art & jake's sports bar & grill shelby

I really like this place. I've come here twice since it opened. They have a fabulous menu with a wide variety of food choices and a pretty nice drink menu too. The booth seating on the restaurant side is where it's at! Each booth has a TV mounted to the wall! It's such a great place to relax and catch up with friends or watch a game! Only complaints would be: limited parking and long wait for dinner if you come around 6pm. The crowd is a mix, but surprisingly there are a lot of families with young kids that come here, which is kind of surprising for a loud bar.

We were so excited when the restaurant was being built. What a disappointment! Ordered mussels on the waitresses recommendation and they were cold, broken and a mouthful of grit & shell pieces. We sent them back asked for them to be taken off the menu only to be charged for them. The Delmonico was full of fat and cold. If I go back I'll try basic bar food like a burger. Most people were drinking not eating. That should have given me a clue.

The food was really good, but the wait (over 30 minutes), the parking (difficult), and noise volume would make me think twice about going back. We went on a Friday night, it was crowded and we had to wait for over 30 minutes. It was also hard to find a place to park. The worst part was the noise level. It was so loud that you could not have a conversation. The crowd was an adult crowd, so not really sure why the music was so loud. Our service was also really poor. Waitress wasn't interested in serving us, didn't want to turn in our Keno cards (then why put them on table) and we had to ask for everything we needed. If the food wasn't so good, I would have given it fewer stars.

My wife and I stopped with 2 teenagers before a movie. We were greeted within the first minute. Our drinks were brought out quickly. The teens weren't bored because of the plethora of flat screen TVs all over the place. The food was excellent and well priced. Beet choices were numerous. Definitely coming back here again.

Although there is no shortage of bars with food in the area, one thing that has been missing has been the perfect combination of good, creative food and terrific service. This isn't just bar food. The food selections are terrific. The wings are really, really great. He has eaten wings on every continents save Antarctica, so he knows. I agree. A solid 8.5 on our own 10-point scale. We order them dry with sauce on the side and garlic parm/buffalo is our favorite combo so far. The salads are creative, and the ethnic foods look and sound delicious. He cannot eat pork, so it narrows down the ethnic choices that we can share. Lots of beers to choose from, 16 on tap, 29 bottles, with the APV listed. Some rate the burgers the best around, but I haven't tried one yet. 70 TV screens, including tabletop in the bar. Please don't wander off the menu, though, without making your intentions really clear. I offered a 'black and blue' steak which was meant to be charred on the outside (black) and cook in the middle (blue). My thoroughly cooked steak came with a very generous dollop of blue cheese on top. I didn't complain, since I didn't make myself clear, and I happen to like blue cheese...Beware: The parking lot is jammed, which is good for them and certainly a good sign, but may get to be a bit inconvenient, especially as the cold weather and snow moves in.