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    Joy and Ed’s Bar and Grill

    3.9 (46 reviews)
    Open • 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Good for kids

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    Mozzarella sticks mmm
    Rhonda S.

    Just average food but the location is great in downtown Utica. The GOOD: The town has really been made up so cute and they have the Main Street blocked off, with outdoor seating and free live entertainment. I will give it that, we were able to score a huge table for our large party. The waitress came out right away which was a good sign at first. Some of our party ordered food right away. My cousins and I went to a local shop for about 40 min then we came back and ordered food from Joy and Ed's. Again the waitress seemed attentive at this point. She started dropping off everyone else's food and I ordered some appetizers as my meal. THE NOT SO GOOD: Seemed to take a very long time for fried mozzarella, nachos and a bowl of chili. When we finally got our food the nacho sauce was already getting cold. The cheese sticks were very good but she forgot to bring ranch sauce. No problem as someone at our table gave me theirs. The nachos were beyond disappointing. I would say a step below stadium nachos. The yellow cheese sauce that comes out of a can. Big slices of jalapeño peppers on top. Chopped white onions sprinkled on top. That's it? I do love nacho sauce but there was something lacking. It could have maybe used a side of salsa or sour cream. Or maybe some black olives. It was just meh. I was so hungry that I ate 75% of it. Just not that great. The real problem is once I got the food the waitress disappeared. No one got any water refills. It was still light outside and yes on a Saturday night it was busy. But I had to go inside to get another drink after sitting there for 45 minutes. Not sure what happened to the waitress. The food plates and baskets sat there for at least an hour without anyone clearing our table. Meh. The JUST OK: The bathroom was clean. the odd thing was there were two men's restrooms and only one women's restroom. Single toilet in each one. I might have missed it if there was another women's restroom but I didn't see one. Service is more attentive when you go up to the bar. Very nice serving of wine, and they do have two kinds of wine from the August Hill winery. But it was awesome to see the live band. They were very good.

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    Patty C.

    Danny & the crew was great! He made our trip more fun. Joy & Ed's was recommended from a another company from cross town. We had sat outside the next morning with the dog & Danny came out and talked with us and gave the dog water. We ran into Danny later on the street and he recognized us. Great home town bar

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    Merisa K.

    Nice place for lunch. The restaurant side has about 12 tables and the bar side has a long bar with slot machines. Ordered a cheeseburger ( fries are extra) and a kids grill cheese sandwich. It has a nice menu selection and everything tasted good. It was clean, service was very friendly and prices were very affordable.

    Love this place and so friendly and the owner is soo nice . Such a people person. I would recommend this place to everyone

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    2 years ago

    Food was terrible. No flavor, ordered a pizza at another restaurant for carry out while we were still there

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    2 years ago

    Food is always delicious as well as service and prices are great. The people are always friendly.

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    3 years ago

    We stopped here for breakfast on the way to Starved Rock State Park. Very good breakfast. I would recommend it to everybody.

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    great atmosphere and bartender was great...prices were very reasonable and our chicken tenders were amazing!!!

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    6 years ago

    Very friendly nice waitress but the oatmeal I got was undercooked for me, I like gooy soft oatmeal. Milk also tasted like water.

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    11 years ago

    This place has the best egg sandwich in the Midwest ! Ask for bacon and ham, then thank me later ;)

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    12 years ago

    Great mom and pop place. Had breakfast only. They will substitute cheddar for American cheese. Great vege omelette

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    Decent breakfast for before hiking. good portions and service! good thing cuase it seems to be the only option on the strip for breakfast!

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    “Great service & a terrific lunch just down the road from Starved Rock State Park.”

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