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Cheeks Bar & Grill

+1 309-829-3655
1206 Towanda Ave #6, Bloomington, IL 61701 United States of America
Open Today: 10:00 AM - 02:00 AM
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Amenities

Service options
  • Outdoor seating
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in
Highlights
  • Bar games
  • Fast service
  • Live music
  • Live performances
  • Sports
Popular for
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Solo dining
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating
Offerings
  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Comfort food
  • Food
  • Food at bar
  • Happy hour drinks
  • Happy hour food
  • Hard liquor
  • Late-night food
  • Quick bite
  • Wine
Dining options
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Seating
Amenities
  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom
Atmosphere
  • Casual
  • Cozy
Crowd
  • Groups
Planning
Payments
  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
Parking
  • Free parking lot
  • Parking

Best WLM Reviews

Review Date: July 23rd, 2018
I normally start a blog post with a cheeky comment. Does this count?
On the weird day that was this day, my friend and I needed a place to eat. We agreed that a nice burger sounded good, so we pulled up Yelp and found one with great reviews. Off we went to try Cheeks!
Upon entering, I noticed the bar had a warm and friendly feel to it. It has the vibe that I like in a bar. Chill and relaxed. The bar area itself is nice and has a large display of alcohol to pick from. The dining area was large. It felt like it was a restaurant at one point that was converted into a bar. There is a small area for gaming machines and another small area for darts. There is a beer garden so if you want to wine and dine outside, you can.
We came here for a burger and the good reviews, so let’s talk about the food. We scoured over the menu and were surprised how small the selection was. Not that its a bad thing, but was surprised by the limited selection.
We both settled on a cheese burger. Pepperjack for me and American for her. Mine came with some chips. I expected some homemade chips, but they were Lays. Meh, I’m not a fan of Lays, but I digress. My friend ordered sweet potato tater tots with her burger. We were excited to try the tots as we both have never seen them offered anywhere before.
The tots did not live up to our excitement to try them. They tasted a bit gooey on the inside; like a cheese ball or something. So the tots were bad, but how were the burgers? They were also bad. We both agreed that the burger was lacking in flavor and wow-factor. Definitely a bummer to our stomachs.
Looking around the bar, it was obvious this was a pretty hopping place to be. Beer posters advertised fun events to attend and bands playing live music. Maybe it was an off day or maybe we just ordered the combination of wrong things. I want to say Cheeks is deserving of the great reviews but I would have to come back a few more times to agree with them.
The place is definitely a dive. The customers are the worst thing about this place.
It's a hotspot for local drunks to get over-served and blackout drunk, even on weekdays.
This place is for severe alcoholics. Do not go here if you don't want the town drunks messing with you.
We came here a few week ago and now it’s our go to place on Fridays after work. Sydney is a fabulous server and Rafael is a great cook!
the young lady whoever it was was seriously the nicest and most welcoming bartender I've ever met and dealt with in my life.
Had a wonderful girls night here! Highly recommend dining in.
Food and service was great! We enjoyed going here!
The beer is cold the food is awesome staff is excellent if you're into sports they have lots of TV's
Always a great stop. Cozy place with great burgers! Nice family atmosphere and very friendly staff. We love coming here in the winter because they have a heated outdoor area where we can smoke cigars. We also really enjoy the fact they have the Golden Tee game.

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Opening Hours

Monday 10:00 AM - 01:00 AM
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 01:00 AM
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 01:00 AM
Thursday 10:00 AM - 01:00 AM
Friday 10:00 AM - 02:00 AM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 02:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM - 01:00 AM
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