The Busted Nut Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Hastings

Free nuts.....Enough said. Well not anymore, the great death pandemic took it’s greatest victim, free peanuts ☹️ I don’t quite get it, but it’s not the same going into a peanut bar with no peanuts.

My pals and I used to go there on the regular and devour sacks of nuts and discuss the different shapes and flavors and the age old question, whether the dark nut is better tasting then the light nut? One friend would just suck the salt off the nuts and then we would eat the nuts inside the shell, and we can’t do that anymore. One pal would eat them elephant style. We did try to replicate a peanut bar in someone’s garage but it’s not the same because we don’t see random friends come in and old teachers and colleagues and we don’t have Pac-Man. Will we never again have the joy of finding a triple nutter! Bar cheering! We once found the rare quad nut. We didn’t even eat it. It’s shellacked now. So please bring back the nuts!! I will chip in a very nice broom for cleanup if I have to. Or change your name.

They do have the best cheese...

First, very easy to get to. There's some parking right out front, but if you can't find parking right out front, there's plenty of parking around the block and a couple of nearby parking lots. Lots of fun. The people here are great. Super friendly and spunk! They're attentive and will laugh with you. I enjoyed the menu. By that, I mean it's not ten pages long and has too much. Theirs is perfect. We tried the mini donuts as an appetizer (if you look in the picture there aren't many in the basket, I forgot to take a picture when they first came out, my bad). Delicious and fun! The burgers were awesome and cooked to perfection. I loved the waffle fries and the seasoned sour cream. The lettuce and tomato that came on the burger were delicious. The bun was light and fluffy. Now then, the drinks. The beer was cold, fresh and delicious! The martinis were superb! Especially the Christmas cookie martini. Loved the sprinkles on it (check the pictures). The prices for the whole were very reasonable. This is a must. I hope this...

Used to go to this place every 1 or 2 months.. I rated it 5 stars all day and told everyone to try them.. Last few years... Too many changes.. A big one is... No peanuts... And they now have signs at tables saying 45 min max stay.. I understand its can be hard to make people wait but if a customer is continuing to order more food/beverages then that's a bit harsh.. I could see like 1 hr per person in party... But 45 min... Let's see here.. 5 min order drinks.. 10 min get drinks order food.. 20 min get app.. 30 min finish app and get food.. 40 min order 2nd drink and to go box .. 45 min get drink and box ask for check.. 50 min pay server.. 60 min leave after rushing through dinner and 2 drinks... 1 hr minimum for be to even begin to enjoy myself... And yes only seen sign.. Haven't been told to leave but just them suggesting that makes me less and less happy to return to thus...