St. Louis On The Cheap : Friendly's Sports Bar & Grill

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The hardest thing about Friendly's Sports Bar and Grill isn't getting in the door or paying for drinks, it is finding the place. Friendly's is the definition of a corner bar, located on the Roger and Potomac, is the definition of a corner bar. This bar has been sitting smack in the middle of the Tower Grove South neighborhood since 1928 and has seen the neighborhood through every face life and every up and down.

Friendly's has remained the same friendly, inexpensive watering hole but they have had a few face lifts of their own. Most recently Friendly's doubled their size both inside with the addition of a game room, and outside by adding a quiet corner to their infamous beer garden. If you haven't spent an evening in Friendly's beer garden, you should add it to your "must-do" list. As any regular or casual drop-in will tell you their selection of lawn games has no rival in the city. The first games you notice lined up and begging to be played are the washers and sandbag pitching games, which are not to be outdone by the Hoosier (or Ladder if you must) Golf set quietly sitting by the side lines. All of the lawn games are first-come, first-served and free and you don't even have to miss watching the big game to play since there are three televisions beneath the garden's pergola.

So you've got games outside and cheap drinks all around (including a daily happy hour from 3pm-6pm), but if that doesn't convince you that the search for Friendly's is worth it perhaps Ski-Ball will? Friendly's just opened their second game room and a second bar that doubled their size. A cheaper and more laid back Dave n' Busters is what awaits you on the other side of the wall. In addition to the standard touch-screen game console, shuffleboard games and pool tables they have Ski-Ball and a motorcycle racing game. And, of course, what bar is complete without a dart board? Maybe bars where the fancys like to hang out, but not your comfy corner bar. Friendly's has the obligatory dart-boards and a popular league on Wednesday nights.

Friendly's Sports Bar & Grill is located at in Tower Grove South. They are open seven days a week from 11am until 1:30am.