Fred's Place — Restaurant in Mountain View

Stopped in last Thursday to sing karaoke like I should have back in mid 2016 when I had the pleasure of being introduced to two of my, then new BFs, very best friends. The kind who are family, and as such are sorely missed now that they are not with us anymore. I always looked forward to the easy feeling I got when I walked in the door. A round of Guinness for Paul and Pierce, a red headed slut for me, and a mixed drink I can't remember the name of, because I never had the pleasure of buying her one, for April. I loved listening to her sing her heart out, wherever we were drinking cause it was Kareoke night and April was a song bird, the life of whatever space she occupied. Always ready to brighten my day with a smile, the very best hugs, a ear to listen, or to laugh at all the stupid kinsey 5 or 6 references concerning myself and other friends. Just remembered the time I wrote Kinsey 6 on someone's glass with a wax pencil and they kept giving the same glass back to the person for over a week because it didn't come off when they washed it. I got it off easily of course with a napkin, a little elbow grease and a final wipe with a bar towel dipped in hot water. Pierce and I stopped going shortly after that because it was too hard, when Paul wasn't going to be there to lose a pool game to anymore. Anyhow...all that being said...my most recent experience was a mix bag, of mostly positive interactions. Rode my high powered electric kick scooter there from my home a few miles away, only to have it stolen in the last half hour that I was there. Sang a couple random songs that I knew might be simple enough for me to pull them off...still failed but had a good time. Made a couple of new friends, and possibly offended another person because sometimes, I'm far to blunt and forward with my compliments...so if you're that person and reading this, I apologize. I hope you know it was from a place of sincerity. Met the new to me bartenders Red and Sarah (?) who were EXTREMELY helpful, sympathetic, and did their best to make sure I felt heard, and cared for. They made sure I had the contact information I needed to follow up, a drink to settle my nerves, and a safe ride home at a little after 1am. I will forever be grateful for the support they gave, and admired their level headed, confident, and diplomatic way of handling such a tricky situation. They are both to be commended for their customer service, and follow through the next day. I look forward to singing there again soon. Sorry I am between jobs and was not able to afford a drink, but hopefully my previous and future patronage will make up for my inability to support my favorite...

me and my cousin where on a really big bike ride and I really wanted a beer and stopping in a restaurant all sweaty wasn't going to happen so I found this place while we were hanging out at Rengstorff skatepark and I said hey lets give this place a shot. you can't go inside because of covid-19 so we had to sit outside which I don't really understand because we went to a bar in San Mateo and you can sit inside. no big deal they had a TV outside at least. There was people their hanging out having a good time the owner was very friendly at least I think it was the owner your drinks where good prices and i ordered two whiskey shots which where definitely a double shot I felt very welcomed they're the pictures online of the bar inside looked very cool I wish we could have been inside definitely check this place out it was very low-key not...

I agree with others about four stars. I’ve been coming to Fred’s for decades. My friends and I sometimes joke how we’d love to own this business: there’s so little effort put to decoration or presentation, yet the following is strong. Mixed drinks are what you’d expect. Beer quality is better than you’d expect. I guess it’s about managing expectations. Sometimes we let down the person who matters most to us, our performance falling way below the expectations we have set as our standard. All we can do is work for them behind the scenes until they notice and maybe open the door back to us again. But with Fred’s everyone forms their low expectations from the parking lot, so Freds never disappoints. And their door will...