Zeke’s Place

We absolutely LOVE this place! Perfect for a quick — and ridiculously inexpensive — beer and burger. Lemon chicken sandwich really good. California Zeke burger is our go-​to though! Family friendly, come as you are kind of place. Great service from bartenders too!

Not much to recommend it. Odd location, slow service, basic menu. Limited beer selection. Wish I had been there when the broasted chicken was available. Not a lot of choices in that area, but I’d drive longer to get better food.

My local neighborhood bar. Great place to watch sports and have beers with friendly regulars. The only dive bar (meant as a compliment) in West Bloomington. I’ve been coming here for years and have never been disappointed. As a southern man transplanted to the north, this is the only place I go for fried («broasted») chicken. Need I say more? Bar is beer/​wine only.

Stopped in for a cold beer after doing some frolfing nearby. Not a bad little spot. Was super busy, but we found a couple seats at the bar. Bartender poured us a couple Nordeasts in frosty mugs. We were satisfied!

Love Zekes. Close, weekday and weekend specials. Even though it might be classified as a sports bar, it is popular with families, groups, and many seniors. Broasted chicken all week, and a cod special on weekends. Most visitors are repeat customers who eat there often.

Fish sandwich was rectangular patty that was grey inside and tasted awful. The hamburger wasn’t much better a friend. We won’t go back!

We ate at Zeke’s on a Thursday night and it was very good and the waitress was very pleasant. We went back the next night at around 9:30 and wanted to order some food. A scuzzy lookiinng guy said we couldn’t order any food because the kitchen was closed. We pointed out that others were eating and the kitchen was supposed to close at 10. He then gruffly said «we’re out of food» and walked away. He was just a jerk. We left and went to another establishment. Needless to say we won’t be back.

I really wish this place would get a decent liquor license so they could sell mixed drinks and micro brews…

The food was ok, the service was ok, I wasn’t greatly impressed. I had the zeke burger and like I said, it was ok. This is why I gave it the A-​OK 3 star rating.

My local watering hole, warm place on a cold night. Great burgers, some nice sandwiches and always a nightly special. Pool tables, TVs, arcade games. Nothing fancy but inexpensive good food. You’ll like it.

Zeke’s has great hamburgers. They also have a variety of other sandwiches. One of our favorite things is their wild rice soup. Pleasant staff and usually reasonably quiet.

One star because the fries were good. Otherwise, the hamburger tasted funny and they use fake cheese for the cheeseburger. Service was terrible.

My husband and I visited here after happy hour on Friday night. We didn’t eat anything so I can’t provide much feedback on it. The clientele was mainly families with children. There were some arcade games in the back to entertain the kiddos. It’s pretty dark and divey in here, but we just wanted to have a quick beer. This area of town has a bit of dry spell when it comes to bars. The next closest bar is Famous Dave’s. It was A-​ok, but we probably won’t be back.

Zeke’s Place has great burgers and decent fries. The place can get crowded on the weekends after softball games and such, because Zeke’s is right across the street from Dred Scott Field. Lunch time is mellow with mostly business types looking for a quick bite to eat. The service is prompt and friendly. The atmosphere is very casual.

My place of work is a barren shell of its normal self the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, with roughly 6.2754% of employees making an appearance. Boring would be an understatement! Thus, five among us decided to go out for lunch, somewhere nearby that was not fast-​food. Zeke’s Place fit the bill.
I ordered the daily special, a Gyro with wild rice soup. The meal only cost six bucks and for some hole-​in-​the-​wall in Bloomington, the food was far and away better than expected. We arrived prior to the lunch rush, but even as we left there were enough tables available that the place was not crowded. There are pool tables in the back, along with televisions and a juke box, so I imagine this place would be a fun local hang out spot for Bloomington suburbanites. Service was excellent, as well.

I wasn’t even sure which city I was in, or how we arrived here. I have a friend who lives in Bloomington, and when I asked for a recommendation for ‘cheap eats’ in the area — this was his #1 pick.
A large burger & sandwich menu, crispy coated fries, and some of the sourest dill pickles that I’ve ever eaten made for a great experience.
They have a bar that serves strictly beer, and our sodas were never CLOSE to being empty the entire time we dined.
They had a pool table in a back area — and it appeared that there was some sort of league happening.
If I can ever find it again, I would stop back for a bite.

Good local bar and bar food. I have only had burgers and fries here… all good quality. You can sit at the bar or tables. Several video games. Older crowd of drink’n locals hang out at night and weekends.