Chevy's is an awesome place with the good people of Novinger. Beer and liquor only. Small food…read moreoptions. The key to this place is it warmth by the team and community. Have a coors light and ask for Jes. She's awesome. Pork tenderloin is a must try also.

When we arrived in town we found three bars lined up in a row, but only the southern one was in…read morebusiness. Our bartender told us that she couldn't remember the name of the one in the middle but that the other one was named "Hotel California". She said that only one of the three bars ever seems to be in business at any given time, and that she has worked at each of them. Chevy's is basically what you'd expect from the only dive bar in a rural town. Domestic beers, stiff drinks, and your basic bar food/snacks. Our bartender was pretty cool and made the visit enjoyable.

A charming little small town dive bar with very cheap beer on tap. We enjoyed the wall art... a…read moreseries of tastefully-done nude portraits, all of the same woman. I don't know if Annie was our bartender or if she was the woman in the art, but neither were particularly fat by any means. :) Both when we arrived and when we left, a little girl opened the door of the laundry next door and stared at us with a scowl. Whether she was curious about the strangers in town or concerned about the sinners drinking in the afternoon remains a mystery.

If you like small town atmosphere Annie's is the place. You can ride up on your horse and tie him…read moreoutside while you enjoy a COLD beer. Also a great place to stop in and have a refreshment if you are on a scenic Motorcycle ride through southern Iowa. Super friendly folks. You will be glad you stopped by.

This is a review from the point of view of this as a dive bar only…read more We had a little trouble getting inside. We could hear voices and music inside but the door would not budge. We ended up finding another was in around back. (We later learned the front door tends to stick and you really have to give it some muscle.) The bar is in the building's basement. It's pretty standard for a Legion bar, little in the way of decor or amenities. But you can't go wrong with draft beer for a buck. As one would expect, especially with it being noon on a Saturday, we were drinking with the town's oldest men. Our bartender was nice but seemed puzzled why we picked her bar. She tried to recommend some bars with people more our age, but we were perfectly content here.

Best dive bar in town. Has a pool table and a couple arcade games. Staff is friendly. Can be a…read morelittle crowded on weekends.

The Traphouse is a hard place to find. You can circle around the entire block and not find it…read more The trick is to realize that it is not actually located on any street, it is instead located in the dead center of the block and hidden by trees and buildings on all sides. So when you see that gravel alleyway that looks the the driveway of a mobile home, that's where you need to turn in. Inside is a big open area with a square-shaped bar in the center. The walls are covered in hundreds of photos of the bar's loyal patrons. The bartender lamented to me about how the bar business is really hurting in Chillicothe because so many of the town's young people have been moving away. "We have really low overhead, though, so we'll be fine," she added. She's probably right. Most of the other bars in town have either recently closed or changed hands. But the Traphouse has been going strong for years. A big part of that is that of those that have survived, it's the most "real".

The best place in town to relax and enjoy a nice cold adult beverage. Laid back and unpretentious,…read morea place where everyone is friendly and all are welcome! Drinks prices are lowest in town and you get a healthy pour. Play pool, enjoy darts or just shoot the breeze... This place is good for all of the above. A big plus is the outdoor covered smoking area.

Located near the unincorporated town of Thirty, south of Centerville, this roadhouse is a popular…read morecountry-rock themed destination among bikers and the working class. We seated ourselves at the horseshoe-shaped bar. The basics (Bud, Miller Light) are on tap, everything else is in bottles. We ended up getting a couple of bottles. Our bartender was nice and chatty (in a good way) and kept us entertained during our stay. I had some difficulty with the restroom. The men's room door would not close despite repeated attempts by me to do so. Oh well, when you've gotta ago, you've gotta go! I later heard an interesting anecdote about this bar from a patron at another bar. I have been unable to verify the veracity of his story, and it doesn't reflect on The Silver Spur at all as it could happen anywhere, but it's too interesting a bit of gossip not to share: "The Silver Spur used to be called Larry's Silver Spur. Larry was a really nice guy, but then one day his wife up and shot him in the head. She's in prison now." * "Then later there was a couple in there and they had an argument. The girlfriend stormed out and the boyfriend stayed inside, he was going to wait for her to cool off and knew she'd come back in. But she never did... because when she went outside she stepped onto the highway and got flattened by a semi." "They got most of her for the burial, but one arm was unattainable." Like I said, who knows if there's any truth to it or not, but if there is, those are some interesting tidbits about this bar's history. * (I've checked the liquor licenses back as far as 1998, the earliest available online, and it's been the same owner all that time and in fact she may have owned it since at least 1990. So if there's any truth to the shooting story, it was a LONG time ago. However the licenses DO list the official name as "Larry's Silver Spur" despite the fact that the name "Larry" does not appear anywhere on the bar's signage and the owner is a woman.)

One star is actually being nice. Unless you want flies in your drink and to not get served, this is…read morethe place to be! The bartender took forever to get us drinks because she was too busy flirting with every man in there and wasted out of her mind. The last straw was when my girlfriend had a baby ROACH in her screwdriver that she waited 20 minutes for..

This is a pretty decent dive bar & grill. It had fallen into a little disrepair when I visited…read moredue to the owner having health issues, but his wife has taken over operations and is working to fix things back up. Like most small town bars, it's cold beer at very cheap prices. Live country and southern rock acts perform here regularly. The bartender and the locals were very pleasant and didn't mind taking time away from their drinks to tell a couple of strangers a little about the place. So, though it needed some work, it was a nice place to hang out and relax for a bit.

Wow if I could not give a star at all I would. Go here if you need a good laugh and have a strong…read morestomach, otherwise avoid this place like the plague.

I remember the old Pop A Top bar in Ottumwa, lottsa funn! Chills And Thrills not quite up to that…read morelevel, butt still the best strip bar in Ottumwa.

The food was good, but the customer service tonight was extremely bad. The bartenders were…read moresarcastic and rude no matter what you said or no matter how polite you were to them. We were there with friends from out of town and they never want to go back.

Good lil bar in Ottumwa. Very good hamburgers and tenderloins. Very friendly bartenders. Give it a…read moretry

The town of Allerton had only one bar that we knew of, and since the town was quite a detour from…read moreour planned route, we had called ahead to make sure it would be open. "We open at 1:00 on Saturday," we were told. So you can only imagine our irritation when we arrived in town at 1:40 and it was closed. THANKFULLY we discovered a nearby American Legion that we did not know about, and it WAS open. This was one of the least bar-like bars I have visited... it felt like drinking at the kitchen counter in a community center. In fact, the bar IS pretty much in the kitchen... with a tile floor and white walls and the stove and all. I was going to give this place 2 stars for the ambiance, but I decided to give it one more star for (a) being open and (b) a really gracious and pleasant bartender who was so kind that we tipped her more than twice what our drinks actually cost.

The people who work at Buddy's and fun, and the food is fabulous!…read more Everything was fresh and well prepared. It was kid friendly. I will be back.

Food in the restaurant is good. We took desserts home. Was told they were store bought which is…read morefine. Gor home to find that the apple pie was molded. Wait staff had cut the pie put it into the to go container, charged us and sent us home with a completely molded piece of pie. Mold was obvious. When the container was opened it was furry and green on the sides.