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    Mama's Bar

    3.7 (119 reviews)
    InexpensiveDive Bars, Sports Bars
    Open • 12:00 pm - 4:00 am (Next day)

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    MAMA'S BAR ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Divey
    Casual
    Loud
    Dogs allowed

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    Beer & Jell-O shots
    Ginette P.

    Here's another stop during our Halloween bar crawl , not a very big place & it was crazy jammed packed.. what a mess. barely any room to move let alone alone stand & have drinks, we manage to get drinks, stuck to beer & had some Stella & Jello shots since they were part of the special during the bar crawl. Good beer hard to go wrong, Jello shots were actually decent not bad good alcohol taste. we manage to hang here for a few, long enough to finish our drinks .. decent music playing, service was good considering how packed it was & prices were not bad.

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    Emanuelle M.

    Second stop on my October fest shenanigans, nice bar with an open setting. Little loud, and just one bartender on a Saturday. Took a while to get our drinks but the bartender was doing her best. Several TV's available to watch your games. Nice spot to meet a few friends!

    Lauren S.

    You may be too mature to turn the space in between the tables and the bar into a dance floor. You may be too uncultured for the great music the DJ spins here. You may be too prissy to chug back a couple of beers with the indie boys and girls of the East Village. You may be too clean to touch the bathroom doorknob. You might even be too shy to chat up all the lovely ladies at the table by the door. You might be too drunk too recognize the art on the walls. You might also be too common-sensical to fall for the old "I just painted a wall in my apartment Gentleman's Blue. You wanna come check it out?" line some guy is feeding you in an attempt to get some play. You might be. But I'm not. had a great time. next time i'm in the village you may find me here in a corner nursing a stella with some big dark shades on.

    Maya F.

    Mama's serves cheap beer and shots, and a smattering of fancier liquor options (including house infusions, bizarrely). They've got a big teevee, comfy couches, hilarious bathroom graffiti, and Connect Four. I've only had one bad service experience here (among other infractions, the paranoid young man behind the bar demanded that we stop taking pictures. Of each other. On New Year's Eve). But the good news is the fellow in question was fired the day after! The rest of the crew at Mama's is fabulous and pretty to look at, too. And the regulars are at least as amusing as they are anywhere else...

    Left a $4 tip and the guy JEFF decided to charge my card $10 instead.
    Olga V.

    Left the guy a $4 dollar tip on a 4 drink bill, 3 hrs later see that there's a $10 tip charge on my Fiance's credit card statement. SMH. Don't trust the bartender jeff. The 1 star would be for the creativity of their specialty drinks.

    The bathroom is...boobalicious :)

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    3 years ago

    Perfectly divey blasting crazy music. The bartender shared his Doritos and guac with me and my friend. I'm coming back!

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    A chill bar. On the brighter side. Not super crowded. Music was not that great. White people bar vibes.

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    Had stopped here on a bar crawl and enjoyed there beer and the bartender was super nice!!

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