Macaluso’s Roadhouse

I have been to this establishment a few times and each time I have noticed how terrible the bar service is. The first time I went here I thought I would give them a break but after the fourth time, no thank you. Not only is it a white-​trash bar to begin with, they have terrible customer service and I will not be coming back any time soon. This bar is the worst.

I actually like this place quite a bit. It’s loud and busy, but it has a small town feel. The food is better here than Jimmy’s Food and Drink, which is down the road. I find I like the drinks here better than just about anywhere else… they have more of what I like to drink. Fun to watch Vikings football games here!

We went on a Sunday night just after football and Happy Hour was winding down at 7pm. It was rather a bit alarming at first as we walked in — this IS a bar that serves food. We landed a booth and looked over the menu. Server was running about cleaning up tables after the game but was friendly; giving info and suggestions to our queries. We got our drinks, placed our order for pizza — we had a Groupon deal for a 14″ with four toppings for 8.00, and waited. It was a fairly long wait, at least 20 mins if not 30 (more likely) but the server updated us at 5 minutes out that the food would be up shortly.
The place is loud. However, there are several large panel TV’s through the bar and a larger projection size screen in the main area. The jukebox took over later on after the Simpson’s finished. Almost everyone there outside of the staff still had their coats on even though it was comfortable inside — it was much like attending an indoor/​outdoor keg at someone’s house in a way without the fire and stars in the sky. See Dave F’s review, he describes it very well. Its aptly named Roadhouse even though I did not see any pool tables. There are pull tabs and a few video games.
The pizza was good. Quite surprisingly tasty when hot and fresh out of the oven and its appearance was much like the ones they use in their advertisements.
Crust is more on the thin meets hand — tossed side, and the previous reviewer describes it well, not real thin, bit more hand-​tossed but still thin.
We ordered pepperoni, mushroom, green olive and tomato. We were going to get extra cheese but out server said there’s a good deal of cheese on their pizza’s already, so we abstained. All topping ingredients seemed fresh. The mushrooms and tomatoes were not canned (a plus) and the olives were typically salty. The sauce was balanced; tangy, sweet and just a bit spicy.
We had plenty of napkins, water and a kit of silver ware, plates and sides including parmesan cheese and red peppers. Everything looked like it was reasonably sanitary and kept clean as best as a neighborhood bar can typically can be, so all in all, nothing unappealing here.
They say the have a wifi available and there was some open unsecured connections being picked up in the area but I did not try to connect to them.
You probably won’t be bored, there’s plenty of visual fodder for people watching if you enjoy that kind of activity.
The menu prices were closer to inexpensive overall but the pizza’s can run up to twenty dollars depending on size and number of toppings.
I have another Groupon for the same pizza deal — and they have plenty of other five dollar food as well as happy hour and drink specials throughout the week, so we’ll be back to give them more business.

well this is one of those places where if you are not a regular they dont really care about you. put 5 bucks in the juke box and when they didnt like a song, by stevie ray vaughn, they just skipped it to one of theirs. what is the point of having an internet juke box if you dont let the patrons pick what they want? plus there were quite a few very young people in there drinking, and i’d be surprised if they were 21 but they knew the bartender so i’m sure it was ok. have had the food nothing to write about.

3 stars overall; 3.75 stars for the pizza.
It’s a clean, if slightly dated neighborhood «sporty» bar. Vaulted ceilings make it feel bigger. Staff was friendly. A decent little hole-​in-​the-​wall. Feels out of the way, yet right off of 35E.
It gets 3.75 stars for the pizza… a tasty pizza with a thinner crust, good homemade tasting sausage, fairly tangy sauce, lots of gooey cheese, and the all-​important «grease factor». Crust was very good, but not great. Overall, not quite the Savoy or (one of the good) Carbone’s, but pretty close.
In the land of 10,000 mediocre pizzas, it’s hard not to over-​rate when you find a pretty good ‘za. At $ 14 for a weighty large 2 –topping, I thought it was a very good value.
PS– Not just pizza– lots of other things on the menu: pastas, chicken, etc.

Recently was here on a Thrs night when they had live acoustic country music. It was awesome! As before, if your looking for a town bar with a very country feel and some easy listening country, you need to come here on a Thursday night.

Friendly staff, great happy hour, fabulous food. This place is well worth checking out. They have GREAT home-​made pizza’s and the bloody mary’s come with a jalapeño and a meat-​stick. Specials every night, live music on Saturdays. Need I say more?