Lost Bar

The other folks are spot on. This is friendly neighborhood bar. The bartender, Ben, has great people skills and is most willing to talk to, and make even a Cardinals fan from St. Louis feel welcome! I can’t say how often I’ll be back, but it will be more than once and it won’t be too long before it happens.

This place is typical dive bar, lately, when I’ve gone the clientele have really veered into the douche bag 30 plus dudes… but the service is good and the prices is right… I’ll never be a regular

Every so often, my husband and I decide to forgo our usual favorite bars and go out exploring to see what we can find. Saturday night was one of those times, and when we saw that there was a place called Lost Bar reasonably close by, we were intrigued.
First of all, I’d say it’s safe to assume that we probably wouldn’t have found Lost Bar without first reading Scott M.‘s review, as it really is tucked away behind a strip mall, and there’s really no way you’d even know it’s there without some kind of insider tip.
When we arrived at about 9pm there was a karaōke «contest» or karaōke-​off going on, as well as a birthday celebration… in fact, I think every single person in the bar was there for the birthday party, as they all apparently knew each other. This is definitely a bar for local folks, and I got the feeling that it’s not a place that frequently has random people just showing up like my husband and I did! Never mind, though! We were greeted by the friendly bartender and had drinks in front of us in no time.
Lost Bar is small and smoky (oh yes, you can most certainly smoke there), and it really almost feels like you’re drinking in someone’s basement bar. We «opened a tab», which consisted of the bartender writing my husband’s name on a piece of notebook paper, and keeping track of our drinks that way. There are literally 4 beers on tap, but a good selection of bottled beers and other liquor (including Jameson, to my surprise and delight). They also have two fridges behind the bar where they keep beer and shot glasses cold, as well as store some mixers and whatnot. I’m almost certain that they don’t serve food, but I could be wrong about that. I’m also unsure as to whether or not they accept credit cards, as we decided to pay cash. (It’s probably just easier to have some cash on you here, just in case.)
Despite being smoky, the bar was clean (as were the bathrooms), the people were friendly, and the drinks were cheap (and good strong pours). I don’t think we’ll ever become hardcore regulars here, but we’ll definitely visit Lost Bar again.

What an appropriate name! I thought I’d covered every bar on North Oak long ago! Every time I saw the name «Lost Bar» come up in my research I assumed it had to be a new name for a bar I’d already been too.
Ironically, my BARDAR has gone off numerous times while driving past the very strip mall in which this bar is located. It’s a strip mall that screams that it has a bar in it, yet there isn’t one to be found…
…unless you look in the back.
But why would you? From Oak it looks like a standard one-​story strip mall with nothing behind it. But it turns out there’s a sharp drop in the hill and there is indeed a lower level around back.
Lost Bar is a small, dark, smokey dive — exactly what you’d expect such a well-​hidden place to be. There’s pool tables, games, and a small stage. There seems to be a well-​knit group of regulars.
Our bartender was very friendly and pleasant. Beer was poured cold and at just the right price: cheap!
I really enjoyed my visit here and will be back.