Dino'z on State St (Milwaukee)

[Menotti80]

Has anyone been there yet? If so, what are your thoughts on the place? (Food, Atmosphere, etc)

 

 

I will be going out for dinner and drinks Friday night in the Milwaukee area or west of milwaukee (not downtown), and I may want to try something new. We ususally go to Lee's on Cleveland. I have heard Dino'z advertised on the radio a few times and I am interested.

 

We dont go out often so we really can't afford to go to a place that turns out to be a bust...

 

Thanks in advance!

[Baldkin]

I can't say I've been there. Haven't been to Lee's yet either.

 

What kind of place are you looking for? I'm sure the BF.netters can come up with suggestions!

[Menotti80]

Things we dont like:

- over crowded bars. i dont want to wait 10 minutes at the bar to get a bartender's attention. and if there are waitresses, they are able to check on us more than 2-3 times an hour

- the bars with a 21 yr old drunk college student atmosphere

- bars that turn into a dance club

- extremely loud sound system.

(basically, we hate bars like Buckhead & Brothers)

 

 

Things we do like:

- generally a relaxed atmosphere

- plenty of seating (especially tables with waitresses)

- plenty of HDTVs scattered throughout that offer a variety of sporting events (and if a brewer game is on will feature the brewer game)

- good food

- places that have a few dart boards and pool table(s) (that wont have a 45 minute wait when you put your quarter down)

- music that features non-techno/hip hop music

- Golden Tee (the lastest version, perferably on a pedistal cabinet and preferably $4 per LIVE game)... ok maybe this is what only I like.

[burniebrewer]

Did you look at their website, Menotti?

 

The pics give it the appearance of a fun bar, and they do mention darts, pool, trivia and Golden Tee 2010.

[chuckiehacks]

If you are headed that direction, Col. Hart's in Tosa is pretty nice. They've remodled and added a little patio. There is usually a pretty relaxed vibe in there, a little less crowded and older than Leff's, which is just a few doors down. Leff's new patio is really nice. Their waitstaff is good, too.

[Menotti80]

i did look at the website, but when i clicked on photos, i think it wanted to take me to facebook, which i can't view at work and i dont have a facebook account. i did notice the pictures at the top of the website. the first one shows it pretty crowded, but there's a live band performing (a saturday night); so it probably wont be that crowded friday night, especially during summerfest, which is nice.

 

i found Dino'z by searching for bars that have Golden Tee 2010, so it passed one of my "musts". lol

 

 

and chuckiehacks, i may check out col. harts sometime. too bad there's no GT machine though. and i have been to the new paio at leffs, and it was an improvement over the old leffs, which i hated because of its over-crowdedness

[Bikeage77]

besides the wings (which are wayyyy overpriced since they ran into problems a few years ago with their wing night) and the fried cheese curds, leff's food isn't really anything special either.