The Port of Kenosha Beverage House

Always friendly and inviting to people from all walks of life. Townies to tourists will love this crazy little house turned bar.

There is a point of no return that some places reach. It was reached rather quickly the night of September 12^th when the bartender not only ran into the wall because she was so messed up, but watching her dunk my used shot glass in a sink pull it out without cleaning it or rinsing or wiping it off, fill it with alcohol and serve it to the guy 2 seats over had my husband and I out of there never to go back. I get the atmosphere and dug it. I’ve been there many times before this in my college days, but messed up bartenders and skeevy drink glasses is a major turn off… sorry Port.

Had some crazy nights at The Port.
Comfy, cozy little place that feels like home. Good bartenders. Regular customers.

A nice house dive bar. I remember seeng this bar some time back and decided to pay Kenosha a visit as the number of bars in Chicago to review is dwindling. Kenosha has tons of bars nut none in the downtown looked as cool as this place. A place like this would of been torn down long ago in Chicago’s suburbs but luckily folks in Kenosha and Racine counties know how to preserve cool old houses and keep them converted to bars. They had a pool table and then in back rooms some old eighties arcade machines in this old house. Not many bars look like this anymore and that is a shame. Good cheap drinks

Good selection of spirits. Unique space. Super sexy bartenders! 5 out of 5!

first time i entered this bar the doors were playing «show me the way to the next whiskey bar» it was perfect and wonderful and will never leave my brain! This place has such a wonderful warm, happy feeling, almost as if you can enjoy all the good times every one has ever had here ever, all at one. Just happy goodness. Not a fan of the draft beer– a little on the skunky side, but stick to the cocktails and bottled and canned beer and your golden. a really old juke box is available to play analogue music. The bartenders are having just as good of a time as you are, totally chill place, I love it! Best Dive bar in kenosha!

Oh, Kenosha. Tonight is the night I have been waiting for: finding someplace in town about which I am actively, wholeheartedly jazzed about patroning.
The boyf and I stumbled across The Port of Kenosha Beverage House two weeks ago, driving home a different way than we usually would go so that we could potentially stop at the 22^nd Ave Dairy Queen. Heading westward on 50^th St, the red neon sign that read «The Port» on the front of a house caught both of our eyes for the first time. We vowed to check out this bit of potential awesomeness before I returned to Atlanta and finally did so tonight. And yes, it is as awesome as the red sign intimates.
No, The Port doesn’t have a kitchen. And no, it doesn’t take plastic, so plan ahead or use the ATM inside. But it does have the fabulous, laid-​back dive bar vibe, tons of places to sit and hallways to meander, and the best-​stocked jukebox I’ve seen in a long time (Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Prince, Bowie, Dwight Yoakam, the Go-Go’s = yes, please). And it’s clean, aesthetically pleasing (check out the wood detailing on the covered and screened back patio), and warm and fuzzy (case in point, the optimism painted on the walls of the ladies’ rest room). And, duh, it has good drinks, too, from cans of Busch to summer ale on tap to summer mixed dranks (I can personally vouch that their $ 5 pints of Blue Hawaiians and Hurricanes are delicious, strong, and colorful).
«If my [dude] friends came to visit me in Kenosha, this is definitely the place I’d take them,» reports the boyf. Living far away from Wisconsin, they are unlikely to do so anytime in the near future, but I know that I’ll definitely be pulling for return visits whenever I’m in the ‘nosh.

This bar is like a second home. It’s A LOT like Cheers there, because everyone knows your name, and the bartender remembers your drinks.
I couldn’t count how many times I’ve actually been here, and I remember even less the amount of times I’ve closed it out.
It’s a house part, in a bar, with good music.
There’s electronic bar games and random junk everywhere.
Oh! And aside from the fact that the drinks are cheap, and there’s endless PBR in a can, they open it like a can of tomato juice opposite the mouth spout.
What does this do?
Removes air pockets, and helps you drink faster. ;)
I love you, The Port.