Might want to leave the word pesto out of the description. It's literally chopped tomatoes on toast with mozzarella that isn't melted. Just a chunk of cold everything. But the bread is warm. Not too impressed. Bartender asked me how it was, I said it was alright. He just walked away. Awkward being the only one at the bar. He could care less. On top of that. They don't tell you there is a 3% credit card fee until you close out. Man. read more

The Bar - The Avenue - Bruschetta - Sports Bars Near Me - Appleton, Wisconsin

Good!, the Reuben I had was good and came to table quickly and was made the way I expected. A Typical bar and grill.

Really good service and the best fries ever! Also very good old fashioned, which I don't expect based on the vibe. read more

The Bar - The Avenue - Old fashioned - Sports Bars Near Me - Appleton, Wisconsin

Traveling for work and ordered a last minute sandwich for dinner. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the great flavors of the chicken pesto sandwich. Tastes very fresh - every ingredient from the focaccia, to the peppers and the homemade chips. Well done read more

The Bar - The Avenue - a sandwich and potato chips - Sports Bars Near Me - Appleton, Wisconsin

I'm in town for one night staying at the Hilton down the street (the dreadful hotel experience is the subject of different review). I ordered a pizza using the online app and walked over to pick it up. I assumed I would have a bit of a wait and went to the bar to order a drink. Bartender checked on the status of the pizza for me ("halfway through" he said) and I ordered a beer. Everyone was super nice and even better--the pizza was fabulous. After a frustrating experience with the hotel down the street, this restored my faith in Appleton and "Midwest Nice." read more

Great food! Free drinks on your birthday! Drinks are good! Bartenders are nice! The Leg Lamp Lounge upstairs is so fun! Great for dancing!

Needed a place that I could bring 20 people - thought immediately of the bar. However, it was the $14.99 prime rib night, place was packed, average age 75. That said, we scored a table. Great service. Worst food ever in the nachos and pizza. Cmon people, try. Team seemed to like the wings. read more

Was racial mistreated by a male bartender do not recommend. Was rude about discussing special because myself being new to the area and not familiar with things was discriminate and was refused service read more

This is the security person at the door checking I.D... not sure if this is an employee or someone they just hired for the night... but when someone would walk in she would get Up and Ask people for their i.d and then go back and sit and eat her food... I wouldn't want her dirty hands touching my i.d... thank goodness she didn't ask for my i.d or my boyfriend's when we walked in lol... but how unprofessional... but... maybe this is a Wisconsin thing... I would had rather watched this fight at home then be here but the boyfriend wanted to come here and check this place out... I know I will never be back in here read more

The Bar - The Avenue - This is the security person at the door checking I.D... not sure if this is an employee or someone they just hired for the night - Sports Bars Near Me - Appleton, Wisconsin

Good customer service from bartenders. I didn't have to wait on drinks or food. I tried the wings and and old fashioned. Quiet on a Monday night but a good time to relax in safe environment downtown. Bar was pretty clean for the most part. Allot of TVs around for sporting events. read more

The Bar - The Avenue - Sports Bars Near Me - Appleton, Wisconsin

Erin and fellow bartenders were great! What a awesome place to watch the game! Wings ,spicy bbq, are the best in town! Thank you for a great experience, I will be back. I hope a raise in pay is in Erin's future.. well done! read more

The Bar - The Avenue - Sports Bars Near Me - Appleton, Wisconsin

Update: July 10, 2010 -- very happy to report that a smoking ban has been implemented in Appleton. No more smoking in the bars. Sorry smokers, but I like it! Prior to, this was the smokiest, busiest, and fun-filled bar on College Avenue! The first time I went to this bar, it was funny because it featured a band from LA (dude! I'm from LA, too!). The place is ultra-ridiculously smoky, in fact, the bartender was very pregnant and I thought how awfully bad and unhealthy not just for me, but the soon-to-be mama and newborn child. Yikes! The drinks were well priced, and I had fun. The people very nice and talkative, without pretense. I didn't try the food, but they do have a decent bar-type menu and from what I saw...looked good. No smoke inside now, so this bar is just fun and busy! Yay! read more

For late night, it's a-ok. Drinks made well, loud music for silly dancing. For game days, it's perfect. TVs all around, good crowds, and BREAKFAST and bar food. I love coming to watch the Packer games here! read more

Loving The Bar delivery. Food always arrive at the perfect temp. I wish they had a few more gluten free entrees.

This is an ok bar, in my opinion. Not much to do, everyone just kinda stands around. Drinks are average, servers are usually pretty friendly. I only go when it's my birthday to get the glow in the dark pin to wear now ‍ read more

The fried cheese curds are what keep me coming back to The Bar. They have a decent Bloody Mary bar in a choose your own ingredients, buffet style format but the price per drink is industry standard. This is a typical sports bar in a college town! read more

Love that you deliver!!! Great selection of Food! I like the College Ave location. Great place for darts, and watching the game, enjoying a beverage and good food! read more

Visiting Appleton overnight before the Packers game and the hotel receptionist recommended this place. Bartender was prompt and very good! Moved to a table and struggled to get service. Drinks were good, atmosphere was just right with multiple TVs to watch college games. Would come again for the drinks and games...think that I would have been sorely disappointed in the place if I would have been exposed to waitress service first! read more

Came here, the food is pretty good bar food nothing special, decent drink specials, and nice variety of beers. Place looks really early 90's tho, but hey not a bad place to go to on college avenue. Comparable to Anduzzi's Try the boneless wings, prob the best app read more

We came during the parade. We had avoided the place because of a bad review from a friend, but we decided to check it out. It took a while to get the food, but it was worth the wait. Not only was the food amazing, the service was outstanding. Our waitress was so friendly, she was so busy but you couldn't tell. She was always prompt and she always had a smile on her face. She made sure our food tasted good and she made sure our drinks were always full. She took the time to get to know us while telling us about her time in Ireland and her love of the holidays. It was a nice atmosphere. You could tell that everyone loved working together and they all had fun! We are super impressed! read more

Beautiful place , reasonable price and i guess dj have changed it was amazing last weekend . Will be there again ;)

Was visiting Green Bay for the Giants Packers game and got to visit this place . well the service was friendly the food was great and the prices were cheap. plus they had a nice party atmosphere going on upstairs. If I ever visit Appleton Again I would come back here. I also visited the one in Green Bay Again friendly good food price is right my only complaint about th Green Bay one was no sound to the games read more

I don't normally write bad reviews but I gotta say I was quite disappointed last Sunday. I also would like to say I've been a bartender/server for 20 years so I'm not just being a dick. We got there and sat ourselves. I saw a few waitresses going from table to table and no one approached us. We sat there for 15 min before i got up and went to the bar. Waited a long time there too but they were busy so i digress. I ordered a bloody, a side car which i later realized i was charged for a whole pint and another beer. Didn't know there was a Bloody Mary bar but I'm a bartender so whatever. It's 11:30 on a Sunday and there was barely anything left in this Bloody Mary bar. You'd think w dozens of packer fans coming to ur bar youd at least have some decent offerings. Go back to my table, super hungry, approach a waitress. "Hi can we order some food?" She says "sorry you guys won't have time if you're getting on the shuttle". We've been there for about 30 min by now. I ask, a pretzel has got to be quick right? Can we please get a pretzel w mustard and cheese. She does. The pretzel was cold and the cheese was a peel the aluminum foil off and nuke in the microwave kind of crap. Come on guys, you're in the cheese capital. Too late to even bother with that. Get on the "shuttle" that's states online has a bathroom so I'm thinking charter bus. Nope! It's a school bus. No bathroom. Feel like we were catfished. Again, sorry for the bad review but I hope this helps the establishment pay a little more attention. read more

Someone really needs to explain to the women behind the bar that when you hand a customer back change, not to slap it on the bar and say "here". The word you are looking for is thanks, same applies when you bring a person his to "to go" order. I get it we all have bad days, but this is what I will remember about your bar no matter how good the food was . What I will take with me is how I was treated at this establishment. Will not be returning and will not recommend to anyone Nothing like paying for basic pub grub, leaving a fair tip and still being given the stink eye by a beyond basic bar tender. read more

Great place for any sporting event! Awesome food, great happy hour and fun night life! NFL is a blast on Sundays. They have every game.

Good bar food convenient location too. Had the 10 once Rib Eye yesterday and was very pleased!

we traveled to Appleton right after xmas and were not expecting much out of this city.There are couple of bars filled with younger crowd ,but "the bar" was the only place still to serve food.We came in around 10:30 pm and place was booming.I guess it was because of holidays and upcoming Packers game. pretty decent bar menu-wings.burgers,wraps,nachos etc. really affordable prices.Dozen of gluten free (yeah,they can make those here !!! ) buffalo wings were only 5'99 $. Drinks are really cheap and come in HUGE sizes ! Can somebody explain why in all the bars they play 80' s music ???? only later in the night it went for more modern stuff. read more

I like the wings, but I don't like the policy of not being able to take unfinished food that I paid for. I ordered 12 wings on .30 wing night, not realizing you cannot take it with you. I paid for food that was thrown away. Ridiculous. I also offered to pay "regular" price, and was told I could not do that. Put a sign up stating the no take out policy. read more

Good sports bar with decent food. Wings were pretty good, Bartender actually knew how to pour a Guiness not something you see much in this area. read more

I would like to give a shout out to Sam and Mike for making my Appleton visit one Hell of a visit. The owner Sam knew we had a situation involving my guest and we were accommodated with the up most respect. There are good people in America,love this country. By the way stop by for a drink ,Mike Dawg will take care if you. read more

Had a large order of carry out traditional wings. You get a "deal" if you order 100 or more. 70 cents per wing. However it really isn't a deal. You only get the wing portion. No dummies. And the are very small. The bonless wings are literally the size if marbles. They also charge extra for ranch and blue cheese. No carrots or celery included . We ordered baskets of fries that contained maybe a bit more than you would expect in a single order. On the plus side the sauces were actually very good. We would order wings from The Bar again if they were a decent size. But they are not so we will not. read more

I have a love hate relationship with this place. Mainly their food. My husband loves their wings so we occasionally go there so he can get some decent wings. Their wings are better then BWW's and they have lots of flavors. The hate relationship is with the rest of the menu. I feel like the menu, while huge, is pretty lack luster and there isn't anything I want to try. Eating out is meant to be a treat and their food is so typical Wisconsin bar food there isn't anything on the menu that I can't get at any other restaurant in town! They need something to set them apart from everyone else. read more

Seen there bar listed as one of the best places to watch a Packer game. Enjoyed ourselves fully. The bartenders were great and the wings were fantastic the mozzarella sticks were homemade. Next time in town I'll be back. read more

Had to wait an hour and a half for mediocre food. Waitress did not apologize or even check in until the end. Friend ordered wings and took an extra ten to fifteen minutes to get to our table. Bad bad bad service. Disappointment. read more

The Bar is our favorite place to watch football and basketball games. Great people and great service. They will put whatever game you want to watch on a tv near you. Oh, the food and sprits are great, too. Highly recommend. read more

Nice atmosohere for watching sports! They have a bus to Green Bay and are very well organized!

Was surprised when I got in how nice it was. I ended up going to the upper part of the bar and was shocked. The upstairs is set up like an entire different bar. It's like two bars in one. I got wings and a few drinks. The wings were really good and the drinks were made very well also. As far as the ave goes, one of the nicest bars downtown, especially the upstairs. Found out they run specials on their wings on certain days, cant remember off hand, but definitely something to check out. They also deliver, but not sure of the area they can all deliver to. read more