's bathroom, and an equal amount of Marilyn stuff in the women's. I didn't bother to inquire about the fascination, just chalked it up to another bit of Providence quirk.
My only bit of dissatisfaction with this place came short after entering, when I ordered my first beer. Having just had some of the worst dredge to ever call itself alcohol I was really looking forward to a nice pint of something hearty and delicious. Unlike my usual tendency to examine every item on the beer list, I just asked the bartender what he had in the dark variety. His response was a disappointing "Guinness and Smithwicks" blah. While neither beer is really bad, I wanted something real, with character, not cookie cutter.
Not long after my first few sips I spotted several selections I would have preferred much more than the Smithwicks I went with. So, wanting to hang out here a bit more, I ordered the 22oz Stone Smoked Porter next (for a mere $7 I might add). This hit the spot, as I knew it would, and I settled in for an interesting night in one of the coolest bars I've been to in quite some time.
This place looked pretty sketch from the outside. Like--I mean--tiny little black box w/no sign. Â I picked this place for my boyfriend's actual 21st birthday bar-trip and I started out sweating bullets as everyone looked at this little shit brick like : "Is this really where you've taken us?"
Inside the guy checking IDs immediately clapped my boyfriend on the back and warmly showed him a shot of tequila in celebration.
Once inside--it was nice and warm (burrr winter in NE!) cute punky deco w/ NICE CLEAN BATHROOMS!!!!!
The bartender was a sweetheart, and mixed us some lovely girly drinks while the men drank their share of beer and whiskey.
The music was amazing--they played shit I'd actually want to listen to and decent decibels, rather than deafening me with the latest Britney or Kelly Clarkson cut.
And after drinking in Boston --I was floored by how cheap the drinks were!
but the fifth star goes out--no question--to the barkeep picking up my boyfriend's 6 drink tab in celebration of his birthday!!
I'd definitely go back.
Once upon a time there was a bar full of drug dealers and alcoholics made famous by a TV show it was called The Green Bar. Â It closed. Â Then it opened again and then suddenly it was closed again. Â Then one day a couple of smart punk rock boys bought it. They cleaned it and painted it and renamed it the Scurvy Dog. Â
We went in for a cocktail last night and ran into local rocks stars. Â One was behind the bar serving drinks. Â One was enjoying cocktails and one was taking pictures! Â The scary drunks and junkies were gone. Â Great music was playing and we had fun!
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