St. Louis On The Cheap: Barney's Sports Pub

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Leave your pretense at the door when you head out to Barney's Sports Pub. A South City neighborhood bar that welcomes anyone in the city, Barney's is a spacious dive bar and embraces that label. It is an unassuming, relaxed spot and if you are headed there you had better be feeling the same way.

Barney's isn't a joint with fancy floors, tables, or lighting. Like any sports bar worth their salt, the most expensive pieces of "decor" are the clusters of televisions consuming a wall within each of the seating areas. Barney's drink prices fall right in line with the decor and you would be hard pressed to order a drink more than five dollars. Barney's is a straightforward watering hole without the frills that come along with high drink prices. The waitresses even mentioned they are considering dropping their standard prices even further in the near future.

Barney's is a sport pub and when you make your way past the main bar it is hard to mistake that. There are plenty of dart boards to be shared among the regulars and newbies alike. One hard to find perk at Barney's is the ease of finding a table and chair even when the bar is busy. There is plenty of seating and multiple angles to catch the NFL Sunday Ticket or a slap-shot action as it happens.

The standard pub fare and the great drink prices draw in a regular crowd, and even during your first visit you sense the hanging out at a friend's house vibe. Be it the comfort food, concrete floors, dim lighting, or the murmur of the game in the background there is a certain friend's basement vibe that is unmistakable.

Barney's Sports Pub is located at , just west of the intersection of Hampton and Chippewa. Their normal hours of operation are Monday from 3pm until 1:30am, Tuesday through Thursday from 3pm until 3am, and Friday through Sunday from 11a, until 3am.