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Scorekeepers Bar and Grille
Categories: Nightlife Bars Sports Bars Restaurants Sports Bars, Restaurants [Edit]
310 Maynard StAnn Arbor, MI 48104
Neighborhood: Downtown Ann Arbor
(734) 995-0100
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- DJ
- Best Nights:
- Thu
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Good For Dancing:
- Yes
- Has TV:
- Yes
23 reviews for Scorekeepers Bar and Grille
23 reviews in English
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Review from Becky H.
Ann Arbor, MI
Updated - 12/19/2011
Everything I said before still stands, BUT I wanted to add that Skeeps now participates in this GoodDining program, which donates 2.5% of your total bill to your chosen charity if you pay with a registered card.
Also, apparently Skeeps' pre-authorization charge for keeping a tab open is $75, which struck me as ridiculous (and I freaked out for a bit when I saw they'd charged $75 on my card instead of the $28.50 I'd authorized). But after a few days, the correct amount posted on my statement.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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11/5/2011
I occasionally go here on pub crawls or for lulz, but only when it's totally empty and my friends &… Read more »
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Review from Trevor M.
Ann Arbor, MI
1/27/2012
I used to go here all the time when I was in high school, so it doesn't surprise me that most of the reviews say the place is packed with kids. I was 15 the first time I went there and between this bar and a few others that never ID it was fun at that time in my life.
Now I would have to either have to have a gift certificate worth like $500 bucks or get paid to go here -
Review from Lou S.
Dexter, MI
1/28/2012
Went there using a coupon before a basketball game and you get what you pay for. The nachos were big but not tasty (no meat cheese etc.) and the burger and BQ were below average. This is not a place you go to eat. Drink and watch sports maybe but not for dinner. Go someplace else to eat.
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Review from Joe W.
Ann Arbor Charter Township, MI
1/25/2012
To test how filthy this place actually is, my friend and I took a dump once and dropped it secretly in the middle of the dance floor. We stepped aside and watched it get tracked and kicked around all over the place like a hockey puck. Even those that noticed it were too drunk to care; they just wiped their feet on the walls. This is what you will experience on a typical Thursday night. Consider it a win if you leave without any piss or feces on yourself.
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Review from Jessica W.
Ann Arbor, MI
11/5/2011 1 Check-in Here
If I wanted to hang around with 18 year olds and drink bad beer in an overcrowded space with nonexistent service, Skeeps would be the place I'd go. But, I don't. Never again.
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Review from Kathryn L.
Birmingham, MI
9/9/2011
My opinion of this place has changed over the years. When I was younger, hell yeah! Cheap drinks (although they do charge cover, so that does balance it out a bit), cute guys, and dancing! As I got a little older... and then a lot older... my opinion worsened. Now it just looks like underaged girls hanging out at a bar that doesn't seem to mind that they're underage.
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Review from mariah c.
Ann Arbor, MI
9/28/2008
S'keepers is scary, but more for the leering frat dudebros and the rest of the crowd than for any other reason. Current magazine recently threw a fest/night-of-shows where they booked rock/indie bands and DJs at various bars around town. For some strange reason, they booked a lot of sports bars. Mega-weird, but hey, why not play along?
Some friends ended up playing at S'keepers for this event, so I stopped in for the second time ever. Without the meathead scene, you were able to appreciate the space itself, which is actually kinda cool. There is a small stage area, with a little set-off crow's-nest/loft seating area up off to the side. The DJ booth is really well-equipped, and the decor is sort of wonderful and hilarious -- 70s ski-lodge meets sports memorabilia. A rowing/crew style boat in the same room as a giant buffalo head and an antler chandelier? Yes.
The polo-shirted bouncers were a little jumpy (must not be used to tiny dudes in skinny jeans), but nice enough. Domestic beer was more than I thought it should be, but then I found out that if you got a (veggie or reg.) burger, you got a beer deal along with it. Food was decent for a bar, but I was starving, so anything would have done.
Still, I can't say I would ever go back here on a regular night. I was tempted to imagine a time when someone could take the space over and project crazy video on all of the screens instead of football. But let's face it, it's a sports bar, and a sports bar it will stay. Not really my thing, but other people love it, and probably always will.
I'll see you at the 8-ball instead. -
Review from Jen S.
4/12/2008
1 star for friendly waitstaff and for a tasty burger.
Another star for watching ridiculously drunk girls in ridiculously short dresses dance awkwardly on the dance floor. -
Review from Rebecca Y.
Maple Grove, MN
9/17/2009
It would've been better if the service existed. The place was swamped so bad, we had to order our beers three times before we got them. We wound up getting our own napkins from the bar too.
Great place to watch the game but not great on much else. -
Review from matt p.
Ypsilanti, MI
2/17/2009
I used to go to this place when it was Dooleys,
(long time ago) and recently i had some friends in
town for a football weekend, and seeing as we couldn't
get tickets for the game we went to Scorekeepers,
where they have the biggest big screen TV's in town,
downtown anyway. We had prime seats at the bar,
and at the end of the first quarter they came through and
demanded our bar stools, asking us to stand for the rest
of the game. Nobody told us that this was going to happen when
we came in, and i thought it was pretty lousy to wait until we
had beers and food in front of us, all so they could cram more
people into a place that was already too crowded. We couldn't get out of there fast enough. Some of the help are pretty snotty , also. -
Review from F J.
Berkeley, CA
1/8/2010
Amazing space. This is place is big - multiple second-floor areas, terraced levels, well-designed circular bar-setup on the first-floor. Drinks are especially cheap here and if you're looking, there are plenty of cute 18 (16?) and up girls here. This is where you learn that Thursday is the new Friday.
But, it's crowded, filled with d-bags and tools, the music is very predictable, and those cheap drinks are really weak. And it is just way too bright in this place sometimes. If I want to get wrecked could you please keep the lighting down so people don't see how trashed I am?
But seriously, come here on a Thursday and see where the frat boys go when they turn 21. And if you're cute enough maybe you'll go home with one : ) -
Review from Lisa W.
Flint, MI
7/19/2008
I love coming here when I feel like torturing myself during an MSU v UM game. I'm a black leather jacket among a sea of maize and blue mini skirts. I was told you are a cool kid if you manage to grab a table at this joint. I must be the uncoolest of them all because I'm always lurking around, milking my drink by the sidelines.
I enjoyed this place for about 6 months as an undergrad when I lived a half a block away. Scorekeepers was the Tuesday rotation at the time. I turned into an 8 Ball girl real quick. It's just way too -- American Pie to me. The movie, not the past time. -
Review from Sam S.
San Francisco, CA
4/1/2007
Even though I gave up drinking and sex for lent (I am not Catholic), I decided to stop by Skeeps for a dental bar crawl on Saturday (I am not a dentist.) As I walk in, the door guy doesn't even look at my ID, he's like "you're good." I realize why, as this place is MUCH younger than even Rick's. Apparently they're very lenient with IDs. I think I see Dakota Fanning sipping one of their dollar Long Islands off to the side.
I am ashamed to be here. My shame is compounded by the fact that I'll be thirty in a few years. I see one of my students and duck behind a pillar.
These dental people are alright, but kinda fucked up, like the rest of the bar, and it isn't even 10 yet. I am sober and getting bored. I pass the time thinking about what I'll write on Yelp:
"Infamous Thursday nights. Horny college students. Some cute girls. $1 Long Islands. $2 Personal Pitchers. Dirty. Young. Annoying."
To amuse myself, I facetiously ask a random girl if she knows where I can get some coke. She laughs. It is immediately apparent that she is very young. I consider breaking my vow of celibacy, but demur.
We abscond and end up going to Rush St where a cougar eyes me hungrily like a gazelle in the African wilderness. I am home again!Listed in: Are you a douchebag?
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Review from NH G.
Glendale, CA
12/13/2010
The business school has a weekly happy hour at Skeeps, Thursdays, 7-9pm. This IMHO is the only reason to set foot in the place. After 9pm it was crawling with folks who I am fairly certain were underage, and drunk before they walked into the door.
That said ... drinks are weak but cheap ($3 rail), bartenders are reasonably responsive, floor space is great -- except in winter, in which case everyone huddles around the bar because the cavernous back can be freezing (not sure what they have against indoor heating).
As a sports bar, definitely lacking. Although there are a number of televisions, they are never turned to anything halfway decent, there's never any place to sit down, and most of all (worst of all) no one ever seems to go to Skeeps to actually *watch* a game. In fact, when you do try to watch, most of the underage crowd looks gets fiesty and does oh-so-amusing stuff like clumping up in front of the screen to block your view. -
Review from Daphney B.
San Diego, CA
3/18/2010
Oh, Skeeps. Wait in line, drink for cheap, and dance in multiple levels. Get to know the bartenders and it will be a better night. A staple in the UM experience, but not much more than that.
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Review from Susan L.
New York, NY
11/26/2006
Ah yes, Thursday nights at Skeepers. Infamous for fake IDs. Horrible DJ. Awful "Long Islands" (i.e. nasty, pre-mixed, way-too-sweet concoction of grossness). But, where's the place-to-be on Thursdays? Here. Don't go on any other night because then you'll just have a line of creepy old guys on the top balcony looking down on you.
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Review from David M.
Ann Arbor, MI
7/31/2009
Gross and scary, as the other reviews have outlined. If you're underage (or into underage individuals) this is your place, though, since they are notorious for letting people slide. I, however, am 22, and would go to any other bar instead.
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Review from Maria l.
Chicago, IL
7/30/2007
GROSS!!!! I've only come here when forced to- and hated it!!! Skeepers is sooooo nasty on so many levels- meat market plus terrible music plus gross ambience. Yuck!
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Review from Jennifer S.
Columbia, MD
2/14/2010
When I was in undergrad Skeep's was THE Thursday night place. I can't speak to the food or anything during the day but on Thursday nights it didn't get any better. My friends and I would get there early and commandeer the same table behind/under the dance floor and dance all night long. There's always some beer/drink special going on so you can get ridiculously wasted for $10 or so dollars. If i ever burned through a $20 it was a baaaaad night. I have nothing but fond memories...unfortunately I'm a little too old now :(
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Review from Andrew J.
Boston, MA
10/19/2006
Scorekeepers is infamous for its Thursday night $1 Long Islands $2.50 pitcher specials. The place is dark and grungy, perfect for horny college students to make out in the corner of the tightly packed dance floor. The Bar draws in a young crowd (18-22....yes minors, very easy on ID's) except for large sporting events earlier in the day.
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Review from kate s.
Martinez, CA
5/30/2007
skeepers. thursday nights. dollar-long-islands. dancing like an idiot to gloria gaynor with some guy you hated in high school. stopping for a slice at backstreet and making fun of the girls in the black pants. stumbling back to the dorm. yep, that's pretty much what college is all about.
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Review from Erin G.
3/15/2009
I've been to Skeeps several times, but last night was a combination of frat boys and sorostitutes celebrating St. Patty's and some kind of business school event I think, since a whole busload of guys in suits was there. I am neither a sorostitute nor a b-school attendee, but I know some people who work there and can get me cheap drinks, so there I was. I'm pretty sure there were about 500 people there, and I'm really not exaggerating. It was so crowded and hot, you had to push through people to get anywhere, and it definitely made me claustrophobic, big-time. With all the stairs and levels in the place, my drunken self kept thinking if there was a fire, we'd all be goners. At about 1:15, I frantically escaped, desperately needing fresh air and NYPD bbq chicken pizza. They have cheap personal pitchers and good specials, though my personal pitcher gin-and-tonic seemed to have a very high ratio of tonic water and ice to the gin. This points to a key aspect of Skeeps: don't go here if drinking an entire pitcher of alcohol by yourself seems odd or maybe unsafe. Do go if you like to get puking-drunk, like to feel cheap, or like to watch UM Greek's finest do what they do best.
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Review from Nick H.
Kenosha, WI
9/15/2009
It is laughable that this is called a "sports bar". I went here for the NFL opening Sunday with a friend to watch a couple games. We only picked scorekeepers because every other bar was packed, yet this place was close to empty. I can't fault them on the number of tv's they have, they have plenty. The issue was they were only showing three of the games, even though several of the TV's right next to each other were showing duplicate games. When I requested a game, they said they were working on it. Fifteen minutes later when I asked again they unapologetically said they couldn't do it. I don't know if they are incompetent or just lazy. We ended up going to Connor O'Neils, even though they are not a sports bar, they changed a few tv's for us no problem.
