Bar on Buena

Just had an example of great customer service. Great beer great food great hotsauce. When I found out they were no longer going to serve my favorite hot sauce a tweet to the chef fixed it quick. Tacos are on point as well

Head up! Great burgers but you’ll see mostly Mexican style food dishes here, so just keep that in mind, chili cheese burger was loaded and great!

This was our first visit and let me tell you, what a neighborhood gem! We live within walking distance, parking may be a bit of a challenge for those driving to BOB. My husband and I went in on a Friday night and were seated immediately. The ambiance is cozy, they have a ridiculously wide array of craft beers (frequently changes I was told) and whiskeys/​bourbons. Staff was very friendly and the hubs had a difficult time choosing, but our waiter asked some questions and recommended a great brew! We ordered the guacamole to start, it is a very generous portion! Since the burgers are half a pound, we shared The Burger with smoked Gouda and grilled onions (additional toppings are $ 0.50/each). It comes with skinny fries like the kind from McD’s. I liked them, they were crispy and salted to taste. I wasn’t aware that they would provide fresh red onion slices, so next time I will opt for mushrooms instead. I liked the noise level, energetic but you can still converse over your meal. They do have TVs should you want to watch an event. Their weekly specials include $ 5 Burgers on Mondays and Wednesday’s are unlimited Mac and cheese, so we will definitely be back during the week!

Love this place! Amazing beer menu, lots of whiskey (if that’s your thing), and decent bar food. The staff is always more than friendly and welcoming to all. Was recently voted one of the «Best Gay Bars in America» but it’s not a gay bar, it’s an everybody bar.

NIce place to hang, watch a game. Friendly staff, local crowd

Where else to spend your weekends? Of course here. Big list of beer, delicious food. Always nice staff. Great atmosphere to be with friends.

Bar on Buena has great beers and great service. If you are hungry, drink your beer and walk your self to ⁷⁄₁₁ because you can get 3 bags of chips for $ 9, which is the same price of «bobs nachos». «Bobs nachos» includes 12 chips with a little bit of cheese on top. If you are interested in more than twelve chips this dish is not for you.

Favorite neighborhood spot. Starting with bottomless Mac N Cheese Wednesday’s with a rotating «flavor,» and they always have fantastic specials. Massive beer list and whiskey flight options. We spent New Years Eve there at the incredibly reasonably priced and well organized evening. They played vintage burlesque movies, the waitstaff was attentive and looked happy to be there, the place was not oversold or crowded. It was a unique and intimate evening we’ll never forget. The best part is that the outdoor seating is dog friendly and the waitstaff remembers my dog and brings her a cup of water every time we come. I would highly highly recommend this gem of a neighborhood bar.

So, I’ve been to this place twice and while the food is fine it is nothing to write home about. Mostly it’s just really overpriced. Our bill for two beers, guacamole, chips, salsa and three tacos was over $ 40 with tip. The salsa and guacamole were edible but at $ 6 each it was not worth it. The tacos were fine but the total bill was so high I cannot recommend this place unless you enjoy mediocre food at extreme prices.

Decent nothing amazing

Not the best service, not the best food, but it’s «A-​Ok» ratings for everything else. Just A-​Ok. I would go back because it’s convenient walking distance to me, but i’m not loco crazy about anything on the menu, the ambiance, or the service.

If you like a place full of prima donnas then this is the place for you; the staff are even worse. The waitresses are full of attitude and good luck getting a drink at the bar because the bar people think it’s beneath them to serve customers. This place really sucks.
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Great place for beer but not so much for food. The thick cut bacon is pretty impressive.

Any place that makes an Arnold Palmer on request even when it’s not on the menu is okay by me. The food here was decent — I wish I’d tried something more adventurous, but my burger was cooked perfectly (medium-​well). Fries were great. Wish I’d tried the quinoa salad!
Overall for the food I’d say it’s nicely done but nothing to write home about. Again, if I’d tried something else maybe I’d be raving like others seem to be.
Nice spot to meet some friends for a casual lunch or dinner or evening drink. Parking was a cinch. Excellent whiskey and beer selection.
Only three stars because I felt like our server had an attitude and didn’t like being asked questions. He seemed like he wanted us to leave, and the place wasn’t even full. I’ve also gotta say that the stools we were seated on really hurt my tucchus! I’m not so sure I’d come back on my own, but if someone else really wanted to go I’d welcome the opportunity to try something else and broaden my experience.

Good food, good service, great beer and whiskey selection. Veggie patty burger is excellent and is my go-​to dish. Noise level, particularly the music volume, can be loud on Friday and Saturday nights, making it difficult to talk, which is why I’m taking off a star.
Extra points though to the server who wore a «Meat is Murder» T-​shirt. At a restaurant that serves mostly meat dishes. That takes some serious gonads.

I live just around the corner, and was excited about this place when I first moved in. The beer list is excellent and rotates monthly, which I love. During the summer they have a nice patio. The atmosphere inside is solid– not too divey, not too fancy.
I’ve been for drinks a few times and it was fine, although it doesn’t have that cozy, «stay as long as you like» feeling I look for in a neighborhood bar.
People tell me the food is great, but my first time trying dinner was awful. A friend and I ordered burgers, cooked medium. The meat was blood red (not pink, but bleeding) when it arrived and we asked the waitress to send it back. She was very rude and told us that it was in fact cooked to «medium» but she would send it back and have them make us a «well done» burger. The second burger looked exactly like the first, the rare side of medium rare. I was a line cook for 15 years, I could have done without the attitude and cooking lesson.
The waitress then proceeded to interrupt me when I was describing a beer on the menu to my friend as she walked by, explaining that I was «describing it poorly.» We were just looking to relax and have a few beers, and the animosity displayed by the waitress was just confusing and weird.
I’ll be back this summer to give it another shot, but I’ll be prepared for battle just in case.

So what so you do on the day of a blizzard? When you want to watch the Superbowl? But your car is buried under 2 feet of snow? And people are stuck in the streets? And the wind is blowing so hard that you can only see as far as your hand in front of you?
Walk to a bar.
Hence, I found myself at The Bar and to my surprise, there were so many other locals that had made their way through the wrath of the blizzard as well. We all sat warm and cozy in our sanctuary.
The Bar is a great spot. Not too big, not too small. Plenty of seating and televisions all around. The drinks were reasonably priced and pretty strong, might I add. What surprised me the most was the food. Delicioso! Burgers, either beef or turkey, are so well seasoned and cooked perfectly. You can actually see the cook making your food right next to the bar. Customer service was on point as well. Totally love this place and it has become a favorite spot to go to in my neighborhood!

Great food and great drinks selection. The burgers are amazing! The atmosphere is relaxing and a great local spot.

So I usually come here on Mondays for $ 5 burger and fries. Occasionally I visit on Wednesdays for unlimited mac and cheese
Burgers are pretty decent for $ 5. Cheese and grilled onions are $ 1 extra and they offer (gouda, gruyère, pepper jack), other extras are $ 2 extra (mushrooms and a bunch other I can’t recall). Fries are slightly skinny for my liking, but still good (they are not shoestring).
Wednesdays are unlimited mac and cheese for $ 7 – 8 and they mix it up. One time I had chorizo mac and cheese another time it was mushrooms. Pretty good btw.
Beer selection is great. They typically have drink specials during the week. Inside is a pretty large room with bar to your immediate right with flat screen tvs on the walls. The seating area is mixed with booths, high tables, and traditional tables. During warm weather they have a nice outdoor seating area under some huge trees.
Ambiance is pretty low lighting with candles on tables. It can get quite loud but nothing intolerable.
Service has always been great and consistent. Fantastic, unpretentious neighborhood bar. I’ve read reviews commenting on the service and I’m shocked because I’ve never experienced anything but friendly service.

This bar is within easy walking distance of my son’s new place, so we had to give it a try. Everyone wants a neighborhood joint they can call their own, right? The ambiance was very casual and laid back and it did have a good neighborhood feel. The burgers were very good and seem to be what most people order. I had the Antonio burger and it was very flavorful. Before ordering, I asked our waiter about some other choices and he kept saying I should really consider the burgers because that’s what they are known for! Message received and that’s what I did:)
Our group was a little disappointed with the sweet potato fries just because they were a little mushy. However, the regular fries came out crispy and good.
Overall, I know we will try this place again when we are visiting and my son said they would definitely be back for another round of burgers.