Fries Cafe — Restaurant in Cincinnati

I LOVE this place. Great beer prices, amazing bartenders (Joe is the best, just get him talking about the beer or whiskey) and a huge backyard that's perfect for gathering all your friends together. Sometimes there's live music going on back there. They also have lots of really fun and amazing mini-beerfests with special microbrews brought in and tapped for, again, great prices.

Shuffleboard, pool, and darts are all available inside. My friends and I occasionally order pizza from next-door Adriaticos and nobody seems to mind too much...

My only complaints would be that there is no A/C in the pool/darts areas, and the mens bathroom sometimes gives off a very "men's bathroom-y" odor... BUT this is a dive bar, and if a great dive is what you're looking for, Fries is the...

Very old fashioned Great Bar. We're lucky it's been saved and continues to entertain. It was opened about 118 +/- years ago. We all knew dads and granddads who went there regularly. Wonderful revolving menu of delicious craft beers. Bartender when I was there was Jordan, Exceptional Host well polished in Hospitality. Another customer made homemade bbq wings and other finger food and offered the food to my wife and I and others there. Talk was he does this, free, every Saturday. Nothing fancy but kept in its original looks which is very hard to find. I'll be...

This is a great bar, especially if you feel like playing bar games while your drink. It has three floors, including a surprisingly big outdoor area (good enough to host a live band / small concert). They have 3 tables for shooting pool, a shuffleboard, and cornhole. I think I also saw TouchTunes and a sports video game. The bartender was awesome, as were the customers. Despite "cafe" in their name, I don't think they have a kitchen (but it's near a couple of decent restaurants). It's a reasonable walk for me, so I'll be...