Foodie Friday: Chuck's Bar - Salina, KS
A dinner "date" with one of my friends, ole Dan the Man Hett, landed us at a spot
that has actually been on my Foodie Friday list for quite a while, Chuck's Bar.
Scroll on down to see what Danny and I thought of our first visit here!
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Location: 600 N Santa Fe Ave, Salina, KS 67401
Hours:
Sunday-Thursday: 9am-12am
Friday - Saturday: 9am-2am
Accepts cash/card
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Pulling up to Chuck's Bar I was immediately taken aback by the size of the place
and honestly how cool it looked from the outside. I'll admit that I was expecting
a small little hole in the wall place especially when I saw the area of town it was
in so talk about a pleasant surprise. We walked in through the front door and stood
there in the doorway for a little while trying to figure out where we wanted to sit.
We ended up landing on a hightop table, until the server came over and asked us to
go sit at the bar since he "was the only server" that night. Of course we obliged and
bellied up to the bar where we finally got a chance to look over the menu and pick out our food.
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After some menu research we were ready to place our orders. Danny went first
ordering us the Hangover Pub Fries and himself the Jesse James burger with tater tots.
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Next it was my turn and I went with the easiest choice of
them all, the mac & cheese burger with a side of waffle fries.
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Danny's Review:
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Overall Danny ended up giving the place a solid 8/10 saying his food was really good
and actually some of the best BBQ he has ever had. It had a good flavorful spicy taste
to it and in fact if he was rating just the food he would have given the place a 10/10
saying he couldn't have cooked it better himself. He also said that the service was good, but
that they could have definitely played some more upbeat music if you wanted to be super
picky. Overall he said it is a "really good place if you aren't in a hurry."
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Chuck's Bar Final Stats:
Service: 4/10
Food: 8/10
Cleanliness/Décor: 8/10
Price: $$
Overall Rating: 6.7/10
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This place left me with some mixed emotions. As I mentioned earlier it was a lot nicer
than I was expecting and the decor managed to be extremely rustic without being
tacky. I also dug the atmosphere of the place and could easily see how on a Friday
or Saturday night this would be THE place to go to hang out with friends and maybe
even listen to some live music. The food, once it came out, was absolutely delicious.
The mac and cheese on my burger was nice and creamy and overall the burger had good
flavor. My only complaint is that I wish there was more mac and cheese on the burger. lol
Unfortunately the service is where this place loses some points and brings in my mixed
emotions. We arrived at Chuck's about 7:30 and got our orders in by about 7:45. We
didn't get our food until about 8:45. An hour later. AND not only that, BUT we didn't get
the hangover fries we ordered either because they didn't have any gravy which we
sadly we didn't find out until right before we got our other food. Now I do want to clarify that
this low service rating has nothing to do with our server who was absolutely great. She
did a great job checking on us, was super friendly, and was actually the one that got our
food out to us quicker after she supposedly went and tracked down the cook who was
spending some time in his car rather than cooking the food. lol Honestly I would probably
return to this place because the food was actually really good I just will do it when, as
Danny said, I'm not in a hurry. lol
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