The Federal Bar

Solid spot, tasty cocktails. Saturday night solo dinnertime bartender seemed like she was slightly overwhelmed, was not as attentive as i would have liked, took 10 min to take my CC to run the check.The Italian beef was surprisingly tasty. Mezcal margarita was delicious.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Great environment! Music and drinks were top notch..

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food, great service, BRING BACK THE HAPPY HOUR SLIDERS!Overall a nice local joint with great staff, cozy vibe, and surprisingly amazing food.

The food was surprisingly excellent. It's bar food, but very well executed and with good vegan options. I'm not a fan of the dark loud sports bar thing, but I would go back just for the cauliflower nugs.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Deviled Eggs

The Fed salad with grilled chicken on it was very good. The chicken sandwich had pretty overcooked tough chicken. Overall, a pretty good option for slightly-better-than-normal bar food in the neighborhood.

Sat and had a few drinks with my brother. Very lovely atmosphere. The service was great. I had a drink with mezcal tequila and habanero jam. That was extremely delicious and I normally don't go for mixed drinks. But it was perfectly mixed and the prices were good as well. I will most definitely be returning.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

A long drive for me from long beach but this place was a great small concert venue. Very friendly staff. Ladies leave your stilettos at home, the stairs are a little steep for me if I wore heels. Time to wear those cute boots. I definitely would come back for another show.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Saw this place in the area and decided to head there for a first date. Loooove the aesthetic! Low lighting but it’s not dark, really friendly, courteous, and helpful staff, a lovely lady with gorgeous tattoos helped us pick out what drinks and snacks would fit our evening best. Nobody seemed to mind me and my date laughing and smooching and enjoying ourselves, so major plus if you’re into PDA!! Absolutely hoping to head back soon! ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A cool place for a drink and food before a show at The Knitting Factory or the movie theater

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place claims an affiliation with The Knitting Factory, so I’d expect maximum effort in terms of music and ambience. Maximum hipness. Instead, we got the playlist from your gym when a hungover middle-aged frat bro is running the playlist. And it was BLASTING SO LOUD. Evanescence, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Kelly Clarkson, Fifty Cent, Eminem. Knitting Factory, what is your influence, I wonder? I feel sorry for the servers, who were perfectly fine, and the staff, who seemed smarter and hipper than the lame atmosphere created by the horrible music vibe. Food was solidly ok, though the anchovies in the broccolini seemed a bit aggro.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 4

The service here was amazing. Our waitress was so nice. I had the federal burger it was not as good as it looked however I will be trying other foods from the menu in the future that hopefully may change my star rating.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

The bartender was awesome and friendly. Thank you for the soda and the smiles. I added some pics of stuff near there as well. Hope to have a reason to go back. Nice little place off the beaten path.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We waited one hour for our food. It was good, the drinks were good, our server was good. One hour for a salad, fries and two sliders?! The people next to us never got their food. Just drinks, then a bill. They told their server the food never came and tore up the bill. Beware.

Tara was so lovely. On a busy, beautiful Saturday, she was a ray of sunshine inside the high brick walls and windows of The Federal. Made ya feel special even as she was attending to several people and tasks at once. Thank you for your warmth as winter slowly fades into spring ????

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tara was so lovely. On a busy, beautiful Saturday, she was a ray of sunshine inside the high brick walls and windows of The Federal. Made ya feel special even as she was attending to several people and tasks at once. Thank you for your warmth as winter slowly fades into spring ????