Best Patty Melt Ever!! I usually eat one there, and get…read moreanother to go. Homemade Chips are Awesome, too!

**A Hidden Gem with Great Food and Prices**…read more The Spot in Marengo is a local bar with some truly delicious food at unbeatable prices. Their hamburgers are 3/4 lb of fresh ground beef, and they're priced under $10--something you rarely see in 2024! They also have great weekly beer specials, like a bottle of Old Style for just $1.50 this week. The service from the bartenders is exceptional. Whether you're just passing by or making a trip, The Spot is definitely worth a stop. You can't go wrong with a delicious hamburger and an ice-cold beer!

Checked out this pretty busy bar and grill in Marengo. It often has things like live music going…read moreon. Niko's Pointers Saloon is one of several bars in the downtown area of this small town. A lot of room for groups. There's a surprising amount of space. Basic menu items to get. It's got better drinks than food to be honest. There's actually some pretty thoughtfully made up cocktails especially for seasons. Also lots of the beers. The cocktails include the classics and modern stuff. A lot of beers on tap along with more in bottles and cans. It's about $6 for a basic cocktail like whiskey and whatever. As for the food it's mostly meaty. They even have the salads topped with bacon so it's not good for plant based people. It's about $11 to get the Beer Nuggets. These are pizza dough rolls fried and served with marinara sauce. Actually it was better than expected. The menu also includes plenty of meaty choices if you like things like fish and pork. For sure it's one of the most popular restaurants in the area. It's located on State Street at Prairie. There's plenty of TVs for watching games or whatever.

My friend, partner and I ended up going here because the restaurant we started with was closed…read more When we arrived my expectations were high but I shouldn't have gone in with any. There were only two people working the bartender and a waitress. We waited like 5 minutes of not longer to get a greeting . It took like 5 more minutes to get seated. We grabbed menus to get an idea of what we might want to eat. I went into the restaurant part looking for an employee. She was wiping down empty tables saw me but never acknowledged my presence. The bartender saw us standing waiting to be seated and also didn't acknowledge us. I didn't understand why it took so long to get seated there were only 3 people at a table and the rest of the restaurant was empty. There were a few people at the bar. When we finally got seated the waitress asked if the table was dirty we said yes but she didn't wipe it or anything. She was saying that she had like 35 boys come in to eat and messed up the whole other side of the restaurant. She got us our drinks and then asked if we were ready to order. We said Please give us a few minutes to decide. When she took our order she was nice. When we got our food my friend ordered the Niko burger the bacon was rubbery and not even half cooked. She poured A1 sauce on the side and it was very watery it wasn't thick like normal A1 sauce should be. My partner ordered chicken fingers the meat inside was good and had the crisp on the outside, I ordered an Italian beef sandwich it was good but only had meat on half the sandwich and didn't melt in your mouth. I was only given a very small 2 tablespoons side of au jus. The waitress got us our refills but wasn't attentive like I would expect considering we were the only people in the restaurant. Is it a place I would go back to? Probably not. I was disappointed considering it was downtown Marengo. The ambience was wilderness and forest themed the restaurant was clean but the women's bathroom was not.

Such a very strange Dive bar. went a few weeks ago, I guess they had just got done having a party…read morefor some of the staff and we giving away the leftovers to the customers? Cool I guess to be giving away free food, but it looked like it had been sitting there all day and didn't seem very sanitary... Plus wouldn't you wanna sell your own food? *Shrug* There were also small puppies running around off-leash in the fenced-in outdoor patio area, also cool they were allowing this, but I've never seen anyone bring their dog to a bar before, especially small puppies. To each their own I suppose, just seemed odd... it's a small little dive bar and they do have karaoke... I guess it's cool enough for the locals, but definitely not worth going out of your way for.

Nice little place. Limited menu, but that's okay. We went watch my brother's band play Drinks were…read moregood and service was nice. The bartender was pretty cool.

What a great little find! This place is in transition to a great little Irish bar. The owner and…read morethe bar staff are so inviting and fun and the patrons were so nice. We stumbled upon this place as we drove home from a girls' trip on a Wednesday afternoon and were immediately welcomed (none of the glares we received as "out of towners" in other bars that day). I would definitely recommend stopping in for a drink ( or more). Thanks Richie and Connie!

Great Hospitality the tenders were very friendly! The inside of the bar was cozy as well.read more

Great local bar with tasty food. Monday night during the…read moresummer they have a car show where they Offer specials on burgers and beer. Great place to unwind in a small town with friendly people.

This bar is fun. They have a handful of video gaming machines with many drink options. Friendly…read morestaff, cool music. Younger crowd, appears to be the hot spot in town...fun. An upscale dive bar.

Local bar with a pool table and video games. Lots of TV's and a friendly staff. A mostly younger…read morecrowd in the 20's and 30's. Reasonably priced with good staff.

Checked out this pretty busy bar and grill in Marengo. It often has things like live music going…read moreon. Niko's Grill & Pub is kind of far away from everything else but it still is busy though. A lot of room for groups. There's a surprising amount of space. Basic menu items to get. It's got better drinks than food to be honest. There's actually some pretty thoughtfully made up cocktails especially for seasons. Also lots of the beers. The cocktails include the classics and modern stuff. It's about $12 for the Blueberry Mule. This is Niko's Blueberry vodka, along with blueberry Puree, ginger beer and lime juice so it's pretty great stuff. As for the food it's all meaty. They even have the salads topped with bacon so it's not good for plant based people. For sure it's one of the most popular restaurants in the area. It's located on Grant Highway close to Corral Road. This is closed on Mondays to Wednesdays.

This is one of my favorite places to eat. The atmosphere is great and the service is even better.read more

Nice little sleeper neighborhood Resturant Bar. Food was…read moreoutrageously delicious! Should have gotten the waitresses name but she was a sweetheart! Beautifully decorated and very, very friendly. A keeper in my book. We will be back.

Food, good. Service good. Ambiance ok for what it is. There, done. lol…read more Forgot to take pictures but had the broasted chicken, all dark. Came with potato and I ordered baked. The potato was near very not warm, the chicken hot and good. You'd think it would have had a few celery and carrot sticks included just to get some veggies in and to make the presentation a bit more appealing, but then presentation is not really why you go there, I'm guessing. Got a gimlet and it was good. The server was really on the ball. We were there for a 1:00 lunch weekday. It wasn't terribly busy at all a few other tables and a few at the bar. My friend had the jambalaya special. I got the impression she was just ok with it and said it tasted better than it looked, and honestly it did look very unappealing. Almost like they took a decent jambalaya and put it in a blender. No discernible shrimp, sausage, chicken or rice, but she said it was in there. Color mostly brown. could not have eaten it. When the waitress said Jambalaya was the special I perked up but then remembered where I was and had always heard they had good chicken so I went with what they are supposed to be good at, jambalaya at a place that specializes in that type of food only. Ambiance. Well it's basically a local bar/restaurant, pretty much no frills, nothing stood out, really. Bar, tables, booths but a decent place for drinks and food. Just don't recommend the jambalaya.