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    The Basement Bar

    2.9 (51 reviews)
    ModerateBars, Pizza
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    THE BASEMENT BAR ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Live music
    Loud
    Good for groups

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    I want to share a very disturbing incident that happened at Basement Bar. I have been trying to work with ownership (Pam, Brett, Marty) but they have been comically horrible in addressing the seriousness of this situation. On February 13th I was assaulted by the bouncer in the photo when he threw my phone directly at my eye from a short distance which resulted in me in getting 7 stitches. I was recording him, he grabbed my phone out of my hand and threw it at me. I am terrified at the fact that this bouncer is able to work another day and could do this to someone else. The owners have no intentions of disciplining this bouncer and compensating me for my stitches. They have hung up on me and led me on to believe that they want to make this right, but they simply do not. It is obvious based on the other reviews that there a major concerns with ownership and the bouncers at Basement Bar. Please be aware of the aggressiveness of the bouncers and lack of accountability from management. If anyone was in line and witnessed the incident the night of Saturday, February 13th between 12:27-12:31 AM, please reach out to haadsquad2117@gmail.com

    Basement bar: blingo
    Bella J.

    I went here with my friends for blingo and I liked it. It was a bit hard for me to find, there was no sign that said hey go down to enter the Basement bar. I entered through the main door and wondered how that place was a bar.. turns out I was at the restaurant. 1. Blingo It was fun. None of us won, but who cares, it was fun, loud, drag queen led, they dance, make fun and loud fun music. It can't get any more fun especially if you are with friends. 2. Service Waiter was actually really fast considering how full the place was. I wish they had better choice of wine and cocktails. 3. TV They have so many TV, could be a good place to watch sports games too. 4. Parking It was quite hard to find free parking, but if you are willing to pay and also walk a bit, yeah, enough parking.

    The "boys" in the basement.
    Annette N.

    Super-Duper fun last night at this place. It really does feel like being in someones basement...kind of "thrown" together decorating, good beer, some food, fun friends and great live music from their house band and dancing-nothing wrong with that. We arrived early 7:30-8 on a Saturday night and did not need to wait in line to get in like the folks who were coming at 10:30-11. Hard to describe-you just need to go.

    Chicken tacos
    Kim P.

    Basement Bar is highly underrated. It's a must for any sports game that you want to watch with friends. We stopped in to watch the Warriors/Cavs game and there was only 5-6 people there. They have a nice lounge area with comfortable leather chairs and tables. There are lots of huge flat screen TV's. You can see the game from just about any location. I loved the recycled art and bicycles on the wall. Super cool! I have never heard of pull tabs, but it seems to be a popular game there. They also had other games like roulette, buck hunter, and Ms. Pacman which is my favorite. The indoor food truck was cool too. We ordered chicken tacos and they were super flavorful! Cabbage and radish toppings aren't normally placed on tacos, but the combination of flavors was awesome. The menu description doesn't do them justice! Oh, and whoever handled the music this past Thursday night really had us jamming!

    Ashley W.

    This bar has an identity crisis. Love the idea of a basement neighborhood bar so it definitely has that going for it. The staff was nice as well! But I'm not sold on all that's going on inside of it. There's a fancy lounge area, it's got games like darts and big buck hunter, it's got pull tabs, a stage for live music, normal dining room seating, it's a sports bar with TVs, and then it has a "food truck". All GREAT things individually, but thrown into one place and I'm not so sure. I hear it's getting pretty crowded on weekend nights, so with a crowd and darker lighting I imagine all of those elements maybe not bothering anyone, but I came here for a Sunday funday and it all just stuck right out to me. They ran out of bottomless mimosas by 1pm, so I could only get one. When I went to order food, they said I could either get food from the food truck or off the menu upstairs from NOLO, so I decided to order off the menu. When I went to order my food, the bartender had to grab a waitress from NOLO upstairs, which I thought was odd and took extra time to order food. Luckily after I ordered, the food came out quick. I ordered the deviled egg toast which was delicious! I would recommend for sure. But I also ordered an Acai bowl, and that fell short. On the menu it boasted coconut and bananas among other toppings, and I got cantaloupe, pineapple - neither of which were advertised on the menu. My husband ordered from the food truck and got a chicken sandwich which came with tots. Both were so salty he could only handle eating 3 tots. I of course tried out the tots and they indeed were the saltiest I've ever had. Overall, I'd come here as a on a Friday or Saturday night for drinks, but that's it. But maybe that's what their focus is so 4 stars for that!

    Sweet and sour chicken over vegetable fried rice
    Tasha T.

    My friends and I came here for the parks and rec trivia. They forgot to advertise parks and rec trivia on Facebook so not many people showed up. However because of that we were able to dominate! I think the trivia host did a good job with the questions and was quite funny. I have a peanut allergy and didn't realize the sweet and sour chicken came topped with peanuts. Thankfully, the bartender let me return my meal and remade my order without peanuts. The sweet and sour chicken here is not what I expected. It was not breaded and fried but it was still good.

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    Dive bar concept works pretty well. I variety of seating options, a stage, some pool tables, all contribute to making it a nice space.

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