The Mint Bar

I guess we arrived around 6:30 and we were first people or at least only people in the bar. The bartender almost apologetically told us the place would crowded later, but that was fine by us. We ordered a couple mixed drinks and play some pool. Drinks were strong and reasonabbly priced. Pool was free and they had a David Attenborough animal documentary on TV.This is a solid place to throw back a couple if Downtown.

Not knowing what this place was, heard music and out of curiosity I walked in .... oh boy lolThis is an eclectic group. No cover chargePool table outdoor space with musicPlenty of parking as it sits near the cornerCame in and left

If you like dark divey bars this is your spot. It's been around forever. It's located on 19th Street in a rather seedy area of downtown Bakersfield. Low lighting, dark wood walls and the well worn old fashioned long old wooden bar with the mirror behind. Drink prices are very reasonable. They had a BBQ that afternoon and have parties here and there. They have a regular crowd and are a great place to people watch. They have a very diverse clientele with a lot of characters. It was a Sunday afternoon, I had lunch out with family and just wasn't ready to go home. So off I go to the Mint. I hadn't been here in years. I was hoping to run into a few old friends. I'm so glad I stopped in. Rome was behind the bar doing her thing. I was just chatting and catching up with her when a couple of old friends came over to say hey as well. I spent a leisurely afternoon catching up with old aquatints and soaking up the ambience.

Great atmosphere! You'll meet the best type of people here (:! There's no food but the drinks are amazing and the bartenders are very consistent

Nice local dive bar. Mixed crowd. They have a back patio pass the bathrooms. They bartenders def have a "gay bar" pour. And the drink were ~$8.00 each. Play tunes is the DJ (I went a Thursday night). Pretty fun.

Mid bar. It's never really fun. Same shit all the time. Every time I go in, I get a drink and go right out.

Matt with two Ts is a fuckin angel!!He's a super good bartender and a nice person to talk to!! Thanks Matt for the service!! Keep it up been going to the mint for years and he's by far the coolest bartender ever!!

Very inclusive! My fav dive bar! Been going to this place for more than 5 years now! Atmosphere and the people are great! Bartenders are fun and personable. Only downside is you can hardly get a drink on packed weekend nights, which is the best problem to have

I absolutely love this place and the vibe is so amazing. The DJ is always great and the drinks are always strong, but I would like to mention the Bartender that runs the back bar in the patio has the most horrible customer service I have ever seen in my life I am a person that tips very, very well, but this man treated us so badly so so badly That I did not leave not $1 and I feel so bad because that is not my character to do so but that man did not deserve anything! He needs to go!

I must share my history with this location! I hope someone will enjoy the story. My great grandfather Domingo Mungai, from Italy, was my (and all my Destefani cousins') grandma Adeline Mungai Destefani's dad. Around 1890 "D" Domingo owned a saloon at that address. My grandma was very stubborn about not wanting to share our history with Bakersfield so even though during that period there were only 1000 people living in the city , great gpa wasn't mentioned in the history books. One historian of a small book did get gma to share a photo but my family didn't know about it until when almost everyone was dead, I started to do our family tree. Luckily I found that small book in my gma's collections! I went to the THE MINT BAR manager to tell my story when she directed me to a small cut out pic.of the Mungai saloon! I had a nice photo so I give the owner a real framed one". My grandma and her sister would change the prostitutes sheets upstairs D wanted a better life for his kids so he bought a house on the RxR station by BHS. There's an article about Bako bars is in the Bakersfield Life magazine...May 2010. pg.18-19 Bakersfield Wild Nights. Also about THE MINT . It features my greatgpa in the bar. D is not the bar tender. He is the white hair man in the photo along with the kids