What's your go to Bar food?

[Behindenemylines]

We have a regular barber goto.  It’s about 100 yards from my house, but we’ve been going there years before we lived near by.  
 

food is very good New England fare and they have about 20 beers on tap.  We know the staff and treat them well. Lots of regulars and some great conversation etc but if your reading a book etc your left alone.  
 

It’s like your favorite pair of slippers going there. 
 

as for eats:   We get a Caesar with a few twists and sometimes Wings-which are quite good.  Not traditional exactly but really good.  
 

great Burger too but that’s a twice a year treat 

 

[HIT BY SPIKES]

On 3/5/2025 at 9:04 PM, BillsPride12 said:

I'm disappointed @HIT BY SPIKES hasn't chimed in here yet.  Where you at brother?

Just very busy this time of year bro.

 

i tend to resurface around St Paddy’s Day.

 

i don’t tend to eat bars much these days since after Covid it typically leads to disappointment.

 

i don’t own a deep fryer so once in a while I will devour a double order of chicken wings at a weekly chicken wing special.

 

Although the wings here in Hamilton can not match those in Buffalo — Gabriel’s Gate is my favourite — we have a Facebook page called Wings in the Hammer that has grown very quickly where patrons report on bar wings they just tried.  They list which bars/restaurants have their specials on a Monday or a Wednesday, etc.

 

If you find yourself in Hamilton on a Wednesday, I recommend the Iron Horse Saloon on Melvin Avenue.  $12 CAN for 10 jumbo wings.  They have flipped ownership however have the same Short Order Cook and she knows how to cook those big babies right.  They have won the best wings in the city award more than once.

 

Taps on Parkdale Avenue is getting a lot of traction here these days.  Their deal is on Wednesdays and they sell them by the wing at $1.25 a piece.  Reviews have been outstanding over the past year.

 

With the current exchange rate around $1 US = $1.45 CAN, I strongly suggest you take a mid-week trip up to Hamilton and do a little wing crawl where you hit 3-4 places between lunch and dinner.  Your dollar will go a long way up here.

[BillsPride12]

6 hours ago, HIT BY SPIKES said:

Just very busy this time of year bro.

 

i tend to resurface around St Paddy’s Day.

 

i don’t tend to eat bars much these days since after Covid it typically leads to disappointment.

 

i don’t own a deep fryer so once in a while I will devour a double order of chicken wings at a weekly chicken wing special.

 

Although the wings here in Hamilton can not match those in Buffalo — Gabriel’s Gate is my favourite — we have a Facebook page called Wings in the Hammer that has grown very quickly where patrons report on bar wings they just tried.  They list which bars/restaurants have their specials on a Monday or a Wednesday, etc.

 

If you find yourself in Hamilton on a Wednesday, I recommend the Iron Horse Saloon on Melvin Avenue.  $12 CAN for 10 jumbo wings.  They have flipped ownership however have the same Short Order Cook and she knows how to cook those big babies right.  They have won the best wings in the city award more than once.

 

Taps on Parkdale Avenue is getting a lot of traction here these days.  Their deal is on Wednesdays and they sell them by the wing at $1.25 a piece.  Reviews have been outstanding over the past year.

 

With the current exchange rate around $1 US = $1.45 CAN, I strongly suggest you take a mid-week trip up to Hamilton and do a little wing crawl where you hit 3-4 places between lunch and dinner.  Your dollar will go a long way up here.

That's good stuff man.  Glad to hear you're doing ok

Will keep that in mind if I'm ever in Hamilton

[Another Fan]

On 3/2/2025 at 12:04 PM, BillsPride12 said:

It doesn't seem like the bar scene is what it used to be and I even hear the same thing from younger people I know so it isn't just a well now that I'm older and don't go to bars I don't think anybody goes kinda thing.

 

In my orginal post I mentioned happy hours or the occasional meet up with a friend for a few, that's about the only time I go to a bar these days and it isn't too frequent.

I came back to this post again.

 

I had a talk or more like B.S ing with the bartender.  They used to serve food and meals there at one time but this tavern it sounds like it was too much work overtime to store food and what not.

 

Then another local bar there closed because the owner died.

 

i guess it depends on the neighborhood…. But yeah some places it’s not what it was kinda thing