Pickett's Village Bar — Restaurant in Maplewood

Racist establishment! I visited pickets village bar on a Thursday evening with two of my friends. I made reservations for the patio. When we got there, the hostess took us to the tent. I told her to please sit us on the patio because that’s where I specified I wanted to sit when I booked my reservation. She sat us on a small high top. I asked to be sat at one of the larger picnic tables because we are three girls with all our hand bags the table was a little small. I believe it was the manager who came out and told us those tables were for people with reservations. I told him I did have a reservation and he proceeded to say the picnic tables are for larger groups with reservations. I said ok. About 10-15 mins later a couple, both of them white were seated at the picnic table, then later two other white women were seated at another picnic table (the same table that he said was for larger groups). the picnic table directly behind me and my other BLACK friends remained empty the entire time we were there. Needless to say this establishment is RACIST. We won’t be going back and do not recommend. The food...

We've been meaning to go here for a while, and we finally made it a priority to stop in and check it out.

So glad that we did. We had a great experience. The staff is super friendly and very accommodating, The food is really good. We ended up ordering a couple of appetizers such as the chicken wings as well as the calamari. For the entrees we stuck to the burgers, which were served with the standard french fries. I have to say that the burgers were really good and cooked exactly the way that we wanted and overall just had great flavor.

I can't say enough about the wait staff. Everybody was just super accommodating and very nice. Really very lovely people.

The atmosphere was not like your standard sports bar, although they were plenty of TVs on the wall with various games playing. They actually had a very nice atmosphere with a good selection of music in the background, but it was very easy to have a conversation about whatever without having to raise your voice. It was a very cool atmosphere.

This is certainly going to be on our list of places to haunt from time to time. Looking forward to...

This sports Bar is hands down very well put together, clean and cozy. The music selection was also great, My gripe is with the food:(. Being as though this was my first time here, I stuck with apps. I tried the wings, fried cauliflower and of course fries. I was most disappointed with the cauliflower as getting the texture just right can be tricky but since this item was on the menu, I just knew I was in for a treat....NOT. They were extremely hard and bland, they were pretty much just tossed in panko and then submergerd in grease. The rest of the apps were sadly bland as well. Another thing I found pretty odd was the servers stood near the computers and just stared out into the dinig area. One server in particular kept running his fingers through his hair which was pretty gross as he also delivered food to the tables. Meanwhile one young lady was left packing what looked like overwhelming take out orders. Nevertheless being as though I enjoyed the ambiance, I will go back and strictly visit the bar in the future for pregaming. I'll come back and update...