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The Keg Stand

3.4 (60 reviews)

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Casual
Loud
Outdoor seating
Good for groups

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Joseph M.

Quintessential Midwest dive bar. Great bartenders serving ice cold beer. The food is actually pretty decent. One major thing that could be improved upon is the smell. I'm all for dive bar atmospheres, but the scent is even a bit extreme for me. Also, both windows in the entryway are cracked, making this place look dangerous as hell. Probably should get those fixed. $1.50 pool is also not a selling point, but it seems many places are upping the cost to play billiards. If you're looking for a good time with good people and a grand selection of beers, don't miss this spot!

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Jason M.

What a great place to watch NFL or college football games. Plenty of seating, lots of TVs, and they have Sunday Ticket. I really like the beer selection, it's similar in scope to El Bait Shop, and the decor is really fun. It is a great place to go with a group, not as much for a date (it's loud). The food is very simple bar variety, but it tastes good enough. There are not many gluten free or vegetarian options, though they do have a couple salads and some pizzas. I was surprised to see a ton of games like skee ball, a full size shuffle board table, pool tables, etc. There is even a bag game on the patio. Over all, you won't have a shortage of stuff to do or new local beers to drink. If I had one complaint, they are short staffed. Our waitress was great, but there were two plus a bartender for the whole place on an NFL Sunday

Can claw machine: grab a can and you get a free beer at the table, how cool.
Max B.

I was with my dad on the last place for our beer run as it got dark, we were gonna just ford it home but saw this place and decided "we are already here, we might as well check it out". Well it is a nice bar, had tons of games including this pong machine. The food was great and tasty, the staff was patient and able to serve us comepletely to what we wanted. Next time we do a beer run, i wanna recommend this place again, it was fun to come here.

a plate of food and a glass of beer
Heidi H.

My boyfriend and I went to the keystone specifically to try one the beers they had on tap. Simon the bartender greeted us as soon as we got there. He made sure we knew the beers my boyfriend wanted to try came in a small pour and were $15 a pour, which he had expected. I did appreciate him letting us know vefore he poured them. Appetizers were on sale- it was a Sunday afternoon. We ordered th nachos....kinda disappointing, they were a giant pile of Doritos and not a ton of toppings, happy they were on sale. Also ordered the fried pickles, very heavily breaded. The beers were awesome and the bartender Simon was great!

Jalapeño poppers
Jennifer G.

This is a great place to meet for after work shin digs. The location is convenient and the place is huge- lots of outdoor seating, lots of indoor seating, fun plush red couches (those are my favorite :)), and games too. I went yesterday to celebrate a promotion. Our server was awesome! She was super nice, came around often, and gave me a great recommendation on the vanilla pumpkin beer on tap. Also, probably the best part, they have sweet potato beer! YUM! On Friday's they have $3 Fireball shots starting a 7PM. Go get ya some! We did get the jalapeño poppers to snack on which were wrapped in bacon. Yes, please.

Patrick T.

Wow, I thought this would be better! We went for lunch on a Saturday afternoon and I was expecting this to be a rad fun sports bar! Which it is a sports bar, with beer pong table, basketball games, pool tables, tv's, lots of beers on tap and loud music cranking! First off I just want to get this out of the way the coolest thing here is definitely the design of the bathroom, cool mustache paintings, and an actual keg urinal! The patio is also pretty nice, we choose to sit out there! There were a few other patrons out there, and there seems to be a section you can smoke outside which people were doing! Ashley got a big old Caesar salad and really enjoyed it. I on the other hand, got stuck with chips and salsa cause there is nothing on the menu that is vegan! One thing I got cranky about is it said a "Barrel of chips and salsa for 6.95, 1 dollar refills on the chips" when my tiny basket half full of chips came out I was pretty bummed. I also ordered a water and beer, but even after asking twice my water never made it to the table. Our server was nice just maybe a bit over extended and I didn't feel like we were getting much attention! I was hoping to dig this place more but sadly I will have to try again sometime!

The best salad I've had in a long time. Gyro Salad with lamb.

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Spicy and tasty wings, good beer selection and lots of things to do. Wings were tastier than some wing place wings.

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Bingo night was soooo much fun. The host is hilarious!! The wings are good and decently priced!

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