I have been religiously going to City Bar since I could go to bars - the initial reason was because of the staff. Very conversational, always remember me and my friends, great senses of humor, etc. etc. all good things. I have to walk past it on my way home every night, and I usually stop by just to go hang out with them - wouldn't be able to do that if it was a super rambunctious bar all the time.\n\n(side-note: it feels a little weird writing about this place - probably the longest review I'll give - just b/c I feel like this is a very formal thing to do for a place that I have a very informal relationship with. BUT I love it so I'm doing this :)\n\nWhich is another thing I love about this bar. If you go there at the right time on the proper days, you're gonna have fun. If you like to go out and party and meet people and be rowdy, go there on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays after 10 or 11pm. If you wanna just go and chill out and have a beer (which they have a pretty good selection of, including great local beers) and eat some food, go there any other time. It IS in a college town, so when it's busy that's who's gonna be there. Just go during Happy Hour and there's usually a wider range of ages.\n\nThey have really good specials, too, and their prices are already great. Thursday is my favorite special (lots o' beer!) - their infused strawberry and cucumber vodkas are amazing (they also sometimes have other flavors?), but get it shortly after they make it because they usually run out before a week.\n\nGame night (Tues) and Trivia night (Mon). Cards and other games etc etc etc but also free darts and Nintendo64s!!!!! Go MarioKart. They come up with the Trivia questions/themes.\n\nThe food: free popcorn - just go to the back bar and pick it up. Yum. Also, super into their burgers (I always get the City Burger, Sweet Jimmy B, or South of the Border). Get the tots, ask for them buffalo.\n\nAlso, limited cell reception. Music gets a lil loud. They have one of those digital jukebox things (that you can also get an app on your phone for). I'm pretty sure there's free WiFi (ask for password). Lit up bar is cool. Lots of seating. TVs.\n\nOh, also-also, for you non-Madisonians, it's on State Street. The parking is around the corner in a garage or on the street around the block (only taxis and buses on State St).
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