Palm Tavern

I have been here a number of times, it is a dive bar. It is the only place in B City that you can have a drink and do not have to be a member of some club. The prices are reasonable and the service is quirky, but good most of the time.
They will pour drinks till the cows come home to people and your behavior no matter what it is, seems to be OK. The patrons vary in age and walks of life, so be prepared to run into a less than desireable person to a Dr. They have pull tabs and the manager and a couple of the bartenders are tip hungry, so they like the players. (tell me again why they deserve part of the winnings of players?)
They have decent bands and sometime a headliner, like they did recently. No need to spend extra on so called VIP tickets, they cannot control the other general admission people. It is a free for all once the music starts. It is all about pouring drinks, not crowd or behavior control. If you like that style and type of place, this is the one to enjoy it at.
The remodel (LOL) comprised of paint on a few walls, clearing garabge out of the place, new bar counter and chairs? It has cleaned up, but still has the trappings of a dive bar. It is much better than before, but that was really really bad and dirty.
Kid friendly maybe, but be guarded of having them be around some of the people that go in to drink and drink and drink.
Food, yes they have it and it can be good, just not a place I would order anything as special.
The place is an icebox during the winter, everyone wears thier coats when inside. The bartenders complain its too hot though, bartenders win on that opinion or they are just too cheap to turn the heat on enough to be half way comfortable.

Family friendly bar! No, it is not an appropriate place for children. The food is nothing special.

Came for the wings which are normally good. Haven’t tasted wings yet since service is so bad. Beer flat I think due to soapy glasses. It arrived with a head in the pitcher… But once in the glass… yech. Waited for wings about 40 minutes and the Hot Wings arrived. Ordered 7 and 9 out of 11 hot scale. Um… a 12 year old could eat these. Not hot at all. Sad. Used to be so good. Won’t come back. Feel sorry for Benton cityites since is only place to go. Which explains the irritating kids playing video games…

When I heard the palm was hosting a Kieth Anderson concert, I was excited such big talent was coming to a small town. I purchased 2 VIP tickets ($ 50 each) for the event. When I arrived, I was not able to sit in the designated VIP seating area because the bar staff couldn’t control the VIP section and it became over run with people that purchased general tickets. I ended up finding 2 seats in the very back for my husband and I. As if that wasn’t frustrating enough, the owner was drunk and behaving inappropriately, there was only 4 people working so I waited FOREVER for my drinks. After the show, I was in line waiting to buy a CD and the owner was demanding a free shirt from Kieth and an agent. Unprofessionalism at its finest and I will NOT be back for ANY future shows no matter how big they are.

Okay… THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN BENTON CITY TO GET A DECENT DRINK. I’ve been in and out of this place several times and had a decent time.
Staff is always friendly and all have heavy hands when pouring drinks. Just bar food with nothing to get excited about. They also have a super huge digital juke box with an impressive display of tunes.
Bar is full good people with occasional creepers… but what bar isn’t?
It was closed for a while and reopened mid summer 2014 after remodeling. It actually looks a hell of a lot better. I think it has new owners and new management.
Cheap drinks, good times. Good local watering hole.

This is where I had Thanksgiving Dinner. Ok, ok, no tears, I had a decent time here! The Palm is a dive bar right on main street BC. I wasn’t sure if they had food, so I asked (it was a long shot, since most things were closed on this snowy Thanksgiving evening). The barkeep was going to make me a sandwich, but then she said the owner had made some more hardy food (only for a donation).
I went with a chicken fettucinni meal, and Mac & Jack. Now it looks like this little joint might be hopping on the weekends (there’s a few pool tables, juke box, and a large dancefloor). Woulda been nice if they had more on tap (and more microbrews).
All in all, I was thankful for good olé Palm.