If you happen to find yourself in Millvale you will also find yourself surrounded with more bars than you know what to do with. While the population isn't quite outnumbered by bar stools, it's surprisingly high.
Here's why I think that you should pick Sidelines as your go-to Shaler Township bar:
- The beer list is extensive and reasonably priced. The specials can't be beat, like $1.50 pints of Yuengling on Saturdays.
- The friendly bartender (yes THE, we believe he may be there the majority of time) introduces himself as Seabass. Seabass is the man. However, please do not ask Seabass or any of his coworkers for a cocktail more unusual than a typical "and" drink (jack and coke) or "woo girl" drink (long island iced tea). This isn't a "proper cocktail" crowd.
- The bar food is actually pretty good. The fries are delicious and $3 for a basket. We've seen their good-looking deep-fried deserts too, but we can't vouch for them. If you don't like fried food... well, I think I saw something that sounded like a salad on the menu.
- Unlike most divey sports bars I've been to, the women's room was surprisingly not at all scary or particularly gross. Winner!
Sidelines is really a small community sports bar, and that may or may not help its case. This is where I take my friends, not to impress them, but to share comically large mugs of good beer with them for shockingly cheap... and a few baskets of fried bar food.