Mishawaka, Indiana

If you’re looking for some good laughs, drop into, well, The Drop. Have some casual fries and burgers with the stand-up on stage and prepare for some true knee-slappers. The monthly program features celebrities as well as local heroes and if you happen to be an aspiring comedian yourself, use the Tuesday Open Mic night to show off your own skills.

Look forward to an evening of sports and entertainment at Smokestack Brew and if you’re lucky, you might even catch a show of local act. Bring your forks for the Friday and Saturday night Omlette bar and prepare for an extraordinary bar menu featuring Espresso Martini or The Dirty Dirty. Definitely no place for bored faces.

Get a feel good sensation in the cozy setting of this South Bend Irish Public House. Warm your finger over the central fireplace on a snowy winter’s eve or drop by during summer and enjoy a cool Guinness on their outside terrace. Next to traditional dishes form the Emerald Isle, you can always catch some old music or acoustics session in the Fiddler’s Hearth.

This bar is a well-known chill out place for the student crowd and impresses visitors with its upbeat interior and remarkable beer and wine selection. Be an early bird and enjoy their happy hour deals or enter the bar in the middle of the night, Bar Louie will always bid you a warm welcome.

This public house has earned quite some reputation among the South Bend community. Stop in at a Monday and test your common knowledge at Trivia Night or get your 15 minutes of fame during their legendary Tuesday Karaoke sessions. On the weekends, however, the place is packed with party people as there is always a live band on stage.

Live music, particularly blues music, is a staple of this legendary bar. This prohibition-era bar also has darts and a pool table and serves any kind of alcoholic beverage you could want. At any time, they can have up to 101 varieties of beer.