Nolan's Corner Pub — Restaurant in Providence

After a year of seeing this place daily, I finally had the chance to stop in. Unfortunately I wish I hadn't. It was a Friday night around 8ish when a few friends and I went in. Generally I love a small "hometown dive bar" but this was just awkward and simply put a waste of money. There were only 4 maybe 5 other customers and two bartenders in the whole place! So with that being said you would think the bartenders would greet you...think again! All we got were dirty looks so we grabbed a table, waited a few minutes to see if either bartender would come to us but we ended up going to them, which is totally fine and generally how it goes in a small bar. We finally get one of the woman to help us and end up with the most disgusting no unbelievably horrible shots ever served...we asked for 4 patron tequila and pineapple not a had combo but it was bottom shelf tequila and id assume bad juice that we were charged $53!!!! So we luckily made the best out of it,laughed for a minute and said "well after that we need another! Just not the same thing". So we again venture to the bar and ask for 4 shots of crown and cran thinking...can't F that up...well we were sadly mistaken. For a total of $58 The cranberry juice was so rancid we couldn't drink it! I believe it came down to it tasting like what we would assume would be the equivalent of dumpster pee. So All in all the place itself was nice, quite and could be a great local bar to chill out and have a beer but unfortunately if your looking for good bartenders or decent drinks id look elsewhere. I'm truly disappointed and hoped this would become my new local spot but I guess it's...

I have not stepped into this bar yet but I imagine it is dim, maybe a couple decent beers on tap, a passable house wine. the real meat of the place, most likely, lies in the clientele: a group of artists, tramps, losers, winners, old punks, old queens, a closet nazi maybe? There is the smell of old cigars and air conditioner and a staff of dinosaurs who have watched the neighborhood go this way and that. Anyway, who the hell knows what it's really like inside, I plan...

Where have all the dive bars gone? Nolans is a cozy dark friendly bar that does one thing and does it well. makes you want to stay. Clean friendly and unassuming. I challenge you to just stay for a beer. A Beer turns into hours, that turn into weeks, that turn into months. Have i abandoned my family and job and moved into the bathroom without anyone...