Blackbird Bar

Stopped in because it was a stop in our Old Fashioned passport.Old Fashioned was good and less expensive then most. Service was quick even though it was pretty busy. Decor is cool.

First, true dive bars smell like piss and the drinks are usually grandpa beers and shots that can get you screwed up on $10. I am digging my draft cocktail called Sunglasses at Night, and at $10 a pop qualifies as a hipster drink not a dive bar drink so let's get our verbiage correct. No dive bar has draft cocktails. Or anything that requires fresh fruit. Or any drafts over $3 a glass.So now that we can re- label The Blackbird as a cool hipster place with a kick ass draft cocktail I'm happy.We love bars that are full, loud, and filled with action. You won't be disappointed.Decor is cool, thrift shop chic. Music is crushingly loud which I love when it's music I love. Sadly I'm a gen xer so the playlist tonight is a stretch. I love this bar they are getting everything right except calling it a dive bar. It's a hipster joint and that's ok. All the authentic dive bars are going out of business. Can I have another Sunglasses at Night, Please? My $25 tab tonight would have been my grandpa's dive bar allowance for a week.

Great place to have a surprise birthday party for my friend and it was a great place to order pizza, great drinks and have a outdoor back patio that is amazing with basil garden too! Service was great too!

On a bar hopping night, my first stop was Blackbird at the southern end of KK. It had a sparse crowd on Valentine's Day, but I struck up conversation with an older couple who were headed to Hungry Sumo for dinner. The bartender was gregarious and knew a few people sitting at the bar. He was friendly enough towards me but drawn to the couples he knew. Amazed Blackbird had a Mezcal cocktail on tap as Mezcal isn't a favorite of the average Milwaukee drinker, I found it too sweet, but the smoke came through. Blackbird's decor echoes a thousand other Milwaukee bars. You could be anywhere within a 100 mile radius. Blackbird's a nice bar, but wasn't particularly distinctive.

I've been coming to Blackbird Bar for about a year or so and it's one of my favorite spots to hang out with friends, grab a drink and play board games. The vibes are chill, the drinks are yummy and they have great happy hour deals throughout the week. Maybe you're looking for a low key bar to chill on a date or looking for a place to hang with friend this can be your spot. And if you're into pin ball games you can play those too.

We live super close, but hadn't been in for a few years. They did a little remodeling, and it looks great. The last time we were in there, they had board games that they seem to have ditched- maybe pandemic related. Anyways it's a nice chill vibe, great happy hour deals, and a friendly bar tender. Definitely a neighborhood bar we have to pop in to support more often.

The kind of bar you make friends with the person in the stool next to you. Chill vibes, great specials and good drinks. Love this ambiance.

We were walking by killing time looking for a place to get a beer when we happened to peak through the door. From the outside, the place looked dark and dingy. BUT... the inside is super cozy and charming with a north woods vibe! Loved it! Great selection of beer and very friendly staff!

I LOVE the Thursday night Trivia!!! It is a hipster bar with a chill vibe and fun times guaranteed! It what I would consider a typical Milwaukee-area "dive" bar - which is narrow and long, dimly lit, and full of character. There is a larger space at the back of the bar where some people hold birthday parties and shenanigans. The bartenders are always nice and attentive and drink prices are standard for the area and time of day when I visit (trivia time). Did I mention there is great trivia on Thursday nights?! I got hooked during the time of the covid, when the host Joe was kind enough to hold free virtual trivia every couple weeks. He and his wife are an entertaining team!I'll definitely be back soon :)

Let me start by saying, they don't have high chairs! Hahaha. Now with that said, there were two babies in this place and yes one was mine lol. It was too loud for them, really. But the staff was so friendly towards the little one. Bartender had it going on, he made the place vibe. They have really fun drinks, I had the bee sting, something about gin, honey and lemon-yum! Food portions were huge! I will be back, just without the baby.