Pitcher’s Pub

Sort of a best secret place … Friendly bar located off the Beltline. Like I said, service was great and friendly with reasonable prices. Good beers on tap, many more in bottles. Lots of pool tables. Food was good enough, and pretty fast. Mixed/​friendly crowd. Would visit again.

The men that work there are terrible. Not accommodating and very rude. Especially the owner. If youre an attractive woman, dont go there.

The food is great. I know it sounds weird to call bar food great but it really is. Inferno wings, Reuben, French dip special– everything is delicious. The drinks are good and the specialty (swampwater) is amazingly good and strong. The service on weekday days is great but I haven’t done nights and the owner makes an effort to learn your name, drink and welcome you in. No issues no complaints. Just great food and drinks for a reasonable price.

I went today for lunch. There were about 10 people in there and it took over 25 minutes for me to get a basic burger. In that time there were only 2 other food tickets ahead of me and one being prepared simultaneously. The problem wasn’t the cook though. It was the bartender.
The bartender spent so much time chatting up a few guys that she didn’t pay attention to other customers or when the food orders were up. I walked in and went past near her but she couldn’t even be bothered in her discussion with the one guy to acknowledge me.
I almost left when it took several minutes for her to come over and say anything at all to me. When I saw her leave 2 completed food order in the kitchen for several minutes before she delivered them to the table I should have know to leave. Again i stupidly stayed.
When my food was ready she wasn’t paying attention. She was talking to another guy and again giving him all of her attention. Of course, by that time I had to go to her to ask for a box and take the food to go to get back to work.

As far as a place to meet friends, hang out, and play pool or darts, it’s great. Haven’t had food here.

Stop into pp for the first time in many years. The swamp waters are still great and the bartenders are very good. On the minus side, loud heavy metal music during badger game seems odd for a sports bar. Nothing terrible, but nothing that great.

Decent food and beer at a reasonable price, plus a ton of space compared to most of the other bars in Madison.

Definitely surprised by the location of this bar. I would call it a hidden gem. You have to access it via the frontage road access off of Rimrock. It shares the back of the building of a pawn shop. Once you see the sign you will wonder how you missed it.
It is nothing flashy but the size makes you get over that. They have great/​affordable drink specials. There are dart leagues, pool leagues and Foosball leagues. There are so many set-​ups for each of these. This is the perfect place to grab a drink with a big group of friends.
I did not eat when I went, but the people I was with had very good things to say about the food.
There is no waitress service. And they have trivia on Fridays.
I think you will not be disappointed with this laid back feel.

Pitcher’s Pub is an excellent combination of local dive bar meets sports pub!
If you like the feel of your local neighborhood bar, friendly bartenders, cheap drinks, and great food than you need to check out Pitcher’s. Sure it is a bit tough to find, but that simply adds to the fun. You will almost never have to wait for a pool table or a dart board (except maybe on league nights but usually even then they have some available). The food is also excellent — as far as bar food goes — I recommend the Rib-​eye Sandwich with fried onions and bacon!!! Washed down with a cold $ 2.00 can of Miller Light or a frosty pint of Hopalicous!!!

Pitcher’s pub is a great place for bar sports, they have a ton of dart boards, pool table’s, and Foss ball tables, with weekly tourneys. The bar staff is great and they mix up a lot of specialty drinks. (try the purple drink, it’s great)

My new favorite place! A bit hard to find the first time, but worth the hunt. Nice big place so you have room even if your group is bigger. Lots and lots of pool and darts — plus decent TVs for sports, decent bar food and often better than bar food daily specials. Good full bar and the ‘signature’ drink is the Swamp Water! Yum! Jukebox is new and super high tech (looks like a massive iPhone!) and most of the time is already playing good music. Cheese curds may be addicting.

Finally found a good pool and darts place in Madison. As mentioned, smoking is allowed, and there’s no escape from the smell. But because of the space size, it’s not stuffy at all.
Yeah, it feels like a dive center. I heard that they cleaned up quite a bit through recent renovations to ditch the image of coke-​snorting house. I liked the vibe and the crowd.

I’ve only experienced this bar on a few occasions and it was only to play in a dart league. Which I must add has excellent competition. I thought i was a descent player but wow. A 4.5 mpr in a game of cricket. That is impressive. This bar is one of the biggest i’ve every been in. It has more dart boards and pool tables than you could shake a stick at. It also has a descent array of music. I haven’t checked out the Jule box but the music it has played has be descent. The pride and joy of the place is its huge projector screen with the big game always on it. If your a sports fan you will love this screen.
Downsides to the place is the location. It is off Rimrock road just off the belt line and the entrance is in the back. Its very difficult to find and the crowd is of the older persuasions. All in all if your looking to have a few beers, play darts, and watch a good game. I would suggest giving this play a try.

This is not just a dive bar, it’s a dive warehouse. It’s friggin’ huge.
It’s packed with dozens of pool tables, foosball tables and dart boards. There are probably 50+ tables with multiple chairs throughout the whole thing. The bartenders are laidback and easy to have a laugh with. The rail gin is usually Tanqueray (for under $ 4/​drink), which delights me to no end.
FYI, this is in the «town» of Madison, not the city. Therefore, be prepared for lots and lots of smokers inside!