James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW Post 246

Went there for the 90s party. The Bartender with the dreads was extremely rude and unprofessional. We were the only ones at the bar and she got pissed about where we were standing to order. She was loudly talking poorly about us to the other bartender and motioning to us because we were standing a foot away from where she preferred we stand and order. I went up later to order a chuck norris and she cut me off and kept asking me how to make it saying she’s never heard of that, then when I told her she cut me off again and ket repeating “we don’t have that” then she said best she could do was a water moccasin… funny she can’t make the most basic shot but can make a multi ingredient $10 shot lol. So we ordered them and then she over poured and said “you know the drink is gonna be good when your bartender over pours” proceeded to call the other bartender over and they both took the shots (before she even gave us ours) and THEN decided it was time to hand us our drinks. It was a super weird experience and we didn’t buy anymore drinks after that just because of her attitude alone.

Overrated.

Hayley runs a great trivia here on Wednesdays. HIGHLY RECOMMEND— it’s the most fun I’ve had doing trivia :D

I've never felt safer anywhere else. This is my home bar. I love the karaoke by Steve, who is amazing. My favorite bartender is Dwayne. He is an amazing guy who will make sure you are taken care of. The other Karaoke people such as Serenity, Oliver and Rosé are awesome as well. I have never had a bad time here. All staff are there to make sure you have a good time. It is always top notch!

I visited here Saturday night 11/25/23 around 9:25 pm. The bouncers need to be educated on service animals. I came with my medic alert service dog in training who goes with me to medical appointments (including Mayo Clinic) TSAs in multiple airports don’t even blink at, and the greenhorn bouncer at this place not only gave me an unnecessarily hard time, but when I asked what they would have done if I was a blind person coming in with a seeing eye dog, the bouncer replied “what would a blind person be doing in a bar???” The level of ignorance and sheer ableism in that response told me everything. Because, wow, disabled people don’t have lives and can’t enjoy parts of life that every one else does??? I told the bouncer that disabled people are everywhere. We are every kind of person imaginable, and we are everywhere. The bouncers here clearly need education on people with disabilities, inclusion and accessibility, as well as service animals and what the ADA guidelines and laws are. I can’t help but wonder what happens when actual veterans come in with their service animals. Unbelievable. I will not be patronizing this establishment again. Bouncers, work on your ignorance and ableism for the sake of every other disabled person that will ever come in those doors and have you try to deny access to them. You can’t do your job correctly if you don’t know accessibility laws. This should be included in standard training for any bouncer, anywhere. The VFW in uptown, you are a disgrace.

Went here after a Broadway show at the Ordway Theatre and it was disgusting. It smelt like fruit flies and mold. The bartender who had dreadlocks made my drink after coming inside from smoking a cigarette without washing her hands. She was also very strange, maybe drunk(?) and made me and my entire party feel extremely uncomfortable. There are way too many fun bars in the uptown area to waste your time here. You’d be better off going to Iconos, Iron Door Pub, or Up Down.

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Horrible place, some greasy cook was yelling at us in the parking lot saying “better be going to the vfw” He looked angry and aggressive so my partner and I left and didn’t even walk in the front door. Weak staff

I love this bar because the bouncers are the best I have ever seen! I hope the worlds venues are watching because the security here make sure it's a safe environment for everyone to have a good time.