Buckets Pub

Racine, United States

4.2

Open now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards
Free Wi-Fi

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Telephone:
+1 262-633-8951
Website:
buckets-pub.com
Address:
2031 Lathrop Ave, Racine, WI, 53405
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
2.2 miCorinne Reid Owens Transit Center
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Parking
Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
No
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Music
Juke Box
Good For Dancing
No
Alcohol
Full Bar
Happy Hour
No
Best Nights
Mon, Wed
Coat Check
No
Smoking
Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
Yes
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
No
Drive-Thru
No
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:00 am – 2:00 am
Open now
Local time (Racine) 19:40 Saturday, 31 May 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:00 am – 2:00 am
Tuesday 11:00 am – 2:00 am
Wednesday 11:00 am – 2:00 am
Thursday 11:00 am – 2:00 am
Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 am
Saturday 11:00 am – 2:00 am
Sunday 11:00 am – 2:00 am

Description

Specialties

Buckets Pub is locally-​owned bar and grill that has been serving a growing menu of appetizers, burgers, sandwiches, dinners and other great items along with our award winning chicken wings for nearly 30 years.

Daily Specials, homemade soups and Friday Fish Fry.

Dine-​in or Carry-​out

Let us host your next party, meeting or get-​together in our banquet room. A full menu is available to make all your guests happy.

History

Established in 1983.

Buckets Pub is owned and operated by Chuck and Connie Brandt.

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20 reviews of Buckets Pub

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Place rating: 5
Wheaton, IL
We attended a private catered event at Buckets and it was great!
Great staff– chef was walking around checking in, making sure everything was good.
Food was delicious. We didn’t get to try the wings, but the fried chicken was amazing!
Great beers on tap, especially Leinenkugels!
Atmosphere casual and friendly. Welcoming, family-​run joint.
I would definitely recommend a trip to Buckets if you’re in Racine!
Place rating: 4
Wausau, WI
This is a very casual laid back awesome sports bar with plenty of tvs’. It’s more of a bar, not a restaurant or restaurant and bar. You can watch a sports game from every angle. They have $ 5 pitchers of Miller lite from 7 pm to midnight. I ordered their wings. Sadly, there is only 2 sauces, teriyaki and buffalo. Teriyaki is too salty for me but the buffalo flavor is so good. Yeah, buffalo is a very common sauce but these wings were delicious! Because it’s more of a bar, you have to order from the bar. They don’t have any servers to grab your order. It’s a nice establishment. I’ll be back for sure!
Place rating: 5
Racine, WI
Wings here are so much better than any chain place. I suggest the wings with wing sauce to get even more great flavor. The wings are bigger and you know they are fresh as opposed to other wing chains that make a mass amount and pick them out as the orders come in. The bartenders are extremely friendly and the owners are always inside making everyone feel welcome. I will continue to always come to this bar because of the great people and great food.
Place rating: 4
Galena, IL
This bar is the Cheers of Racine. We frequent often after work. They have the best wings in town. The service is great and they have a good selection of beers.
Great place to watch a game or go for a few after work. Get there before 5, it gets pretty packed.
Place rating: 5
Maple Park, IL
Awesome bar! One of those hidden gems you run into by luck when traveling through. Excellent food, great bloodys, and the bartenders were hilarious and super friendly! Two thumbs up!
Place rating: 4
Milwaukee, WI
Food was good. Service was order at the bar, not my favorite. But other wise good experience. Cold beer, hot food, quick service. The wings were great, but they could make them awesome if they had some better sauce options. Lots of TVs and very sports oriented.
Place rating: 5
Puyallup, WA
I’ve never had bad service here. The staff really knows what they are doing (very professional). Great food and drinks. Very clean sports bar! We get here early enough on Fridays and we can enjoy dinner with our son before it gets too packed. They have great baked fish options for fish fry. I just wish they always offered grilled wings!
Place rating: 1
Racine, WI
Poor service Unless you’re a regular expect to be ignored until they have time for you.
Place rating: 5
Racine, WI
The grilled chicken wings are to die for!
Huge number of flat screens with all kinds of sports playing all the time … A lively crowd, great bartenders and excellent food. Can’t go wrong coming here.
Oh yeah, don’t forget to try their soups, they’re absolutely outstanding.
Place rating: 5
Coronado, CA
Wow the prices are great, the fried pickles are amazing, the wings are awesome going to try the cheese curd wish me luck.
Place rating: 1
Racine, WI
We won’t return.
When we asked to settle our tab with the bartender (we ate dinner at the bar, along with a few beers) we were told «I just punched out» as he walked away without so much as glance or effort to call the other bartender over to take care of it.
Who does that?
As we walked out we noticed the «punched out» bartender was planted at the game machine in their smoking patio room.
We will not be back. Plenty of other options in the area with better food and MUCH better service.
Place rating: 4
Union Grove, WI
This is a bar, not a restaurant. There is no table service, and it was crowded and noisy when I went.
Now, that said. Had the wings, they were very good. Sat with the kids watching guys throw darts and explaining how darts is played.
Don’t go to this place with boys under the age of 13, they’ll want to go home and throw darts at the wall.
Place rating: 3
Round Lake, IL
Here I sit, at a high top near the bar. Little did we know, there is no server. However, the 2 bartenders there were friendly and their large bar was full. So we get up and order at the bar for our food and drinks. That just means we don’t have to tip as much since I’m the one doing all the work. Speaking of food, we came here because we read a review stating that the wings here were «best in town.» I would agree that they’re good and meaty, but probably not the best. Unless oily wings are the only thing Racine has to offer. The bar is cool, boasting a lot of TV’s for your sports viewing pleasure. Go bears. In fact, there is a tv in every direction you look. The menu is small, typical bar food, mostly deep fried. Mmmmmm. FYI they don’t take American express. But what they do have is a heated smoking room.
Place rating: 5
Racine, WI
Best wings, weekly drink specials. Mixed crowd family friendly. Attached ventilated smoking room with a separate exit. Awesome!
Place rating: 5
Winnetka, IL
I come here a lot on Wednesday nights. The service here is so great, the bartenders are super friendly. It is usually busy on Wednesdays for the grilled wings. I’d never had grilled wings before and they might be the best wings I’ve ever had. Plus, they sell Spotted Cow here.
Place rating: 4
Racine, WI
I have been coming here for years. Every time I’m back in town I get the wings here. They are always good, cooked just right and the sauce is good too. For bar food the rest of the menu is better then some if the food you get at the big chains. Burgers here are always good too, juicy, good bun and always cooked the way you order. Reasonable prices and the service here is always good too.
I’ve been to a few parties here over the years as well and they do a nice job with catering and making sure everything is set.
Place rating: 5
Vernon Hills, IL
Best wings in se wi.
Place rating: 5
Racine, WI
I love Bucket’s
The décor is sports bar and it fit’s perfect the staff is always awesome and very experienced and helpful.
The chicken dinner is so good perfect crisp on the skin, one of my fav’s is the pepper jack burger you get real bang for your buck and of course the wings are hands down the best I ever had, and when they grill them on Monday and Wednesday there over the top.
I think I will always choose Bucket’s Pub as my favorite places to go.
Place rating: 5
Milwaukee, WI
When they talk about the Midwest, they are talking about Bucket’s. It’s full of good people, mixed by age, race, and social standing; I’ve seen Racine’s current mayor there twice. The wings are crispy and inexpensive. Some variety of beer is always on special. Endless TVs. The bathrooms might be the nicest publicly available in town (Dyson Airblade, anyone?). The smoking room has a stone fireplace and they allow cigars. Bucket’s is what Applebee’s and Buffalo Wild Wings are trying to be. It’s just a good honest business, which can be hard to find.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
Best wings I ever had by far. Good beer specials thru out the week. The owner is kind of a jerk. If your in there during football season and your rooting for any team besides the Packers you get the cold sholder. The owner of a sports bar should be bias.