Benchwarmer&#x27;s Grille

The chicarones and gauc are amazing! Great burgers and sandwiches. Can't wait till they begin…read morebreakfast service. The remodel is great, and the team does great work to provide amazing service!

I would not recommend moods pubs to anybody go there for breakfast. First called to place a order…read moreand when the person answer they seem dumb founded about placing a irder for food and confused unsure. so drove to location to place an order after finding it in the menu and being told what's available to be told. was told by the bar tender the person aka cook is taken a interview, so the food would not be started till after that in which could be 15 to 25 minutes. In turn, the food will not be ready for 35 minutes to 45 after that , No sense to wait at a bar for an hour plus for to go food. Could we be any more unprofessional location these days? Came in for breakfast left with nothing we'll not recommend to anybody will not return. Sadly moods pub has lost my business as well others when I post this to the food sites and yelp.

Lunch & dinner menu. Available 11-9pm Sun-Thursday 11-midnight friday&saturday

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Rusty Nail Sports Bar & Grill

3.2(10 reviews)

1.6 mi

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The service here is awful if you don't know certain people they treat you very badly & they pick…read moreand chose who they like and don't like and that's unprofessional and shouldn't be happening they make you feel very uncomfortable and there's a lot of sketchy shit going on here I won't be going back ever again and this bar was my favorite until it started to be like that towards people

Classic dive/biker bar. Good times. Friendly staff, good food, daily specials. All welcome.read more

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Bloody Mary

Sportsman's

4.0(6 reviews)

2.9 mi

I've stopped in here 3 times over the last year or so, done my local five bar had closed. Don't…read morewaste your time or money here. The first time a friend and I stopped in, the bartender blatantly overcharged is on everything and then refused to refund our debit card 6, rather refunding cash. There's nothing like trying to run fraud she's on new customers. Tonight, my son and I stopped in. There were only 3 customers at the bar when we sat down, but the bartender was far more interested in talking to 1 of them than addressing us. FYI, it was a less than professional conversation, leaning in much more intimately. When she was done with her chat, she proceeded to the kitchen to hang out for a couple minutes, only popping out to glare at us again while on the phone. Finally, after a couple more minutes with no sign of our bartender, we left. This place offers mediocre food (on a good day) and a pathetic beer selection. While I am all to happy to patronize a local establishment, even with subpar offerings, I'm not going to pay for such pathetic service. Take your money elsewhere. There are many far better establishments who value their customers, all within 5-10 minutes drive. Keep driving when you see the sign for The Sportsman.

Thursday is fifty cent wings with dollar domestic beers!…read more I really love their italian beef- it is delicious :) I have had their pizza before which was good as well

Free poker :D yay!

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Italian beef with cheese

Mark O's Bar & Grill

3.5(33 reviews)

0.4 mi

My boyfriend and I stopped here for lunch on our way back to Chicago. It was right off I-90, which…read morewas very convenient. The restaurant itself looks to be in a gutted out auto shop. It's large inside with lots of seating and TVs, and there is a smell of cigarette smoke when you walk in. You do get used to it, but if the smoking diners aren't your jam, there's plenty of outdoor patio seating. I should also note that no one was wearing a mask, which seems common in Indiana, so the outdoor seating is there if you're freaked about covid. The waitress was also tending the bar and was FANTASTIC. She was nice, quick with our drinks, and checked in on us. The prices were lower than most.. a double bloody was under $7! And one of the best i've ever had. We both had the hangover burger, and the meat was fresh and perfectly cooked ( I did catch a glimpse of the kitchen - the cooks looked to be flame broiling their burgers.. yummm) the lettuce and tomato were crisp and juicy, and the fries were the perfect fluffy on the inside- crunchy on the outside texture. They were piping hot and the batter on them was insanely good. If you're traveling across the state line and looking for a quick bite to eat that won't break the bank, check this place out. We will definitely be back when we're in town again.

Mark O's Bar & Microwave should be the name of this bar. If you are looking to have a few beers…read moreit's a cool spot to spend +$4 on a domestic beer. But if you are looking to sit down and have a meal don't bother. The menu is finger food such as fries, pretzel rolls, and other bar food. The only big meal they offer is a frozen pizza which costs $16.00. So if you are looking for a beer and a meal I would highly recommend going somewhere else. I originally came here because the menu online showed a variety of food which they don't offer any of!

Food menu

Buck Daddy at Mark O's!

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Shenanigans Pub

2.9(51 reviews)

1.5 mi

Atmosphere on point! Food is great! People are chill, staff is is amazing. What more could you ask…read morefor! Buffalo cheese fries are killlerr. Go see Alicia!

This place has a lot of potential, the food was really tasty, until I bit into a piece that didn't…read moretaste right. There is a food quality issue here, they used rotten lettuce in the wrap. Be careful eating here, I hope I don't get food poisoning. To the restaurant: The wrap otherwise was delicious! Just improve your quality control and this would have been 5 stars, poor food quality like rotten produce could potentially kill someone. It's very serious. I know I swallowed some, so I hope I don't get sick.

Patio Burger.

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Decibels

4.8(4 reviews)

0.2 mi

I have come here for rockstar karaoke, which is the first Saturday of the month. I've truly enjoyed…read morecoming. I am not sure if it takes place here or the building right next-door, but they are part of the same venue. Maybe just sniffer names? But the venue is nice, it's dark, which I do like because when you're on stage, the audience isn't something that you can really see so it makes you feel a little more comfortable. The DJs are super nice and friendly and very supportive. There's great singers, mediocre singers, first timers that are really nervous and you can tell but everybody cheers them on! Karaoke is not about being the best singer in the house. No one's gonna get discovered by a record label here. We are all just here to have fun and sing songs we like. The bartender that usually works is super awesome and really nice. The drinks are really good and decently priced and they have a bunch of different snack foods that you can get. In the rockstar karaoke room you can always go next-door and order food and have it brought over . While the rockstar karaoke area just has appetizers. That's been my main experience. I haven't gone there on other nights, but they have a nice stage and sound system with cool lighting and bands. Come and play there. I haven't seen any bands there yet, but I'm definitely interested.

Cool spot. Nice to have an entertainment spot in Portage. They book comedians - Paul Shore was…read morethere. They also have some B list bands come through. The place is connected to the bar next door so when the show is over you can move over there and keep the fun going. The drinks there are not real expensive. They have tables and booths. It is a cool place to go see the many different types of shows they have there.

Basket of Fries

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Hooters

2.1(89 reviews)

1.9 mi

C'mon! Where else can you see live fish and shoot laser guns by day and nosh on wings and crab legs…read moreby night, all pretty much on the same property?! With Bass Pro Shops and Hooters it's a veritable one-two punch of family entertainment and refreshment! :-P It's been years since I'd been to a Hooters, so I wasn't expecting the "newer" style wings. I recall that in days of yore the wings came out with the drummies and flappers still attached to one another. Now, they're separated. This saddens me because that's what *all the other* wing joints do. Used to feel good that Hooters had this culinary way to separate itself. Alas, no longer. That said, I do like the light breading on the new wings. And they weren't overcooked to a leatheren crisp like the wings I've gotten lately from the place with the talking spokes-bison. I meant to eat ten and ate twenty! And the parm garlic and lemon pepper rubs are both winners. The crab legs didn't impress, though. The legs were tiny and the shell had no snap--more typical of the cheapo crab you get at AYCE buffets. (Here's another chance to stand out, Hooters!) Clam chowder is good and has a lemony tang.

This place is similar like Schererville location terrible service and hooter girls seems ignorant…read moreand do not care about DoorDash or Uber Eats orders which it takes FOREVER to wait. They care more about tips from dine in customers. This is probably the only worst restaurant in Portage. I do agree with one of the customers say that this location is gone to shit.

Meexh area

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Tap House 1233 Grill

3.9(39 reviews)

4.5 mi

Love love my go too, oysters seafood, prime rib, the Cuban sandwich, huge portions, great staff…read moreawesome owners you cannot go wrong

WOW, first time here and it certainly won't be the last! The Food was Absolutely Outstanding!!…read moreCan't wait to come back! My Wife & I had the Burgers, they were cooked to Perfection & were the Best We've Ever had! Our Server Mandy was Awesome, Extremely Helpful & Friendly!!

1/2 lb Swiss Mushroom Burger with Stuffed Cheddar Bacon Tater Tots!

Swiss mushroom burger w stuffed tater tots.

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Cajun Shrimp

Quaker Steak & Lube

2.4(336 reviews)

2.1 mi

Stopped in for wings. They do not have the nfl package so that stinks especially on a Sunday. It…read morewasn't crowded and was seated right away. We all had wings which were good and the food came out hot. There is plenty of parking in the lot out front. Pricing wasn't bad. Service was fine. Overall not bad for a quick lunch.

This Quaker Steak isn't nearly as bad as the reviews would indicate. Typical bar food is served in…read morea cleverly themed racecar eatery, and a multitude of televisions broadcast sporting events amidst an extensive collection of road signs and automobile memorabilia. The parmesan peppercorn wings are tasty, but the onion rings are incredible! Those are the highlight of the menu and I'm thankful for the server's recommendation on that one!

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