Tommy's Pub

Beer is cheap, free music, cramped, smokey, eccentric, dusty, dirty, friendly staff. It's pretty much everything you'd want in a dive bar.

I'm not sure how they get away with the smoking in here but it's still a safe haven for those who like to light up a cigarette while they cocktail. I've become kinda accustomed to not smelling like a ash tray (call me spoiled) when I'm out and about or else I would have given this place 5 stars.

The bands are awesome as well. It's usually a lot of local people just jamming out and you kinda get the feel like they came and set up right in your living room to play specifically for you.

As it goes, I have a knack for selecting rare beauties,  I have to say this is one of the coolest dive bars that I have ever ventured into!

Since I am new to the area, first let me say Thank You Yelpers for ranking this one so high!  

I was initially delighted to find that all the cold beers are served in cans from a fridge circa 1986.  Cool refreshing $2.25 domestics hit your pallet as you embellish conversations with the locals.  I very much heart the feel of this place!

While enjoying a fabulous conversation, a few people stepped up on stage to play music.  I was overwhelmed with the talent of the locals as they stepped up to the stage to strum some tunes and sing:)  What was the best part.....they have a bathtub bass on stage!  WHAAAT?  I had been joking with some of my friends saying I would locate one of these, and to my utter surprise, this beauty was being strum in the background!

We stayed for a few beers and then decided to go.  The bartender actually said, "come on now, you don't want to leave" .  If this didn't make us welcomed, I don't know what would.  As we were leaving, another pleasant surprise unfolded.....a few locals stood up from their barstools and said, "please come back and visit".  WOW, if that isn't hospitality, I don't know what is.  

Forget the el deusch bars,  if you need to sit back, relax, and enjoy a cool one with some awesome people, this is your spot!

......definatley my new favorite spot:))

I've spent a lot of time at Tommy's recently and will spend  a whole lot more this next year. Initially, my increased patronage had to do with the documentary I am filming with Jaime (he works there). But now, it's because it is one of, if not the only, TRUE dive bar left in this city. In the time I've become a regular I've already met and befriended some of the most interesting individuals... especially the old timers.

This is a true, working-man's watering hole which doubles as a NASCAR ad-hoc museum. Everyone in here, from Jim, to Jaime to the family members of obscure racing legend Buddy Shuman, will talk to you candidly about NASCAR or anything els that happens to be thrown across the bar.

The impromptu open mic nearly every day kicks ass. Musicians just go in and start playing. The vibe is incredibly awesome and friendly. Everyone is welcomed, everyone belongs.

If you're a beer snob, stay clear. Guinness is your highest end beer but liquor and spirits abound.

Let's just hope the hipsters & echo boomers don't fuck it up like they've done with the rest of Plaza-Midwood. (oooh! yes, I went there!)