Look...if you're in Indianola and looking for a late night drink... There is no reason NOT to go to the Zoo. Cheap drinks, great bartenders. Mostly always free pool downstairs. They will have a small dance floor which seems to always get packed out. The only problem with this place is that when it closes at 2am it feels too early. It's a blast. Their $3 Long Island is great. All in all...what else are you gonna do late night in Indianola?
Review Source:In my travels to hundreds of bars throughout the Great Plains I have discovered several fundamental laws of bar nature. Â One of these laws is that any bar named "Zoo" is awesome. Â Â This particular Zoo is no exception.
We had a kick-ass bartender who welcomed us out-of-towners with free shots ("FMS", apparently the bar's staple) as we settled in for our visit. Â We had a lot of fun chatting with him throughout our stay.
Upon entry you find yourself in the middle of a stairwell. Â Go up and you find the main bar, with lots of seating and a handful of bar games. Â Downstairs is foosball and a pair of vividly purple pool tables.
If I lived in Indianola, this would be my hangout. Â If you're just visiting, it's well worth stopping in.
This is it: 'Indianola's Wild Watering Hole.' The Motherfucking Zoo.
As alumni of Indianola High come home for the holidays, this is the place they gather at night to see how bald/fat/married/divorced/rich/poor/pregnant/etc their former classmates have become.
It's a townie bar through and through and that is exactly how it should be. Disgusting bathrooms? Plastic darts? Erotic photo hunt? You betcha! Don't be a jackass and order the Saporro on tap; it won't taste right. No, stick to the Buds and the Millers or the hard stuff.
I have to say the staff is pretty cool and really is the saving grace of this dive. Oh and they always play "King of the Road" at the end of the night. Then they yell for everybody to get the fuck out. See you next year, Zoo.