North City Tavern

This bar totally serves the North End on the weekend. Friday night was so busy with karaoke that there was no room to sit! I Like no room. I loved the atmosphere, and want to spend my $$. But during the rest of the week the bartenders want to close early and serve everyone else. Good luck!!

Most of the reviews of this place are pretty negative & sadly they are right. This establishment is a Dive & most of my friends know I love Dives & boy do I make most Dive bars a LOT of money. I buy only premium call liquors as opposed to a lot of customers who only buy PBR's or the cheapest liquor you can get and I also usually get the munchies, so I end up buying food as well. But within a short period of time this place definitely lost my patronage. First the bathroom door handle was absolutely nasty & sticky! God knows what's gone down in that bathroom. Also there was only one stall so you sometimes have to wait a long time to use the facilities. The patrons are super sketch. I tried some of the food, when it came out it was so hot that it burnt my mouth & it also tasted like cardboard. Then my friend kept mentioning how cold it was. Once my drinks started wearing off I realized she was right, here it was mid-November and they had opened the door that we were sitting right next too. Freezing cold! There was no where to sit in the bar that was not next to an open door. I knew I wouldn't last more than a few minutes if I was freezing cold, so I went and closed the door. Within 30 seconds, the bartender had opened the door again, once again freezing us to death and you could tell she couldn't have cared less. 2 minutes later we had closed out our tab and moved on to a new bar. I can't even count anymore how many hundreds of bars I've been to in my life, especially as an Elite Yelper, but this joint sucks & I certainly won't be back! Good luck to you if you take your chances here.

Yes, it's a little dive bar. Generous pours, very inexpensive. I didn't find the employees overly friendly, but that was ok. There are pull tabs and plenty of TV's. I didn't order any foods or visit the restroom, so no comment on those. The parking lot is small and tight, so be careful if you have a larger car.

Sometimes you need that class dive bar experience and this joint delivers - ornery bartender, jukebox with lots of 90s hits, pool, darts, regulars, etc.

This place is exactly what you'd expect it to be from seeing the exterior: an old school dive bar where the average customer is 50+ years old. Not your cup of tea? Totally understandable. But, if you like a bar where the bartenders know all the regulars names, the pours are heavy, the drinks are cheap, and the game is always on, this is a solid spot. Would I bring a date here, or a group who is looking to knock back a few and then go dancing? For sure not. Would I show up with a buddy, have 5-10 drinks, watch a game, play some pool, and then somehow make my way home? You bet. And that's the beauty of it.

Great service, cheap drinks relaxing environment. People who frequent are fun to be around so you always feel welcomed. I highly recommend it for a casual getaway

Dive bar in the true sense of the word. I liked the vintage look from the outside which is what drew me inside. It is a neighborhood watering hole for regulars. Visitors are welcome, but don't sit in a regular's seat. Straight up bar drinks and drafts. Our bartender was very nice, and she was being very vigilant with the sanitizing to meet COVID standards. I like the place, and I would hang out with the sole purpose of the main reason for the place, to drink.

Talk about a dive bar!!! This place has to be as old as Father Time himself!! It has to be one of the oldest bars still (barely) standing in the shoreline area if not THE oldest!! But what a great place!! Ya gotta scrappy bunch here and it's always a good time on a Friday or Saturday night!!

This place is a dive, which can be fun. But not this place. Snobbish bartenders which big attitudes. Becoming unbearable to even sit down. Beer prices are way out of line. Might as well go across the street to Peking lounge.

This is a dive bar in every sense of the word if you're just going somewhere to hang out with a group of friends I do recommend this dive it doesn't get overly crowded in there and if you like to people watch people sing karaoke while they're drunk this is the spot for you you should go and check it out sometime