Food was good Crowd was decent…read more Vibe was up Drinks and service were exceptional. Would recommend for future visits

Fun. Nice folks. Someone is hiring nice people from the Carolinas & Midwest…read more Check it out! They offer free play hours daily from 4-7 for$5/hr Tuesday through Friday!

Great pinball selection, really friendly staff. Prices seemed reasonable and holds interesting…read moreeveryday and entertainment

LA Tap Room located right in the heart of downtown Lancaster…read more Ambience is very laid back and casual. Place is small but enough room for a crowd to have fun and enjoy the night's entertainment. Great spot for drinks with friends or a girls night out. Service could have been better. Didn't try any food only drinks. Fun tip, make sure to visit the restroom and hear the torpedo sound when you flush, caught me by surprise, lol.

Food was awesome friendly staff good service cool atmosphere I'll definitely be back again soon…read moresome other menu items I'd love to try!

Oh what memories! Back in the 1980's and early 1990's, this festival was called Stumptown Festival…read more Just before I was born (in the 1970's), my parents, older sister and brother lived mere blocks from here and would walk to the parade then the festival and walk through the booths. Eventually, they moved a few miles away, then my younger sister, and all 6 of us would come to the parade, then walk through the area with booths carefully avoiding the ride area as my parents could not afford to let us ride any of them, or buy the food. Fast forward to my teenage years in late 1980's, early 1990's, where we would come with friends, ride the rides, go through the booth area, buy all we wanted. My last actual time I was able to walk through the entire festival was back in 2003, when I came down to help my mother after a surgery. My last trip to Charlotte (Labor Day weekend 2018), I dragged my parents here on the Sunday. We were early-ish. We walked through some of it, but were unable to enjoy the full affect as they were still opening. This is a small town festival that is fairly inexpensive to do. Homemade items for sale. Some of the booths with items for sale are in the elementary school, which has been updated since the last time I was here. There are stages with live music, and other entertainment. A great time to be had by all. I did not get many pictures of my own as I was busy chatting with my parents, but check out the links below. Parking can be difficult at best. Crowds can be thick in places. For more information: https://www.matthewsalive.org/ https://www.facebook.com/MatthewsAlive

It was 7PM. I'd just gotten my car back (I have it on Turo, which is basically Airbnb, but with…read morecars). Having been in the house all day, I hadn't been able to keep my streak going on Pokémon Go! This being an inscrutable state of affairs, I decided that, instead of driving home, I'd head to one of my main Pokémoning sites: downtown Matthews. I arrived, parking as I do most often in the library/town hall parking lot (small town = multi-use public buildings. The court house in chapel hill is also the post office for example). I takedown all of the gyms in the area, set my guys in them, and then go Pokémon walking. To my pleasant surprise, the legendary gym I was walking to happened to fall smack-dab in the middle of a whole festival! I'm never one to turn down the opportunity at giant smoked turkey legs and deep fried Oreos - both of which are available at multiple vendors along the main walk - so I decide to stop Pokémoning for the moment and take in the event. Live music is a wonderful thing, and they have an entire soundstage set up just for it. The genre of choice seems to be bad country, which ain't my bag, baby, so I keep it moving. I recommend going at night. There are few things in life as immediately disarming as neon lights against an ebony sky, especially when those lights signal funnel cake and rides. Oh yeah, there are carnival rides in full effect. All the good hurlers, too. The ones that make your kids sick. The ones from which memories are built. Anywho, so there I am, hunting for the best giant smoked turkey leg, when I catch the Devine odor of cured pork fat. I know this can only mean one thing: bacon. There's a vendor that wraps everything in bacon. EVERYTHING. IN. BACON. I had bacon wrapped BBQ. That's right, I was in pigception. And it was glorious. I also had a pretty decent crabcake sammich (bun as set dressing only, I swear) and I cheated a bit, and got a refreshing frozen blueberry lemonade. I didn't stay long, but what I saw left a good taste in my mouth (literally and figuratively). Then I went back to catching all the Pokémon, so, you know, I was productive.

Bullpin is an awesome family friendly place to have a couple drinks and hangout. Everyone working…read morethe bar has been noting but kind and hardworking. My go to place on a Thursday!

Every time I go here they never have the flatbread pizza. Drinks taste watered down and service is…read moresubpar. If you're looking for a small/quick bite to eat and watered down drinks this would be your place!

The lobby area was very pretty. They had live music and they had the football game on which is the…read morebest of both worlds. The wait staff was awesome. The food, not so much. I ordered the Korean tacos and the quinoa and kale. My husband got the parmesan and garlic wings with cheese and bacon fries. The food took quite some time to come out. I saw them bringing bags of frozen fries and frozen wings but I tried to stay positive. When the food came out it was hot but the fries were not good. The cheese tasted cheap and there was no salt on the fries. The wings were not good either. They had a really good flavor but the wing texture was off. The quinoa and kale salad was not good. There was no seasoning and no flavor and the quinoa was hard. My husband and I will probably never eat here again but will definitely come back for the drinks and live music. Today all of the wine was half off so that was a plus.

Good old Brew's. Dependable, reasonable and a decent, but limited menu. Not just bar food and it…read moreis NOT A BIKER BAR as so many people think. Wife and I needed a quick lunch. Iced tea ($4.50), a beer ($5.95), buffalo chicken salad ($14) and a cheese steak ($16.45). All of it good. I took half of the cheese steak home for lunch the next day as it was a generous serving. Brews has a very active schedule of bands and events. We have never attended, but they have a following. I am surprised at how many bands there are in the area. Trivia nights, also. Clean, good service and a place you can just drop in. Try it.

A friend of mine and I drove out from Charlotte to see my buddies band play and we had some food…read moreand a couple of beers. Food was pretty good and we couldn't have asked for better service. I would definitely go back.

This was our second time coming to the Strawberry Festival. The last time we went was 8-10 years…read moreago. We enjoyed ourselves each time. Tips: Arrive first thing when they open to avoid traffic and finding a spot to park. They have several different lots to choose from - some will shuttle you or others are a short walk. We chose the lot with the short walk. Bring cash for this - it's $5. Arriving early allows you to walk around to each of the vendors before it gets slammed just to check things out. Lines for food started early, so if you think about having lunch at 12, be prepared for long lines. We had no issues with vendors accepting credit card or cash. Bring water. We brought our hydroflask filled with water and ice which was nice because it gets warm fast. What I love: That each vendor had at least one menu item featuring strawberries - whether it is a dessert or a meal. If you love strawberries like me, you can find a lot of great items to fill you up! Look forward to it again next year, it's a great time!

AMAZING fun time for the whole family! Great food selection from many LOCAL food establishments…read morethat have their own trucks. A standard set of faire food too... YES on the FUNNEL CAKE! A good set of rides for kids aged 8-12 years old. Prices are carnival-level... not cheap... but understandable. LOTS of lawn and grass areas to hang out. LOTS of police and safety folks very visible. All the tent vendors are in the shade, so it was easy and nice to walk around and visit them out from the sun. LOTS of toilets... AND a physical toilet building for those that dont like the plastic portable toilets. There is a NEW kids area they built in the park and they had it fenced in so the kids would not be running away and out of parent control, it was like a mini-day-care. Excellent selection of local and appropriate music to listen to that was at appropriate volume levels to be able to enjoy. Parking was difficult, but there were bus shuttles to the local school that ran every few minutes, so that was helpful. They had a classic car show, that was fun to walk around. I think they should have had more 'competition' style activities.