Shenanigan's Pub

Great neighboorhood pub. Friendly servers, good selection of drinks and food, and reasonable prices in the middle of the highlands. There are lots of TV's if you like to watch sports and good live music.

Shenanigan's is great for some things -- NFL Sunday, CHECK! Discounted beers, Check!  Friendly customers, CHECK!  Food-wise though, it is hard to rate it as one of the best, especially compared to other bars in the neighborhood.  Highland's bars are notorious for having absolutely phenomenal bar food.  I would have to say the food at Shenanigans was decent.  Just not amazing.

I would still definitely recommend Shenanigan's!  Especially on game day.

I'm going to have to side with those who think it's absurd to be miffed when certain drinks aren't served here (although I see no problem in making an inquiry and wouldn't expect to be treated rudely if I were just wrong about where I was). I have never been treated rudely here over possibly 100 visits in 5 years time, and that includes by the customers, of whom there are many.

That aside, in my five years of residence in the Highlands I have seen Shenanigan's continue to consolidate its outdoor area with interesting plantings and decorations that really do make it both blend and merge into the neighborhood. That I am not near enough to it to be disturbed by any noise conceded. Inside, I just enjoy and feel at home in this pub.

As a sports bar, the lines of sight in this place are above average in my opinion. If you noticed that isn't what my original review stated then consider that now resolved. They have tons, and tons, of screens here at every height and over each shoulder. It's as well done as any sports bar in town, most of which are flashier and more expensive to frequent.

If you want to really get a slice of life in Louisville at an establishment that continues to extend its own metaphors welcomingly (Irish pub, Kentucky pub, Bourbon haven, sports bar, neighborhood bar), then this is the place. Because of all that they have a solid following and many of these folks know one another. Conversation with strangers goes easily here.

Because Shenanigan's has a way of executing & updating itself, it doesn't really qualify as a dive. In my view, a dive is a bar and some drinks maybe a jukebox and literally no effort to improve, whereas, Shenanigan's is lively and engaged, has contests and drawings on Monday Night, sometimes has live music, is always a great place to follow local sports teams, etc.

The pub food here has continued to be solid over a number of years. I was there on Oct 15, 2012 for the NFL night and they had chicken nuggets, they were calling them boneless wings, for $0.50/each). So, I ordered 12 with cole slaw, potato salad, and soda (I don't really drink, sorry, but I will occasionally have a beer at Shenanigan's)--for $13.69 plus tip.

That's probably as healthful as the fare here gets (I did mention it's pub food). Earlier the same week I had chicken salad sandwich on rye with fries and got out of there for $10 plus tip.