S S & W Boardwalk

Stopped into this spot on a Friday night for some live music! I was really pleased with the prices and food selection. This chef knows what he's doing and the bartenders were friendly. Some pointers: this bar is CASH ONLY. They do have an ATM in the back but it was unfortunately not working when I came in. The nearest ATM that I could find is a 6 min drive away and is open 24 hours. In addition, it does get quite busy in there! I recommend heading in early, especially if you're trying to see live music. They have a couple tables outside and had some corn hole going out the side door.

Food has improved in the 7-8 years since I was last here. Place is clean, bowling machine and pool table are awesome, and the food was pretty damn good. Bartender was cool, customers friendly and overall a good experience! Will be back...

Cheap drinks. The beer and AC are colder than my ex's heart. Dale Earnhardt stuff on the wood panel walls. Drink bottled beer...trust me. Mostly neighborhood folks but on show nights at the Beachland you get your occasional hipster with a haircut dumber than mine. They don't stay long...

The other reviewers have already said it, but it's worth repeating...This is an honest dive bar. This is the kind of place you want to sit back and get drunk. There's people who will talk sports, music, the neighborhood, or just give you an icy stare if you interrupt their boozing.The neckbeards and hipsters do pour in with their Fedoras, patchouli and Pabst when there's something happening at the Beachland, but they don't get too weird. This bar has a wide sampling of types of people from the old crazy drunk, to the hip hopper, to the hippie.There's a pool table, dart board, and jukebox. All the things you could want. Plus a simple menu of delicious bar food. And this is the place to get one of THE BEST CHEESEBURGERs ever. Seriously. Get one.

This place is a dive. Not one of your precious faux dives, mind you, where there's kitschy crap on the walls and all the drinks are eight dollars. This is an actual, honest-to-goodness dive bar, where the cigarette smoke is thick in the air (what ban?) and the pool table is older than your grandfather. If you ask for a pomegranate martini, you will get a blank look from the bartender and possibly beaten up by one of the clientele. That said, this is a great place to get a couple drinks in the area, especially, say, loading up before a show at the Beachland.

if i lived on the east side, this would be my bar. it is, as the other reviewer said, a total dive just steps from the beachland. they only have domestics, along with a full bar (shots of black velvet, anyone?) and all the fried food you could ever want when you're drunk. i know this, because we ate here. and it wasn't bad! for what it was.the clientele on friday night were the kind of bedraggled old dudes i expect hang at this place on a somewhat constant basis, and one of them definitely tried to take my friend and i home, though unsuccessfully. everyone was chatty and we definitely had plenty of conversations with the bartender and other drinkers about pretty much anything (lady gaga, jaegermeister, the paint in the bathroom, etc.) and a singalong to the spinners' "i'll be around."the jukebox is the most eclectic one i've seen in a long time, as we were able to play en vogue, social d, marvin gaye, and a smorgasboard of other hits and misses. everything is also cheap. a tab for 3 people - drinks, a round of shots, and food, was 29 dollars - granted, that means you're drinking high life and doing shots of god knows what whiskey, but hey! i'll treat my body like a circus for one night to experience this place.

We strolled in here before a show at the Beachland to find half the bar smoking and the other half gobbling down incredibly cheap bar food. The eaters included a pair of Cleveland cops (sure sign that the food is legit) who didn't seem to care about Ohio's smoking laws. I may not care for smoke, but I'm not complaining. Pabst is served here blissfully free of irony. Everything felt just right at the Boardwalk, which is the genuine dive that other reviewers have noted. The world needs places like this.

Service is poor, beer selection is limited to macrobrews, and they allow smoking inside of the bar. If you are an asthmatic, cancer survivor, or just someone who doesn't want to reek of stale cigarettes avoid this place.

Great dive bar with great service and even better food. Drinks are by far reasonable and crowd is local and very friendly. Live music on Saturdays and Karaoke on Wednesdays too!

Bartender was amazing and she introduced me to an amazing drink I hadn't known about! Liquid Marijuana is def high on my list, when in back in town I will surely be back!