The Winery Bar

This is the epitome of small town dive bars. I’ve loved this place while attending college and still enjoy reminiscing with friends old and new here. This is a staple of the Decatur culture. Most recently I don’t recall their sign being outside anymore, but that just makes it that much cooler! Get a Winery Burger!

Only reason it’s not a five is because no one gets a 5. Great bar. You know you’re going to get a great burger when the bartender makes it behind the bar. Working class dive bar if you can call a bar with a perfect, non-​stained drop ceiling, meticulous clean wood bar and tile floor a dive. Good beer prices and friendly people.

Dark. Dimly Lit. REAL jukebox, not one of those new-​fangled internet things that eat up all your drinking money. A barmaid who will never allow you to have an empty glass. Oh, and CHEAP.
This hole in the wall is not the place to go if you’re looking to dance or get rowdy, but it is an awesome place to chill out and have some good, cheap drinks.
The jukebox is great. No pop top-​forty garbage. Darts and a pool table await you if that’s your thing.
I can’t speak from experience about the burgers, as I don’t eat beef… but the way my carnivorous friends go on about them, you’d swear they were laced with crack.
They remodeled the place about a year ago, so the leaky ceiling and busted-​up booths former patrons might remember have been replaced. But make no mistake, The Winery retains every bit of its charm.

It’s a college dive bar. THE BEST COLLEGE DIVE BAR. Burgers are OUT OF SIGHT phenomenal. Don’t know what kind of crack they add to them, but you can just keep on eating them forever. Great stuff. Haven’t been there in years though, but man… love this place. Cheap beer, pool table, a great Jukebox, and those burgers… good times!

Their burgers are worth the trip alone. WOW! I was able to put down 6 of them, each one tasting better than the previous. They offer Fat Tire there, and I wish they had a better beer selection, but its not your classy bar type establishment. It does not need to be. Darts, pool, the atmosphere is one that is dark, a little rustic, but oh so perfect. The remodel helped it out a bit, and I will be going back to try and conquer 8 Winery Burgers in 2012.

Best burgers ever! Great ambiance, good crowd, great MU hangout. Clean up the bathrooms and you get the fifth star.