The Pickle

Absolutely a fun night, bartender was great. Alot of places were closed ( mon dec 22 ) but the Pickle was open and rocking!

Absolute terrible dive bar in all of the sense. It smells. You've been warned. But the college kids love it and it's often packed with early 20s somethings. Very limited drink selections, and higher than expected pricing given the general level of disrepair and filth.

Great place. Had a rocking deal to buy a mug and get rail refills for $2. Great birthday celebration hotspot. Only complaint is the number of bartenders is a bit low and your wait time for a drink which is understandable but they had 2 bartenders trying to serve 30 people at a time. Even just one extra wouldve shortened time immensely.

Staff were all very personable, even on NYE.

If you want the atmosphere of your buddies basement house party, this is the place for you. Sticky floors, broken toilets and the smell of cleaning solution and b.o. fills the air. Several dudes to check your ID for 3 minutes when there are clearly underage people drinking there. They'll bend your id and use their lame fake id checker pretending they know what they're doing. The drinks are weak and overpriced. The music is always the same and trash. Bartenders will pass by without even saying "Hey, I will get to you in a sec". Overall, just go to a basement house party and pay 5$ for a cup to get beer from the keg.

If you want watered down drinks and a TON of "in the mood" college kids this is the place to go. If you want a comfortable atmosphere, a bathroom that doesn't make you vomit in your mouth a little, and anything that resembles a safe place to consume any sort of consumable product I wouldn't go here lol I went here when I was 21 as a "rite of passage." It's well known in my area to be one of the grossest bars in Eau Claire. Two stars because it is a good place to socialize but that's it.

When you enter, expect to have 2-3 dudes run over and anxiously ask to see your ID. Then watch them carefully inspect it, shining a flashlight on it, turning it over, really selling the whole "we care about drinking age" theatre. If you make it up to the bar past the sea of drunk, sweaty, smelly freshmen be prepared for a $15 card minimum and the sloppiest pours you've ever seen from a selection of 4 (four) cheap liquors. I believe they may also have white claws. Not worth your time. Known to scam & has had other legal issues in its time. I think they're kept afloat entirely by the patronage of college student who don't really know what they're doing.