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    Mike's Tavern

    4.7 (18 reviews)
    InexpensiveBars
    Closed 3:00 pm - 11:00 PM

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    MIKE'S TAVERN ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Live music
    Moderate noise

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    3 years ago

    Just performed here the other night. Awesome place to perform and chat with people! Definitely a friendly vibe all the way around

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    3 years ago

    Best dive bar around. Always a great selection of craft beer on tap. The Manhattan is one my favorites

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    13 years ago

    Awesome beer. No food. Great time.

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    9 years ago

    Great bartenders...great customers. Cold drinks, great atmosphere, and live bands. What's not to love?

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    8 years ago

    Cool bar, good people and great beer! The owner is great to talk with, he often offers an interesting perspective on situations....

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    10 years ago

    Great dive atmosphere. People were all nice. Very very dark lighting inside though. Made me want to nap

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    7 years ago

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    9 years ago

    I can't get enough of this place!! Great live bands, friendly service, super prices. Go to Mike's. You'll have a great time!!

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    The Pike Cafe - Undercooked

    The Pike Cafe

    3.8(129 reviews)
    0.9 mi
    $$

    This is the perfect neighborhood eatery. The key is the menu, and the quality of the food. It was…read morelocated across the street from the venue we were playing at, and this was a pleasant surprise. The menu had great variety and the place was packed. Plenty of tv's and entertainment. They have everything from fajitas, to steaks, to burgers, and more. I would definitely give it a try if in the market, as this is a winner winner chicken dinner.

    What a place! I stopped in here for an appetizer and a few beers before the Death Angel show down…read morethe street at Club Reverb. Based on the number of metal-shirt-wearing folks at the restaurant, I figured I'd found the best local spot before the show. Next time I'm at the Pike Cafe I'll get more to eat; this time all I needed was something small and their bruschetta plate was just what I'd been in the mood for. I haven't had bruschetta this style before, with a bowl of the bruschetta components and the bread separately. It was unbelievably good. I wish I was eating it again right now, as I type this. I didn't try the fries, but my friend did, and he said they were some of the best fries he's ever had. The servers were friendly and beer prices reasonable (Sunday nights, Miller Lites $3!). The people next to me got to pull a number out of a raffle, or something like that, since they were wearing sports clothing. So, something to keep in mind next time.

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    Reverb - Great screen for bands

    Reverb

    3.2(33 reviews)
    0.8 mi
    $

    Tickets are pricey just like everyone else in the world right now. Nothing to do with the venue…read more Though I think it's slowly killing the industry. I'm a relic. I remember playing at the silo and going to shows there. I haven't been to a show in Reading since the Silo days. I was pleasantly surprised that this place has been open for sometime. It's pretty clean and looks well maintained. Good sound if you aren't smack dab in the middle. Friendly staff from parking attendants to bar tenders! parking is only $10. Seemed like a good bit of parking too. My friend was kicked out a few mi the ago for doing backflips at GWAR but he didn't experience anything like that this time.

    My first time at this venue and I was honestly really pleasantly surprised with how nice it was!…read moreThere was ample free parking, although online it does say sometimes they charge. The venue must have somewhat recently been updated as my boyfriend said the layout was different then when he was last there. We went for a metal show and the doors opened promptly. The staff was nice, they did have someone checking bags, keys, pockets and doing a pat down at the door. Once inside our tickets got scanned and ids checked if we wanted to drink. We were given a wrist band for that. The bar was in the back and they did have a room off to the side that appeared to be like a snack bar. They had a smoking section out back since there was no re-entry. The sound and lights were great. Overall it was a good show and a nice venue. I'd go again. It was in the middle of Reading but not a super congested area, mostly residential.

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    Patrons had access to the stage for this show

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    Platinum Cafe & Lounge - Chicken Tenders

    Platinum Cafe & Lounge

    3.5(4 reviews)
    0.3 mi

    Well......I must say, my visit to Platinum Café & Lounge was quite the experience. That description…read moremay very well be an understatement, but it was definitely an interesting time for both myself and my three girlfriends. While the venue may not have been the greatest to me, I am sure others will love it! We went to the lounge after attending a old school hip hop concert a the Santander Arena. We did a random google search and found this spot which serve food, drinks and hookah, so it was just what we were looking for. The venue is not too big, but it was clean. There is seating at the bar and also both tall pub tables and shorter tables with chairs. We opted to sit at one of the tables with chairs and were happy to find out positioned "out of the way" for the action. There was a live band playing Dominican music and they were performing their hearts out! Not my preference, but it was good live music nonetheless. As the night went on the DJ switched to hip-hop and other popular music genres. The staff was nice, but my issue is most of the staff did not speak English, so it was hard for us to order drinks and foods. Our group of four ordered a few rounds of shots, asking for three vodkas and one tequila each time and the order was incorrect every time. We actually resorted to typing in a translator app on our phones to speak to the staff. The guy providing the hookah spoke English but failed to tell us that after paying $30 for the initial hookah, it costs another $20 bucks to have the hookah relit. Of course I didn't find that out until after he had completed the action and was looking for more money. Makes we wonder if he took advantage of the situation, but I won't come to a conclusion on that. The food was typical bar food, nothing special. The shots were likely mid-shelf quality, we also shared a bucket of Coronas amongst us four. Our bill was very affordable at the end of the night, so I am glad we weren't racked over the coals. All and all, I had a fairly decent time at this lounge.

    highly recommend not to go to this establishment so we got chicken wings and I got club soda and we…read moredidn't like the chicken wings. There are chicken wings take like chicken nuggets. The wings are not good. We told the waitress we didn't like the wings. The police took them off and then they told us to we had to pay for them even though they were not good. I said well I'm not gonna pay for them. We tried one and we could tell how bad they were. she charged me four dollars for a bottle of water when we didn't even ask for water. You know why this place was empty is because they have no hospitality. The music is so loud you came in sync and the food is terrible and when you tell them that they try to escort you out. like whaaaat ! do not waste your time here

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