Cedar Rapids best kept secret! We did google street view prior to going to this bar and we still had no idea where it was. In fact, it even took a little time to pick it out in broad daylight. However, at night time you will be able to see the faint glow of a couple small beer signs in the windows of a random blue building at the end of Center Point Rd. Not joking. It is the most random place for a bar. It right by nothing... Actually It's a block from Aggie O'Shears if that helps. Haha. Yeaaa. Anyways. Homeport, besides being a secret was a very nice place. There was karaoke the night we were there and amazingly everyone that sang was a really good singer. The bar seemed like a really great place to meet up and hang out with friends but it does seem to cater to an older crowd. Pretty sure that we were the youngest by at least 10 years but I had the feeling that if we had stayed much longer we would have invited to be a part of the party that seemed to be happening all around us. In conclusion, Homeport is Cedar Rapids best kept secret. Don't try to find any info online because they simply do not advertise the bar. Oh! But they do serve pizza!
Edit: After writing this entry we heard quite a bit of feedback from friends and family and it turns out just about everyone we know knew about this bar. So, on second thought, maybe it is Cedar Rapids' Best Kept Secret from Jen and Eric. Either way, the review stands as written before, we were just late to the scene on this place.
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Have you guys been back recently? How did it hold up with your original review?
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DeleteHi guys! Actually we have not yet been back for visit number two. We have had a lot of personal obligations lately and the bar tour has been on the back burner. It is coming up pretty quick though, we are on D right now and the blog entries are a few behind. We are however excited to go back because we did enjoy ourselves last time, and we have been enjoying revisiting bars. Are you guys regulars there?
ReplyDeleteGantry is coming to town (CR)from Chicagoland, and I was looking for a low key "dive" for us to hang out at. I stumbled upon your awesome blog while doing online research. Needless to say, anybody who researches dive bars on the internets should probably sport a healthy fear when checking out bars in new neighborhoods (I live over by the Vernon Inn). Anyway - I was intrigued both by your Homeport review and the fact that it looks a bit like a garage. I think we'll give it a shot, and I'll defintely be following your blog!
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