Dick’s Place

What a cool place. Drinks are very reasonable for top shelf. Friendly bartender. Full of locals. Check out the awesome mural outside the bathroom. Cheers!

Updating my three star review to a solid Four Star Dive Bar.
After my previous review, the owner contacted me about my experience with the bartender on my second visit. I feel that the owner taking the time to reach out to me is above and beyond, and makes it obvious he cares about his business. Definitely worthy of a rating bump.
Check out Dicks when you’re in Mendo!

First off the ambiance is dirty, dusty, many duck taped stool, and moldy smell. I would have given one star except for the fact of the bartender hooking us up with strong drinks-I.e.,$ 10 plus per drink. Don’t think I will be going back, sticking to hotel drinking!

Agreed. This is a solid neighborhood-​style dive bar in an otherwise artsy tourist town. Fair price for decent pour of Makers Mark.
But… Tables need cleaning. Basics for making standard drink like an Old Fashioned were unavailable. I would go back but only for a beer.

Met the most interesting people in Dick’s…
mostly while splayed out on the floor or hanging precariously from a barstool… A great place to meet the «real» Mendocino dwellers… not the fancied-​up artsy types.

Yep its definitely a dive for loco-​ls.
They got a nice mix of age groups in here. Some nights they feature DJs and it can get a little funky.
My friends swear the Bloody Mary on a Saturday afternoon is the must have.
I was happy with the beers on tap, darts, and liar’s dice.
Also you can order food, like a prime rib sandwich, from the nearby hotel restaurants and they will walk it down.
Not too shabby.

When looking to party in the tiny, beautiful sea side town of Mendocino you have but two options. The Irish pub in the middle of town, or Dick’s.
We chose Dick’s.
I’m really not even sure how to start talking about such a dope little dive bar. And believe me, by «dive bar» I actually mean dive bar. Shoes sticking to the floor, people of all ages getting ratchet on the dance floor, obliteratedly drunk people EVERYWHERE. Yes I do mean «all ages» by the way which is a great combination with the party hip hop the DJ was kickin. Picture a 60ish year old man singing along to «Bubble Butt» from beginning to end. If you’re one for blowing trees, just cross the street and look for the crowd with smoke over their heads. They don’t think we know what they’re doing over there but we do.
I was in town with a rather large crew for a wedding and the Friday night before the ceremony we rolled here about twenty deep. We get to the shots, we get to dancing, and it’s just on right from 10pm til close.
That crowd knows how to party, no joke. It was jam packed so you couldn’t even really tell if someone was just standing near you or trying to dance. One of my friends realized after quite awhile, «I think the girl behind me thinks I’m dancing with her?» He was not.
My guess is this is the place to come if you’re looking for a one nighter. Once my friend realized the girl was trying to dance with him he could have taken that home but as a married man, that wasn’t happening. There was some blond girl who was trying to climb all over me but I was not having it. She’d go in for the kiss and I’d place my hand on the top of her head and rotate it 45 degrees away from me. Kind of like a faucet handle. She called me «amazing» about 723 times but again, I was not having it. I’m sure she got her some by night’s end, no worries.
Dart boards in the back, dangerous but fun. Pinball. A badass DJ kicking out hip hop all Friday night. When I saw the place from the outside I wasn’t sure but after spending a fully night here, I’m a believer.

1 star for the «off sale» thing… no food… no seating… better hope you get the right bartender… ocean view if you wanna stand out on the sidewalk… LOL…goin to PATTERSON’S again!