Thunder Alley Grill

A great dive bar! Great ppl, great prices, and the friendliest staff! I take my team here every weekend after work!

It’s great hole in the wall bar but difficult to find, a well lit sign would go a long way. Great prices on drinks and you definitely get your money’s worth, I didn’t eat there so I can’t comment on the food. The staff was friendly and fairly quickly considering how busy they were. Some people complain about the house policy of needing to have a $ 20 min tab to use a card which can be inconvenient but they have an on-​site ATM so it’s really not worth getting upset about for me. The service, drinks and fun atmosphere are far more important and that’s where they stand out. Overall a friendly and safe hole in the wall where you can go for a cold one after work or a good night out.

This place is actually really big inside. It has a nice sized stage and pretty decent sized dance floor. There are lots of tables and room to get around.
The location is friggin nightmare. They need to put up signs or something. Ridiculous.
The drinks were good, the band was good, the waitress was good. I didn’t sample any of the food so I cannot comment.
I was pissed that they wouldn’t take a credit or debit card on any purchases less than $ 20. Thank goodness I just happened to have my card on me. Of course, the waitress didn’t tell me this until I was ready to tab out and when I said there should be a sign she pointed to this itty bitty little hand written sign high up and behind the bar where NO ONE would even see it and I couldn’t read it even after she pointed it out to me. Stupid policy. So if I hadn’t have had cash on me, would I have had to order $ 20 worth of liquor so I could be allowed to tab out? The kitchen was already long closed. Really ridiculous.

I hadn’t ever heard of this place until a Meetup occurred here on a karaōke night. It is pretty hard to find, and I remember wanting to adjust the location on the map through the app, but I can’t remember if I did.
My boyfriend and I hadn’t had dinner yet, so we ordered the nachos with everything. When we got our plate, that the waitress brought straight out to where I was sitting, along with one fork — because I’m obviously going to eat it all by myself! — were piled high. My bf ended up going to get another along with a couple of long island iced teas for us. The nachos were about $ 13 and each drink averaged to about $ 4. I don’t really complain about the tab because the drinks were actually made very well.
The bartender was quick and professional, but not really friendly. Not mean either. She did get up and sing a few songs, and was pretty good, too! The karaōke was a lot better than some places. There was more song from the wanna-​be singers than the real deal.
It was a fun place, but next time we will eat before hand and will just order one of their monster, green drinks (I really can’t remember the name of it at the moment). It was huge and pretty strong without being straight liquor.
By the end of the night when most of my friends had left, the majority of the people still there were a rowdy, dive bar type crowd. Needless to say, I stayed close to my friends. There were a couple of security guys, but they seemed to pay more attention to people watching for fun rather than people watching for security.

I try to give every place a few attempts before I write it off as not being my cup of tea. Thunder Alley isn’t bad by any means. The staff is friendly, the music is enjoyable, and the clientele range from quiet to rambunctious (sometimes violently so, it seems). As the other reviewers have pointed out, the location is in the back of the strip mall, and I have been somewhat concerned about leaving my car in the back alley of a parking lot that doesn’t seem to have much in terms of lighting, cameras, or… anything else.
There is security present, but they usually look bored out of their gourd as they wander around in a relatively empty bar. They seem friendly enough. If you’re lucky, you’ll occasionally catch one of these security specimens trying to break it down in a corner somewhere while believing that no one can see them. I can see you sir, and I commend you for your unashamed dance moves.
But the bar’s overall «A-​OK» status gets bumped due to return trips, which have left me disappointed, at least as far as food is concerned. Considering what you’re paying, and what’s placed in front of you, it’s my humble opinion that the food is undeservedly expensive. Four small wings for $ 5.00 isn’t reasonable by bar food standards. Those be State Fair prices, sir and I call shenanigans. They do taste pretty good though. The nachos are decent enough, but when you manage to get the nachos just the way you like them, they’ve added at least $ 5.00 to the base price. $ 13.00-$ 14.00 for nachos is too much in my opinion. They have specials each day, but my two or three visits to the place haven’t impressed me enough to want to try them.
The «Meh» seems appropriate. Sorry, Thunder Alley. I wanted to like you, I really did. You can still have my friends. I know they’ll keep coming even without me.

This sports bar is located behind a strip mall. No, it is literally on the opposite side (the must be using another part of one of the stores building) there is not many lights outside and your cars seem to just be out there with no real security for them. The place inside is not bad, but it’s not spectacular either. They have a couple of flat screens around the place, they have a music jukebox but choose not to shut off the music when the game (went here for the playoffs Go Pack!) was on. The staff was excellent and friendly. The food that they served was okay. I actually had better at BWW. The main reason I gave this place the score I did was the other customers that were inside there. Upon entering myself and my friends were approached by some lowlifes that informed us that they were strapped (had a gun on them) because they thought my friend was reaching for something out of his coat pocket (it was his wallet). That kind of set the mood for the rest of the night. The place has security but they don’t arrive till after nine. Overall, I probably will not be back to Thunder Alley Grill, but I wouldn’t say it was a horrible place, just not my type of place.

This place has to be graded on a curve as it is literally located in the back of a strip mall, hard to find and in an area where one could easily disappear from the face of the earth. The sheer fact that they played host to the kings of 80s glam rock Faster Pussycat give this a solid 4 in my book. Yes, I said Faster Pussycat! Be jealous!
I wouldn’t have gone here in search of a bar and grill unless the vaunted Pussycat had not been playing. This was a last minute show the Kings Of Sleaze added as frontman Taime Downe knows the owners somehow when they were going across country to some east coast dates so only those in the know knew — yeah I’m cool and connected! But, how they ended up playing here was beside the point as a mere phone call to a fellow secret 80s glam fan friend clinched the deal and off we were. For all my indie cred and walking encyclopedic knowledge of punk, hardcore and trip hop, etc. I have this guilty pleasure for the 80s hair bands — and will take every opportunity to see my fallen heroes. When once these guys were opening for Motley Crue in stadiums with 10,000 plus people, now they are playing for a scant 25 people at Thunder Alley Grill! But, they still give it their all and treat every show as if they were headlining Madison Square Garden! There’s some sense of schadenfreude in that I probably make much more now of some of these bands who were in heavy rotation on MTV when I was a little kid.
My friend and I arrived at Thunder Alley early to soak up the atmosphere, get a bite to eat and possibly turn a princess to toad before the Kings Of Sleaze took to the stage. And, we were under the assumption that it would be crowded — it wasn’t unfortunately. But there were enough people there for an enjoyable show and some good people watching. Another illustrious Unilocaler mentioned that Thunder Alley was like a man cave he always dreamt of. Now, I don’t believe in the concept of a man cave. My house is my so called man cave at all times, a tastefully decorated one at that but I believe the woman should be relegated to what I would like to call a woman’s womb (think room) where she can have her sewing equipment, doilies, or whatever else she needs to enjoy herself. Sexist you say? Perhaps, but I’m just deferring to a simpler time where the chicks were hot and the dudes looked like hot chicks and Faster Pussycat was on the charts and I since I was too young to take advantage of that era I was bringing it back for this magical night at Thunder Alley. The Alley itself is decked out with flat screens o plenty and I must say pretty clean. I’m not sure how it fancied itself a music venue but who was I to complain?
My buddy and I got a great seat and enjoyed a couple of burgers (decent, not outstanding), some decent nachos and had a few brewskies in anticipation of the show. The waitresses were attentive and kept our beers coming, and coming — and coming. Oh we waited. At one point we almost gave it up and decided the mighty Pussycat had seen this venue and just kept one trucking. But, finally after 11 — and after we were already loquacious enough to talk to every lady within earshot they arrived and started setting up, actually their roadies which was quite surprising that they still have roadies. And once they took to the stage, which was at eye level, it was on! We were front row for the donkey show as the trademark Pussycat opening began «from Hollywood California… Faster Pussycat» straight into their opener. They were so close I could have easily picked up a guitar and began playing with them, provided my guitar skills were more than a few mere power chords and Ramones songs. But, at this point we were No. 1 With A Bullet and a good time was had by all. The acoustics were terrible in Thunder Alley as it wasn’t really designed as a music venue and it was loud! I’m talking Motorhead loud — and I’ve seen them several times — albeit with my custom audiophile earplugs to save my hearing. But, loss of hearing was just another hazard that we could have cared less about.
Overall, Thunder Alley wasn’t too bad. I doubt I’ll return unless they play host to another 80s rock band. This particular night was great. Food and drinks here are pretty cheap, they didn’t allow smoking except from front man Taime but who was going to say no to a guy dressed as a discount Nazi? The show was great, the beers were excellent, we had a few drinks with frontman Taime after the show and a great time was had by all. Where there’s a whip there’s a way!