The Crowbar Pub in Trafalgar - An Essential Trip!

Like everyone else in self-imposed semi-quarentine I'm bored, but The Little Woman and I managed to visit The Crowbar Pub on State Road 135 just north of SR 252 in "downtown" Trafalgar for some carry-out food.  We had been inside the place a couple weeks before the Great Lockdown began, so I'll include some obervations about that here just in case you're bored enough yourself to read them.

This is a local watering hole with the usual crew of colorful regulars who cluster at one end of the bar, but it's also a sort of roadhouse:  Motorcyclists from Indianapolis often make the scenic ride to Brown County State Park, and Trafalgar is a convenient waypoint to make a stop enroute to or from the park.  The Crowbar accommodates them with a good-sized area in the lot reserved for cycles, and they recently added a spacious enclosed rear porch with its own bar and large roll-down garage-style window doors that can be opened when the weather is nice.  The regular bar room itself is a shock to most travelers from Indy because it is so damn' clean, lacking any of the endearing/disgusting patina/dirt that most of the Big City's imbiberies (yeah, it's a made-up word) have.

Okay, I'm not bored anymore so I'll wrap it up-- the place is simple but very nice inside, the staff is generally friendly, and the food, although mostly just the standard pub grub, is very good.  I did have one unusual item, a ground pork-patty sandwich that had excellent flavor.  Prices are in the middle of the $$ range, so TLW and her Cheap Bastard husband were pleased. On the web at www.crowbar.pub ...Y'all go and get it!

The Crowbar: A Phoenix Has Risen.

It's been a year or so since we visited The Crowbar Inn, in Trafalgar, IN on State Road 135 just north of SR252.  That last time it was a real challenge even for such seasoned adventure drinkers as ourselves:  the only vehicles out front were about 4 motorcycles, and not your garden-variety Shriners' Goldwings, either-- they were choppers of the type usually ridden by guys wearing either denim vests with gang colors on the back or those t-shirts that read "IF YOU CAN READ THIS, THE BITCH FELL OFF."  Well, I was packin' heat (although I dunno what use Sterno would be in a bar fight), so we went on in. ...And we were somewhat pleasantly surprised!  It was dumpy but comfortable on the inside, although you wouldn't have wanted to eat there due to the grunginess.  The floor had carpet that puffed up little dust clouds when you walked on it, at least the parts that didn't stick to your shoes.  Shortly after that the Health Department actually closed the place down and the bar's operator defaulted on her lease, so it reverted to Brian, the son of the folks who founded the place years ago....

Which is the best danged thing that coulda happened to the place:  Brian spent 3 months and I imagine a substantial sum remodeling the ole' Crowbar, and it is now a FANTASTIC place for ordinary non-biker folks to eat and drink, a great cross between a roadhouse bar and your basement rumpus room.. Three big-screen TV's can be seen from anywhere in the place, there are 4 choices of some of the coldest draft beer around, and the food, beer, and drink prices are amazingly reasonable. On this night, tacos were 25 cents and wings (like 5 varieties) were 3 for a buck, and both were deeeeelicious!  Brian has hired a guy who knows how to cook and ain't afraid to try new stuff.  Anyway, the next time you drive (or bike, or bicycle) from Indy to Brown County, plan a stop along the way at the Crowbar:  it's easy on yer eyes and yer wallet, whatever's in it!

UPDATE, 09/05/14:  Went there with The Little Woman and had a great time.  We split a grilled tenderloin sandwich and 4 hot wings (now 50 cents each).  That was one of the best if not THE best grilled tenderloin I've had-- it was only moderately pounded out, but was still tender and nicely browned.  They had seasoned the meat deliciously, and the lettuce and tomato were farm-fresh.  Dang that was good!