C & F Drive Inn

I’m a huge fan of dive bars. My friend took me here after an event and I couldn’t believe a bucket of beer was $ 6.00 on happy hour.
It’s basically in an old house off of 610 & North Main. It’s unpretentious, and I met some interesting people from lawyers to professors and mechanics from the nearby shops. The place has pool tables, old timey pinball machines and a jukebox filled with songs I hadn’t heard in years. It was a cheap, good time and nothing fancy.

I’ve been into a bar, but this is the place my friend has always gone too. I like it. It’s all family; everyone knows everyone. George doesn’t put up with any mess. He’ll make you leave. I like it!

Growing up I remember driving by places like C&F at around 4:00PM on a thursday, seeing what appeared to be open air arcades full of people having fun all day. This kind of thing blew my freakin’ 12 year old mind… I wanted to go to the places with garage-​door walls and pool tables. Well exactly 14 years later– I did just that.
C&F is unassuming. Pure and simple. But the service was remarkable.
The well seasoned bartender would come out from behind the bar to add ice to our beer bucket and would always condense the remaining 2 brews into the next bucket ($ 13.00 for 6 beers) and when we ordered Pinks Pizza to be delivered she walked the delivery guy back carrying a roll of paper towels for us. We had some people join us later– and she brought them out koozies!
The beer was freakin’ cold as all hell. The pool was only .50 cents and everyone at the place was a regular… except us.
We will be going back– no doubt. To sit atop the floor anchored bar stools and stare at the 100 year old (it sure looked it) cast iron beer crusher. We will become one with the slot machine playing ladies in the corner and the pony-​tailed dude by enjoying cold suds in a 1970’s time machine…