Olympia, WA.

McMenamins Spar Cafe

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The Spar Cafe is located in Washington.

User Reviews of McMenamins Spar Cafe

Yelp.com Review - by Annie J.

3.0 of 5 stars. McMenamin's did a pretty good job of keeping The Spars ambience. However, if you're in a hurry don't come here. It takes forever to get your food. Their happy hour is a pretty decent deal (4-6,…
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by John E.

3.0 of 5 stars. Couple of mediocre meals here and I am now less effusive. Breakfasts are overpriced for what they are and they seem understaffed for when the counter and the tables fill up. Now I understand the…
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by David N.

3.0 of 5 stars. Keep your expectations low and you won't be dissapointed. Also, you should not be in a hurry when you visit the Spar, after all, it takes a while to let the entire atmosphere soak in. I particularly…
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Eric H.

4.0 of 5 stars. I was disappointed when I first learned they'd been taken over by McMenamin's -- but the oyster stew and crab cakes were tasty, and they still have good milkshakes.
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Georgie B.

2.0 of 5 stars. Very slow service. The children's choices are all fried and mostly meat. It is nice that McMenamins takes over old buildings and refurbishes them, but I do not like the fact that they are corporate…
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Lillian T.

4.0 of 5 stars. Stopped by here for lunch once. Portions were big enough to satisfy my hearty appetite. There was some nice artwork on the walls to look at while waiting for my food.
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael B.

4.0 of 5 stars. It was okay, almost good. The atmosphere was pretty decent. The food was pretty decent, the beer was pretty decent. Everything was pretty decent. The McMenamins have done pretty decent by this…
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike P.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love the Spar! Great food, great ambiance, it's great that McMenamin's left all the local color and most of the breakfast menu intact. The 4th Avenue Mess is great, the chicken fried steak…
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by MARK T.

5.0 of 5 stars. this is by far the best place to drink in oly. the happy hour is damn near perfect. well....this is before the nazis got a hold of our right to smoke & drink in the same building. granted i don't…
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Gooe I.

1.0 of 5 stars. Nice look. But the wait for food is INSANE (clock 45 minutes for scrambled eggs when HALF of the tables were empty?).
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Julie M.

1.0 of 5 stars. We are Oly natives...so needless to say we are long time veterans of the Spar. Previous to the purchase by McMenamins it was a favorite breakfast spot. Absolutely packed on the weekends. Our first…
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Lisa V.

5.0 of 5 stars. I like it for the downtown location... but mostly because I remember going to breakfast/brunch here with my Dad growing up. It has been renovated after McMenamin's came into it, but they def kept the…
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by v b.

2.0 of 5 stars. I hate this place. I gave it three chances, because the interior is pretty dope looking (aside from the yuppie-types - yuppies in oly? who knew?). Twice I left empty handed since the…
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Eve L.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love, love, love McMenamin's. Apparently this is their latest venture; I happened to stumble across it when I was visiting Tumwater, WA.
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by game p.

3.0 of 5 stars. To be clear; McMenamin's bought the Spar, and extensively remodeled it, and reopened it in January, 2007. this may help clear up some of the other reviews. McMenamin's bars tend to be very…
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Brenna F.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love the burgers here. They also have a great selection of cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco here.
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2006
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Breakfast or Dinner, the Spar is a Great Choice!

Even though Washington doesn't allow smoking anymore, the smoke shop/restaurant still has its history and its awesome food to rely on! Breakfasts at the Spar are second to none. They have two different kinds...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/13/2006
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quaint ambiance

The Spar cafe is a place all the locals of Olympia call home. With its smoky atmosphere and the so...
judysbook.com - user review - 12/30/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by katie j.

5.0 of 5 stars. The number of happy hours I have spent at the Spar's Highclimber Room are endless and always enjoyable. It's just about the only place in Olympia that feels like it's been there for more than 30…
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Robyn H.

3.0 of 5 stars. Stepping into the Spar is like stepping back in time to the late 1950's. Dark paneling, long bar, cigars displayed like trophys---I close my eyes and imagine local politicians and journalists meeting…
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2005
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Ack!

Being from oly and my wife from Wisconsin i thought we would stop in for dinner as a neat place as i remembered it.But when the food got to the table (Hot Turkey gravey sandwich)It was anything but hot the...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/27/2004
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Breakfast homebase

They have the breakfast market down. Very traditional meals - like omelets and eggs/hashbrowns, toast/bagels, etc. Nothing that will blow you out of the water. I'd go here if I were visiting town with...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/13/2003
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Frommer's

In business since 1935, this downtown diner is a Northwest classic. On the walls are old black-and-white photos of period logging activities (the cafe's name refers to the spar trees used for rigging cables...
frommers.com - user review
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IgoUgo

spar has an old vintage look inside with lots of character including a restaurant, drinking bar in the back, and a tobacco shop. unfortunately, the food isn't really all that good. i would recommend coming...
igougo.com - user review
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