The Elbow Room

Bar is amazing. Owner’s friend Ben makes everything awesome.

If you use your credit card $ 10 min. Dont plan on useing the restrooms they are gross.

Upon entry on the south side of the building I smelled old bar. This is not unusual at location that rock. As I pulled up to the bar my knees rubbed on carpet. Comfy. Eddie was great. Multiple sports on many tv’s I enjoyed my ;libations. Other than the one racist dude that was there it was good. Clearly a locals bar I enjoyed my Lagunitas and PBR with no qualms. The ‘Polish marijuana’ is similar to a schnapps, but it is 70 proof and blackberry, which I am ok with.
See you soon!

A classic, divey bar located on the southeast corner of 50^th and Center streets. First off, don’t try going in the front door. It won’t open. That means you need to go in the back, which is fine because that’s where the parking is.
As you enter, there’s a little game area with a dusty arcade machine and a broken chair. Not a bad sign, in my opinion. Keep going and you’ll find the bar. There are plenty of big TVs showing all the big games. There are also plenty of tables and chairs to spread out and chat with your buds.
Behind the bar you’ll find all your staples, Miller Lite, Bud Light and even a few crafts, both local and beyond, all on tap. Pint prices are ~$ 4 a pop, so pretty average there.
Go ahead and order a pizza from Picasso’s next door and lay low for a while. You’ll enjoy yourself. At least I did.

If you’re looking to impress someone or take a first date, this is probably not the place. However, it completely fit the bill for me the other day when I was looking for a place to kill some time in midtown, have a beer and play pinball. The beers were cheap, the bartender was nice and we were the only people there at 3pm opening on a Monday. My only complaint was that Ellen was on (and way too loud). Seems like a comfy neighborhood bar.

This is the ideal dive bar for all of the dive bar lovers out there. I heard about Elbow Room when I stumbled upon a blog called «Hit That Dive Bar». Once I read that you had to enter from some sketchy sounding unmarked door in the back of the bar, my little sister and I knew that we just had to make an appearance.
We showed up around 8 PM on a Tuesday and struggled to find a spot at the bar. We took this as a pretty good sign. The entire night, we were surrounded by regulars who loved Elbow Room. My sister and I were stone sober when we arrived, so we found ourselves not talking to many people at first — but quickly realized we were missing out. We actually ended up leaving to check out another dive called «Poop Deck» but hurried right back to the Elbow Room.
During our second trip back that fateful Tuesday evening, we were more drunk and a lot more talkative. We even got razzed by some of the regulars for coming back (after they razzed us first for leaving). We felt completely welcome. We also got MUCH better seats at the bar our second go-​round.
The bartenders name was Jeff and he was the perfect dive bartender. My sister and I had so much fun that we even made an appearance the following day after we went to get matching tattoos (at the place across the street — great advice Jeff).
If you are looking for a swanky, pretentious bar this is NOT your place. If you want to go somewhere chill and unique, check Elbow Room out. And don’t forget about the sketchy unmarked door.

Not sure why everyone is doging the ‘Bow. Quite a few of the patrons that go here, are regulars, and they really aren’t looking to fight anyone. What bar can you not go into where there are annoying people being loud and dumb? You’re at a bar, and people are drinking. Novel concept, I know. Its really not dodgy and there are 5 big flat screen tvs. Monday night are specials with drinks and pitchers. Tuesdays are $ 1 domestic draws and $ 4 pitchers. Wednesdays are $ 2.25 or .50 wells, with $ 1 Busch lights and High Life. Thursdays are $ 2.25 domestics. The music loaded on the box is good. Great location. You are more likely than not going to run into someone you know, here, rather than a fight. Maybe the last two reviewers couldn’t catch a cold if they tried, and thats why they were scared.

Ditto. This is just a bar, and kind if a divey one at that. A large variety if people wander in for that reason and results can be dodgy. After a night of drinking, if you end up at elbow room they’ll almost certainly be someone that could easily get under your skin… Speaking from a somewhat memorable experience… That’s all I’ll say about that. But if you wanted to pick a fight with someone, you could. The end.

The Elbow Room (or ER as it’s sometimes called) is simply a bar. There is a shuffle board table and a pinball machine, even dart boards. If you want a place that you can drink in your PJs or show up in a tuxedo, the ER might just be your cup of tea. No fancy TVs. No drink specials, because everything is so cheap already, they would actually have to give you money to drink their specials.