This has got to be the quintessential starting bar for your crawl. Otherwise, it's worth hanging out all night with their delicious pitchers.
Mark F.
Though I have already from the University of North Texas during the 1980s, I still occasionally find the time to visit my old university and Cool Beans; don't expect niceties here, as it's a long established college town favorite, near the campus on Hickory St. Cheers, Mark F.
Gerard Thivet
Glasses girl was rude and nasty for no reason
Rebecca Guirguis
Presley is so freaking cool and made my whole experience 10000% better!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alexia Hernandez
we were being followed; while the two men that worked there where very nice to take us out of that situation but the lady with the pink dye hair didn’t care to see if the men were still following us after overhearing the bartender updating us about the men following us. she just said she had to sit there cause it was her job when all we asked her to do was turn around to see if the men were still following us. thank u for the men helping in that situation, but clearly the girl wasn’t a girls girl and tried to help us one bit.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ethan F.
Really liked this place and the bartender when i first arrived here, even got the bartenders instagram after chatting with him for a few. But after a couple of hours i was very rudely told by a bartender that came in after him that i had been there for "hours" and basically insinuating that i should leave. Why? Do people typically not stay at your bar for more than an hour or two? If so. This is exactly why. There are far too many options for bars in denton. I would steer clear.
Gilbert Garcia
This is a really chill dive bar to stop by for some drinks. Will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Quinn Kandra
I used to love going to cool beans, but this one specific bartender (with blonde hair & glasses) was so RUDE; it was the first bar of the night for my friends and I. Meaning it was our first drinks of the night. The bartender just ruined the vibe for us, and I've heard other issues from others with this bartender… now I just go to Riprocks or any other place on fry.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Fried Pickles
Aaliyah Michelle
I came in here on 7/11/2023 around 9pm and stayed till around 11:30pm and one of the bartenders was absolutely RUDE (she was wearing a green shirt). I got served by the bartender with glasses, wearing a black shirt and brown hair and she was amazing! My friends went the the bartender closest to the door and I felt bad for them as her attitude was disgusting. She made one of my friends drinks wrong and didn’t correct it. Dropped off food with an attitude. At the end of our night we went to close out and our friends didn’t tip 20% (I.e her service was just awful) and she had the audacity to ask “is there a reason you tipped under 20%?” EXCUSE ME?! I have worked in the food service industry/ bartending industry and you do not address that situation like that or at all, if she would’ve realized oh I made his drink wrong and delivered his food with an attitude then she would’ve understood why he tipped under 20%. I hope as an owner/ employee here this gets taken care of. That was uncalled for and disgusting behavior. A tip is earned, not expected. Other than that my bartender was amazing and sweet and we did tip her over 20%.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Cheese Sticks
Jack Taylor
Cool Beans is a staple for drinks in a chill atmosphere. The food is good and the drinks are cheap.
Went to Cool beans for a marg bucket with my bf at the outside bar/patio. The blonde lady at the bar gives us our pink lemonade bucket and we sit down, and pour it into our glasses. We then notice that there's a fly in the bucket. No big deal it happens sometimes bc we're outside, so we just simply just go up to her and nicely ask for another one because of the fly in there. This bartender gives us the MEANEST attitude... breathes super heavy and seems bothered making another one again. She grabs the bucket and fills it with ice, and slams it SO HARD on the table in front of us some ice splashes in our eye. Then she takes our old glasses and aggressively throws the ice into the sink, and gives us the new bucket again slamming it hard onto the table the drink almost spills a bit. And then on top of all that, she gives us wayyy less alcohol this time compared to the first... l could see and taste the difference by a lot. I don't get what her issue was?? If she had a fly in her drink she would return it too. And whenever we initially walked up to the bar, she was just sitting at the side talking to her coworkers, and had to go back to her post to make our drink (twice) and as soon as we were done both times she went back to sitting and talking to them. She wasn't even busy. I guess we were bothering her by making her do her job. Horrible customer service by her. I saw another review talking about a blonde bartender being rude and I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same one. I don't get how people like her stay employed.
Maria Farner
Best dive bar in town! Always great service and great good at a good price.
This has got to be the quintessential starting bar for your crawl. Otherwise, it's worth hanging out all night with their delicious pitchers.
Though I have already from the University of North Texas during the 1980s, I still occasionally find the time to visit my old university and Cool Beans; don't expect niceties here, as it's a long established college town favorite, near the campus on Hickory St. Cheers, Mark F.
Glasses girl was rude and nasty for no reason
Presley is so freaking cool and made my whole experience 10000% better!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
we were being followed; while the two men that worked there where very nice to take us out of that situation but the lady with the pink dye hair didn’t care to see if the men were still following us after overhearing the bartender updating us about the men following us. she just said she had to sit there cause it was her job when all we asked her to do was turn around to see if the men were still following us. thank u for the men helping in that situation, but clearly the girl wasn’t a girls girl and tried to help us one bit.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Really liked this place and the bartender when i first arrived here, even got the bartenders instagram after chatting with him for a few. But after a couple of hours i was very rudely told by a bartender that came in after him that i had been there for "hours" and basically insinuating that i should leave. Why? Do people typically not stay at your bar for more than an hour or two? If so. This is exactly why. There are far too many options for bars in denton. I would steer clear.
This is a really chill dive bar to stop by for some drinks. Will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
I used to love going to cool beans, but this one specific bartender (with blonde hair & glasses) was so RUDE; it was the first bar of the night for my friends and I. Meaning it was our first drinks of the night. The bartender just ruined the vibe for us, and I've heard other issues from others with this bartender… now I just go to Riprocks or any other place on fry.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Fried Pickles
I came in here on 7/11/2023 around 9pm and stayed till around 11:30pm and one of the bartenders was absolutely RUDE (she was wearing a green shirt). I got served by the bartender with glasses, wearing a black shirt and brown hair and she was amazing! My friends went the the bartender closest to the door and I felt bad for them as her attitude was disgusting. She made one of my friends drinks wrong and didn’t correct it. Dropped off food with an attitude. At the end of our night we went to close out and our friends didn’t tip 20% (I.e her service was just awful) and she had the audacity to ask “is there a reason you tipped under 20%?” EXCUSE ME?! I have worked in the food service industry/ bartending industry and you do not address that situation like that or at all, if she would’ve realized oh I made his drink wrong and delivered his food with an attitude then she would’ve understood why he tipped under 20%. I hope as an owner/ employee here this gets taken care of. That was uncalled for and disgusting behavior. A tip is earned, not expected. Other than that my bartender was amazing and sweet and we did tip her over 20%.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Cheese Sticks
Cool Beans is a staple for drinks in a chill atmosphere. The food is good and the drinks are cheap.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger
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Went to Cool beans for a marg bucket with my bf at the outside bar/patio. The blonde lady at the bar gives us our pink lemonade bucket and we sit down, and pour it into our glasses. We then notice that there's a fly in the bucket. No big deal it happens sometimes bc we're outside, so we just simply just go up to her and nicely ask for another one because of the fly in there. This bartender gives us the MEANEST attitude... breathes super heavy and seems bothered making another one again. She grabs the bucket and fills it with ice, and slams it SO HARD on the table in front of us some ice splashes in our eye. Then she takes our old glasses and aggressively throws the ice into the sink, and gives us the new bucket again slamming it hard onto the table the drink almost spills a bit. And then on top of all that, she gives us wayyy less alcohol this time compared to the first... l could see and taste the difference by a lot. I don't get what her issue was?? If she had a fly in her drink she would return it too. And whenever we initially walked up to the bar, she was just sitting at the side talking to her coworkers, and had to go back to her post to make our drink (twice) and as soon as we were done both times she went back to sitting and talking to them. She wasn't even busy. I guess we were bothering her by making her do her job. Horrible customer service by her. I saw another review talking about a blonde bartender being rude and I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same one. I don't get how people like her stay employed.
Best dive bar in town! Always great service and great good at a good price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Shot, Cheeseburger, Tater Tots, Onion Rings
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Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
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This was my favorite place to go to while attending college in Denton. Great memories. Cheap drinks and shots . The food is good too.
Went here with my college son. Great food and awesome place for college students