The Boulevard

TOM the bar tender (and security duh) is awesome!!!!! I'm the first liquid cocaine shot he made and my girl is the first SCOOBY SNACK shot he made and he was phenomenal !! Ok shot actually was lowkey good asf thanks guys. And shoutout to goathill bar tender for buying my shot. Love how y'all are friends not enemies. Great last night as a 21 year old thanks to u guys

Before I start this review, I would like to note that the auto-suggestion prompt does not know how to spell "ambience" properly.All right, back to the B-L-V-D. I went to the Boulevard about a month ago. I ordered a whiskey, the bartender brought me a whiskey, then I drank the whiskey--after that things took a turn to the outright sublime.Some random beach city woman who was probably seven years younger than me stopped dropping it low to the house music to hold a terrible conversation with me--until DJ Stevedub came out of nowhere, set up his dopest Stevedub turntables and turned the whole bleeping BLVD into a raucous dance party. The first hip hop beat Steve dropped sent the beach city woman sailing back to her friend group, and they all began dancing like absolute freak-a-zoids. Much like the rest of the people present at the bar.Somewhere between the first of many delicious Stevedub mixes and the moment when everyone was shouting the lyrics to an Afroman song--all boogie broke loose like an old booger. Even the muscled up frat/college boys had nothing better to do than twerk to the Yin Yang Twins and Nelly Furtado whilst Stevedub cued up or scratched in another banger. Credit to the BLVD for having a practiced master of the turntables like Stevedub come through. 5 stars.

We never got to experience the food or drinks because the security staff was so obnoxious we left immediately upon entering. We had just had dinner across the street at Triangle Square and hopped around to a few restaurants over there (which is what I recommend) then decided to venture across Harbor Blvd. to "The Boulevard". It was 9pm on a Saturday night, and we were literally the only people there (6 40+ year olds, all couples). They checked all our IDs which is totally fine, but then they interrogated us as to whether we had weapons, checked our belt lines and purses, asked if we had any knives or guns. One of us said "not to my knowledge" the bouncer lashed back ANSWER THE QUESTION! We all agreed that they were either roid raging or their clientele has been very troublesome and they feel the need to shake everyone down that walks in, assuming they're a member of the cryps. Probably the 2nd one, cause none of them were very muscular. Regardless, the place to be is across the street at Triangle Square where all the staff we encountered were great, and the empty bar at the Boulevard confirmed that.

Walked in with friends cause we needed to pass time. If you like punk rock from the 2000's this is the place to be. Music felt very nostalgic for me so I loved it. My friend and I loved the whiskey sours we had. Might be the best we've ever gotten. They also have a taco truck that regularly comes by and they're nice enough to allow food inside from the truck. Everything you need for a late night.

I don't know where to give this five stars because it's a top-notch dive bar or four stars because it's kind of a grungy whiskey bar. I landed somewhere in between. We came on a Wednesday night when it wasn't super crowded. In fact there was no one in there when we arrived at 8:30 PM which is fine with me given that we got to talk to the bartender, Madison,Who despite her youth was extremely knowledgeable in the impressive selection of whiskeys and Bourbons. She made us to exceptional Old Fashions.

If you appreciate finely made cocktails in an old school setting, you will love the Boulevard.We stopped by one afternoon while it was quiet just to check out the throwback red booth seating and muted gold ceiling tiles and couldn't resist ordering a drink. We were the only ones in the bar so our bartender put time into crafting standard drinks that wowed us. Old Fashioned - Rye, bitters, sugar and a fat square ice cube with an orange peel. This was done so right and so proper. The guys that ordered them kept on repeating to me, "This is a really good Old Fashioned." I know it is because I had some of it. Whiskey Sour - When I saw him cracking open an egg and rolling the egg yolk back and forth between the egg shells to get all the egg white out I knew I was in for a treat. Old Forester was the base whiskey, then shaken with egg white, lemon juice and couple of dashes of bitters over the lightly foamy top. Creamy, whiskey goodness. I could've stayed here for a couple of hours and put away four of these if I wasn't with co-workers. They have an extensive and impressive whiskey selection. Pappy Van Winkle, are you serious? YES! Laphroig, Macallan, Whistle Pig, Glenfiddich... Physically the lounge is pretty big as it has a row of booths in the main room and then an equal number of booths in the room right behind it. It's right next door to Goat Hill Tavern and they share the same entrance area. Both bars are great, but if you're feeling that 60s meets hipster vibe, slide on over to the Boulevard. I'm sure it gets crazy on the weekends with a full crowd and local bands playing. Question is... When are you going to go with me?

DO NOT GO HERE!!! THEY ROOFIE PEOPLE!!!!Speaking out about this as it seems like nobody else will. Was here for the first time on Saturday night April 17th to meet for a drink and catch up with my friends. Me and one of my girls ended up blacking out within the 30 mins after barely sipping ONE DRINK! We hadn't been drinking anywhere else that night. Thank God for our friends who ended up taking care of us as we were completely incoherent. The next day to say we were ill would be an understatement. Never felt anything like this. Decided to go take a drug test and it came back positive for OPIOIDS AND BENZODIAZEPINE. We filed a police report and the officer did not seem to care much. Instead he made a remark about the drink we ordered being possibly "too strong". The manager of the bar refused to shows us video surveillance footage of that night and said we don't have enough evidence. I took this matter to social media and more victims came forward. THESE PEOPLE ARE SCUMBAGS!!! Me and my friend were absolutely lucky to have the help we needed. Next girl or guy might not be so lucky. BEWARE!!!!

Came to this bar on Saturday (7/31) and was walking around looking for a table. One of the "security" in a long sleeve shirt with the writing hospitality on the back yelled at me as I was passing by and told me to keep it moving even though I was already walking away. He's an older guy, about 5'8 and a round belly. He was yelling at a lot of people from what I saw. He even was yelling at group for no reason even the other security told the group to just ignore him. Whoever he is, he needs to be retrained. Made the night miserable for anyone who walked by him. If you want to be yelled at for no reason this is your place!

I love this place usually, but last night I was at the bar with a girl and this guy was making her extremely uncomfortable. I told security and they kicked ME out. Like 2 dudes. Kicked me out, after I am trying to make sure that another female is safe? Misogynistic AF. Super pissed. Get better staff. It was also late and I was forced to walk by myself alone at night. You would think that as men working at a bar, they should understand the dangers that can happen to a female. BS. Bet they wouldn't do that to their partner, daughter or mother. Be aware. I don't give a F if the guy was a regular. Sexual harassment is sexual harrassment.

Right next to the Goat but WAY BETTER! Nicely laid out, pretty ceiling tiles but understated otherwise. Lots of parking behind - shares the same lot as the Goat and therefore has 2 entrances: back door and front door. Loved the DJ - so clever. I told him like 10x and he even said "I appreciate you" - humble talent is the best!My friend had her birthday end up here so we were super happy to have such an amazing set of songs to singalong and dance to. I was driving so I didn't partake in all the shots but the bartenders were moving as quickly as they could. There's only one bar but it is the length of the place w/ 3-4 bartenders running around so it's enough.Has a small 1ft stage with DJ could maybe be a tad smaller to make more dance floor but otherwise, great fun and decent dance ability next to the bar.The beauty of this place is all the booths that don't require reservation, the sweet Saturday night DJ and the amazing amount of parking available. Definitely a 20s/30s bar - I didn't feel like there were too many older than that. It got pretty messy towards the end of the night and there was actually a fight that broke out near the "dance floor" but the bouncers and a super human bartender hurdled over the bar to help! It all happened so suddenly... I got shoved but was happy that was all. You can't always help the clientele that comes to your bar (or those that get too hot) but you can see the character of the staff shine through (excellent responsibility and swift removal effort of the aggressors) so I'd definitely return.