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    River Bend Sports Bar

    4.0 (2 reviews)
    Closed 3:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)

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    1 year ago

    I love this place, it's just hard to get a hold of someone to find out what band will be playing.

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    River Cafe Sports Bar - Catfish and fried okra, and some fried mushrooms

    River Cafe Sports Bar

    4.0(2 reviews)
    1.8 mi

    So this place is off the beaten path for real. The staff was friendly and the food was honestly…read morefantastic. They did the okra with flour instead of cornmeal and it was crispy on outside and soft and sweet on inside.. phenomenal. Raw plywood floors and dirt/gravel parking lot but reasonable and good af. You will have to wait for your food so don't be in a hurry but if you got the time, have you a drink and relax. It's all cooked fresh so it's honestly worth it. Take it from a Yankee. The place is great. I'd go for eating during the day. At night it's gonna get packed and rowdy.

    We wanted to check this place out so we decided to take the motorcycles out for a spin…read more This is a True dive bar No frills and clean. Complete with Pool tables, electronic dart boards and plywood floors. We ordered a cheese burger, ham sandwich and fries. The Alabama Vs Kentucky football game was on two TV's and there were a couple tables of Alabama fans who were very enthusiastic. Heard a couple F bombs. We are in Alger so, whatever. Apparently, if Alabama scores, the waitress brings around a pitcher of something red and shot glasses. Everyone yells Roll Tide and takes a shot. Fun. We did not participate since we were on the motorcycles. Not a single mask was worn by anyone. We kept ours on as much as possible. All tables had ash trays. I think all the other tables were smoking. Which is a big turn off for me There is a sign in sheet when you come in the door. It appears this is more of a club than a public bar. See pictures. Food was good. I would come back, but not during the pandemic

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    Paramount - Downtown Birmingham

    Paramount - Downtown Birmingham

    4.3(478 reviews)
    24.9 mi
    $$

    We sat at the bar. Nice selection of beers. We had the three hander and my wife had a gourmet hot…read moredog called West Virginia. The food was perfectly prepared and surprised us how good. The bar was very busy but the bartender was very attentive. Great service. The ambiance was perfect for a corner bar downtown.

    I wanted to love this place SO BAD!! There's an attached arcade!!…read moreAnd the staff was SO NICE and friendly and helpful and I loved the industrial, creative decor. But we'd spent the day at McWane Center and we were starving so we were there to EAT! The food looked gorgeous but it tasted very meh. The onion rings had too much breading on them, which I didn't think was possible, but here we are. The part of the breading next to the onion was mushy so that threw off the texture of the whole thing too. The burger was very much like a Whataburger. Even the lettuce smelled the same. I got The Standard and the bun of the burger was a little mushy (similar to Whataburger) and there was not much meat. For an $11 burger, I'm expecting more than a Whataburger. My middle kid likes everything on her burger and isn't picky at all and the loaded kid burger looked impressive but it was about the same as mine. Not awful, but not very good either. Very close to the same amount of meat. She's the queen of the Clean Plate Club and she only ate half. The fries were good but a somewhat too salty, the dip that came with the onion rings was excellent and we ended up using it for the fries. We had 2 adults and 3 kids and our meal was $63 before tip for 5 waters, 2 adult burgers, 2 kid burgers, a kid grilled cheese, and a basket of fries and onion rings (I thought I was ordering a "side" of fries, not realizing I actually ordered a basket and it was a lot of fries and onion rings). We don't mind spending money on good food, but the prices here don't align with what you get. No one was more disappointed than me, I've been wanting to eat here for FOREVER!!!

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