Haggerty's Bar & Dinor — Restaurant in Erie

The first time I came to this bar, I walked in uncertain of what was to come. I was greeted by the sound of blues & jazz guitar over the speakers. A smog of tobacco smoke and hearty laughter filled the air. I went to the bar, ordered a drink, handed over my card and was promptly told "we don't take none of that plastic here."

Truly a beautiful introduction for great times to come. Cash only, divey place with a commited community of return visitors. This was my pool training ground for literally years to come. Countless memories, games, and fun. It was the focal point of the hangout area. It was what allowed me to meet and interact with the regulars, it was what gave purpose to routine drinking nights with friends.

There was a table culture here. House rules that were learned and respected by all. If someone was king of the table- anyone who wanted to play had to beat them in order to take over the table. This is how things were and it is how I learned to socialize with the community, improve my play at the game, and integrate with a sense of belonging. It undeniably gave this place purpose and reason. It was a primary function for meeting and getting to know all sorts of interesting visitors, individuals, and couples.

Having returned post government shut down orders, it is inconceivably sad to see their pool table replaced with a TV and ESPN. This is my plea to the owner(s); please bring it back so that the community of pool players can once return to one of the best places, if not the best place, to shoot. Upon receipt of this, my review will be immediately raised to a 5/5. Until then, I'm afraid I will most likely not...

The oldest bar in Erie with some of the best drink prices in Erie. They rotate one draft craft selection, and have 10 or 12 craft bottles available at all times. The prices are good for craft bottles. Be forewarned, it's a smoking bar, and you will smell like smoke when you leave. Outside of the private social clubs, Haggerty's is about as cheap as it gets.

Unfortunately, most of the bartenders have lousy attitudes and pathetic customer service. They can afford to be when they are the cheapest bar in town. The place has so many low-life alcoholic customers that are over-served nightly. It's pretty bad. They seem to protect these customers as their base. The elephant in the room is the BLCE has been ignoring this place entirely, which in some ways isn't surprising. They know how bad it is, but do nothing because the owner also owns the Plymouth. They somehow avoid being...

CASH ONLY bar. Do not accept credit/debit card (they do have an ATM there). Very annoying to keep getting money out because they don't do tabs and apparently don't write anything down. When my group walked in, we ordered drinks, they gave us menu's a few minutes later and then we were ignored for about 15-20 minutes until one of the bartenders noticed we needed a refill. Then we finally got to order. Of course, she had to go one at a time (separate orders) to add up the total and we had to pay up front for our food, all while never writing our orders down (just going back and forth to the register to type in what we told her). When we got our food it was DELICIOUS, I will admit. However, it wasn't until later that I realized we were missing an item we had paid for. Unfortunately, we we're home by then and couldn't do anything about it. Very annoyed with the...