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Hickory Tavern

3.3 (8 reviews)
Open • Open 24 hours

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Dive bar in a neighborhood. Stopped by on our cross country trip after sight seeing at the Pony Express museum and navigation led us here. Walked in and typical new comer style it felt like the music came to a screeching halt. Bellied up to the bar and was met a friendly bartender with a nice "How y'all doing" Beers in a can kinda of place but they were cold. Definitely a locals hangout but everyone seemed friendly. Looks can be deceiving from outside but hey cold beer is cold beer. Definitely worth a stop for a beer.

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Permanently closed. Boards on the windows and has been for some time. Ambiance non existent, no one there to let you in the door.

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Same place on Dines Drive in's and Dives. Best burger Fresh made home made fries made as you order.

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Jumpin Jacks Bar

Jumpin Jacks Bar

5.0(1 review)
2.4 mi

We knew we were in for a treat when we found this to be a neighborhood dive, surrounded by houses…read moreon all sides. We knew we were going to love this place when a neighbor came out to distract his pit bull as we walked by. And when we stepped in to head the bartender explaining to a couple of other customers how terrified she is of clowns, we somehow knew we were going to have more fun here than we'd had all day. It turned out that bartender's name was Becky, and she's 1/2 of the couple who owns the bar. The other half is her husband, Waylan, who showed up later at the end of our visit. "Having a name like Waylan is like having the biggest cock," she said. Or maybe it was B who said that, I don't remember and my notes aren't very clear. :) There is quite a collection of bras on the bar, a recent development. "A while back one of the customers just up and took her bra off, and said she wanted to hang it up. So we did. Then other ladies started doing it," Becky explained. "Now boxer shorts have even started to join the collection." We ended up spending out entire visit chatting with the bartender about their history with the bar. We really enjoyed our time here. In addition to the great personalities, this is a fun-looking bar all around and I'de love to visit again when it's busier. In fact, here's how good a time we had -- when we first arrived we noticed the Silver Strike machine and put a few dollars in it to play. But we never got around to actually doing so! :)

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Pop A Top

Pop A Top

3.0(1 review)
4.7 mi
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A dive bar does not get more divey than this. A dive in its purest form, not even the most…read morehard-core hipsters would go here trying to be ironic! Pop A Top is located in a remote semi-wooded area in extreme northern St. Joseph, far-removed from any other bars or restaurants. It is part of a tiny cluster of brick buildings surrounded by gravel lots of old or rusting industrial equipment, buses, trucks, and other vehicles. Aging mobile homes making up most of the remainder of the surroundings. It was originally a bank, but was converted to a bar in the 1950s and operated as Family Tavern for about 30 years. Family Tavern closed after the owner died, but later Pop A Top re-opened the space. There's no taps, so we got a couple of cans of beer. Either there was no air conditioning or it wasn't working. A pair of noisy and powerful fans were employed to attempt to ventilate the place. Despite the fans, with it being 100 degrees outside, it took only a few minutes for our beer to warm up to room temperature. :( It was quite a bit darker in there than my pictures (taken with a high exposure setting) let on. There appeared to be a back room that looked big enough for pool tables, but the lights were out and we could not really see for sure without risking tripping over fans. :) I'm going to assume that there was indeed at least one pool table. (Update: A later visit revealed a nice looking back room with a pool table in the center of it.) As rickety and run-down as the building is, the woodwork of the bar itself is beautiful. I started to give this bar 2 stars due to the heat getting my beer warm so fast, but I decided that the weather isn't their fault. Besides, the bartender was pretty nice to us. (Update: It was still hot inside on a second visit in September, but we went in the early evening so it wasn't as bad. The bartender was the same pleasant woman who served us in July. There were a few more customers in there his time.)

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