The Stein

This is place is nothing like it used to be before. The restrooms are clean, thats a big +, The beer is always super cold perfect for the summer :). They play all kinds of music not only mexican, you can go to the jukebox and play what you want. The best nights are fridays and Saturday. A band also goes to play on fridays nights. They have also a smoking patio. And the people are funny, the only thing is a all beer bar, soon they will be selling wine: D you should check out this place and if you don’t like it, well you can atleast say you went in

On a Sunday late afternoon of bar hopping because we were bored, & wanted to explore what our city had to offer, I finally made it inside. Sundays are definitely not a day to go in expecting a lot. It was so dead, there was just the bartender, maybe another worker, I couldn’t tell & maybe one or two customers and then us. Surprised they had Blue Moon. No draft, just bottled beer and hard liquor (I don’t think they have wine either, again couldn’t tell).
They offered peanuts & saw a couple of tv’s. Bathrooms were clean (surprise, surprise my family & I have history there, one my father was a longtime patron from mid 70’s to mid 80’s till he stopped drinking. Two, my brother knew the owner (s) pretty well during that time and three, we all helped out my brother & mother cleaning it and yeah those bathrooms were nastier in those days) The experience in the bar (yea I was a kid going in w/​her dad while he drank a beer on an errand for my mom… interesting back then kids were allowed in some bars as long as they were w/​their parents) Anyhow remember it was a little more filled in w/​old timers, mixed races and bartenders were friendly and inviting. Old school people usually are more receptive. They even had picked eggs, pickled pigs feet, polish dogs, old popcorn maker, etc. Man times have a changed since…
It wasn’t too bad, but my honest feeling was the atmosphere was «dry». Didn’t exactly feel welcomed (wasn’t expecting a welcome crew either) but it felt «bleh» being there.
So if you just want a quick pit stop to grab a beer and run, this would be it. Again my review was based on a lazy late Sunday afternoon. Well it does state Fri/​Sat nights are better — although judging by the female bartender’s mannerism & dress gave off the vibe that they probably have «Fichera’s» on their best nites of business, well I’m sure some of you fellas/​hombres have already experience that at the cantina’s in Baja & plenty of little dives out here as well. Also, on front of their building, behind the sign has graffiti & has been tagged for almost a year now, It’s says something about the end of earth or something…
Finally, I take back from my previous review what I said about Embers Lounge & Poor Denny’s. They were actually a better experience (for Sunday).

I love the stien… a perfect hole in the wall to relax and enjoy a fun time with friends. nothing fancy… just chill… funny people…

In further news, I forgot to mention this little place is mainly full of fellas with some scantily clad gals waiting around to get your drinks at the bar for you (for a small fee) as well as dance with you (for a fee). In other words you will get the Cantina experience here. So be assertive as a dirtbag can be and just say thanks but get your own drinks at the bar.

This place is like a die-​hard Mexican bar… it reminds me of a Roberto Rodriguez movie when Antonio Banderas goes into the bar, except it is a total dive. Dive would be too nice for this place. The cervezas are pretty cheap… they have all the Mexican ones and Bud Light! They have two pool tables and a juke box that plays Mexican rollas… I do not think they have anything else. The women bartenders/​waitresses are there to socialize with you. They are older, but very nice. Do not disrespect them, they are there to earn a living. Tip them well!!! The restroom is atrocious… enter at your own risk or unless you really have to go.
The men that frequent this establishment look like your local gardeners, day laborers… there are no women besides the ones that work there. Thus, if you think you are worthy of something else… do not go here at tip the scale.
I enjoy it cause they got some cold Modelo!!!