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    Bear's

    3.9 (22 reviews)
    Closed 5:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)

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    BEAR'S ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Divey
    Very loud
    DJ
    Live music

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    Becca S.

    We were in Shreveport, looking to get away from the casino area and hear some live music. Bear's hit the spot. Thank you, Yelp. It is a small venue but super cute. They don't have waitstaff coming around, so if you want a drink you've got to belly up to the bar. What they DO have, is a nice little setup for some live music, a couple of pool tables in the back, dart boards, and some food options that looked pretty good. I have no idea what the name of the band was, but they were awesome! They played a little bit of everything. Including Man! I Feel Like a Woman. It was a fun atmosphere and those fellas were having fun. I really liked the atmosphere and we got to do a little dancing.

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    8 months ago

    Bear's is a place I always feel welcome. Their food is awesome and everyone who works there is absolutely awesome.

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    6 years ago

    Great staff, great beers on tap and now they serve delicious food! Anything with brisket is on point. You won't be disappointed!

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    This place is perfect for Shreveport! Just the run of the mill dive bar. Nothing special about this place.

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    Parking is limited to the street and I had to park down and around the corner. Short walk from the…read morerestaurant. 11:36 party of 1. I chose to sit at the bar. But table seating was available. After taking a couple minutes to decide. I chose the shrimp poboy. It was delivered at 12:05, with the tails on. Before I could eat, I had to pull them off. It was fantastic. So I guess I'll be okay. By 12:20 I was cashing out lunch for one $20. They issued a 20% discount for my military id.

    When in Shreveport on a Monday, your dining options are...limited (unless you fancy a casino…read moredinner, which we did not). So, we ended up here--the only place open that wasn't serving up blackjack with a side of fries. First up: water. Now, if you've never had Louisiana tap water, let me tell you--it tastes like someone steeped a bag of potting soil in it for 12 hours. I was about to blame this restaurant until a little Google dive informed me that most of Louisiana water just tastes like this due to geosmin and MIB (algae bloom byproducts, apparently). Fun fact that nobody asked for, but here we are. Anyway, we pivoted HARD to cocktails. I ordered a Belvedere martini, which was well-made by Dustin but oddly expensive considering this wasn't exactly a swanky downtown hotspot. For dinner: Hubbs went for shrimp fettuccine, and while it was fine, it didn't exactly make us want to write home about it. I, on the other hand, ordered Natchitoches meat pies, thinking they'd be the real deal imported from the famous place there. Oh, how naive I was. Instead, they were sad little impostors, baked instead of fried, and just...meh. Final bill: almost $100 for four drinks and two average entrées. If we're dropping that kinda cash, I'd prefer a meal that didn't require an emergency cocktail switch just to recover from the water.

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    Ernie's Bar

    Ernie's Bar

    4.4(5 reviews)
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    This isn't a place frequented by tourists or out of town guests, unless you're invited by a local…read moremaybe. I found out about Ernie's through a recording on another bars phone message. Wow, who would think Shreveport had a place like this that plays this kinda music! I found a seat at the bar which has short stools for a tall bartop. Same can be said about the urinal. You better be at least 5'9 to even use it. I came mainly for the music, which consisted of dubstep, electronica, dance, and reggae-rap during my stay. During normal times, there is a DJ a few times a week that comes on 9-10ish. I saw him arrive early because i arrived even earlier, but by 1030 he still hadn't come on, so I went back to my hotel. Everyone I encountered was super friendly. Drinks were reasonable and well made and for all these reasons I'd definitely return when I come back to town.

    9/28/19. Sometimes the letdown is already there. And no matter what you do it's hard to shake back…read morefrom that. And other times, there are instances that shoulder that letdown, and still get knocked back further for a few more yards for an even greater loss. And that's what happened here on my first, and probably last visit to this establishment. Allow me to explain. My buddy and I were set. We were going to see The Who in Dallas (three hours away) on the night in question. Yes, that The Who. We had our tickets for months, and then late the night before the show, legendary lead singer Roger Daltrey fell ill, and the show was postponed. We were lost. We had our permission slips signed and we were ready to go! The Who, baby! In Big D.! And now, we had a night off and no plans. What to do? What to do? My buddy forwarded me information about this gig here. The Electric Park, out of North Carolina. This venue exclusively promotes electronica, EDM, techno, you know whatever they're calling it these days. You know what I'm talking about. I'm cool with whatever. I'm down. Let's do this. I've been wanting to check this place out anyway. I like and enjoy all types of music. This place is small, and also is a similar aluminum siding structure with its' live music venue parking lot-mate, Strange Brew (which I support fully, and also enjoy). So, this is a smaller space here, but yet I still couldn't help envisioning dance clubs from the day, bodies everywhere. Pulsating to the heavy bass. Thumpthumpthump. (Yelling)-WHAT'S YOUR NAME?? Thumpthumpthump. (Her, yelling back in response)-WHAAAAT?? Thumpthumpthump (Yelling again)- I SAID, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?!?!? Thumpthumpthump (Her, also again)-WHAAAAT?? I was excited. I really was. Okay, so no Who in Dallas. They'll be back (I hope!) I'm ready now to get my rave on! Sure, why not? And then we walk in. Get hit with a seven dollar service charge at the door. And as that payment was being transacted for entry (this is around 10pm). I can't help but notice the sheer lack of humanity within the confines here at this moment. $7. For this? Yes, it's a small interior, and no, there aren't very many people here. If it wasn't for the tubthumping coming from the dj booth, we might have actually heard crickets instead. And were it not for the year-round humidity, we might have actually been knocked over by a metaphorical tumbleweed! This place was dead. This place made the Dead Sea look positively alive! Oh, there were some people there milling about. It was a rather odd assortment of people at that. Estimated ranging of ages anywhere from early twenties to early sixties by my own guesstimation. I know, right? Strange. There were some pretty ladies there in a small group huddled in front of the bar, but they all seemed to be regulars. No throngs of people gyrating to the beats. No sweaty masses. Nope. Just a few people here and about. Just standing around. Like a middle school dance and every bit as awkward. Zero energy in the room here. My regret, and my remorse, from plunking down seven bucks to just walk into this place, was providing its' own energy, albeit a very negative one. And this brings us to the final blow. The cost of the drinks here. Ruh-diculous!! The cooler was out, apparently, so we ordered two Abita drafts, a Purple Haze, and an Andygator. $9!!! For two teeny-tiny Louisiana-brewed drafts!! Not bottles!!! Drafts in plastic cups!! Like, a twelve ounce draft in a plastic cup was $4.50!! C'mon, now! I tipped the bartender a buck, so now we're talking TEN BUCKS!! For 2 beers!! Two draft beers in plastic cups, Ten Bucks!! Nooooo thank you!! No thank you!! So, to total up this lackluster evening, $17 for 2 small draft beers. And an absolute non-scene! A waste of valuable time that I could have been doing anything, really anything, else. For me, a $5 cover, and $3 draft would've been far more agreeable. $11 versus $17. Maybe not a big deal to some, but for me, it was enough to cease operations on what was already a rather disappointing night.

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    Ernie's Bar - 9/27/19. Friday night. Here for The Electronic Park, out of Charlotte, NC. Experimental Electronic Music. This scene here is all EDM-Techno.

    9/27/19. Friday night. Here for The Electronic Park, out of Charlotte, NC. Experimental Electronic Music. This scene here is all EDM-Techno.

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