South Side Cafe

I love this place, it's definitely a chill place if you're a local. I like going here because its not full of the sloppy drunk, trying way too hard, immature kids that flock to every downtown club type. Angela is a good bartender & the bouncer always keeps a safe night.

Only giving it two stars, because it IS a dive bar. Can't even imagine ordering food in this place. At least the alcohol probably won't kill you.

Walked in with a few family members after a funeral for a couple drinks... Got some laughs at first... the dirty, dingy pool table room... the Dirty, Smelly, Cold Main Room...and the Loud-Crappy-Music (Vanilla Ice). Walked in and there were 3 wanna-be Jersey Shore Gumbas at the bar talking to the worst blondish bartender of all time.. I learned later her name was Angela.

We grabbed a booth, as we're all no stranger to dive bars... We figured that since we were the only ones really there, she'd come over and let us order drinks... NOPE!  We had to walk over to the bar to order...simple stuff... 3 well drinks, a red bull, and a virgin bloody mary. All we got was attitude.

We sat in the booth with the music blaring so loud that we couldn't hear each other, but carried on because it was still kinda funny... by the second round, I got up to order...By this time, there were only 2 gumbas at the bar, but it still took her 3 minutes to walk order to me.. I ordered and got the drinks, and left a generous 2.50 tip on the bar... I went back to our booth and noticed I forgot to order one for someong. I went back... and she came back with this annoyed look on her face, she mumbled, I asked her to repeat what she said, and she yelled FOUR DOLLARS with a nasty expression... For the first time in my life, I took back the 2.50 that was on the bar...

For a third round, another person at the booth went to order... he was ignored for 5 full minutes... it wasn't funny anymore... even with only one gumba at the bar... we got up to leave, and I was pissed and told her to have "A lovely evening, since you're so busy"  

As the others left, she fained a sarcastic apology and gave excuses...

This bar is the worst of all time... I can only assume the owner is trying to eek a profit by squeezing nickles instead of focusing on customer service...