Jive Bar & Lounge

ive been going to jive regularly for several years now & im not sure how things ended up so bad. some time last year i went in with my friend & we ended up going to another bar down the street & running into a lot of the staff & regulars from jive. i got pretty messed up that night which is my god given right & thought nothing of it. a month or 2 later i go back to jive & the bartender Cali who i have gotten cool with over the years asks me if i plan on getting as messed up as last time which i was clearly confused about because again, didnt think too much of it. he then pulls me in close for what im assuming is a hug & proceeds to scream in my ear telling me to shut the fuck up about a problem he completely blew out of the water. i was taken aback & immediately started apologizing to him saying i would never mean to jeopardize him & i thought that was that. he proceeds to stiff my drinks for literal MONTHS & bri gs up my drunken mistake every single time i go back which again, i was a frequent flyer. by constantly making me uncomfortable over a mistake so small that happened MONTHS ago when im just there to have a good time with my friends, i resort to avoiding him & rely on the other bartenders, who happen to be very kind.that all happened over a year ago & more recently in december i brought a group of coworkers in to have a girls night. cali stiffed not only my drink but also my coworkers, so we sent the drinks back & got served by helena. i was just frustrated at the fact that after all this time cali is still acting some kind of way & literally charging me for alcohol when my glass has none in it. at the end of the night Helena, who was always so nice to me & my friend, pull me to the side & ask why im not tipping as much anymore. she explained she was just confused because shes fond of me & wanted to know what was wrong. i understood her confusion since none of this was her fault & told her how cali had screamed in my face & had something against me for such a long time over a situation he blew out of proportion. she understood & offered to mediate a conversation between us which in the drunken moment seemed amazing. they proceed to pull me, a 22 year old girl, into the WALK IN FREEZER where there is NO CAMERAS & NO ONE AROUND. helena made it seem as if she would have my back in this conversation & have cali apologize to me when what it really was was me explaining to cali my perspective & cali, again, blowing this YEAR OLD situation out of proportion saying since i was sooo drunk i somehow "ruined his entire night" (get over yourself i was barely around you that night). & i somehow ended up apologizing to cali AGAIN, receiving no apology, & helena chewing me out some more about "not tipping enough". i explain to them that i always tip well & tonight was just because he stiffed my friend aswell. they werent having it & basically gave me a lesson on tipping as if theyre giving me stellar service & not stiffing me for months. me being drunk i stupidly fixed my tab from $5 tip to a whole $20 tip. i left that night thinking everything was cool but when i woke up in the morning i realized how inappropriate & unprofessional it is to1) pull a patron aside & tell them they arent tipping enough2) scream in my face while ur hands are on me3) stiff my drinks that im paying for for almost an entire year4) pull a young girl into a walk in freezer with no cameras & no one around to yell at her5) essentially force me to tip morehonestly cali is the most emotional man i have ever encountered & needs to figure out how to regulate himself because his outbursts & attitude are out of line. as a grown man why are u blowing situations out of proportion & holding it against me for a year. hes old & bitter & weird. As for Helena im just disappointed about how she let that night play out for me.AS FOR JAMES & CEDRICK : these guys are so sweet & seeing them always made my nights better, they have hearts of gold & are so much better than jive. I wish them all the good things life has to offer.

5 star for an amazing dive bar ... yes, they have touch tunes. Tonight (Monday around 8:00-ish was out of ordinary in terms of the kind of music playing: hard hard rock Korn limp bizkit tool etc - I enjoyed it. There were about 10 folks seated around the bar (not bad for a Monday). The venue has darts and pool and a horseshoe bar that seats about 18-ish. They have karoke some nights and most Saturday evenings, it is pretty packed. They do MEASURE their pours, in the for what it is worth column. When I go during the days on weekends, pretty slow, only about 4 or 5 seated. Oh, and they do have food - bar food. Anyway. Dive bar away, you'll like this place if you like dive bars.

This review would absolutely be 5 stars if they didn't allow smoking. We love everything about this place...except the smoke. Cool vibe, nice crowd, great bartenders, terrific prices and bourbon selection, and some killer bar food. We can only stand to be here during slow times when it's less smoky and even then, it's sometimes too smoky. Which might be a good thing because we'd be here pretty much all the time if we could stand the smoke. Oh- we love the wings- we don't even like wings but they're incredible here. Ironically, they're the only thing here that isn't smoky!

If I could rate 0 stars I would. I went in Thursday night with a friend and when ordering a drink the bartender tried to say my I.D. was fake and "cut short" until my friend asked me if I had my Military I.D. He immediately switched saying "idk why I thought it fake, it was just a mistake ... blah, blah, blah. I felt so racially discriminated against as a black woman. I WILL NEVER BE RETURNING HERE AND GIVING THEM MY MONEY. The second time at the bar, the guy with the ponytail looked over me several times when I walked to the bar. The guys sitting there had just left, so it was just me around about 5 empty chairs. A lady walks up and he immediately went up to her, which is when I had to scream for the bartender to come to me. Even then, he still seemed like a shitty person and definitely didn't get a tip from me.This was not a good atmosphere and I just felt that I was unwanted there. Find somewhere else to spend your money if you're black ... LOLP.S. I don't think I have ever left a review on Yelp before, but there was no way I could pass up reviewing this shithole, racist establishment.

I have been living there in the area for about 10 years now and I've never stopped in to jive bar lounge. I'm really shocked and I'm barely finding out about this place. We really enjoyed our time here. Very smoky, and one of the patrons has their dog all over the place. I mean I love dogs but not everybody loves dogs so if you bring your dog and you need to be a little bit more considerate and don't have your dog begging for food from everybody. That was quite annoying! Nice dog tho. Food: the food is the real winner here! The southwest egg rolls were so dam good! They came out piping hot and we were not given plates so they kept spilling. The wings were very good! Cooked to perfection. Some really amazing wings! The food here is excellent!Service: is quite slow as there is only one lady working this entire place. She definitely tries but needs some help. No way one person can tend to this many folk. They do have pool, darts and shuffle board games. Only drawback was got dam. So much smoke. I feel like I have lung cancer now.

Honestly really dope bar . The bar tender Matt is pretty legendary .dudes got a good vibe and heart ALSO when I went the bathroom was very clean which I didn't expect but made me very happy5 stars for u my boy

Prices are good but restroom needs work. Saturday night karaoke is pretty fun and not too crowded. I was impressed with the extensive whiskey selection.

I went here a couple nights ago on a whim. I really wanted to listen to some live music and this was the closest bar to me with live music on Fridays. It did not disappoint! I got there around 10 and the band was taking a break but they were still playing for hours to come. I think they were playing up until close. I ended up leaving at 1am so I'm not certain on that. It's a very fun place for a date, but I wouldn't go there as a first date because you can't really talk on the music nights. The speakers are very loud but the music was great. They were playing all kinds of hits throughout the decades. And I loved the multiple guitar solos. I will definitely be back! They have pool, ping-pong, shuffleboard, which is different, and I think darts. My only con is that they allow smoking inside. Normally that would turn me off to the place altogether but they do ventilate the bar well so it didn't irritate me as much

Slots in the back, cool! I won, Cool! Go to redeem the tickets and told its handled by management, come back another time. Cool!Come back in the get the envelope, marked with the date of visit and the amount. June 4th, $50. Rip open the sealed envelope to a crisp $10 bill. I could've hid the cash and could be full of shit. Its my word against theres. They got off with $40, good for them, its the principle of it all. Hope karma catches up with management

O stars. Been here multiple times. It never gets better. The 2 bar tenders have terrible service. Dunno if they're drugged out or what. The Asian girl and black guy with dreadlocks are miserable to deal with. They act distraught and irritated that you are asking them to make you a drink or get you a beer. Not like that's the entire reason they are there, right? Bar has a great layout. There's always dogs - which is awesome. But the service is terrible. If you're in the area just go to Mo's, Molly's, or STATS.