Lisska Bar & Grill

Tried to dine at Lisska's on Saturday 12/14/24. Sign in door said they are temporarily closed.

Old school cool! No taps- bottles and cans. They prefer cash and make a great burger and home fries! Great service and low prices!Nostalgia abounds. Stop in and remember the bars of your younger years!

Cute mom and pop restaurant with a variety of daily specials family owned since 1935. Unexpected gem in a rough neighborhood... Real nice folks running the place. They've got everything from burgers sloppy Joe's fresh soups sandwiches breakfast items including eggs pancakes all the basics.. I will certainly bringing my nephews over!

A true hidden gem just off 5th Ave exit on 670. Great breakfast and lunch place. Cheap but large portions and solid diner type food. Not fancy. Felt like a regular the first time I walked in.

Nostalgia. Friendliness. Good cooking. Inexpensive. What more is there? In this day of technology and abrasiveness this place is such a treat. Want to make America great again? Don't support our nimrod president support places like this.The owner gave me a bit of history...been here since the 30's and not much has probably changed. He said it's seen better days but the back to basics is what is so appealing to me. From the awesome neon sign to the down home feel. The owner made my breakfast and it was awesome (and cheap!). The bratwurst was wonderful. And the grill was pristine as another reviewer mentioned. Just good, proud people serving basic, delicious cooking.

This is the dive to end all dives. Not some freshly erected joint trying to emulate the dive vibe, but the kind of place your great uncle would have gone to to suck down a cheap beer and place some bets on the afternoon games. Oh, I guarantee somebody used to run a sports book out of here back in the day. I don't know when Lisska Bar was in its prime, but I have a feeling it was always a blue collar bar where people drank hard and wobbled home. The eats are cheap. Two people, eggs, meat, potatoes and a bloody mary each came out to less than twenty bucks. It's good stuff. Nothing fancy. Sausage is a smoked polish link split and browned on the grill, ham is a nice thick slice, and bacon is, well, bacon. It's old school food. There's nothing gourmet about it. A cheese burger is exactly that. Ground beef fried on a flat top that has been around for a lifetime and then some, topped with a slice of american cheese. Add fries and you're still short of blowing that finski in your pocket. To say the place has seen better days is an understatement, but I did not that the stuff that matters is clean. My 4 star rating is based solely on rating this place as a dive bar and grill. This is the kind of place you need to visit at least once in your life. It's a rite of passage.

A true no frills kind of place. The decor looks straight out of the 60s, and I found the bible stories on the tv a bit off putting. But the service was super friendly, and the beer was cheap. You can have any type of brew you want as long as it's domestic. I also ordered the potatoes off the grill. The potatoes were pretty good, and my $ 6.65check was nice too. You'll also have to deal with some folks coming in to buy scratch offs.

This is truly like walking back in time. I like many reviewers have driven by this place tons of times. Just wondering what it was like in there. Well 1 week ago I did it. And since then I have been back 3 times. It seems to be mostly regulars by the second time I went in Mark the owner called me by name. I had a bacon cheese burger 2 Jim beams and cokes and a piece of cake and left paying less than $14 bucks. And it was a great burger. Not a gourmet burger but a great old fashion hamburger. Like when I was growing up. They make fresh soups everyday and a special. The carrot cake is wonderful! I can't wait to have something but a burger! I went today for the fish and chips but no, got a burger!! Lol. If you have ever wanted to experience time travel please go! And you will enjoy. Let me know!

This place is just weird and I've only visited once around 5PM on a weekend with a friend. It's worth visiting once for the novelty factor. The interior is a pea green and looks unchanged for decades. It's cash only, none of the bar stools match, there's a menu with $2.00 meatloaf (but the grill area was pristine), the pool table was covered with a large cloth which had an old TV and various National Geographics. Best of all is an old photo of an East Columbus (the name of this neighborhood, which has seen better days) football team. There are no beers on tap (there is no tap) and you can also buy over-the-counter pills and lottery tickets. The big art deco sign alone was enough to pull me in.

Best food in town can't beat it can't beat the prices Can't beat the service custom quick you can watch and prepare the food