Uncle Mike's Highway Pub

So far everything we ordered was great!  I loved the chips and guacamole it was fresh and perfect.   I will also recommend you stop by on the bingo night, it was a great way to unwind after a long day.  We also ordered the BLT, it was so large we ate it the next day as well.  A fun bar and to our surprise great food!

Uncle Mike's looks like another seedy bar off the highway.  But don't let appearances fool you.  It is actually a very "marketed" establishment.  What I mean by this is that it has a chain / corporate feel to it.  The selection of beers is impressive.  Flat screen tvs can be found all over, for your viewing enjoyment.

As far as food goes, the wings are probably their strongest suit.  With 11 different sauces and 59 cent wing specials on Sun and Mon, it makes for the quintessential beer drinking experience.  They come in a myriad of spiciness, and the top two hottest are made with Trinidad Butch Scorpion pepper (world's hottest) and Jolokia - you have to sign a waiver to eat these as well as pay per wing.  I opted for the mango habanero version which is #3.  My mouth felt like I kissed a volcano where the lava spews out.  It was that damn hot.  For 15 min, I felt a throbbing, pulsating sensation in my lips like I just had 5 cc of silicone injected into them.  Something is very wrong when I use adjectives like throbbing and pulsating to describe my dining experience.  The up side is that beer never tasted so good.

They also have a gimmicky menu that is titled "Say Uncle" where you get gigantic portions.  I had the BLT version which comes with a half pound of bacon.  Unfortunately, this was pre-cooked weight and I still felt hungry afterwards...I think that I was more disappointed in the fact that a half pound of bacon couldn't satisfy me...don't wanna know what my cholesterol levels are.

Other menu items show a more "progressive" cuisine level that you would not expect from a dive bar.  I definitely did not expect to see an organic black bean veggie burger. This goes to show that they have put a lot of thought into composing a menu that caters to a wide audience.  But that may also be part of their undoing, in that most of the food is just decent.  I think the food was meant more to complement the beer than anything else, but also be a fresher take on your traditional bar menu.

Burger and chicken sandwich were standard fare at premium tourist prices. The service plain sucked. Getting a drink was damn near impossible and just decent service was non-existant. I do not recommend this place to anyone, even my exes mother in law. Place plain sucks. Go to Rivals.