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    Joe's Tavern

    4.0 (29 reviews)
    Closed 3:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)
    Updated 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Juke Box
    Karaoke
    Divey
    Casual

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    MandA R.

    A dive spot in Bethlehem PA. $2.25 drafts are always ready for you. It's dark and smells of stale cigarette smoke, with a juke box (the new glorified iPod kind) waiting to play your favorite songs. Definitely worth a stop for a drink or two if you're into small, friendly, divey places.

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    Great bar food and seriously the Caesar salad is amazing. Just an old staple in bethlehem w a fun locals vibe :)

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    Great food, good drinks and super friendly bartender. Im glad we found it. Would definitely come back

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    15 years ago

    Excellent inexpensive food. Beer and whisky and down-home waitresses.

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    11 years ago

    Bartender was very friendly and mixed me a good drink. Wasn't impressed with my cheese fries. Neat atmosphere if you're okay with smoking.

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    11 years ago

    This place is the spot. Good food, good bartenders. Also opens at 9am on Saturday for brunch. Can't get much better.

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    9 years ago

    Friendly bar with good ventilation even with half the people smoking. Good prices and all-around a good time.

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    Justin was tending bar that night and was the greatest bartender I've seen in a while.

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    We visited on a Saturday afternoon around 1:30pm. Place wasn't busy which was great. We were able…read moreto get seats at the bar. I've been here before after my kids hockey games at steel ice. It is definitely a college town bar (I'm in my early 50's). The bartender was prompt and took our drink orders right away. The cook is right in front of you at the bar which is kind of cool. You could tell by speaking with him that he took pride in their menu. He let us sample some of the sauces which was great. I had the special of the day which was a grilled tomato/bacon cheese on Texas toast and a tomato soup with rice, ground beef, onions and peppers. It was fantastic! I also had the Cowboy bites which were jalapeños with cream cheese, bacon and corn - my goodness they were so good! My bro had the "what came first". Fried chicken sandwich with a fried egg and bacon. It came with fries and he said it was really good. My husband had Tri-tip cheese steak with no mushrooms. He said it was delicious. We were there on our own time without a schedule, so we didn't mind having to wait for our bartender. It started getting busy while we were there so the vibe was pretty cool. We will definitely be going back!

    We have been here a few times now and it's been the same each time that I've learned what to expect…read moreand can pass it along to anyone who wants to check it out. You walk in, you are at the bar area,But, there is a hostess stand there if you are interested in grabbing a booth to order food. Which is what we have always done and is what we will now never do again because service from this 1 particular shorter waitress is awful. After she dropped our food to the table we didn't see her for an hour despite trying our best to flag her down and asking the other waitress to get her for us so we could have our bill. The owner was working harder than this waitress collecting our empty dishes,asked us if we needed anything, cleaning tables( our waitress removed a used empty glass when she seated us) and I have no clue where she went or what she was doing that while time that she failed to see if everything was okay, we needed anything/refills or were ready to the check. Instead, since my daughter is a regular, she gave us a tip to sit at the bar and order food. Service is much better. Every time we've gone there the food has always been good. This time I got a chicken philly cheesesteak and it was delicious also! Can't say much about the crowd. It's definitely a spot for the younger groups to hang out since the college is so close. The bad thing about that is that they don't respect you at your booth if you are in one just for food. They stand right in front of your table in groups talking and you have zero privacy and it's actually a bit suffocating. When they finally did all move for a moment, I could finally feel the air circulation. This was only around 5:30pm. Service- still awful Food- great Atmosphere- depends what you're looking for

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