Raceway Pub

I’m actually gonna give this place five stars. The bartender downstairs amber is awesome. She had a lot to deal with tonight with the Halloween party to deal with, but she did awesome. Also I tired the pizza due to a recommendation to a regular. It was phenomenal. Yes the other reviews are pretty much correct, This Is a great bar. I’ll be back.

trivia night on tuesdays is great ashley is very professional, when i walk in she already knows my order come out and play trivia the host is funny and knows his stuff

This bar reminds me of the bars where I went to college: small, smokey, lots of character, and no college students. You can fish for porn, stuffed animals, and sex toys in their claw machine. Bar service was quick even on a Friday night. There was a cover band (they were fine), and between sets the crowd packed onto the small dance floor to do the Wobble. I adore the «alone games» even if I’m with someone, and I like that theirs is at the corner of the bar instead of up against the wall. One of the first sentences I heard when I came in was «Yes, I am a card carrying member of the NRA!» followed by a hearty handshake. All the NRA members seemed friendly enough. I’d say over 50% of the clientele was wearing camo or something sports-​related. There was a guy… the overweight version of Mr Clean… who stared at me in the creepiest way. Usually if you’re staring at someone, and they look up at you, you stop, right? Not this guy. We’re talking MINUTES. Gross. So don’t go here alone if you’re a girl. This place is a genuine dive though, definitely. I’m going to go eat their food sometime. It’s ridiculously cheap, and I love bar cheeseburgers.

If not for the cigarette smoke, this would be a fine hangout. A recent Friday night visit included a decent live band (sans cover charge) and line dancing. We grabbed two seats at the bar and settled in — bourbons in hand — for a little ‘Photo Hunt’.
The bartenders and clientele were all friendly — with the exception of a lone creeper with an ogling problem who nearly got help keeping his eyes forward.
The draft beer selection is not sophisticated — I saw two taps that all ended in the word ‘Light’, but the booze was plentiful. It was not as cheap as I would have expected for the location — $ 4.75 for a mixed drink.
They also have a pool table as well as a claw machine that includes various toys that I assume contain lead and asbestos as well as porn DVDs and dongs that they have wrapped in white paper — apparently for discretion.
The kitchen serves up what I would consider football game fare — burgers, dogs, pizza. We didn’t eat here, but the pizza prices were extremely low, and my momma always said «You get what you pay for.»
Reading the review, you might think this place might fetch two stars, but you’d be wrong. This place has character. It’s a fun place to people watch and socialize if you feel like it. (This is definitely Clermont’s cougar bar — if you’re looking for that — and you probably shouldn’t.)
On your way home, you’ll probably realize that you smell like ashtrays and cancer. So, be sure to take a shower and throw your clothes in the wash before you hit the sheets. For me, this place hovers around 3 stars… Two and a half stars with smoke, but it would get three and a half without.

I’ve only really had their pizza and breadsticks at this location, but I can pretty much tell that anything they sell is easily classified as your standard bar food. The pizza crust was that perfectly round frozen dough. The sauce was canned and lacked flavor. The cheese and topping selections were really basic. It’s not that it was bad, but I don’t know why you’d stop here when there’s a chicago’s within walking distance that serves good pizza. It’s a bar. It smells like cigarettes. They have a claw machine with porn and sex toys inside. Oh yeah, and if you get really drunk and want food, they have that, too.