Tanners Bar & Grill

Tanners is the definition of neighborhood sports bar. They've got good food, a good selection of drinks and there's a lot of room and a lively atmosphere most of the time. It will never be the most amazing sports bar of all time, but it's never let us down.

We went to Tanners for the Wednesday night $5 hamburgers. When we walked in, it had a ton of promise:  neon lights, big screen tvs, and a quickly-filling dining room.  We sat down and ordered some beer.  (No prices on the beer list, but the waitress said all domestics were a certain price.  I ordered a local beer but was up charged.  Isn't Nebraska a "domestic" location?).  Other than the beer snafu, service was great.  We were a group of 8 with three small children, and the waitress was willing to split menu items for the kids, complete with plates and silverware for each.  The little ones had mini corn dogs and milk.  The adults all ordered burgers.  The menu said that all burgers would be cooked to at least 155 degrees. Forget that--no burnt hockey pucks for me.  Despite the warning on the menu, the waitress took meat temperature orders. So, I gave it a shot and said "make it as rare as you can."  She didn't bat an eye.  Everyone else went with medium.  
The food came out quickly as did the drink refills.  My rare burger came out medium.  I asked for extra  burger veggies and got them, too.  The fries were crinkle fries--sadly, the cooks missed the mark and served them undercooked.  Other than the temperature, my burger tasted great.  I finished off with a limp dill pickle spear.  All in all, I was happy, but I was hungry and I love cold beer and burgers.  Everyone else at the table left disappointed--their medium burgers orders came out well done.  Over-cooked burgers and undercooked fries just didn't hit the mark.

Good food, great TV access, nice bar.  More of a family friendly place than a bar you get super loose in.  

Excellent service.