North Star Bar

November 30, 2007
This neighborhood dive is a cool place to hang out, drink good beers and see live shows. They recently took down most of the beer posters and replaced them with local art and took out one of the pool tables to make room for more tables. In the main bar they usually have good beers on tap but the selection rarely changes. The other room with the stage is very tiny providing an intimate setting to see good bands. The service is nothing special but the food is pretty decent for pub fare. They have one of the best happy hours in the city with 25 cents wings and half price of of draughts.

August 15, 2007
Very much a corner bar with a nice surprise for live acts. It honestly looks pretty dirty, and has the hometown/ neighborhood feel. I enjoyed my night, wasn’t overall surprised by the beer selection, but appreciated the $1 shots all nite for a average at best live act. Had I not been intoxicated I may have left early as the couches were disgusting.

January 29, 2006
Has a number of local micros on tap and some other craft stuff like allagash rotating in. Wasn’t able to find anything new I liked there and wondered if some of it was due to service mix ups or poor quality / maintenence of serving equipment. My beers both tasted mediocre and way less than others rated those same beers, but my friends all had similar observations. The service was efficient but not friendly. The other patrons kind of sucked. The music is occasionally good but most of the live stuff is pablum and the same with what they play on cd’s. I wouldn;t really want to go back here unless I was desperate to go to a bar and that was the only thing reasonably convenient. Certainly not worth traveling to visit, but if you’re going to see a band there, you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised at the selection being a notch above average.