Frosty Bar

South Bass Island (Putin’ Bay), Ohio —
The «Frosty Bar» since 1949 is a good choice to start Day 36? (i forgot) of «DUSA Tour 2016»
the only «Run-​A-​Way Bill» Favorite place in Putin’ Bay …
bartender Annette is a «Run-​A-​Way Bill» Favorite bartender/​server and is exceptional …
the only TRUE professional bartender I have experience in this Village of Putin’ Bay …
The «Country Benedict» was tasty-​riffic & a good value for-​the-​buck … sausage covered with sausage chunks in a yummy-​riffic gravy was more than I could eat
I «really» like the pot of coffee on the bar for do-​it-​your-​damn-​self refills
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«Run-​A-​Way Bill» was here!
06.18.16

Had breakfast here, not bad at all. We were in a hurry so this was on the way and glad we stopped. Small menu but I wanted to try a plate that sounded like something my wife makes in her restaurant. It was a B & G with potatoes and an egg on top. Not as good as the wife’s but not bad. I’d go back.

Excellent breakfast! They were really busy and we still have fast and good service. Of the many bars we visited they had the most varied selection.

Cold beer, friendly bartenders and enjoyable live music. We stopped in for a couple drinks and had a quick snack. Will definitely go back the next time we are on the island.

I’m sorry, but Big Man’s burritos suck. And I had the unfortunate experience of going here twice (once for a snack, another time because almost all other restaurants stop serving around 9:30 and I was forced again to return. So I had the understuffed, underwhelming burrito the first time, and cold, unheated, ridiculously nasty nachos the second time. Who serves nachos and doesn’t melt the cheese on top? Or the meat lukewarm? I have never been drunk enough to call this palatable, nevermind the possible code violations on this under heated food. Shame on you!

Cool place! Just had drinks, but my husband got a glass to bring home! Fun place that is on the main boulevard and kind of overlooks the water. Great bar!

This is a great go-​to spot for the over 30 crowd and to avoid DB’s.
Service is quick from the bartenders and they make great frozen drinks!
Pizza is darn good and grab a 1lb burrito out back. You won’t be dissapointed!

Fantastic service, atmosphere, and food all-​round! Had a good time with the friends in the PM and enjoyed the breakfast in the AM. Bars like Frosty’s make this Island great!

Great place, sort of divey, but in a good way! Breakfast at Frosty is amazing — pancakes for days! The new (er) outdoor bar is a great place to hang out when it’s nice out. Pizza, subs, and burritos are on the menu; no table service, you just order and they buzz you to come pick up your food. Glasses are frosted (thus the namesake), and they have the best Bloody Mary’s on the island!

My favorite island tradition. They make a pizza that really hits the spot after a few drinks, the old building is charming and really feels like its dull of some history. The crazy paint job on the walls tell a weird story too. Yes its family friendly, there’s a separate room for the restaurant but they’re welcome to meander in and out of the main bar. The staff is excellent, the bathrooms are fine. There’s even an outdoor section out back if you want yo enjoy the weather. This place is a mandatory stop every time I visit

Get PBR back on tap!!! Great bar atmosphere. Always a great time with great people.

We came here on Saturday to have a few beers and catch the Oregon/​Michigan St game. Now, I fully realize Put-​in-​Bay is in the state of Ohio, but the fact that they refused to put the MSU/​Oregon game on ONE of their 20 TVs for 8 guys there for a bachelor party was absolutely ridiculous. Put-​in-​Bay is a tourist destination and a smart business would cater to tourist dollars — of which we had plenty to spend. Our request wasn’t unreasonable considering it was the biggest game on in the country that night.
The waitress was very polite about it and explained to it that it was a management decision (we even offered her $ 20 to put it on one TV!). So we left and spent our money at a bar that was much more accomodating to its customers and put on the game they wanted to watch. Too bad for Frosty’s, because we dropped a ton of money that night.
Frosty’s is a nice bar with good service, but their management should realize that plenty of people from outside of the state of Ohio like to visit Put-​in-​Bay, drink beer and watch football.

This bar will give you what you want, provided you realize that you’re on Put-​In Bay in the 21^st century. Seriously, these reviews are hilarious. You got one guy saying there’s too many strollers, another person complains that it’s not family friendly. You got some people talking about the pizza being awesome, and some people saying it’s not as good as it was when they were kids even though it’s been the same recipe for 30 years outside of that one time they changed the tomato provider. At the end of the day, this spot provides a little bit of everything (in a good way) and I think that’s why the reviews are so silly. Here’s what you get:
Great service — I’ve never met a rude or inattentive employee at this spot.
Best breakfast in town — works well for the hungover folks and families. You’ll get a solid meal for every type of person.
Bar pizza — old-​school bar pizza that does the trick when you need lots of cheese in your system. This isn’t fast food pizza hut style, and it’s not that quality fancy oven pizzaria that offers $ 20 medium pizzas. This is a delicious pile of cheese, sauce, pizza grease, and chewy with little-​flavor crust. It’s good, especially if you’re doing the PIB spring break forever party. If you don’t want bar pizza, go to Cameo. Now that I’m officially celiac, I’m sad I can’t eat this stuff anymore.
Burritos — this is the closest you’ll get to a Chipotle on the island. In fact, I think it’s better in some ways because it has a ton more options and the serving size is freaking massive. You can feed three people with these things and they taste damn good.
Music — they have DJs that keep things pumped up at night. I actually heard some decent mixing and digital spinning one night. Where some places are giving you radio jock voices between changing CDs, Frosty’s gets some good DJs.
Drinks — They got beer, wine, the hard stuff, mixed stuff, etc… It’s all there. They even have a gluten free beer option. If you can’t the right drink here, you’re probably not going to find it on the island at all.
One last thing: everywhere on the island ramps down their stock towards the end of the season. If you go to Frosty’s or any other spot on PIB in August and September, you’re options will dwindle. You might find that some beers or food options just aren’t available. That’s because these guys have to close down shop for the fall and winter. There’s no way around it. Make sure you plan your trip and expectations accordingly.

Frosty Bar is a multi-​faced beast. Part one is the pizza parlor. Frosty pizza, while a classic, is pretty terrible. The cheese and sauce are decent but the crust is cardboard. Part two is the Burrito stand. Big man burrito stand is excellent! The burritos are delicious and are one of the best food to cost ratios on the island. They also serve great breakfast burritos! Part three is the morning bar/​breakfast scene. Weekdays are nice and quiet with good service and no wait. Weekends are a hell hole. If you manage a table within an hour your doing well. Service is slow and the place is so over crowded its tough to move. Part four is the day time bar scene. Weekdays and weekends this bar during the day is great! Prices are average and service is friendly. Whether lounging outside on the awesome patio or shooting pool inside its a good time. Lastly part five, the nighttime bar. I used to frequent Frosty at night and have a great time. Back then we called it Frosty. Now we call is CLUB FROSTY. Laser light shows blasting music with a rather unsavory attendance makes Frosty now a place we avoid at night.
In conclusion, weekday breakfast, burritos, and day time bar scene make frosty not a complete loss.

The coldest beer, but crappiest pizza on the island. Come for the beer and the cherries, have dinner elsewhere.
What happened to this place? It used to be a nice divey bar. But today, there were families and strollers in the barroom. It’s PIB, it’s not supposed to be family friendly.

The best cheese and grease on the island. I love the pizza. Lots of cheese. … lots of grease. Maybe you shouldn’t eat there if you have heart trouble.

I have been a big fan of Frosty’s ever since I was a kid. I loved their pizza (despite the fact that I know it is cheaply made, but it’s an island institution so I was okay with it) and I loved the history of the place.
But beware if you want to visit with your family: Frosty’s, despite having separate rooms for the bar and for the restaurant, won’t allow children at dinnertime and IDs everyone that comes through the door, even if you just want to get a pizza from the restaurant.
Understandably, the bars at Put-​in-​Bay are diligent about checking IDs, but I have never before heard of a pizza joint turning away families starting at 6 p.m. (SIX O’CLOCK!) There are separate rooms at Frosty’s for a reason; why they turn the entire restaurant side into a bar at dinnertime and won’t allow families is beyond me.
To those families that may want a Frosty’s pizza at dinnertime but unfortunately find that they are being refused entry, there are plenty of other options in the downtown area that will give you more for your money without the hostility from bouncers and the arguably trashy bar scene that Frosty’s has turned into.
That said, while I am very disappointed that the restaurant appears to be discriminating against families now, I gave another star because the breakfast there is good. In fact, I have always really looked forward to having breakfast there while visiting the island. Sadly, I don’t know if I will go back for the breakfast OR the pizza that I grew up loving so much because I can’t support an establishment that has fallen so far from what the Stoiber family originally meant for it to be.

Great stop for pizza and drinks when on the island!

Pretty much a dive bar-​very hot-​dirty bathroom and crazy customers-​I heard the skankiest conversation in the ladies’ room that would make a sailor blush.
Pizza is thick, chewy crust with tons of cheese smothering the toppings. Salad was good, but it’s so loud in there that you’d be better off getting your pizza to go!

Note: I only came here for a drink, didn’t eat food.
Note: I would never come back.
My mom and I visited PIB for the wine fesival last weekend and decided to have a drink before we took the ferry back to the «Main land». We sat a table waiting for a waitress and we waited and we waited and we waited. No waitress. So, I went to the bar to get a couple of beers. There was literally a bartender standing across the bar from me, but he was completely obvlious to the fact I wanted a drink. After I raised my arrms a few time and asked for help, he was willing to oblige.
I asked what beers were from Ohio and he gave me a bottle of Mt. Carmel (excellent, by the way). I asked for two of the same, but they didn’t have two of the same, so I got one IPA and one amber beer. I asked for two glasses, which seemed to bother the bartender. I will say, I’m glad I did, they were nice and ice cold! I then noticed the caps on the bottles were not screw tops and were not opened. I then had to flag down another bartender to get them to open them.
The place is a dive, but I’m sure on weekends when it’s full of drunks listening to music and dancing. If I were 10 years younger, I would be doing that…
There are plenty of places to eat and drink on PIB and I would not come back to Frosty’s.