This spot is so cute!! Jay greeted us and gave us the beer recommendations, and we had a great time…read morehanging out with some good music and good vibes.

I've been here a few times & the bartenders are always pleasant nice in informal. It's very…read moreinviting clean & has tvs for sports or whatever. On Tuesdays from 5-9 pm & Fridays 5-10pm not to sure they just stared a few weeks ago have people like taco truck style catering there in the patio area & it's delicious! The locals are nice & inviting also. So if you're looking for a lil hideaway place to chill for some sports lil food on those days lil sip & music come on down & enjoy.!

Didn't kick out the girl that put hands on me but kicked me out and never refunded me for the drink…read moreI payed for that I didn't get to drink.

A dive bar if I've ever seen one. A small hole in the wall place that you can easily pass by if…read moreyou don't know what your looking for. It's a small brown building with a small parking lot next to it. It's nice though that its open at 0630 so that the nightshift hospital staff can come here and decompress or send me off on my last day. First thing you notice about this place is the smell of urine from the bathrooms. You get use to it after a bit. As well as the "regulars" hanging out at the bar area. It's extremely small. Area for a pool table, some tables at the far end by the bathrooms, and a long bar counter. At least the tvs are nice and clear and big to watch games or sports as need be. There was a good 18 of us here. Prices are rediculously cheap. I'm glad they understand it's a dive bar and should thus be dive bar prices. A michelada was $4. A mimosa was $5. Bag of chips was $1. They have these sour candy shots for $4. The sour candy shots were really good. Michelada was simple. Bloody Mary mix with beer. But they were well made. I also had a crown royal apple with redbull that was really good. I don't remember how many drinks we went thru but it did the job and we were all feeling good. Customer service is good. Dude working behind the bar worked fast. I hear this place is pretty good when the sun is up, but has a pretty rough reputation at night with lots of shady people coming in at night. I definitely wouldn't come in here by my self even in the day time. But with a large group it's pretty cool. Nice and cheap. If you don't mind the urine smell and dilapidated look.

The Oasis has been a go-to spot for us for several years, from pre-gaming Apache football games on…read moreFriday nights to celebrating our son's 21st birthday. Service tends to be inconsistent and really depends on who's working. When it's busy, especially if you're not a regular, the level of attention can drop quite a bit. The cleanliness, particularly in the restrooms, has also been hit or miss. The bathrooms often feel poorly maintained, and there's buildup on the urinals that's hard to overlook. It's one of those situations where you try not to touch much when you're in there. At this point, we mostly come back for the memories and to grab a photo when we're in the area, since we don't live nearby anymore. Overall, it's an okay place to stop for a drink, but more for nostalgia than anything else.

The Best Chile Verde fries in town! Good people good place to chill and have a cold drinkread more

Thirsty Thursday adventure continues. Seen peeps from another mother. Beers were ordered & served…read moreimmediately by amazing baristas. My shortfall was not traveling with my plus one's cue stick for poo therapy. I highly recommend The Brig for watching your favorite sports team, celebrating a significant moment in the walk of life, or just gathering with friends old & new to enjoy good words good thoughts good deeds.

This posted 13 years ago:…read more I'm not even a Bar person. I am a Karaoke person. To me, there is no bad Karaoke. Either you clap 'cause it's great, the person really tried, or just because it's OVER. The first time I went to the Brig I was impressed by some of the clientele at this rather cheesy location on Blackstone (where it has been forever) that night..... I remember one really large young lady who didn't spare the tattoos but most people were so friendly and down-to-earth that I just had to accept them, missing teeth and all. This is how it should be. NO POSERS OR HATERS ALLOWED.I felt quickly accepted, myself. After a while it feels like someone's front room...if they had a bar, pool table, dart board, jukebox, and ATM machine in it. Country. Rock. Ballads. Substituting your own lyrics. ("Turn around, barfly." Can you say "Total Eclipse of the Heart?") Joy. Peace. Karaoke. Can't we all just get along?? Oh, the Humanity....... I've seen people of every age, race, and socio-economic status at the Brig, which I happen to enjoy. Hoopties, Harleys, and Jaguars in the parking lot .The décor is interesting when you take the time to look at it and the bathrooms are clean. I always feel safe and have a great time... which is the only reason I would ever bother to go out in the first place. Joe, Donny, and Brian are the best 'tenders alive (in my humble opinion), are skilled at quickly defusing any potential "situations".....and yes, it's Brian with the Lynyrd Skynyrd T-Shirt, ZZ-Top key chain, and that world-famous Mullet. He is a DOLL and so entertaining it hurts... since you just can't stop smiling. I like Wednesdays when Doug is the K-J, and there are typically less drunks about on the street than there are on the weekends in Fresno and I don't have to feel like I'm taking my life in my hands just to get there. Lucky me, I work nights and PM's so I never have to get up early, even during the week. Doug's still working on his song selection but he's so cuddly that I just have to "Wave my Hands in the Air like I don't CARE!!" Five Star Dive Bar. Yes. Two thumbs up for The Brig. 13 YEARS AGO - what's happening now. No Donny, no Joe, no Brian, Tonya the "door gal" has now become a bartender...

Daniel makes the best club sandwiches. Fatima is the sweetest bartender. Jacob is always on point-…read morecool ass dude but can lay down the law if you get out of pocket. Shy is a solid, make sure to stop by when she works. Clean bathrooms. Safe environment. Highly recommend for a fun date night.

We went for Karaoke but in reality there is no Karaoke. They say open mike nights but in reality…read moreit's old men warming up for several hours before they actually start singing. The singer wasn't bad but he was about 300 lbs, balding and where k tape on his triceps. Now, surprisingly the cheese curds, tater tots were good. The food was good. It's not a Karaoke place or open night mike place though.

I admit that I was a little bit nervous when I first came into this place. I'm not from Woodlake…read moreand I didn't know what kind of reception I would get. I finally got up the nerve to go in with a friend of mine on a Saturday night and while it wasn't jam packed, there was a good number of people there singing and laughing, plus they were doing karaoke! Since that first time in there, I've been back quite a few times and I've noticed a few things. 1) No one is going to let you sit alone for very long. Someone is going to come up to you and greet you and engage you in a conversation. 2) The men and women who hang out in Smokey's are some of the most wonderful people, very friendly! 3) The bartenders are some of the most welcoming and friendly people I've ever met. 4) Great selection and prices for the beer! The atmosphere is so laid back and relaxed, it's very quickly becoming my favorite place to go spend a few hours after work to just chill out and relax. Plus the taco truck right next door has amazing food! Great company, great beer, and great access to food makes this place so wonderful. I've truly never met nicer, more friendly people than I have here. Don't judge it for it's appearance, get to know the people inside. I don't regret coming here every day, the people make it so easy!

Looking really dicey from the outside, one is pleasant surprised by the interior and added on…read moreoutside, but mostly hidden dance and music arena. A very nice watering hole replete with a few bikers or groups of locals and not too locals hanging around for a few cold ones together. The staff was pleasant and helpful and really wanted to make our stay enjoyable. No food is served, but barbecue is in the planning.although they switched out the O'doul's NA beer for the new NA on the block, I still give the place 4 stars. The return of O'doul's and the addition of a good bbq sander or two just might get it 5 Stars from me.

Melina is awesome, best bartender here. I don't like to stay out late too often, so getting to come…read morehere and have Melina working the earlier shift is great. I've been here when there were other bartenders, and it's just not the same vibe. Unfortunately Melina seems to get moved around a lot, so it can hard sometimes to catch her at the right spot or time. Keep Melina on the earlier shifts!

Good vibes. Good bartender. Good peeps. Had a great time here being an out of towner.read more

Had some time to kill so this place came up and we decided to try it for lunch. Wow! What a find…read more Great fast service and AMAZING food. Started with the Mac n cheese bites and pork belly bites. Delicious. Pork belly was sinful and was nice and crispy. We split a pastrami sandwich and it was perfect with its grilled meat and a good pickle. Yum yum. Our server, Skie, was so attentive and it was great to see everyone in the place having a good time. You need to try it out!!

This place is always such an amazing experience! The staff are always super kind and helpful. They…read morewere especially helpful with my mom who is gluten and dairy free. They were very attentive towards her allergies and ensured there was no cross contamination. The food was great. The pork belly was a bit crispy but everything else was perfect! The restaurant is very clean and has games to entertain you and your littles. Great restaurant, highly recommend!

This place is so much fun! Always a great crowed, and awesome bartenders and atmosphere! They…read morealways have themed events and karaoke and a DJ.

Well... I haven't…read moreseen a bar this awkwardly depressing in... ever. Unfortunately, it still beats their neighbor rival just called, "Sports Bar" I think it was- for the mere fact that it was OPEN. What the hell is wrong with Selma??? No joke, the exciting "Sports Bar" was locked at 4:30 PM, even though a sign outside was proudly declaring it to be "Happy Hour." Way to piss in my corn flakes, guys... So anyway, we walk past "Sports Bar" and run into 99 Club. It was dead. fucking.silent. NOBODY spoke to us except to ask for ID, which the middle-aged woman at the bar walked over to directly beneath a light, put on her glasses, and stared at for a good minute or two. There was one gray old man quietly drinking a beer by himself at the bar. There was another with a power drill screwing with some shit behind the counter, I couldn't tell what he was doing other than being obnoxiously loud and annoying in what otherwise could have been a fucking Shaolin monk's meditation zen garden. I ask the tavern wench if there were any drink specials. She looked at me as if I asked her for money. I then asked if it was happy hour (since it was next door, I didn't think it would be much of a stretch that it would be happy hour here, as well) and all she said was, "not right now." I asked the wench when happy hour started, and she completely blew me off and sat down at the bar herself. OK, me and my boy had time to kill. We were on a mission in this little shit-stain of a town, and we couldn't go back to Fresno yet. So we go to the back of the bar and play FREE pool (yeah, it looked like a fisher price "my first pool table," but it was FREE) so we played pool, laughed, joked around, and had fun in this SILENT, AWKWARD, bar. And got mean-mugged by all three motherfuckers in the place. Luckily, we got saved by the bell as the phone call we were waiting for came right after the first game, so we got the fuck out. A star for FREE Fisher Price pool, and for not getting a sawed-off shotgun pulled on me for not spending any money.