What are the best bars in Greenfield, WI?

The Brass Tap on W Layton Ave has a long beer list, TVs and live music. The Bar at Holey Mackerel, also on W Layton Ave, has an 18-hole outdoor mini golf course. Club Paragon on S 108th St is the big sports bar with a Friday fish fry, and Friends on Forest Home has a patio and is known for its Bloody Marys.

Which Greenfield bars have a Friday fish fry?

Club Paragon on S 108th St serves an all-you-can-eat pollock fish fry, The Brass Tap on W Layton Ave serves a fish fry with a baked cod option, and Fox's Pub on S 76th St also serves one. Call ahead, since fish fry menus and times change with the season.

Is there a bar with mini golf in Greenfield?

Yes. The Bar at Holey Mackerel at 5401 W Layton Ave has an 18-hole outdoor mini golf course, arcade machines and batting cages, with the ShortFin food truck outside. It is closed on Mondays and open until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Where can I watch the Packers game in Greenfield?

Club Paragon on S 108th St, The Brass Tap on W Layton Ave, On The Edge Bar and Grill on W Edgerton Ave and Fox's Pub on S 76th St all have multiple TVs set to sports.

Which bars in Greenfield have a patio?

Friends on Forest Home at 5614 W Forest Home Ave has an outdoor patio and opens at 10 a.m. on weekends. The Brass Tap has a small patio, and El Beso on S 74th St has a patio for margaritas with dinner.

What time do bars close in Greenfield?

Club Paragon, Fox's Pub and Friends on Forest Home stay open until 2:30 a.m. on their late nights, and On The Edge and Shots N Tequila close at 2 a.m. The Brass Tap closes at midnight on Friday and Saturday and at 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Bars in Greenfield WI: Sports Bars, Patios & Mini Golf

A night out in Greenfield usually starts with a reason: the Packers game, a Friday fish fry, a Bloody Mary on a patio or a round of mini golf with a drink in hand. The bars in Greenfield are built around those occasions rather than clustered on one nightlife street. Pick the night first, then the bar.

Here is where to go for each one, with the hours that matter, because several of these places close on a weekday you wouldn't expect.

Where the bars are in Greenfield

Greenfield's bars are spread along W Layton Ave, S 108th St, S 76th St, S 27th St and W Forest Home Ave, so you'll drive between them rather than walk a strip.

W Layton Ave has The Brass Tap and the mini golf bar at Holey Mackerel. S 108th St (Highway 100) has Club Paragon, the big sports bar. S 76th St and W Edgerton Ave have the neighborhood taverns, S 27th St has a tequila bar, and W Forest Home Ave has the patio.

A warning about search results: the "best bars in Greenfield" lists online mix in taverns from several neighboring towns. Everything below is inside Greenfield.

For beer lists and live music: The Brass Tap

The Brass Tap

The Brass Tap at 7808 W Layton Ave has a long beer list, plus wine, TVs set to sports and live music. It's a storefront pub with a modern room and a small patio, and it holds a 4.6 average across more than 1,200 Google reviews.

It works for more than drinks. The kitchen covers pub food like cheese curds, tacos and fish and chips, and on Fridays it serves a fish fry, including a baked cod option for anyone who doesn't want fried.

Hours are the thing to check. It opens at 11 a.m. most days but not until 4 p.m. on Wednesdays, stays open until midnight on Friday and Saturday, and closes early on Sunday, at 7 p.m.

Of all the bars in Greenfield, this is the one to pick when the group can't agree, because it has a drink, a screen and a menu for everyone.

For something to do: mini golf at Holey Mackerel

The Bar at Holey Mackerel!

The Bar at Holey Mackerel at 5401 W Layton Ave pairs cocktails and rotating taps with an 18-hole outdoor mini golf course, arcade machines, gaming consoles and outdoor batting cages. The ShortFin food truck serves Korean chicken sandwiches, poutine and wings, and the bar also runs a shuttle to local events.

It's closed on Mondays. Tuesday through Thursday it opens at 2 p.m. and closes at 11 p.m. On Friday and Saturday it stays open until 1 a.m., and Sunday runs noon to 9 p.m.

The golf is outdoors, so this is a warm-weather night. It's also new enough that it has only 10 Google reviews so far, every one of them five stars.

Holey Mackerel sits a short walk west of Konkel Park on the same road, which makes it an easy add-on to a summer evening at the park or the Sunday market.

For game day and a Friday fish fry: sports bars

For games on TV, Club Paragon on S 108th St and On The Edge on W Edgerton Ave are the neighborhood sports bars, and both have full kitchens.

Club Paragon

Club Paragon at 3578 S 108th St is a busy sports bar with multiple TVs, a big menu of sandwiches and steaks, homemade thin-crust pizza, and a Friday fish fry that's all-you-can-eat pollock. More than 1,500 Google reviews average 4.2. Beyond the fish fry, the regular orders are wings, the French dip, the prime rib sandwich and mac and cheese, which makes it a real dinner option on a game night rather than a bar with snacks.

It keeps some of the latest hours in Greenfield. It opens at 3 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday and 11:30 a.m. the rest of the week, and it stays open until 2 a.m. on Thursday and 2:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

If the fish fry is the main event, Greenfield's Friday fish fry kitchens include an Italian dining room and a beer pub, not only the sports bars.

On The Edge Bar & Grill

On The Edge Bar & Grill at 6815 W Edgerton Ave is a neighborhood bar and grill with pizza, wings, tacos and burgers. The one people talk about is the dill pickle pizza, and the wonton-wrapped mozzarella sticks and breaded mushrooms are the bar-food side of the menu.

The bar is open until 2 a.m. every night, but the kitchen keeps shorter hours: 4 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4 to 10 p.m. on Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday. Order food before the kitchen closes.

The third sports option is Fox's Pub at 4395 S 76th St, a late-night bar with nightly specials, TVs, darts and a Friday fish fry. It opens at 2 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. on weekends, and it's open until 2 a.m., or 2:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The kitchen at Fox's leans Italian-American for a sports bar, with pizza, lasagna, meatballs and a crab dip that shows up on a lot of orders, so it can cover dinner and the late shift.

For margaritas and a louder night: Shots N Tequila

Shots N Tequila - Sports Bar / Tavern Greenfield

Shots N Tequila at 5175 S 27th St is a sports bar and tavern built around mixed drinks, margaritas and drink towers of beer or cocktails, with upbeat music across genres. Thursday is ladies' night.

It's an evening-only bar with an unusual schedule. It's closed on Tuesdays and Sundays, opens at 7 p.m. on Mondays, and opens at 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, staying open until 2 a.m. those nights.

It's on the same stretch of S 27th St as several of Greenfield's Middle Eastern restaurants, so dinner first and drinks after is an easy plan.

For a patio and a Bloody Mary: Friends on Forest Home

Friends on forest home

Friends on Forest Home at 5614 W Forest Home Ave is a neighborhood bar with an outdoor patio, and it's known for its Bloody Marys. It's the bar in this guide that opens earliest on weekends, at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, which makes it the Sunday morning option.

During the week it opens at 11 a.m. and stays open until 2 a.m., and until 2:30 a.m. on Saturday night. More than 340 Google reviews average 4.4.

In Wisconsin a Bloody Mary usually arrives with a beer chaser on the side, and a Sunday patio drink before the Packers game is about as local a plan as there is.

For wine and a quieter night out

Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant

Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant at 8415 Sura Ln is part restaurant, part winery tasting room, with its own wines and a wine club. It's the place in Greenfield for a glass of wine at a bar that isn't a sports bar.

It's open until 9 p.m. most nights and 10 p.m. on Saturday, so it's an early evening rather than a late one.

A few restaurants have bars worth knowing about for a drink with dinner. Lychee Garden at 7920 W Layton Ave is an old-school Chinese restaurant with its own bar.

At Meyer's Restaurant & Bar at 4260 S 76th St, the bar sits alongside a diner-style dining room and a banquet hall.

For margaritas with a sit-down meal, El Beso on S 74th St has a long list and a patio.

Smaller and later, Mezcalero on W Forest Home Ave serves until 1 a.m. on Fridays.

Which bars are open when

The quickest way to avoid a wasted drive is to check the day, because Greenfield's bars keep very different schedules.

Closed days

The Bar at Holey Mackerel and Mezcalero close on Mondays. Shots N Tequila closes on Tuesdays and Sundays. The other bars here open every day.

Earliest to open

Friends on Forest Home opens at 10 a.m. on weekends and 11 a.m. on weekdays. The Brass Tap and Fox's Pub open at 11 a.m. on weekends, and Club Paragon opens at 11:30 a.m. from Wednesday on.

Latest to close

Club Paragon, Fox's Pub and Friends on Forest Home stay open until 2:30 a.m. on their late nights. On The Edge and Shots N Tequila close at 2 a.m. The Brass Tap and Holey Mackerel are earlier nights, finishing at midnight and 1 a.m. on weekends.

Sunday afternoon

Sunday is when schedules split the most. The Brass Tap closes at 7 p.m. and Holey Mackerel at 9 p.m., while Club Paragon, Fox's Pub, Friends on Forest Home and On The Edge stay open late.

Getting home

Greenfield bars are spread out and built around parking lots, so plan the ride home before the second round.

Distances between the bars in this guide run a few miles, from S 27th St on the east side to S 108th St on the west, and walking between most of them isn't realistic, especially along the busier roads at night. Book a rideshare or pick a designated driver before the night starts.