Max McQ’s

My friend and I stopped in at lunch the day after Christmas, the chili soup was very good as well as the beef dumplings stew. The valley salad was very fulfilling .The bartender /​server was knowledgeable and pleasant to us

I was at this establishment last Saturday afternoon with my girlfriend and her mother for a drink and a sandwich. When we came in, we sat down for about 5 minutes, searching for menus. Since we weren’t provided with any at our seats, we had to fish some away from some tables in the back. The bartender, who was also the server (some tall guy with a beard and a stupid hat) comes over and takes the drink order. When he returns, he takes my girlfriends food order, then her mothers and walks away disregarding me completely. He returns with waters, looks at me and says «so, you’re not eating dude?» to which I reply «I was planning on it… you never asked». He then rolls his eyes and takes my order. We all ordered wraps, fries and side salads. We never received the fries. When he comes and brings the check, after I pay and sign (while he’s watching the entire time) he was quick to come over and retrieve the check before practically shuffling the three of us out of the door! I will never return to this establishment… the food wash’t bad but I refuse to eat anywhere that hires degenerates like this!

I wrestled with giving these folks 3 or 4 stars, and hope on my next visit to upgrade. This place is located in «The Valley», and anyone that has been around Akron for awhile knows that what was once a very up and coming area has largely fallen on hard times, with low-​income housing close by, and the requisite check-​cashing places etc. that follow.
In the day I was quite fond of this place for a local watering hole with grub.
Since the Doc has cleverly nicknamed my liver «Sponge Bob», I’ve been focusing on the food.
Stopped by on a weekday long after normal lunch hour, (2:00-ish), on the way from errands run in the Falls to home in Bath.
I got their grilled buffalo chicken salad, and the lady got a pizza.
Both of us had iced tea, (brewed) to drink.
The barkeep was our waiter.
Amazingly he did a GREAT job tending us with never empty glasses, ample conversation, honest opinions about dishes served on site, (VERY refreshing), etc.
His name was John, and this was, dumbfoundingly, the best waiter experience I’ve had in years, and the all-​time best I’ve EVER had in this type of venue.
KUDOS John!
The salad was ample, and as requested came with extra wing sauce. It would have been excellent, but the sauce was kinda so-​so. It lacked the heat typical of the genre and just didn’t meet expectations.
It might have been home-​made, but straight from the bottle would be an improvement to my tastebuds.
The lady was kind enough to suggest I try a slice of her way-​ample pizza in lieu of the pita triangles that accompanied the salad, and who am I to turn down that good an offer?
This is the best bar pizza I’ve ever had.
She ordered it with extra cheese and unlike other pizza hawkers, it actually had double cheese on top. The (homemade) crust was perfectly done, had ample homemade sauce and the pie was quite flavorful despite her annoying habit of forgetting to order any meat on her pizza. (Actually she didn’t forget, I just likes me meat!)
It was served with shakers of parmesan and red pepper flakes, nice touch Max!
The barkeep had to have appeared at our table 10 times during the course of serving us, and get this, offered «to go» cups of our teas when the check was presented.
At a bar, mind you!
Damn!
Why didn’t I get a Long Island iced tea!!!
Their special today was a home-​made 12″ one-​topping pizza for $ 5.00.
Damn!
Good food, good prices and great service!
They had a board listing their daily specials all of which were similarly well priced.
Tell Mad Max we’ll be back!!!

Lent Review
Stopped in for lunch since we didn’t have cash for Michael’s AM… decided to give it a try during daylight.
Only 3 other parties in the whole place and it was still rather loud from the TV’s showing ESPN… March Madness has just started so we were glad to have Sports Center to watch.
The place is a dark dive even in the middle of the day… pool table is strategically placed where the ceiling is peeling and there are some dodgy parts of the railing to the 2^nd level but the tables are clean and look rather new.
The bartender waited on everyone… was really efficient and got us refills of our soda before we asked.
Lent special was either 8 shrimp or all you could eat fish with 2 sides AND a side salad… over all a good deal.
Chips and fries were good. really fresh… but loaded with salt and pepper.
Over heard the bartender explaining to another table the fish was Pollack… and then had to explain what Pollack was :-)… he did a great job and was super patient with the people who seemed endlessly confused.
We aren’t fans of Karaōke but I would visit again on an off hour lunch… the noise was a bit much even with so few people in the place.

Big comfortable bar and the food wasn’t bad. A few old fashioned TV’s whose sound is automatically turned off when someone plays the jukebox
Been there twice. Sat at the bar one time and was treated pretty well. The second time we sat at a table. This was later in the evening and we were the only ones not sitting at the bar. The waitress delivered drinks to us and then went home without a word to us. We finally figured out that we were on our own and went to the bartender to order our food.

Great for a strip mall bar joint. Much bigger inside than I expected. Waitresses were nice and attentive. Tuesday nights special was a burger and fries for $ 2.99 when you buy a drink. I opted to add the $ 3.75 long island on special. Not a bad deal. Variety of music playing but was low enough and comfortable enough to be able to enjoy dinner and conversation. Bonus: the fries here are beer battered and really good!

I had never even heard anything about this place until I made a friend recently who frequents the place. So a couple of us went one night. And had a fantastic time. Karaōke on a Friday night was a lot of fun– we’ve been back on a Friday since then.
They also have pool, darts, and classic bar video games. The bartenders and friendly and provide excellent service. The food that I’ve tried has been decent for bar food.
Saturday nights they have bands, so that’s hit or miss depending on the band.
The beer selection is lacking.