Tackle Box

I’ll give 2 stars because they used to be cool… but the last few times I went… there was like no options for the wild game there used to be! They of course blamed the drought (the #1 Cali excuse for anything going wrong anymore)…um…isn’t some of that stuff imported from other states? The frog legs looked like what should be left after you eat them (breaded bones)…and they can’t seem to decide whether or not they should have a salad bar. Thanks for the peanuts though… at least I had the chance to fill up for a good half hour or so before the food came… and spitting the shells on the dining tables and floor is fun (like we’re getting away with something)! Nice dog… just hope it doesn’t end up on the menu… because of the drought… where does it shit though? LMAO!

I’ve come to this place a couple times, both times weren’t great. The first time, I went in with my sister and one of our girlfriends and immediately got stared down by many people in the establishment. We just came in to play some pool, but apparently we didn’t blend in enough for the regular patrons. It was an alright place, good amount of pool tables, decent priced drinks, but damn, based on the looks we were getting, a lot of people seemed weirded out that a few latinas were hanging out in this country style bar. Hello?! We grew up around here and like pool and beer.
Anyway, second time, the band suckled a heffer’s titty. Dude sounded like he had a frog in his throat… And then croaked «Trump for President!» Lol This is real life. There guy sitting in front of me echoed a similar sentiment and proceeded to get into an argument with my veteran friend… we moved away, only for him to tap my shoulder and tell me «fuck illegal immigrants». Cool move bro, picking on a 5’4 120lb female.
Just a couple fine examples of Tackle Box’s fine environment.

As an openly queer, tattooed, liberal, social justice seeking, short-​haired woman, I felt so creeped out before I ever walked into this place. There’s a gun/​ammo shop next door, gigantic 4WD trucks in the parking lot, and the place just looks redneck. I’ve lived in Chico for four years and managed to never patronize this establishment, for good reason.
But alas, I was there for a friend’s birthday celebration, so my fiancé and I decided to brave it together. We were there before everyone else in our party. On the journey to the front door at 6:50pm, we passed no fewer than 10 large trucks with ridiculously large tires, 3 confederate flags, at least 2 people smoking pot (if that’s your thing, cool – but geez, do it at home), and a California-​sized cloud of cigarette smoke. This doesn’t even take into account the tiny parking lot, which I refused to park my car in for fear of some drunk asshole smashing into it.
When we entered the place, I was appalled. I’m from Indiana, so I’ve been to some super duper redneck places, but this place takes the cake. Dead (trophy?) animals covering the walls, unfinished drywall in their «kitchen» area, NASCAR memorabilia, the stench of smoke and rancid beer, and sadly, an infant who was placed on top of a table while the band complete a few songs for their sound check, complete with parents sharing a pitcher of beer. Oh, and an industrial sized fan on the ground. You know, like the ones in the livestock buildings at the fair.
I tried to make myself comfortable in this bar, but I just couldn’t. I was surrounded by friends, but couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was going to threaten my life, kick my ass, or both. The place just wreaks of testosterone-​fueled fights. Hello, guns and ammo next door!!!
One star for all of the aforementioned characteristics of this bar, plus the peanut shells and saw dust on the floor, actually earns The Tackle Box negative stars for my review. Since Unilocal won’t allow that, one will suffice.
This may sound like a wonderful place, or even be a favorite to some folks, but to me it’s just gross and creepy. I will definitely not ever be back to The Tackle Box. Ewwwwww. Ewwwwwww. Ewwwwwwww.

I’ve thought about visiting the tackle box due to some of my friends raving about it. Not after the first impression of it before even being a customer! :(
A friend of mine was celebrating her birthday there Saturday night. My boyfriend and I wanted to stop in real quick to say hi, we couldn’t stay long. We had brought a gift for her, a bottle of her favorite wine, and I forgot to buy a wine bag for it.
When we get to the door to show our IDs, the bouncer tells us it’s a $ 5 cover for the band playing. We explain to him that we were only going to be there a few minutes to drop off the birthday gift for my friend. He sees the bottle of wine and tells us to get the f*** out. We were more than cooperative. Our friend followed us out so that she could put the bottle of wine in her car. In the 5 seconds it took her to meet us, the bouncer is yelling at us to leave or put the wine in our pockets (really dude? Have you ever put a bottle of wine in your pocket?) We were not fighting your argument that if the ABC saw it, you guys would be in trouble. But if you were so worried that the ABC would show up in the 10 seconds we were trying to put the bottle away, maybe you should rethink running the business. You won’t be getting any of mine, anyway.
The situation could have been handled way more professionally. The rest of the crowd wasn’t too alluring either. Makes me not feel so proud to live in this community.

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My friend has some drunk drop a beer and the broken glass cuts her ankle, deep gash, needs stitches! Manager comes over with a bandage! Basically tells me, who cares and walks away. Fuck this place and that dick manager!!!

I love this place. 1 $ taco Tuesday, just bomb food in general. I love all their sandwiches and garlic fries. I think the old cook was better though lol n staff in kitchen is now unfriendly n lethargic which is why I took a star off. Blah. Corn beef n cabbage on St patty’s too. Staff is friendly n I always come to listen to music n drink some beers. I enjoy this place.

For #chicobreakstherecord the bathrooms are SHOCKINGLY SPARKLING! Even the men’s room, not that I would know! I only heard! Way to go guys for keeping up with the venue during music month ²⁴⁄₇. What excuse do ANY OTHER BARS HAVE?! The extra tp on the backs of the toilets is a HUGE plus! Thank you Tackle Box!
#blameitontheipa @longboatbrew

The tackle box is awesome! Cheap drinks and the best atmosphere. Live music nights and Sunday buffet. Love it!

I love the Tacklebox! They have the best grilled cheese ever!!! I love their karaōke nights too! They need to offer something on thurs like they do tues to drawing more people! The improvements to the place are still underway and are looking great. They do need a better smoking area though so everyone doesn’t have to enter and leave through smokers smoke. I hate the smell. Shaigh is the best bar tender ever! Love her!

We liked it here before but they are in he middle of renovating it from a two room space to one big space w a stage. Not sure I am sold on the new setup.

Totally dug the Tackle Box in Chico! Had great service, ordered the fish and chips for lunch, it was awesome. The fish was great and huge pieces, not too much breading, love the peanuts and atmosphere and of course the draft beer! ;) Seems like a great place to party at night as well. We were there for quite a few hours during the day and had a great time. OH! and Keno, I think the Keno kept us there and ordering pitcher after pitcher! LOL Fun times. Can’t wait to go back!

Never ate here, and never would, this review is for the store. Back in the day when they opened I tried to support the place and bought over-​priced stuff from them. I believe it was opened by a couple long-​time chico ex-​frat dudes, at least they always talked about ‘keggers at the river’.and these guys were like in the 50’s and 60s’! As time went on, they stated acting like they couldn’t care less if I bought anything from them, I used to have to go find one to ring me up as they would be outside smoking and shooting the sh*t and got snotty when u asked if they wanted to sell something. … Then they started running out of just basic stuff like nightcrawlers! I started going over to the little shop on Esplanade. To be honest, I am really surprised they are still in business.

Not sure why TB has 3 stars– possibly from unopened minded people? Every experience I’ve had with both the bar, food, shop & people have been great! All staff & the owner have always been pleasant, friendly & very welcoming! I love that you can come in dressed as you please & w/​out a pretentious atmosphere! So many establishments around Chico have that pretentious vibe that just doesn’t vibe with me. It’s a great place to hang with friends, grab some drinks, food, play some games & catch the latest games & bands! Always something fun & new going on! Sunday brunch is a must here & other menus as well– they have a great cook (reminds me of my grandmothers cooking)! If your looking to have a fun night out, a champagne brunch or catch the games– check them out! Kids are welcome for food & fun until 9PM & my kids enjoy the above:)

This place is seriously a hidden gem!!! We were looking for a place to watch the Bruins play and we accidentally came across the Tackle Box (thank goodness!). The bartender, Melissa, is SO awesome! She’s so friendly and even brought her own ingredients for some AMAZING Bloody Marys! There’s a friendly lab and a small goat that walk around here :). Super fun and friendly atmosphere!!! I highly recommend this bar. 5 stars!!!

Burger was just ok considering I paid about $ 8+ for a burger that didn’t even come with a few fries or a bag of chips.

I usually come here for the food. Best breakfast burrito I’ve ever had. The chicken fried steak breakfast is damn tasty as well. Killer gravy! I can’t wait to try other items on the menu but I’m still stuck on the breakfast burritos.

This bar/​grill is a joke. Please some body please send bar rescue there way. Service was horrible. Seems they pay way more attention to the Locals rather then new patrons. I waited 15 minutes for a drink and finally went off on a bartender and asked for the owner whom was there. He compted my drinks so I’ll give it a star for that. The crowd was some of the rudest rednecks I’ve ever had the displeasure of being around. The place has a ton of potential! New staff and maybe a different theme would help. Lots of room And games. Peanuts at every table was a plus. Really wish I could give this place a good review but unfortunately
it blows donkey dicks!!! I will never go back there and I will make sure that no one I know will waste there time or money on this sorry excuse for a place to have a good time. And I’m a cool guy. So sucks to be you «tackle box» :(

This review is for the BAR/​FOOD only!
I’ve seen my share of dive bars. At first look, it has all the makings of a badass dive bar. Tha’ts where the story goes straight the fuck downhill after that.
I went in on 6÷14÷13 and was the sober drive for wife and her friends (one who was having her birthday). The first problem was the bartender. some skimpy little white chick who had her nose upturned to almost every person that came to the bar. I stood there for nearly ten minutes with CASH IN MY HAND waiting to order a drink. Finally one of the girls from Jerky Gurls said «Hey, can someone take his drink order please?
SO, we get our drinks FINALLY. I swear a mixed drink at Disneyland would be cheaper! As far as the food goes… OH BOY!
So my Brother in law ordered 2 tacos (the menu said they had *ahem* «decent sized tacos. These tacos would leave a mosquito still hungry. I ordered Fish and Chips and asked for cocktail and tartar sauce on the side. When the food came nearly an hour later, I had limp fish, soggy chips, and shrimp on the side that was browner than a camels asshole… and no sauce! SO, I walked into the restaurant area and stood there as the skinny tweaker server chick with prison tats was bitching about how she hated customers that complained the tacos weren’t big enough (dude, that’s my wife’s brother you’re bitching about). She then went on to bitch and moan about how she hated drunk people. DUDE, You work in a dive bar/​taver/​grill. People are supposed to be drunk there.
It wasn’t until the big fat guy who was making the food (and sweating like a whore in church all over the food) realized I was standing there, that he cleared his throat and asked what I needed help with. I asked for sauce and the skinny tweaker smacked her lips and grabbed two itty bitty containers for the sauce and filled it about ¼ of the way. I said «May I have more than that please?» And the response was «Sorry, I can’t get it out of the container».
Really the only good point of the night was trying the jerky from Jerky Gurls. Otherwise that place blows serious nuts and I’ll never return there again!
Save your money and just get a burger elsewhere. Seriously one of the shittiest places I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll take navy food and milk from the middle east over this places food any day!

There is no two ways around it.
This is a bar for hunters/​fishermen and biker types. It’s a man’s man bar. And quite possibly the best I’ve ever been to.
My SF loving, skinny jean wearing ass wandered into this place last weekend and left with a big old grin on my face.
You know that you’ve found a good spot when the following things occur: peanut shells on the floor. A free round of whiskey shots, on the house, despite the fact that I don’t drink. I gave my shot away. They have Foosball. They have shuffleboard (s). Pool tables. Live music. Good food. AND no attitudes.
No ish. I walked in at 9p on a Friday night expecting to find a good olé boy meat market.
WRONG!
It was an older (read, mellow) crowd, everyone looked like they had a divorce or two under their belts and guys were smiling at each other. No weird, bitter, angry sausage fest vibes. Pretty ladies all over the place. What’s not to like?
And, I’d like to add, its smells like «green soap» every time I walk in. You know that soap that they use at your tattoo artists’ place, the liquid in the squeeze bottle? Straight Castile soap. You can’t get any cleaner than that.