While visiting in Saratoga for a cousin's birthday, we did some bar hopping and this was one of the stops. Dive bars are always a good choice and this one was very fun! Drinks are very affordable and the decor is entertaining within itself. Note: go put some music on the jukebox! read more

Tin 'n' Lint - Creative women's bathroom door :D - American Near Me - Saratoga Springs, New York

Tin 'n' Lint feels familiar. It's bursting with character, old charm, and of course lots of charming characters. As one of the oldest operating bars in Saratoga Springs, it has been around since the 70's. Apparently many musical greats used to hang out here after gigs. If you skim through some of the Yelp reviews of Tin 'n' Lint - you'll find accounts of those that used to patronize this spot back in the day. It's obviously done something right throughout the years. Today it's a welcoming spot for local regulars and passerbys. It is a simple straightforward bar that isn't trying to be anything that it's not. The booths and tables are etched with names and memories. The walls are lined with old photos. It's brimming with historical captures of fond happy times - and of people coming together. Tin 'n' Lint proved to be a ideal spot for catching up with some of my husband's friends from the area a number of weeks back. Snagging a spacious booth was easy and there was never a wait to order drinks. The jukebox would intermittently play a diverse array of tunes throughout our time here, and we watched a number of people playing pool. I appreciated that this cozy spot was well lit - allowing for solid people watching and enabling you to easily catch up with friends and/or potentially make new ones. Be prepared to encounter a number of interesting attendees during your time here. We ended up meeting quite a few during our time here. Also be sure to bring cash - since it is cash only. If you want a non pretentious bar with history and regulars - Tin 'n' Lint is your spot. Trust. read more

Fabulous. Like walking into the sixties when you enter. You have to love this place. No pretense, just fun and drinks. Love it.

Best place to drink before a show at SPAC. Fewer peckerheads than you will find at the other bars. Good folks gather here read more

If you're looking for an old time dive bar, you probably won't find this! It's tucked away on a side street and definitely doesn't advertise itself! We stumbled upon this during one of our walks and we thought we'd pop in. So glad we did! You could see that this place is a walk back in time! Catering to its many and varied regulars. It was a motley bunch of humanity and we loved it! The many signs are hilarious and politically incorrect and we loved that, too! It took Carl, our server, a couple of minutes to warm up to us , but we persisted and he did. We enjoyed his company and we felt like regulars within a short time. Cash bar, cash pool table, gritty atmosphere, great jukebox playing the classics (rock and jazz by the greats). We returned a few times, saw some of the regulars, met bartendress Lisa and her "coworker", Max (who we fed a few snacks to and fell in love with). Lisa was busy with all the regulars in the bar and before long, she treated us like regulars, too. The beers were cold and priced great! We had fun there. Brought back so many memories of all the dive bars we loved to hang out in! Thanks Carl and Lisa for serving us great beers with a smile! I would have given this 5 stars except for the bathrooms. lol! Haven't been updated in decades. Visit here if you want to be transported back to the good old days of bar life! read more

Don McLean wrote American Pie here: 'Nuff Said. Well not really- no one ever said I was a man of few words. This is a classic dive bar with a classic bad ass jukebox selection of good old rock-n-roll. Come in on a afternoon and meet the harmless barflies, local aging talent, gracious bartenders and puppies (Yes, you can your dog!) Easily intimidated by local yokels? Go to Gafney's you pussy. Want to shoot pool, throw down a few and drink yourself silly in the last bastion of Saratoga Dive Bar culture? Tin and Lint will satisfy. read more

Great little dive bar off the main drag . Friendly bartender gave us a couple of slim Jim's and a bag of chips to wash down with my bourbon and her vodka. I love bars like this. read more

The best bartender here is Frank we have been friends 15 years and I have been sober 15 years but I always bring him people who drink ! He is a great person he is so funny! He works holidays and Saturdays ! read more

Down the stairs. Dark. Smells like beer. Pay pool table. Regulars in the corner. No attitude. No judgement. Friendly service. Perfect. read more

Hard core drinking bar. Cash money only. Scruffy crowd. Not too clean and definitely out of touch with modern music/culture etc. And I love it! Cheap drinks, really bright and interesting bohemian types here hanging out. Look they have people playing Van Morrison and Miles Davis on the jukebox. I played Coltrane and was well appreciated. Not what you think it will be. If you are a devotee of interesting dive bars (as I am) or just a people watcher this is not an average Saratoga tourist place. If you like good people and seeing where the nitty meets the gritty you'll be right at home. I'll be back soon. read more

Tin 'n' Lint - no soluting sign - American Near Me - Saratoga Springs, New York

When I visit Saratoga Tin 'n' Lint is one of my first stops. I used to live there and started going in in the very early 70's. We were made up of long hair and chased Skidmore girls on a regular basis. What a great place. Have many fond memories. Will be there in a couple of weeks and will definitely spend a couple of days there. read more

Been in and out of here since I was 18. Saratoga landmark. Now I pop in here on weekday happy hours with the locals. Stay away on weekend nights for the obvious reason that ruins most gin mills - drunk college kids Juke box is well stocked and drinks priced right. Bartenders are generally helpful and cut you a break on the price once you bought a few and tip a few times. You may also meet the local lab that hangs out there. A plus up is the cologne dispenser (ScentoMatic) in the men's room. Pop in a quarter and scent yourself up for your signif other. Just find a booth with your babe, play a few songs on the Juke and its a nice hangout time. read more

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The T and L has been around forever, serving pitchers of beer to the college kids. It's a dark, subterranean dive bar with all of the typical atmosphere that any college town bar offers. There are always some pretty odd geriatric customers hanging around trying to look youthful and attractive to the college girls. They really should be home with the wife or even safely tucked in at the nearby retirement center. One guy has been perched on the same stool for close to forty years and is a hit at all of the reunions when the middle aged alums stumble in and recognize him. In fact, he's even in a lot of the reunion pictures. Nothing says Dive Bar in town more than the T and L. If you are in Saratoga, take a look but don't have any great expectations for upscale craft cocktails or a sophisticated clientele. Order up a pitcher of beer and turn up your hearing aid if you are over 25. It is loud in here. Check out the photos, the names carved in the tables and the crazy college students, remembering you were one once. Take a little trip down memory lane. It's a real scene. And it has outlasted many other more high end places in downtown Saratoga. read more

Ok, is it too late to leave a review from 1991. Listening to Sirius 70's Carly Simon. Reminded me of T&L. Navy guy living there 88 89 91. T&L was the place to go. Especially Tuesday, all you can drink $3. A lot of great memories. Especially the dart board that caused a few issues with guys departing the bathroom. Let's just say those drunks (me included) suck at throwing darts after throwing down 6 or 7 beers. Oh the memories.....wanna visit again (from Texas now). What a blast this place is. read more

Would you like to go to a bar where the bartender is more keen on playing pool with his mates than serve a group of 20 who were there to spend a minimum of $300 ? If you do, this is where you should go to... We were a bunch of 20 colleagues from work who went on a pub crawl in Saratoga Springs. Our first bar was sadly this one. Our bus dropped us all and we entered the empty bar where the bartender was playing pool with his mate. My boss goes to him and says that we are all together and he will pay for everyone on his car to which the bartender points a finger to a sign "No credit. Cash only" as if to say buzz off.. My boss offers $300 in cash so everyone can get their drinks to which the bartender says " You have to pay cash after I serve each drink. I cant calculate all the glasses together." And while we take money off our wallets to pay for the two drinks in exact change, the bartender, Mr. Hole, leaves the bar and is seen busy playing his game of pool. If you want to be served by a man who does not care to serve you, here is where you should go. No wonder there were only a couple sitting in the bar when all the others were buzzing with people. Probably that couple wanted some quite time to themselves where nobody including the bar tender bothers them... This bar and its bartender is a joke. Why be in business when you dont want to do business? The bartender, Mr. Hole, lost a good $500 which he would have made had he bothered to serve us. read more

This bar is amazing such good vibes! Our bartender lisa was the absolute best! Highly recommend!

The best little dive bar you will ever see. Saucy bartenders, pool tables, and dogs are always welcome. They don't serve food, but they let you bring in take out from any other restaurant. The place has a flavor all its own and rumor has always been that Don McLean penned American Pie right in one of those original booths. read more

Tin 'n' Lint - No food, just the coolest hole in the wall joint to drink and maybe shoot some pool. - American Near Me - Saratoga Springs, New York

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Great fun place for you and your boys. The crowd varies but is mainly college age kids trying to drink more than their fair share of beers. The drinks are very cheap and the staff is quick to give you a free shot or two, which is why so many college kids end up there. They set up a beer pong / flip cup table at 11pm which is something you won't find at any other bar. I have been there many times and even seen people in their fifties and sixties playing on the table. It's a very fun loving and easy going crowd that is sure to be rambunctious come 1 am. I would shy away from TnL if you are looking for cocktails and conversation with the girls but it is a very welcoming bar to anyone who wants to go have fun. See you guys soon read more

Dingy, graffiti laden, worn, dirty, and authentic. If you want a good local hangout with cheap beer, this is your place downtown. There are no Jersey shore people, slick dressed hedge fund criminals, Long Island mallrats, or Red Sox capped nitwits. Just a great place to listen to Marshall Tucker, Clapton, and a cheap Labatt Blue. read more

Extremely patriotic bar with timeless smells. Hit on immediately upon entrance by a circa baby boomer generation. Service was kind but similar to what you would find at the dmv. Checked ids thoroughly. 4/10 would try it once. read more

Simply the finest dive bar in Toga, and my favorite of all the bars. Great drinks (don't ask for a daiquiri) with a proper pour. local crowd who don't care what you think! Juke box won't be playing Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber - so sorry, but you'll love the random jazz or 70's rock. read more

If I could give negative stars I would...ordered pizza across the street...party of six headed over to the tin and lint...ignored for awhile as the female bartender catered to the guy who got her "wet"....boy yes "boy" bartender took our order $36 left $45... However some how the $9 tip was translated to no tip and girl bartender took attitude..... My daughter who is s bartender asked for limes she said "no"... My daughter bartender asked why she was upset...girl said "you didn't tip".....hmmm drunk bartenders ...they were tipped 20% plus...what else are they not tracking...owner you may want to watch these two ...they are given it away...including the bad service...worse bar ever...too bad.... read more

I don't like this place at all! They charge a dollar for water if you're a DD and it's too small. They also don't care about military folks. My buddy was the DD for the night and asked for a water and one of the personel at this bar wouldn't give him water for free, after we had bought drinks. My buddy told the man serving drinks that he was the DD for some soldiers and the guy said " he didn't care about soldiers". Its a horrible place. I DO NOT RECOMEND THIS PLACE. read more

I went with my Mom and Dad between Christmas and New Years for Community Patrol. Tin and Lint was a favorite haunt of my father 35 years ago. Back then Skidmore was a girls school and I can see why him and his friends might make the trek to Saratoga to go to what was surely a dive bar then too. Apparently (much to my mothers chagrin), dad used to date a girl named Stormy with wild hair and who smelled like patchouli. Community Patrol is when you go out for beer and make sure everything is as it should be. We often announce we are on community patrol when we start drinking so that there are no questions. On this occasion we played a dart gambling game where each person puts up 5 bucks and tries to hit a target. Being bad dart players it took nearly a half hour for mom who I'd never seen play darts to beat us all and got a nice pile of cash. Tin and Lint hosts many a local during the day, and many a college party on the weekends. We had gone there a Halloween a few years back. We were all packing heat in the form of cap guns and had several celebratory shoo outs.I'm trying to use up some words here and make this review as long as possible because I want to share a secret with the reader who dives deeper into this review. I went with a friend of mine a little while ago who was in town for just one night. It was cold and a weekday and we saddled up to the bar for some whiskey. There wasn't many people there and we got to be quick friends with some of the other patrons and the bartender. I mentioned my dad and Stormy and we talked about the skidmore girls days. One thing led to another and the barkeep mentioned going downstairs. I had never been down there before and knew nothing about it. Eric (my buddy) and i went down there to look around. There was the fabled barbers chair a couch, dusty lamp and tons of shoe boxes. I was afraid what might had gone down on the couch and did not sit. The barkeep opened one of the boxes and it was full of Polariod pictures. Grabbing a some to shuffle through I saw to my amazement and delight that there were full of girls flashing the lucky photographer. Thats right, naked boobs. tons of them. boxes full of girls showing of their boobs, or taking shots and showing their boobs, having a great time showing their boobs. "What a piece of work is a breast is, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel ..." If you have boobs you may not understand how awesome this is. but believe me it's really awesome. These pictures date back 30 or more years. That means that the fabled Stormy might be there topless with thousands of other girls. This is something not many people know about so keep it under your hat. Don't be surprised if it's existence is denied either. And don't press your luck trying to get down there, it wont work. I just needed somebody else to know what what they were drinking above. read more

I love, love, love this bar! My friends and I frequent there all the time and have actually become friends with the bartenders and the bouncer. I've never had a bad time there and could easily drop hundreds of dollars in one night... Kudos to TnL for such and awesome place to hang! read more

if I could give negative stars, I would. The bartender was a miserable human being. I politely ordered two waters, which did not make her happy. she said to me "I'm glad I gave you dirty ice"...no one go here. read more

We tried to go swimming at Victoria Pool the other day and found a giant line/wait. We decided we'd go into town and get a drink and then try the pool again a little later. After finding most places either packed or closed, we stumbled upon this little dive. We were practically the only people there, with the exception of a drunken older man who spent the entire time vehemently and almost aggressively hitting on my boyfriend. This amused me greatly, especially when he asked us what we both did and cracked to my boyfriend "let me guess, you're a porn star." (He's not, actually.) The drinks were cheap and the decor was a pleasant sort of standard dive. read more

Only highlight here is cheap drinks. I'm a local and trust me there are far better bars. The place looks like a college house basement rather than a professional business. read more

A fun low-key bar to grab a pitcher with friends. Really busy late-night in the summer when Saratogians return from college. You can play beer pong, flip cup, etc. here, so it definitely caters to the college-aged individual. However, they also get an older crowd in the early evenings and weekdays. Not a place to grab a fancy drink, but perfect for a beer. Check out the claim-to-fame plaque near one if the booths! read more

There is really nothing special about this place so I would honestly give it three stars, maybe even two. However, during a recent visit we had a very unpleasant and unnecessary experience dealing with whom I believe was the manager of this place. The man was extremely rude (yeah an a-hole) and clearly didn't give a crap so for this reason I'm rating one star. Issues aside, honestly there are much much better hangouts in Saratoga. read more

This is a good bar for a few cheap drinks, but if there's a crowd and you're not a regular, you'll have a tough time getting served. The booths are comfortable for a bigger group, and it's fun to watch everyone's feet as they walk by on Caroline. read more

Fun dive bar. Cheap beer and pool table. No glitz, dirty low down joint. Perfect for a hideaway.