I live in IL. We do enjoy taking road trips to our neighboring states and I have been here. The area is beautiful and though I didn't stop in this bar, I did turn around in their parking lot to head back home. What a small world.
@@schmucklesux6468 easiest way to describe them is a cardboard slot machine. Little squares of cardboard with (typically 3) perforated tabs that you pull open to see if you've got a winner.
@@GoingNorthObv Yes sir! My grandfather is from Ålesund. I visited there about 15 years ago. It is such a beautiful country - I can’t wait to go back someday. It’s also a goal of mine to learn the language. It’s not going well, I know 3 or 4 phrases.
@@Tex-Toons Alright, cool! Yeah, it's quite magical. Eventhough I have traveled alot outside of Norway; traveling around Norway just fills me with some insane positive energy. Dramatic landscape for sure. People say Norwegian is quite easy to learn, so I guess you've just got to find the time and grind out a few long sessions. Once you hear a few words you've learned, you can quite easily piece together what the person you're having a conversation with mean with the sentence/question being posed. If you ever swing by; snowboarding during june/july 30 minutes away from the sea which usually holds 68f++ with bbq opportunities and bluebird weather at Folgefonna glacier is something I definitely recommend if you're into skiing, snowboarding, or just hiking. Holy shit that was a novel. My bad 😂
Love the older fella next to ya who did not give a DAMN and clearly had that "Doesn't this guy work?" and "Get the eff out of my bar." vibe going. The bartender seemed to be barely tolerating the event too and was obviously not super comfortable on camera either. Hysterical. Also, for a guy who grew up with a lake house, you can't skip a rock worth a damn. That is all.
@@RETRO-RANEYS-RESTORATIONS English is hard. "I'll bet you're real fun at parties, douche." Maybe you should refrain from commenting until you tighten up your writing.
Yeah there is more than corn in Iowa, there are cows and more pigs than we can count, oh and soybeans. Then there is Okoboji, Field of Dreams, Court Center (downtown Des Moines) and then some of the best small town bars you can ask for!
I've ridden a bicycle across 31 states so far. Been to a LOT of small town bars. My favorite was in eastern Montana. Bar tender/owner was a smaller woman. Had some sort of refrigerated device behind her. 20 some odd doors about shoulder height. "Can I get a pbr?" With out looking shed just throw a back fist and a cold pbr would drop in her hand. I drank extra heavily that day just to watch. Nice place. I'd recommend it but they didn't have a sign....or much of a town really.
Love the small town bars! Awesome job! Venture out west to north Idaho and see how small the home town bars are! Lol! Try the Tervan in Sandpoint Idaho! Lol! Love it!
So I know it's not Iowa, but you gotta visit Blarney's Island out on the Grass lake in Antioch Illinois. It's the place to be if lakes and boats and drinking is your thing.
I live across the Mississippi River from Sabula. I actually saw someone I know at that bar- so funny!! Maybe you can come back and stop into Savanna,IL
As someone who grew up in Southeast Iowa I can say this is the most Iowan bar i have ever seen, aside from one in a small town not too far from lake Rathbun.
Dude i grew up 15 mins from there. I know everyone there 😂. If you get back down that way you gotta check out bs general store in folletts. Just a short drive down river road. Its the best dive bar in the midwest.
Great timing! I'm planning a run out to Wyoming in my van and was scouting out cool stuff between here in Buffalo, Ny and thattaway. Bonus if the bar owner will let me overnight my van in the parking lot..its my home on the road 😎
Welcome to God's country! There is a island bar in prairie DU chien Wisconsin too. Just up stream. The bars in mc Gregor Iowa rock too. Ok most places on the Mississippi rock!
I am sure you get suggestions all the time, but the FIB's got this on stilts called Blarney Island its a tourist attraction maybe not small Midwest bar.
As a Scotsman who happened to be passing through I can concur. I can still feel the steely cold of the early morning Appanoose sidewalk, as I tried and failed several times to walk back to my digs.
You should go to Blarney Island on Grass Lake in chain of lakes in Illinois (no S)...it's the key west of the mid west...spent many days blasted there back in my yute
You need to do a review of the Curderburger from Culver’s. It’s a burger with a cheesecurd patty on top. I’d love to get your opinion and expertise on it.
Welcome to Iowa and 8-liners as they are called. You win tickets that allow you to buy drinks in that bar but make the amusement companies that supply the games a lot of money!
omg- my small town would tax the hell out of it, just being on an island...lol.. i live in a town of 700- and if u can even see water.in the fall when the leave are gone...ur considered lake view..lol
Man I gotta say, I love your channel, and humor, but... I really think you got something with these sets of videos. Keep it up and I wouldn't doubt someone like the Food network or Travel network, or some network of some kind comes knocking. There are great little bars off the beaten trail that give a true flavor of the local community. Weird bar games/ culture, signature local drinks, Crazy decor, weird stories, weirder patrons. Done right this could really turn into something. Kinda like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, but for bars. I wish you all the best , and if you expand a little, your eastern cousins in upstate NY have some great bars. Marble Hill in in Sherrill, NY, great wings, stop off for bikes in the summer and sleds in the winter (though I may be a little biased as it's my former watering hole (I've since moved south)). That said man, keep it up, I love the vids, and I think you got something there!!
This journey will eventually end in Margaritaville 🎉
All journeys should end in Margaritaville.
I mean... key west is a pretty small town
I live in Margaritaville 😉🎸😎
@@detroyt232323 REPORTED for living in paradise
@@mrgoogan 90 miles to Bahamas and 200 to Key West 🤙
The progression of intoxication in this video is hilarious!
I live in IL. We do enjoy taking road trips to our neighboring states and I have been here. The area is beautiful and though I didn't stop in this bar, I did turn around in their parking lot to head back home. What a small world.
I have a feeling she's gonna be making more rum buckets after this 😂
I'd like to taste her rum bucket
I love this guy.
He is the heartbeat of Midwest.
As an Iowan I completely agree, we need better pulltab options. 👍👍
Come on up to MN, we'll take care of you!
what are pool tabs
What are pulltabs?
@@schmucklesux6468 They are a form of lottery. Minnesota has way better ones lol
@@schmucklesux6468 easiest way to describe them is a cardboard slot machine. Little squares of cardboard with (typically 3) perforated tabs that you pull open to see if you've got a winner.
K. I was doubting the veracity of the alcohol consumption, but the flushed face right after the rock skipping, boy I seen that before
I love this series so much. It’s whatever the opposite of a cold streak is
Uh, hot streak?
@@ZFKATNBADGER40 woosh
Are you part Norwegian, Ben? I know several people with the last name "Myklebust" here in Norway.
@@GoingNorthObv Yes sir! My grandfather is from Ålesund. I visited there about 15 years ago. It is such a beautiful country - I can’t wait to go back someday.
It’s also a goal of mine to learn the language. It’s not going well, I know 3 or 4 phrases.
@@Tex-Toons Alright, cool! Yeah, it's quite magical. Eventhough I have traveled alot outside of Norway; traveling around Norway just fills me with some insane positive energy. Dramatic landscape for sure.
People say Norwegian is quite easy to learn, so I guess you've just got to find the time and grind out a few long sessions. Once you hear a few words you've learned, you can quite easily piece together what the person you're having a conversation with mean with the sentence/question being posed.
If you ever swing by; snowboarding during june/july 30 minutes away from the sea which usually holds 68f++ with bbq opportunities and bluebird weather at Folgefonna glacier is something I definitely recommend if you're into skiing, snowboarding, or just hiking.
Holy shit that was a novel. My bad 😂
"Good luck. I don't usually make em." Has got to be a staple for small town bars.
the rum bucket looks dangerously fun
You could tell this bucket got him more tipsy than usual. Thanks for the content.
There used to be a great pizza place/bar in Sabula called Bombfire. Sadly the owner passed and I don' think it's still around.
Yeah, unfortunately it's no longer in business
I love Sabula! But you were sooooo close to the Poorhouse Tap in Camanche...you should hit it next time on your way to B & S in Follets😉
My GF grew up in Sabula, and her mom lives about 50 feet from that bar!
Love the older fella next to ya who did not give a DAMN and clearly had that "Doesn't this guy work?" and "Get the eff out of my bar." vibe going. The bartender seemed to be barely tolerating the event too and was obviously not super comfortable on camera either. Hysterical. Also, for a guy who grew up with a lake house, you can't skip a rock worth a damn. That is all.
I bet your real fun at party's doosh
@@RETRO-RANEYS-RESTORATIONS English is hard. "I'll bet you're real fun at parties, douche." Maybe you should refrain from commenting until you tighten up your writing.
@@ericvaughn1126 I kwit skool win I was barely 12 but I bets I still can skip a stone way gooder then you can doosh
It's because he's left handed.
Love all the Iowa content, show the world that there’s more than Corn here😂
yes bars....Ive been to Iowa, nothing but bars and corn
@@PolPotsPieHole uhhh cows...?
@@huntingdemons9039 sorry I forgot cows and the worlds biggest Truck stop
@@PolPotsPieHole i80 is pretty cool... No radio store connected though...?
Yeah there is more than corn in Iowa, there are cows and more pigs than we can count, oh and soybeans. Then there is Okoboji, Field of Dreams, Court Center (downtown Des Moines) and then some of the best small town bars you can ask for!
I'm from Iowa and hearing u say iowa is a second home to u... it made my day. U rock man!
😂😂 That Island-Boy reference at 3:19 was absolutely hilarious lol 😂😂
"making sure my clock is turned to island time" 💜 I love it 🥰
Locals be like, WTF is this guy! 😂
Dude in the light blue looked ready to clock him or the camera man.
I've ridden a bicycle across 31 states so far. Been to a LOT of small town bars. My favorite was in eastern Montana. Bar tender/owner was a smaller woman. Had some sort of refrigerated device behind her. 20 some odd doors about shoulder height. "Can I get a pbr?" With out looking shed just throw a back fist and a cold pbr would drop in her hand. I drank extra heavily that day just to watch. Nice place. I'd recommend it but they didn't have a sign....or much of a town really.
Love the small town bars! Awesome job! Venture out west to north Idaho and see how small the home town bars are! Lol! Try the Tervan in Sandpoint Idaho! Lol! Love it!
Welcome to Iowa and I hope you enjoyed your time here.
Lol, I stop at this bar a couple times every year for the past 20 years. It’s now a destination like poopies.
So I know it's not Iowa, but you gotta visit Blarney's Island out on the Grass lake in Antioch Illinois. It's the place to be if lakes and boats and drinking is your thing.
The sin pit. I would not bother. Bunch of fibs
This was the best one so far. 😂😂😂😂
Come to Potosi, WI! Haverlands Bar or Yoders Rockville Bar! 😁🍻
What a great TH-cam series, this thing rocks!!!
That old fella next to you...bet he had the best bar jokes 😏 🤣
The guy in the grey shirt is like “ get this idiot out of here” 😄
I live across the Mississippi River from Sabula. I actually saw someone I know at that bar- so funny!! Maybe you can come back and stop into Savanna,IL
Dude I lost it when you hit the Island Boy part. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
as a canadian who was staying with two ppl from wiso in savannah, IL last year which is right across the river......such a good video
"No I'm not doing it,I'm not doing it. (Whispers) I'm an Island BOY." Jajajaja
The bar looks fun
This mid west bar series is awesome!
How can you go wrong with a bucket of rum on an island?
You ought to check out O'Malley's in Weston, Missouri. It's underground in an old distillery
It's favorite bar. When we come to town.🍺🍺👍
As someone who grew up in Southeast Iowa I can say this is the most Iowan bar i have ever seen, aside from one in a small town not too far from lake Rathbun.
Dude i grew up 15 mins from there. I know everyone there 😂. If you get back down that way you gotta check out bs general store in folletts. Just a short drive down river road. Its the best dive bar in the midwest.
Great timing! I'm planning a run out to Wyoming in my van and was scouting out cool stuff between here in Buffalo, Ny and thattaway. Bonus if the bar owner will let me overnight my van in the parking lot..its my home on the road 😎
I bet you 10,000 dollars that she lets you park that sweet ride in her lot for the night.
There is a campground on the island. Not sure how much it costs, but it is worth a drive through.
@@aliciaclark8957 Thanks 😎
this is the best youtube series iv'e ever watched
If he really had two of those rum buckets, smashed lol
Welcome to God's country! There is a island bar in prairie DU chien Wisconsin too. Just up stream. The bars in mc Gregor Iowa rock too. Ok most places on the Mississippi rock!
Lololol. He needed a beer chaser for his Rum bucket.
Cheese head.
Gonna make it to Boji for Winter Games?
You should go to Hawg Dogs across the bridge in Savanna, IL they’ve also got a haunted Speakeasy above the bar!
I am sure you get suggestions all the time, but the FIB's got this on stilts called Blarney Island its a tourist attraction maybe not small Midwest bar.
Iowa is a good idea if you want to get drunk
As a Scotsman who happened to be passing through I can concur. I can still feel the steely cold of the early morning Appanoose sidewalk, as I tried and failed several times to walk back to my digs.
Check out Put In Bay, Ohio, the Key West of Lake Erie. And the New Years Eve Walleye Drop at Port Clinton, Ohio.
Classic..but when u play slots in Sconieville. It says for amusement only. That means the bartender pays u. But as always. Great video.
“I’m gunna be fucking shitfaced” under the breath was the funniest quote of the vid lol
You should check out heron bay in n louisville, ne. It's a sweet biker bar in eastern ne right on the platte river you'd love it!
Yeah, yeah!!! Sabula!!! I live about 30 mins from there.
So glad he is in my home state, wish I could've met him
Born in Fairfield Iowa. Somehow missed all the damn fun.
Check out Green Bay bar or Green Bay bar and grill in wever Iowa! Just visited my father in law there and it’s a legit small town bar. Loved it.
The Sand Trap in Lakewood Wisconsin! You Betcha!
You should go to Blarney Island on Grass Lake in chain of lakes in Illinois (no S)...it's the key west of the mid west...spent many days blasted there back in my yute
Damn I wish I would've known you were so close to me. You need to check out whitetails Saloon in Clarence Iowa, or Racks in Wyoming iowa.
Should have sailed across the river to the Iron Horse Social Club in Savanna! The place to be!
FIBs 😂😂 as an Illinoian who’s lived in Wisconsin, I find that term funny as hell.
You were sooooo close to me, I'm just over the bridge in Savana at My Friends Place !!!
You need to do a review of the Curderburger from Culver’s. It’s a burger with a cheesecurd patty on top. I’d love to get your opinion and expertise on it.
Sounds heart stoppingly amazing
Shoutout to the rum bucket!
You have to check out Kelly's little nipper here in Des Moines, Iowa. It's a great dive bar the food is really good. Thank me later!
Montrose iowa is the widest part of the Mississippi river ive been told. Maybe should of looked it up before hand.
Welcome to Iowa and 8-liners as they are called. You win tickets that allow you to buy drinks in that bar but make the amusement companies that supply the games a lot of money!
Sabula was a wise choice! If you want to see the widest point of the river, come down to Clinton.
omg- my small town would tax the hell out of it, just being on an island...lol.. i live in a town of 700- and if u can even see water.in the fall when the leave are gone...ur considered lake view..lol
Come visit Alaska for a tour. We have this and more....real pull tabs.
You boys just get it coming, keep killing it
When are you coming to the Igloo bar on lake of the woods?
Sabula, not Sebula. 🤣
"Oh yeah! The rum buckets are going down easy!"
Plz make a trip to Put in Bat Ohio!! The island vibes with worlds longest bar top! A true Midwest must see
You should go to tads on the rock in Rockford il
Miles throws like a southpaw girl😂
LOL'ed at "how tall is this guy" 🤙🤙
OMG...I grew up about 12 mi north of here in Bellevue...should have gone to the Lock 12 ...its about the same...but not on an island...
Easy with the F word!! Supporting you from Naperville
Please visit Fibs in Rockton, IL! Right on the WI border.
Can’t believe you haven’t been to Prime Time Tavern in Lydia Minnesota.
Lol rum buckets are the best💕😂😂
He better hit up some Indiana bars!!
Should try the joint bar and grill in bennetvile MN great drinks and food tons of pull tab investment opportunity's
Sometimes I can't tell if he's acting or ifs hes serious 🤣
That's the magic juice of this whole channel. 😂
Hey lane in Harlan Iowa for the west side Saturday nights are best
you should go to Happys inn Montana home of the biggest American flag in Montana (my uncle owns it)
😂.. road trip!
He definitely drank 2 rum buckets. haha
I think I need to go check this place out. (in IL right now)
"how tall is this guy" LMAOOOO I wonder how many people caught that joke
Dang it you were in my backyard and I missed it......stupid going to work thing😂
I liked the bartender. She was great..new subscriber
You would do well at a pub in Australia mate!
Sabula is spelled wrong on your map.
Man I gotta say, I love your channel, and humor, but... I really think you got something with these sets of videos. Keep it up and I wouldn't doubt someone like the Food network or Travel network, or some network of some kind comes knocking. There are great little bars off the beaten trail that give a true flavor of the local community. Weird bar games/ culture, signature local drinks, Crazy decor, weird stories, weirder patrons. Done right this could really turn into something. Kinda like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, but for bars. I wish you all the best , and if you expand a little, your eastern cousins in upstate NY have some great bars. Marble Hill in in Sherrill, NY, great wings, stop off for bikes in the summer and sleds in the winter (though I may be a little biased as it's my former watering hole (I've since moved south)). That said man, keep it up, I love the vids, and I think you got something there!!
Island bar in Iowa somehow isn't in Jamaica, Iowa
"how tall is this guy?" LOL
you need to do this but in montana 😂