Bobby Hendrix

This place is the nouveau riche of bars. It wants to look quite fancy and posh, but it’s actually kind of crappy and tacky. It’s all artifice, no substance. There’s our weird snobbery for the day out of the way.

Finding the bar is a chore to begin with; they’ve got almost no signage and no outside lighting. They’ve only been open a few months, so we’ll assume they’re working on that. When we asked the bartender about the goofy name she told us, “One of the owners is named ‘Bobby’ and the other…maybe likes Jimmi Hendrix?” So, there you go.

It’s quite dark in the bar with lots of shiny bits and purple accent lighting. There are some poor, sad fish in an aquarium above the bar. They have a fairly limited liquor selection and a list of cocktails that no sane person should want to drink. If you’re looking for an insane sugar rush, they’ve got it for you. They’ll also serve your Miller Lite in a frosted glass so cold that it gives your beer a slushy head. Fancy.

We’ll give them that their sliders were good. Their menu says that they won Best Burger in 2012 and 2013, but they’ve only been open a few months according to the bartender. Shenanigans! They were quite tasty, though, with buns slathered in delicious butter. Insert your own butter slathered buns joke here.

We are probably coming down harder on this bar than it deserves. If you want the pretense of being fancy and a super sweet cocktail, this is a great place. The bathrooms are a pretty great example of the place, though. When you walk in, they look really nice. Then you try to use them and find that the stall door doesn’t latch at all and the fancy glass vessel sink shoots water all over your crotch.

Address:	2019 East Carson St, 15203 http://www.bobbyhendrixpgh.com/	Games:	None
Façade:	Scary	Scene:	Upscale D-bag
Parking:	Wear Walking Shoes	Patio/Outdoor:	No
Kitchen:	Fancy Bar Food	Cleanliness:	Normal
Smoking:	None	Jukebox:	Internet Crap
Hours:	6pm-2am	Cig Machine:	No
Drink Prices:	Richie Rich	# taps:	6
Bathrooms:	Sit	Specials:	None
Live music:	Never	Riley Factor:	$14.00
ATM:	No	Cash Only	No
TVs:	5	Size:	Normal