Permanently closed. Boards on the windows and has been for some time. Ambiance non existent, no one…read morethere to let you in the door.

Great location! Service with a smile. Drinks were cold and affordable ;) the only food they had was…read morepizza. Don't know that Guy ever visited but maybe he will! If you are looking for a hole in the wall friendly bar, this is it!

We've been to this bar and grill twice since moving to town. Both times we fully enjoyed…read moreeverything! Bartenders/waiters were pleasant. Food was really good! Lots of large screen TVs. Tator Tots and chips are great! We've had their fried tacos, BBQ sandwich, pizza, wings and jalapeño poppers. Will definitely go back there try other things on the menu!

This bar screams hometown and was full of people that matched the description. It was a packed…read morenight when my friends and I visited, and like any busy bar it took a minute to get to the front of the line. The music was loud and fun, I liked the variety of genres. Their selection of beers on tap was limited, but they had a variety of beers otherwise. We didn't get food so I can't speak to that but if you are looking for a bar, it's a great option in St Joe!

American Tavern is a beautifl, timeless, classic example of a dive bar all-around. It is rustic,…read moredirty, and charming. This was one of my favorite finds of the day. Though they have draft beer, we decided to go with bottles for this one. Our bartender, Jessie, was very friendly. The main room features a long L-shaped bar against a wall of brick and detailed woodwork. The men's room floor slopes to one side and features a toilet mounted so that the bowl is partly under the sink and must be approached from the side. There's also a big back room that takes up the ground floor of the neighboring building, that room has pool tables, Silver Strike, darts, and enough room for live entertainment. We spent most of our visit back here playing Silver Strike.

One of the better dive bars in this city. The crowd of regulars are welcoming, the service is quite…read morefriendly, and the atmosphere screams of Midwest hole-in-the-wall. This is a great spot for a beer, but I'm not sure about the mixed drinks. I've found that few dives can make a good martini, but that's not what we're here for, right? There's also a pool table; a relic of one, but in good condition.

Great little local bar? Customers and employees super welcoming! Nice place to just hang out!read more

Great little bar been to most around the town, but this one is the best by far not even from here…read more The bartenders are very friendly, good atmosphere.

A stop along the way through St. Joseph, Missouri brought us to this step back in time…read more Worth the stop for some great food, fantastic welcoming feeling and nostalgia from days gone by. Looks like a very popular music venue as well. Unfortunately, too early for that. It was hopping at 1:45 for lunch and filled with regulars. The fantastic bartender, Jerry, shouts out a greeting to everyone who walks in and hustles to make sure everyone is taken care of QUICKLY! The menu was perfect for a delicatessen with standard choices of turkey, pastrami, tuna salad, soups and specialty beef brisket sandwiches. The prices are more than fair with the delicious pastrami sandwich coming with a sufficient amount of meat and quality bread for the great price. You can add additional meat for a small charge. It's nice to have a sandwich that isn't is more than you can eat and twice the price. I had the homemade chicken and wildrice soup which was also delicious filled with chunks of white chicken meat. We topped it off with a slice of Magoons famous cheese cake which did not disappoint! The atmosphere is eclectic with booths that have heard many stories over the years, a great bar with plenty of seating and unique antiques. Whether stopping by to check out the Pony Express or Jesse James museum, or living in the area Magoons is definitely worth a stop.

We love Magoon's! Truly a part of St. Joe history. Great food & live music. Thanks Barry!read more

This place has a great bartender, but it's a younger crowd. Lots of 20 something's, but not a…read morerowdy bunch. The beer selection is ok, and it's nice to see a place that has a full bar. I'm told that the happy hour is better for people my age. Perhaps I'll check back in here again and see for myself.

This place is a joke I have been standing at the bar for the last 25 minutes. The servers only go…read moreto those they know.. when confronted they will get in your face and tell you "there are only two of us" after they have only gone to the same people time after time.. not a great set of bartenders... good luck gettin good service

A dive bar does not get more divey than this. A dive in its purest form, not even the most…read morehard-core hipsters would go here trying to be ironic! Pop A Top is located in a remote semi-wooded area in extreme northern St. Joseph, far-removed from any other bars or restaurants. It is part of a tiny cluster of brick buildings surrounded by gravel lots of old or rusting industrial equipment, buses, trucks, and other vehicles. Aging mobile homes making up most of the remainder of the surroundings. It was originally a bank, but was converted to a bar in the 1950s and operated as Family Tavern for about 30 years. Family Tavern closed after the owner died, but later Pop A Top re-opened the space. There's no taps, so we got a couple of cans of beer. Either there was no air conditioning or it wasn't working. A pair of noisy and powerful fans were employed to attempt to ventilate the place. Despite the fans, with it being 100 degrees outside, it took only a few minutes for our beer to warm up to room temperature. :( It was quite a bit darker in there than my pictures (taken with a high exposure setting) let on. There appeared to be a back room that looked big enough for pool tables, but the lights were out and we could not really see for sure without risking tripping over fans. :) I'm going to assume that there was indeed at least one pool table. (Update: A later visit revealed a nice looking back room with a pool table in the center of it.) As rickety and run-down as the building is, the woodwork of the bar itself is beautiful. I started to give this bar 2 stars due to the heat getting my beer warm so fast, but I decided that the weather isn't their fault. Besides, the bartender was pretty nice to us. (Update: It was still hot inside on a second visit in September, but we went in the early evening so it wasn't as bad. The bartender was the same pleasant woman who served us in July. There were a few more customers in there his time.)

Jackson's Tavern looks a block from Adams B&G on the map, but in reality they are across the same…read moreparking lot from each other. And while Adams is surprisingly nice on the inside, Jackson's Tavern is true dive through-and-through. It's smokey, and seems a little rough and intimidating at first, but we ended up finding the people to be pretty friendly. There's a pool table and a Silver Strike machine, as well as a vending machine that dispenses lottery tickets. B bought a few and won $5, then bought 5 more tickets and won $25. The restrooms are too tiny for sinks, so a communal sink sits behind a partition outside the bathroom doors. Amusingly, when we walked in, the bartender thought B asked for a couple of "straws" when he in fact asked for a couple of "draughts". So there was some momentary confusion when she handed us two drinking straws. :)

This place is just a average hole in the wall. What makes it is the people and bartenders. Fair…read moreprice very nice Jim beam and coke lol hint. People are friendly and very social. No fights just good old fashioned people juke and pool.