Buckets Pub 2nd Round

Racine, 2031 Lathrop Ave, Racine, WI 53405, United States | ★ 4.3 (1050 Review)

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Buckets Pub 2nd Round is Racine’s go-to destination for great food, cold drinks, and unforgettable events! 🍗🍻
Whether you’re joining us in our newly renovated restaurant and banquet space, booking a custom catering for your business or wedding through 2nd Round Catering by Buckets, or catching our Wings on Wheels food trailer around town — you’ll always get the same award-winning wings, hearty portions, and friendly local service we’re known for.

From casual company lunches to elegant plated dinners, Buckets delivers catering that fits every occasion — in-house or off-site. We proudly serve Racine, Kenosha, and the surrounding communities with food made from scratch, flexible menus, and a team that treats every event like it’s our own.

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Nick Nick

★ 3

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craig lapp

★ 5

Best wings around. Had forgotten how good they were and got some at the foodtruck festival. The next week had to drive up special from Bristol to pick up 20 for lunch.

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Clinton Hartford

★ 5

Wings are fire and the fish fry is off the hook!

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Neal Dzierla

★ 5

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Roger Schlink

★ 4

Fun place to watch sports and have a cigar.

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Bill Folk (gopfolk)

★ 4

Annual RYS Cigar dinner

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Phoebe Oz

★ 5

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Trevor Morgan

★ 5

First time coming here and LOVED it. Krista was the bartender and she recommended the grilled wings.. AWESOME CHOICE!!

Way less sauce than scores in town which was nice! Way more meat on the wings than BW3s .

Great lunch environment with tons of TVs and a nice quiet crowd.

Will be back MANY times!

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K Len

★ 5

Came here with a large group. Server was amazing, and the food fantastic.

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Vijion 2020

★ 4

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Debbie Hayes

★ 5

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K

★ 5

Really great grilled wings!!

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Lucian Petrovic

★ 5

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Bluvsu2

★ 5

Always a nice friendly place. Grilled wings amazing. Pretzel sticks amazing.

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Breton Keefe

★ 1

When you order steak tacos with no onions, and tell the staff twice no onions, they will make an onion taco with a little steak on it and not even put salsa verde on it…

This was ordered at the bar, with no onions

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Ann Moroe

★ 1

Can't argue they have delicious wings. Never once have they bothered to get a carry out order right.

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Gloria Taylor

★ 5

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Swens Photos

★ 5

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Anthony Payne

★ 5

Wings, families, friends

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Ian Maynard

★ 1

Needs to be called gutters instead of buckets. Used to be top 5 hands down. I won't feed this to a dying animal.

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Grace Bartos

★ 2

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Kevin Fischer

★ 5

They are continuing the Buckets Wings legacy. Same recipe and added some new ones. This place always has plenty of staff and something to watch on one of their plenty TVs.

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Nolan Brown

★ 5

My tastebuds never fail anyone, definitely the best wings in Racine. TAP IN🙏

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Steven E

★ 5

Great place to hang out.

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David Matthews

★ 5

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Tracy Simpson

★ 3

We had not been to Buckets since the change in ownership and were excited to finally do so. Were able to get a table right away. It was Sunday night so the place was not busy, maybe 10 tables at the most it appeared there was only one waitress on duty. We were not in any hurry and took that time to study the menu. When she appeared she was friendly and professional. We asked about the rewards program and she explained we would get points and free cheese curds just for signing up. Also, if we did sign up we would have points added for our meal when she checked us out after our meal. We placed our order and proceeded to sign up for the rewards program. I was able to see my points and free cheese curds almost immediately. At one of her visits to our table we asked what website or Url we go to check our points etc. Our waitress did not know and said the program had been only added within the last week or so. She did not offer to find out for us.

We have since found that you can sign in on the Buckets website.

We finished our meal. Received our check and saw that there was a price listed if you wanted to pay by card, $33.29, and an amount. $32.32 if you paid with cash. I checked and I had more than enough cash to pay the bill and save some money. I put $40 cash with the bill. The waitress brought $7.00 exactly as my change and no receipt. Ok so she shortchanged me $0.68. When I asked her about it she said she enters the cash into the machine and it tells her how much change to give the customer.. I asked if I could please have my receipt. When I pointed out the difference, she did not apologize but did leave and came back and not so gently put $0.75 on the table. Still no apology. Very disappointing and if I were another person. I may only have tipped her the $0.75 but I did not. I did not tip her as.much as I had originally planned but it was close to 20%
Our receipt is time stamped 7:01 pm. It is now 9:30 pm and my rewards balance has yet to be updated for our meal.Because I paid cash do I not get the points?

All in all, the rudeness of your employee and the lack of clarity about your rewards program made for a very disappointing visit to your establishment.

UPDATE: Points have been updated. Thank you Buckets Pub 2nd Round.

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Stacey Allen

★ 5

The wings are delicious. Service is fast and friendly, especially Krista.

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Gina

★ 5

Always go for the mushroom Swiss burger. Thought I'd try a fish fry and a margarita today... it was amazing! Buckets you have not disappointed me yet!

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Mark Leipzig

★ 2

I haven't eaten a whole lot of things from Buckets, but there are two items that stand out. Their wings, whether grilled or regular, have been outstanding. I do have one minor complaint about the grilled wings though. You can do so much with other sauces instead of limiting the grilled wings to the buffalo variety. I think a grilled teriyaki wing would be just as good... Also, their nachos are second level great! I can't simply order a half bucket - I always have to go the full bucket, just because... My only negative comment has to do with *some* of the service. There are multiple bartenders that have been beyond phenomenal but there are two that seem to get themselves stuck a bit even when things aren't as busy. Overall, though, y'all got me so keep doing what you're doing and my business with you will continue.

Edit: I have to reduce my food rating. While the food is excellent, their QA when sending to-go food out flat out sucks. I just ordered 30 grilled wings and they’re not cheap. I requested nothing but bleu cheese. When it came out the sealed bag with the dips said nothing but bleu cheese - happy me! I get home and open the order and what do I find? Seven ranch cups. For an order that cost me almost $50 I’d expect more care with the order prep and QA. Awesome wings - crappy kitchen read of an order.

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Rosemarie Rangel

★ 5

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Paul Hagemann

★ 5

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Shelley Lussmyer

★ 5

Was much better than when I went 5 years ago !

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Tray F

★ 2

Best wings in racine just double check your to go orders. I ordered 20 wings and only received 17

Edit** Ordered take out again and received 18 wings. Manager was awesome and polite but I think its ridiculous that the cook can't count 20 wings...

Wings were still great but go in person!

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J A

★ 5

Great little pub! Go for the wings, it is their specialty and they do it well.

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Ramon Villasenor

★ 5

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Margie Welniak

★ 5

Lunch for 8 was great. They didn't mind doing separate checks, and the food was delicious.

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Anthony Allen

★ 5

Great food

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Julia Nunez

★ 3

The private room was a good choice for our huge family.

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Cathi Moyett

★ 5

Great place!! The best wings around, onion "straws"rock and the staff is top notch (super kudos to Joey the bartender tor suggesting the grill wings).

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Michelle LeGath

★ 5

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Kate Brown

★ 5

I was skeptical about this place for so long after the ownership change. My extended family always rents out the banquet hall area and gets wings. After my family did this, I knew buckets changed for the better. There’s so much more menu options, including wing flavors. I think buckets still has the best wings in SE Wisconsin. I tried the pizza today… it is pretty high on the pizza place list too. They have specials like 75 cent wings on tuesdays and pizza&beer deals on thursdays. I can’t wait to try the nachos 🫡

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D Z

★ 5

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Gregory Happ

★ 5

Only downer is the cigt smell you Sometimes get while sitting along the entrance wall.

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Jennifer “Jenny” Hart

★ 5

Amazing chicken wings, these are my new favorite!

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sneak apeak

★ 5

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David St

★ 5

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Vida Giovingo

★ 5

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Travek 2112

★ 5

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J Roushia

★ 5

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Jeff Napoleoni

★ 3

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Tony B629

★ 3

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Jef Kleyheeg

★ 5

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Jennifer Hargrove

★ 1

I called in a carryout order. The female that took the order couldn't answer my questions and had to keep putting me on hold. It was a very lengthy process to place a very simple order. We had 3 separate taco orders. 2 orders were for steak tacos. The meat had absolutely no flavor and there was barely any meat on the tacos. It was a very disappointing and expensive experience that will never be repeated. Unfortunately, the taco truck that we absolutely love was closed tonight and we really wanted steak tacos. We seriously made a huge mistake (higher price & very poor quality) by ordering from Buckets2 rather than waiting one extra night to go to the taco truck. Never again!!
2/20/25 update: These added comments do not change the situation from last night, but after a lot of frustration, I called today and spoke to a kitchen manager, Theresa, who felt awful about the awful experience that we experienced last night. She was able to provide a lot of different ways to place our order in the future, items to request, and informed me of items that are available that were not listed on the menu by the items we ordered. Maybe at some point they will revise their menu or atleast, have the staff that are taking the orders, will offer additional items that they truly have available and simply aren't listed by the tacos.

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Brenna Trapp

★ 5

We came here for lunch and were pleasantly surprised! The half order of the trash can nachos were HUGE. The boneless wings were fresh and had lots of sauce on them. Definitely recommend this place. You get what you pay for!

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Zach

★ 1

We go to Buckets at minimum twice a month, and spend roughly $100 each time if not more.
We get generally the same thing every time for takeout- 1-2 orders of Cajun fries, 20-40 signature wings, and 20-40 grilled wings.
I’ve never once made a complaint regarding the food or service but I’m extremely disappointed tonight. We ordered food and it was an hour wait- that’s fine, it’s super busy. Picked up the order and got home- it’s around a 30 minutes drive. Lo and behold we’re missing 40 wings- more than half our order. Called and they said they were aware and could make them- but now I have to drive back and leave the food we do have to sit for an hour and would be soggy and cold. Called back to request a refund and I’m told they can’t refund partials so they have to contact the card company and request it that way. Multiple times they’ve forgotten the Cajun seasoning on our fries which is only a $1 charge- I’ve never complained, and twice we’ve been missing dips we paid for. Honestly I’m super annoyed at tonight as we just wanted a nice dinner for us and the kids and we have to postpone it and figure something else out. Really disappointed and doubt we’ll be going back for a very long time.

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Ryan Kreimer

★ 1

Since google wouldn’t let me reply to my original comment. You get another one star.

You had your chance to solve this privately. I left the owner my number twice to call me about separate issues I had and never once got a call back. After the second problem, and no return call, I took that as a personal sign of disrespect.

You do not care about what you can do for your customer. You only care about the customers money, and it shows through your entire staffs body language and attitudes.

You will never get mine or my sphere of influences money ever again. Buckets were the only wings I would eat since 1996, Now I couldn’t care less if you shut down. Never coming back.

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Ryan Kreimer

★ 1

Buckets 2nd round? More like Buckets last round.
New ownership sucks. I’d rather eat Scores crappy wings before I give the new owners another penny of my money.

Don’t waste your time or money here.

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Andrew Samsel

★ 5

Great people and great wings. They have mastered wings and bucket nachos. I recommend this to everyone. Plus 2$ beer for happy hour. A man can't go wrong

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Josh Barbian

★ 5

Best wings in Racine!

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Laurie Martinez

★ 1

We sat down to eat and could not get waited on. One waitress was just rolling silverware. Went to the bar to ask if there was a waitress or did we have to order at the bar? Oh you’re at a table she said? Then she went to the one rolling silverware. Nope she’s not going to do it. Then we continued to sit until I said forget it let’s just go after sitting there for 15 minutes. Then a waitress finally wants to come. Never mind. The bartender could have just took our order at the point when we asked.

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Ed Ostrego

★ 5

Went on very busy new years meat raffle. They still took time to take care of us, Very welcoming, great service.

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Deb Caparoon

★ 5

Best smoked wings! Definitely worth the stop.

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Jack Bush

★ 5

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Steve

★ 4

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Terry Smith

★ 5

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Al Langdon

★ 5

Everything about this place is great. Great food...

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linda smith

★ 5

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James Medina

★ 5

1st time and food was great. They were busy and staff did excellent job.

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John Foglio

★ 5

The service is always great here, and for my money they've got the best wings in the Racine/Kenosha area.

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David Dorger

★ 1

I once got roofied in there and the food was still the worst thing to happen to me that night

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Janie “Jane B.” Bela

★ 4

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Sherry King

★ 3

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Nick “Chefnick” Vail

★ 4

The Can Nachos is where it’s at folks!!! Super cool place. Awesome wings.

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Dorothy Jackson

★ 5

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Rob Sheean

★ 5

Nice size portions and the food was very tasty.

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Hit Ball Far Tour

★ 4

Great service and environment. Wish they were open past 10 so we could have enjoyed end of Sunday Night Football.

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Tyler Sayas

★ 4

Wings are good. Like the buffalo wings

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Patricia Rieman

★ 5

Nice to sit outside! Good fish and chicken.

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JJ Jara

★ 1

One old bartender ruined it for me. He was an unhappy worker. Life is too short to be grumpy. Get a different job.

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Becky Roehl

★ 2

Had to ask for a server! Had to ask for the onion straws we ordered. Not a good waitress at all!

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Drew Metz

★ 5

Wings are delicious

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Adam prott

★ 4

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Abraham Gonzalez

★ 4

Place is HUGE. Wings, beer and apps were good but I was pretty foreign to the idea of not having a server come to you and having to go to the bar to order wasn't an inconvenience, but on a busy day at the bar I could see how that could make for a bit of a kerfuffle. Overall I liked it and I'll come back to try the pizza.

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Tim B

★ 5

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Shon Velasquez

★ 2

I had a piece of hair on my wings when they came out ( short either blond or grey. Which I have neither of ) and told the bartender that was helping me. I didn’t make a scene or anything just simply was letting her know because someone else might not have been so understanding. I wasn’t even trying to get a discount or my wings remade so my understanding was met with a nonchalant response as well as attitude. After that she had a very sour demeanor only checked in with my cousin I was sitting next to asking how his food was etc etc. So now let me be extremely honest wing’s overall were the worst I’ve had since the owner buyout, ranch went from best in the city to a mayo/ranch mix which is HORRIBLE and I noticed you pick and choose who’s allowed to Vape in your establishment as well. Next time take heed to the constructive criticism with grace instead of being rude an offended.

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Evan Malone

★ 5

Excellent

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Tom Pataska

★ 5

Great place for wings (or any of their specials). Always has been a favorite stop for us. In addition, the Friday fish fry is excellent! Choices of Cod, Perch, Walleye, and Bluegill, I recommend all! And they have Smelt. every day! Our youngest son's favorite is the Walleye!

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Darci Montgomery

★ 5

Great wings! Great service!

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Constance Larsen

★ 5

I didn't eat but joined my relatives who were eating and enjoying one another after we had been to a family funeral. So good to have a pleasant atmosphere to meet with many after the passing of a special person!!!

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Phantom Magic

★ 4

Food was 4 of 5 stars. Service was good but it was very hard to get a refill due to how busy they were. Probably understaffed. I love the outdoor patio.

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DeSario Turner

★ 2

I enjoy wings from buckets… always have. However, placed a phone order, was told 35-40 min… when I came to pick my order up, there was no record of it. Told me the bartender who may have taken the order was gone already. The service recovery as concern for the inconvenience was nonexistent. I was given an “unfortunately” apology & told I can order again and we’ll have them ready in 15-20 min… but that’s it (& the price wasn’t the same as what I was told).
Businesses have to take better care of their customers… if they truly value them. Far too many options not to.
(If you're wondering… yes I waited on a new order… still waiting as I type…we were hungry and mouth watering for them!)

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Jeff Koessl

★ 5

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joey charo

★ 4

Great place to smoke a cigar

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Kelly Taylor

★ 5

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Blake

★ 5

Got the big order of nachos through Uber eats. They sent a great selection of toppings and the portions were perfect.

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Denise LG

★ 5

We were a large party of about 8 and they were able to accommodate us with no issues. Food was great

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Marcia Ruggaber

★ 4

Nice, clean, friendly bartender. Cajuan grilled chicken delicious!

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Margarita

★ 5

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Kelly Highman

★ 5

Called in to pick up grilled wings for the shop. They were done and ready on time and they were AWESOME!!!

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Fruit Ninja

★ 5

The Grilled wings and fries are everything! You will not be disappointed! Add a beer and you’re good to go! The bar staff is excellent, super friendly and always willing to accommodate.

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Joe OConnor

★ 4

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Johnthan Mata

★ 5

The chicken wings were delicious. However, my server appeared to be having a difficult day, as she was quite rude to one of my colleagues. This was disappointing, as the food was otherwise excellent.

I would still recommend this establishment, as the food was of a high quality.

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carl duffy

★ 2

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Wendy Dietze

★ 5

Good tacos and friendly fast service.

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traci trimberger

★ 5

Went with Sam for bday. Food and service were good..
.as always!👍

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prentice black

★ 5

Always a cool place. Never had a issue 👍🏾 keep up the good work

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Miguel Ramirez

★ 5

Recommend this place to Celebrate partys or memorable family reunion

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Allis Steinmetz

★ 5

I have attended different parties in the side party room. Bartenders are always nice & efficient! Food is good as well.

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Kim Marie

★ 5

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mary risler

★ 5

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michelle (miki) rainey

★ 2

Wings were tough and blue cheese dressing tasted bad

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Fran Will

★ 5

Great burgers

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Justin Ambrosini

★ 5

Had one of the best meals I could ask for in Wisconsin!

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sally merriman

★ 5

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terrry chesser

★ 1

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Laura Mai

★ 5

I have not been here since the new owners took over. My dad is sick with cancer and he doesn't have much of an appetite anymore, so when he told me he was craving wings from Buckets, I ordered take out. Back in my softball playing days, we came here at least once a week, and the wings were always our favorite. Back then there weren't many bars serving wings like these, so it was the place to be. Although I loved their wings, I hated ordering them Togo because the steam being trapped in the box always made them so soggy by the time I got home. So when my dad wanted them tonight, I prepared myself for soggy wings. I called and ordered from a very nice young lady. I'm assuming it's the same girl that brought the bag out..she was very nice. I got the food home and was a bit bummed when I opened the box and I saw that it looked like there was hardly any sauce on them ( BBQ and original is what we ordered) well once I ate one, I realized I was wrong, there was no need to over sauce them because they were very good. The best part was, the wings were nice and crispy... the new owners must be geniuses because their boxes now have little vent holes for the steam!! The only sort of downfall was that the blue cheese didn't taste like the same as the original Buckets had, it sort of tasted like mayonnaise... but whatever, the wings were good enough on their own anyways. So thank you Buckets for filling up my dad. It was really nice seeing him eat and actually enjoy something for once.

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Jose Maldonado Davalos

★ 3

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Charlene Willems

★ 4

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Amy sprat

★ 4

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Tony Taylor

★ 5

Best chicken wings

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Anthony Burtman

★ 4

Great food always leave carrying a box their grilled chicken wing are awesome great sports bar

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Francesca DeRose

★ 4

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M Bruno

★ 3

The cod fish fry is fantastic! Have been back just for that multiple times.

The wings are still good, and I believe they got the original wing recipe from the original Buckets.

Now ... the reason for a 3 star review.
Built my own burger. Big Mistake!! Hands down the absolute WORST burger in town. This place should be ashamed. I have had better burgers from my teen's high school cafeteria. Unlike the original Buckets, they do not cook to order. I asked. No med-rare, medium or even alittle pink. They just grab a frozen patty and burn it. I literally felt the moisture being sucked out of my mouth this thing was so dry.
HORRIBLE!!
Since my double was the same size as a MickyD's double quarter pounder, I highly doubt this place is using 1/3lb patties like the menu says.
Oh, and by the way (note to the cook) a ... Double cheese burger ... comes with cheese on BOTH patties. Hence, the word Double.
I love the fish and wings, but this burger was so bad, I will not be back for a long time.
No, I did not tell my waitress or the manager. Didn't feel it was worth the effort or the wait for a different meal.
If you want a good juicy burger, do not come here.

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Sherry Irek

★ 2

Had a cheese burger to.go. Was not juicy, over cooked 😣 Didn't like it at all.

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Shaquana Hannah (Quana)

★ 5

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Crestview Park

★ 5

I had a tall Jack and coke plus the cajun avocado chicken sandwich. Fast and good. Easy lunch and the bartender Billy was on it cause i didn't want to be.thete forever. Fresh food, good drinks

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F Farhan

★ 4

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Sara Dahlberg

★ 5

I love this place I could eat here everyday!!!! Everyone here is so nice!!!!

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Jamie Brau

★ 3

Ordered wings and cheese curds online using the Seamless Grubhub option for pickup. Ordering was easy and online payment easy as well. My boyfriend got to the restaurant to pick up our food and what do you know our order wasn't there and nobody knew anything about it. Well a grubhub driver walked into the restaurant with our order that was put on a shelf for delivery. I would have requested new food to be made but I wasn't there to pick the order up. In my opinion they should have done that no matter what. Will not order food online again which means we will most likely not eat here again unless out on that side of town and in the mood to sit in the restaurant. $50 is alot of money for luke warm wings and cold cheese curds. I will say the wings had good flavor and they were large.

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Chris Phelps

★ 4

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Karl Kolmer

★ 4

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Laura Amador

★ 5

The wings are always great! Wish they didn’t get rid of the Rueben

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Bev

★ 4

I felt the wings were over cooked.
Pizza was excellent .
My SC Old Fashion was Super

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Samantha Foster

★ 1

I pick up for doordash and they aren't very friendly or helpful...

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Stephen Vandewinckel

★ 4

Would have been 5 stars but I observed the bartender use the restroom and leave without washing his hands. Super glad I didn't order a drink.

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Nancy Haigh

★ 4

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Mike Pedersen

★ 1

Used my card at the bar and was way over charged with money I didn't spend, couldn't get a hold of a manager to speak to and fix the issue. They had " no idea " how it happened of course , promised they'd look into it and never got back to me. Ended up having to call my bank and dispute charges.

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James Sutton

★ 5

Grill wings

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Anthony Wood

★ 2

Its sad that their reviews remain so high, theyre all old reviews, from when Buckets was great... I myself had to delete my previous review to make this edit.

Ill start with service because it was great, the lady who took our order was extremely nice, polite, amd attentive without being overbearing.
The atmosphere is a bit cluttered and random people inject themselves into your conversations, or just talk to you out of the blue... they arent rude (at least to me) but i dont like it. I feel like if there was a bit more space between the tables and stools it wouldnt happen as much, but moving on.

The food the last 3 or 4 times has chamged for the worst, from smaller, slimey feeling grilled chicken wings, to the very generic nachos they serve at high prices because they serve it ridiculously, to the "smash" burger i had last time that wasnt smash, but a frozen puck that had no seasoning, the only thing i could taste was freezer burn and made me queezy enough i couldnt finish it or my beer. The cheese curds have more grease than cheese... fries are good when ordered "extra crispy" because they are cooked long enough to make the thick fry not soft and starchy.

Over all im sad to see a place near me that I amd many enjoyed for decades sliding down hill, charging top prices for cheaper frozen foods. Id love to see them step back up the level of quality we grew to love, even if the prices have to go up to reflect our current economy. I dont think ill be back there for awhile

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Brian Bodnar

★ 4

Food was good and it was a nice meeting place for me and my friends.

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Rell Barrett

★ 5

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Justine Berta

★ 1

Food was great and it was a busy evening however mustve been a disconnect in the kitchen. Our food came out sporadically and there was a lot of time between each order. Made reservations for a large party and when asked where we were supposed to sit, instead of directing us to the hostess the bartender was rude as heck and told us just to put some tables together. Rude and completely disrespectful

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richie well

★ 5

Awesome wings! Great staff! Keep up the great work!!!

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Thomas Howard

★ 5

Wings, burgers, fish all consistently good. Homemade soups with daily specials also. Roomy for groups with extra reservable banquet room & also separate smoking room. New ownership as Buckets 2nd round with Joey Lagath huge upgrade in personally friendliness. Marci also excellent personality. New menu for appetizers & main entrees has a wide variety. Nice smoking room cigar club friendliness with new friendships gained.

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William Wind

★ 5

The new Buckets is a great successor to the original Buckets. As good as the original if not better!

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Dan Johnson

★ 4

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Melanie Guerra

★ 5

Best wings around!

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Ken Baldwin

★ 4

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Jackie Lee

★ 4

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Kyle Schroeder

★ 5

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Damian Winter

★ 5

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K Hein

★ 2

The bartenders at this establishment need customer service training. Service is HORRIBLE!

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Justin

★ 5

The food from the wings to the chicken wrap is absolutely delicious.
Their Friday fish fry is all you can eat for like 12 or 13 dollars and is completely worth every penny

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TheOneAboveAll

★ 5

Buckets pub second round has all the things you love about the old buckets including fantastic wings incredible service and a vibe that's hard to find in Racine but with new additions like an updated drink menu and food menu that I think is an improvement on the past with new drink specials as well and a crowd of fun people who are always in a good mood every time I visit so I would highly recommend stopping by to check it out yourself

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ryan dehahn

★ 4

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michaelwayne scalf

★ 4

All good.

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Kim Anderson

★ 5

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Sues Musurlian

★ 5

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Joshua Strangberg

★ 4

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Justin Davis

★ 2

Update 11/23. Went again this week and the original buckets wings are no longer. Original Sauce is non-existent and wings are different - they must be the cheaper ones.
Tried 3 times since new owners, no longer. 🤷

Ordered twice over the past couple weeks and their wings aren't like they were. Don't know if new management changed the recipe or what but both orders weren't the traditional Buckets. mehh

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Sandy Oswalt

★ 5

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Jeremy

★ 2

Smash burger was good. However, my girlfriend had the nachos and she ended up tossing her cookies shortly after getting home. She had me try them and it wasnt good at all. The meat was not right. The seasoning they used on it was disgusting. So please, do not do the nachos. Will not be returning.

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Jerry Geyer

★ 5

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Sylvia

★ 3

Since new ownership the food has drastically changed. I no longer like the burgers they serve. I did try a pizza. I would rate that as mediocre in taste. Did like the sausage on it. I don't really like going here anymore. Their wait staff is really good.

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Louise Urdiales

★ 5

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john cihler

★ 1

Messed up our order twice in a row. Under cooked fish the time before this and couldn't get silverware.

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Johnson Family

★ 4

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Teri Love

★ 4

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Billy

★ 5

They have the best wings in town! Order them grilled, grab a beer, and enjoy whatever sports they are airing are on their many large TV's! Service is always great!

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Julie Engholt

★ 4

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Heather S

★ 5

Great weekday specials. Service was a bit slow.

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Audrey Braatz

★ 4

1st time here after it changed owners. I had a bloody Mary and grilled wings for lunch. My wings were phenomenal. I have never really been the biggest fan of chicken wings, but I would eat these anytime. My bloody Mary lacked though. Still a good experience.

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The Tech

★ 1

Way overpriced and slow service. The workers are drug dealers smh

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Brandon Wagner

★ 3

Wings were good as always, but the badger Italian beef was fatty.

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Jamie Heieren

★ 5

I had lake perch. It was great. The waitress was great. She was very attentive. A little pricy but that's all over. Prices are getting out of hand. Everything keeps going up except the money in our pocket. Where is all this money going. To the wealthy.

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Annette Llanas

★ 4

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G Stanky

★ 5

I get their wings everytime i go and it is always a fantastic experience. Im in favor for the best wings in town.

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Kendall Hibbler

★ 5

I Love this place you can sit outside and eat or inside the food is so good I will be going back up there

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Peter Fox

★ 5

fun clean place with a good fish fry.

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Nathan Lupus

★ 5

Amazing wings and burgers all around. Been 5 years since I got to stop in and wasn't disappointed in the slightest.

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Timothy Sorensen

★ 5

Excellent burgers and fries!

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Jeremy Werner

★ 5

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Kristen Morris

★ 4

Went for fish, but they only serve fish on Friday!!!

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Sharon Kreuzpaintner

★ 5

We had a group of 10 in our party. The service was good although the place was quite busy with the lunch crowd. Our waitress was attentive and friendly. She did tell us she couldn't do individual checks due to how busy they were, but she did end up giving us each a bill. Food was very good. I'd go back again.

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Kem Vogt Jr

★ 5

Love the wings and Fries

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Robert Greening

★ 4

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Laura Greeley

★ 3

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Taneka Golden

★ 1

First all, I usually don’t do reviews unless I have a problem, so for our family movie night we decided to order wings usually we got them from another restaurant but they were having a party so we tried Buckets and what a disaster. I ordered the wings from the bar, asked the guy behind the bar. What was the difference between grilled and bone in wings? He gave me his version, which was not very descriptive. As I ordered my wings I asked for a drink while I wait for my wings that I never got. After a 25-30 min wait, Once I brought the wings home and once we open the container, the wings had not been what we ordered.

So I called and told them that I got the wrong order. The hostess explained that the guy who took my order didn’t really understand how the wings were prepared so she said they can make them again the right way but bring back the other wings and they’ll be ready in 25 minutes.

No problem I brought the wings back next thing you know I get there maybe within 20 minutes I had to wait another 25 minutes for the new wings. I can say that the hostess was trying her hardest to be accommodating which I appreciate but the rest of the staff they needed to a do over on customer service, after my long second wait for my wings, another woman came over and decided to refund me back my money which was good, but still didn’t refund me back my time that I had to wait so needless to say one and done.

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David Legath

★ 5

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Michelle D

★ 4

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rb

★ 4

We wanted to try out the fish fry and figured go just before 4pm, we like to sit a the bar but it was packed that soon, on the end by the kitchen theres 3 stools and 2 had a cone saying be right back, they were there for freinds that sat right on the corner, we noticed a stool out of place so moved so now theres 4 stools and sat down, we started off with drinks and ordered after about 10 minutes, there was some confusion on who would take the order when we said were ready, the barkeep asked who served the drinks and said they will get the order, what? Its a bar not a table with a specific waitress. The order was taken and food came out in a reasonable amount of time, we both thought the fish was very good, the coleslaw was not, big shreds and chunky, not much flavor because there wasn't much dressing so it was dry and like eating fresh cut cabbage, the fries were good and tarter sauce is from dill i believe and like mine with sweet relish, to bad someone doesn't ask mark for now closed cliffs boathouse coleslaw and tarter sauce recipe. Served a half a piece of rye bread with butter, over all the very good fish wont be enough to bring me back. Not to say there was anything wrong but slaw and tarter not for me, we spent an hour there with one having a few margaritas and me a few beers, the cones were picked up when the other peoples left and obviously there friends didn't show, which to me they should have opened those seats long before as i saw others come there only to see the cones and walk away. We received the bill and noticed the margaritas had 2 rail charges and a more expensive that said GOAT, no one said nor asked about which they wanted but the person drinking them said they didn't notice any difference between them, so the top shelf tasted like rail it seems or was the all rail, i think a person should be asked rail or premium, i believe most would go premium. I wont order them out because mine at home i use 100% agave tequila, good triple sec or gran marnier, fresh lime juice and a little nectar agave, once that and no bar or restaurant drinks match up. When we first arrived i asked if there was a seafood platter but they do not although the barkeep sait that is a good idea, mix cod, perch and a few shrimp but not. The atmosphere was close to the old buckets almost turn key but a few things are different in the old pool table area, i noticed a host table up front with a hostess standing there but rarely saw anyone coming through the front doors so im not sure how productive it is in that area but thats my opinion only. They do have the banquet room open for overflow so if real busy it looks like you will get a seat right away.

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Matt Sheahan

★ 5

Nice bar with good food. The owner, Jason, talked with me for a while. Very friendly and welcoming place.

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Natalie Nunn

★ 5

I go for the grilled wings which are so good!

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John Archer

★ 5

Spectacular atmosphere. Grat people and great staff

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Alyssa Nerad

★ 4

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Brigit Wilson

★ 5

Celebrated a Birthday Party.

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Dawn Martinsen

★ 2

First time at 2nd Round (new ownership). The wings were the same and yummy but I'm completely put off by their prices. We just happen to go on $0.75 wing night (Yay for us) but they get you back by overcharging for their appetizers and ice tea. We ordered the "smelt basket" for $9 and got 8 little smelt. That's crazy for any Itty bitty piece of fish. Ice tea was a mix because they poured it out of a pitcher and it was $4 a glass. WHY??? If you want people to come back then give them a reason to. The place was packed so I'm sure they could care less about this review, but I'm doubtful I'll return. Just disappointed.

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valeria hines

★ 2

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Milijana Radulovic

★ 5

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Muggs Mueller

★ 4

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