Johnny’s Club 53

I came here for the first time tonight on the suggestion of a friend. At first I had fun. We had a couple of drinks, played some pool, and just had a general good time. But later in the night I literally witnessed the owner of this bar (Johnny) fire the bartender in the most offensive and unprofessional fashion. From what I made of the interaction, Johnny left and called his bartender to ask if his girlfriend was still there. Apparently the bartender said no, Johnny showed up with another girl, and she was still there. Well, he got pissed, fired his bartender, refused to pay her on the spot and said he would do it tomorrow. As she was leaving in her truck, Johnny came outside and cussed her out calling her a slut, a bitch, and every other name in the book. When she finally left he was talking to a few of his male friends telling them that he wasn’t going to get laid tonight because of her. I am thoroughly disgusted at his behavior, unprofessionalism, and total disregard for employment law. I will never go back again and I am reporting this immediately to EDD.

A cool hole in the wall place. It’s very chill during the week and they have really good prices. If you want a place to come and hang out, then this is the place for you. People are friendly and there is no drama.

14 of us had so much fun, a really great time at Johnny’s Club 53… it was my first time there and I will be back. The Gregory Doan Project played fantastic music to dance to!

Great place for a real stiff drink, people watching and cheap pool. Amanda, the daytime bartender is a sweetheart and is quick with a pour for anyone and everyone. Johnnys has always been the dive of choice.

Really? This is the best you can do?
Not for me.

Had a great time. Johnny, the owner is as cool a dude as it gets! Rode by many times and decided to stop in yesterday. Fantastic dive bar, the obvious regulars made us feel welcome. We will be back.
Steve and Nan

We don’t mind dark, we don’t mind small, but we do mind dirty, and we do mind rude slobs. I also mind the idiots at the end of bar trying to impress everyone with their military knowledge when it was obvious they have never served a day.
It gets three stars based only on the decent pour.
They have three pool tables, a few TV’s and the Mrs says the ladies bathroom was acceptable. We will try them again, maybe it was the crowd today. I am always about giving a dive a second chance.

I came here when a friend from SoCal was visiting. We didn’t want to go downtown and I remembered seeing this place when I’d gotten pizza next door. The drinks were strong and bar staff was friendly. Don’t try an order any fancy smancy drinks; just stick to the basics or go with barender’s choice. We drove there, but taxi-​ed home. I’m telling you, those drinks are strong!

Oh, Johnny’s!
This is the definition of a dive bar, and sans almost getting shanked by a biker once, its usually a pretty chill dive!
Cheap drinks, cheap pool, darts, and a jukebox… What more do you need? Usually its pretty empty except for some regulars sittin up at the bar, and a couple randoms playing some pool. There’s a pizza place next door, but they close early, and you probably wouldn’t order from them unless you were drunk anyway!
This is the type of place you bring your mistress, not your first date! ;)

I love coming here for a couple of drinks and play darts. The owner Johnny is a real nice man.

darts
pool tables
old school tv
crusty patrons
nice AND bitchy bartenders
cheap, extremely stiff drinks
located next to a pizza spot (and they let you bring in said pizza)
yep, it’s a dive, and i’m all about it :-)

Johnny’s is a dive bar that wants to be a biker bar. It is a nice place to get shitfaced before you go out on the town to better more expensive places and it is a great place to drown your sorrows after not getting lucky on a saturday night. If you have all your teeth and can wear clothes that do not stink you are in teh top 10% of this place. It is a good time though.

I am really not surprised that there aren’t any reviews of this place already because each time (like twice) I have been at Johnny’s, it has pretty much been empty. This place is a good size considering there is usually just a few people inside at any given time. There is usually a few older guys sitting quietly to themselves at the bar and maybe someone shooting pool.
There is two pool tables, I think it’s fifty cents to play. There is a jukebox and some strange prizes like press-​on-​nails and porn in the game machines. I have even seen a sign advertising their biscuits and gravy on Sundays. The drinks are reasonably priced and the friendly bartender «Little Bit» (oh yes, I said her name is Little Bit) makes an awesome drink called an «oatmeal cookie.»
This place is clean, quiet and definitely not where the scene so to speak is at but it’s a good place to go if you want to have a strong, moderately priced drink by yourself I suppose or actually be able to have a conversation in a bar.