Blackbird Bar

A divey, 70’s time warp. I love the décor and vibe. The staff is friendly and here are pinball machines! The beer selection is pretty decent too. I can’t wait to go back!

Craft beers, board games, pinball and a laid back staff. A true Milwaukee treasure this dive bar delivers on all fronts.

If you ever want to irreversibly damage your hearing then this is the perfect bar for you!
The drinks were cheap; the bartenders were great, but the music was so loud I could barely hear anyone I was with unless I was sitting next to them. I can understand that the DJ might be deaf from being around loud music, but Jesus Fucking Christ, don’t damage our ability to hear as well. Adjust the volume, and I can adjust my rating.

Blackbird is great!
First and foremost, they have a photobooth, which is always a good idea.
Blackbird does local beer really well. Their selection of Wisconsin beers is fantastic, although their tap beers are limited. It’s a semi-​hipster version of an Up North bar and kinda dive-​y and super dark. I like it.
There are so many great options for beer in Bay View, so while this may not always be my first pick, it’s definitely worth a stop!

Things I like in a bar:
–Solid bottle list including tons of Wisco beer
–A laid back attitude
–Pinball
I like this bar.

This place is the Cat’s Pajamas if Becky or Erin is working. Join the Wisconsin Beer Club, and immortalize your name or a name of your choosing on the big Wisconsin map.

Good Drink specials, friendly bartenders, plenty of things to do to keep you entertained, including a Kiss pinball game. nice room in the back for date night seating as well. Great music. Good neighborhood bar.

Atmosphere was super cool. Very fun place. Bartender was nice. Got to sample some fun beers. My favorites these days are the IPA’s.

About as a good as it gets for a old style Milwaukee bar.

Great dive bar, gorgeous booths, board games, pinball, photobooth. Bartender was pretty hammered before 11 on a Friday. Kept yelling profanities at the top of his lungs and throwing stuff around. I think he was trying to impress two smashed «woo girls». If he wasn’t drunk, he’s just a complete dick.

Beware the photo booth! It will eat your money and if you call the number on the side they will never ever get back to you. Aside from that, I like this place. Laid back atmosphere, tons of miscellaneous board games, various pinball machines, and BIG BUCK SAFARI! HECK YES.

I have numerous passions in this lifetime: pinball, photo booths, and eye-​catching light-​fixtures, to name a few… All of which are ticked off the list of desirables for this establishment.
A warm dive vibe with a collection of personalities makes up this bar, all (in my experience) help cultivate an environment that allows the masses to feel welcome. Also… just pinball for days.

Sometimes a girl just needs a stiff drink on a Tuesday night. Or two stiff drinks for the price of one. Let’s be honest. it was four stiff drinks for the price of two. Hey Tuesday’s can be tough! The drinks were mixed strong and that bar was very well tended. I couldn’t ask for more from my favorite neighborhood bar.

Descriptive phrase: chill-​cation bar.
Blackbird Bar, you just keep doing you. It’s unpretentious, just serving a good beer selection with decent music and a comfortable, borderline-​divey atmosphere. It’s like if a hipster truly didn’t care, this would be his bar. Service on a Friday night was spotty and slow, but otherwise friendly. Young crowd seemed to be enjoying themselves.
This was my first stop. I’ll be giving it a few more go’s.

Oops, my first time here was a few days ago. Yikes. I’m sorry. I know. I’ve been missing out.
My guy pal wanted to go out for the Packers playoff game, because as much as I love lounging around my house and yelling embarrassingly at my own tv, it’s more fun to do it with a bunch of strangers. Confident in our ability to win, we decided to save Cactus and their known game day funtivities for the next game (see ya this Sunday!)
Blackbird has been talked up to me by everyone I know who has set foot in the bar, and it actually lived up to the hype. I’m a big beer consumer, and the selection was apt. I didn’t get to stay and drink as many as I would have liked, but that leaves more for next time.
I like the atmosphere. There’s a bunch of room (at least compared to Boone & Crockett, which was the last bar as I was at prior to this). It took my eyes a minute to adjust to how dark it was, with it being noon with a bunch of snow on the ground, but it was fine. The bartender was nice.
Downside? TD shot was one of those weird gut-​rot liquors that taste like jolly ranchers. But that’s it. That’s the only thing I didn’t like.
I’ll definitely be back, and probably to check out the DJ series. To all my fellow Riverwesters/​East Siders– make the trek down for this!

I’ve not reviewed Blackbird?!?
… it’s like I don’t even know who I am anymore, you guys.
I’ll keep this one short and sweet. I love Blackbird.
Blackbird is serious about Wisconsin, Wisconsin beer, Bay View, good tunes, and good people. They rock great happy hour specials, the bartenders are nice, they have an awesome old-​school photobooth that works sometimes, lots of games, lots of pinball, and it’s lots of fun.
A true Bay View/​MKE/​WI gem, this spot is as casual as it is cool.

Blackbird you’re kinda my favorite. I hope you feel the same. I’m here at least once a week. Probably more. Bartenders are super spectacular. I might have a few favorites and they know who they are.
I’m from chicago and this place reminds me so much of home. But without all the pretentiousness and secret handshakes that so many places in chicago have. (Sorry hometown, but that’s pretty accurate)
Great selection of beer, cider and crazy good Moscow Mules.
LOVE the dj series they have going on. It’s awesome.
OH; And there’s a photo booth !!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this place.

Blackbird is great because it doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not. They have a fantastic bottle list of Wisconsin beers that are displayed in glass coolers behind the bar. The beer selection is nicely curated. They deserve another half star, but their tap selection makes Blackbird not my first choice in Bayview.
Also, the business is owned by a chick, which seems to be pretty rare for beer establishments.

Blackbird is one of my favorite bars of all time, and that’s saying a lot because I hail from Chicago, where everything is far superior.
Just kidding! But seriously, the man friend and I make a yearly trek to Milwaukee for some fresh brews and good food, and we go to Blackbird every time.
If the beer selection were a guy, I would sleep with him on the first date. Over 70 Wisconsin beers alone, with many other craft beers to boot. The bar tender admitted she didn’t love IPAs, but still gave us solid advice on what to order.
There’s a photo booth! Man, do I love photo booths.
The décor makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
And if you don’t like this place because you’re judging the clientele based on their clothes and black-​rimmed glasses, go be an asshat somewhere else.

Beer Selection: They have a decent size selection of beer but it is not the largest selection I have seen but it is enough to please a group of 12, with different varieties in taste.
Atmosphere: It’s an update, punk rockish type scene inside with louder music playing over the speakers usually.
Food: Did not have any food, not sure what they serve for their patrons.
Prices: Prices were about average, nothing too cheap but they do have special days and happy hour throughout the week.
Overall I enjoyed my time here, as I was with a big group of people and we grabbed one of their games passing the time away. It was a fresh change to hear music that is not in the top 100 pop hits too. I am a bit of a beer snob but was still greeted with an opportunity to choose from some, not just be left one beer to get.