This place should be on the silent secret dive bar map.
Not the dive bars that everyone wants to go to, but the ones that all the introverts want to go to.
This place has be a silent and secret staple the entire time I have worked downtown. The bartenders are judgy and sarcastic, the patrons, quite the same. It is a place where if you don't feel welcome, you need to do an introspection as to why. This is the last stop and the rest stop for all of the people who put up with society and their bs day in and day out. Places like this are the reason that we get any sleep at all. We veg, without conflict, irritation. With people of...
Read moreUse to visit Evelyn’s quite frequently in the past. My friend who was visiting from overseas wanted to get a semi local beer downtown Racine. So we ordered a Spotted Cow and a Riverwest Stein and it was very sour, dirty and the lines have not been cleaned. She has bartended in the past. Luckily, we stopped at another bar beforehand hand and ordered the same drinks so she knew it wasn’t just Wisconsin beer. Serving old beer isn’t safe so I’d stay away from...
Read moreI know people who love this place and I know people who hate it. I guess I don't feel one way or another- middle of the road drink prices, average atmosphere, and nothing really that special. If you are going out with friends who are fun it doesn't really matter where you go, so I have had some good times here. There is a pool table and smoking area out the back door. It's not sparkly clean but...
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