My review is strictly for the night owls. I don't go during the day, mostly because it's mothballed with the elderly, infirm, and idiotic. Come out late at night! Try for after 10pm! Drink all the coffee you like for under 2 bucks and order a bacon burger (they are delicious) while you are at it! Not a smoker? Then you are missing out, because all of the action happens in the smoking section. The non-smokers get about three quarters of the restaurant, but it's no fun for them. The smoking section is full of hipsters, blue-collar working men, random amicable drunks, metal fans, and then people like me. We're they for the atmosphere. It's dirty, grimy, and feels like a truck stop stuck in 1971, but that's what we love about it. The wait staff is fantastically sarcastic and there are even a few who are wonderfully witty. Befriend them with dry humor and you are in like Flynn. Don't be a stranger! Goto Bill's, get a cup of joe, order some hashbrowns or eggs, and smoke a cigarette while inserting yourself into someone else's conversation. It can be a world of fun and you can make some odd friends. After hours, this is more of a social setting and place of gathering rather than a restaurant, but places like this are few and far between and we have to treasure them when we find these rare gems. Want something fancy? Goto Starbucks, yuppie. Want to take the family out for breakfast? Sure, come to Bill's, though I'd recommend leaving small children at home and staying out of the smoking section after 10pm, unless you're kids are familiar with the term 'earmuffs'. Want to play Stratego or spades? Hell, why not. Bring it. I'm game. The only downside of this is the small smoking section (unless it's Friday I think), and the other 'normal' people that insist of invading our secret lair after they've had too much to drink on the weekends. Then you get the 'pop your collar' crowd hanging around for a bit too long at their most obnoxious.
Pros: Great people (smoking section/after hours)
Cons: Stupid people that think it's a fancy restaurant
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