Community Corner
Downtown Utica's Newest Bar Starts Off With Right Ingredients
Cass Bar and Grill in Downtown Utica opens its doors to a revamped interior, fresh menu and plenty of drink specials.
Downtown Utica was recently injected with a shot of fun and fabulousness with the opening of located on the corner of Cass Avenue and Auburn Road.
With two levels of good times and great food, one is sure to find what they're aiming for. Their decor is cozy and open, with lots of metalwork, exposed brick, and beautiful huge windows with a view to dine for. The lighting is mellow and gives off an amazing ambiance.
Looking for nightlife? Cass Bar has a line up of lush offerings. Wednesday night they host a Service Industry Night for those in the bar or restaurant industry. Just show up with a recent pay stub and get half off everything on your tab. Thursdays they play to the ladies with $3 Absolut You Call Its and DJ OJ rockin' their Ladies Night. Fridays and Saturdays DJ OJ and DJ Matt Madics spin upstairs so everyone can get their dance on.
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Dancing and loud music not your thing? Head to their 'four-seasons' room with its separate sound zone and enjoy classic rock, or plug your dollars in the jukebox downstairs and pick the tunes yourself.
Need to nosh? Cass Bar's menu is simply tantalizing and inviting. Featuring their "Hog's Hollow Smokehouse" on premise (Utica was once nicknamed Hogs Hollow for the swine slaughterhouse miles up the road), all of their menu items are made from scratch and fresh every day. The smoke their meats daily, and all their vegetables and meats are trucked in locally.
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What to try? Start off with the Hog Rolls—housemade dough stuffed with mozzarella and fresh pulled pork served with BBQ dipping sauce—then move on to perhaps the Caramelized Pear Salad or Chicken Avocado Cobb Salad. Mike's Mac & Cheese is creamy and generous in portion, the basil and roma chicken sandwich is divine, and all their offerings from the smokehouse are mouth-watering. Above all, everything is affordable.
Behind the bar, try a Cass Avenue Cosmo or a Downtown Utica Dirty—the latter made of Absolut Vodka, Bombay Gin, Dry Vermouth a splash of olive juice and a fat premium stuffed olive inside.
"If you ask for something and we don't have it, we will have it next time for you," says bartender Paula Gruba. "We are all about making things happen for our guests."
