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Bono's Italian Restaurant
1418 Plainfield Avenue Northeast
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
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(616) 451-0010
Cuisine: Bars, Cajun Restaurants, Italian Restaurants, Pizza Places
4.4 of 5.0 from 60 reviews
price range:$11 to $25
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The lounge fare is a nice mix of New Orleans stuff and American sandwiches.
by Stefano R.
Good beer selection, nice atmosphere.
by Darryl J
Drunken pork tacos.... Yum diggity!!
by Kristi V.
Great drinks. Quick service
by Stephanie Bishop
Great Michigan beer selection with $3 drafts (I forget what night). Okay food, but the beef/bacon burger is probably the best thing in the menu.
by Jen F.
Solid beer list. Many local MI beers on tap. Great place late night on the weekends. Nice food menu as well. Loved the bacon burger.
by Kiki K.
Yummy spinach dip
by Jenny J.
Great food
by Jenny J.
Good pizza. Tasty foods. Great choices of beers on tap. Chill place.
by Tansy
Horrible service. Sat there even after the bar tender looked right at us and went back to cleaning.
by Brandi C.
Note to owner.......if you get me drinks, I give you more money, you hire more people, they give me more drinks,I give you more money. Crazy how that works! DON'T leave my glass empty for an hour!
by Bre W.
Their beer selection is awesome and their BLT's.
by Lindsay O.
Burgers are way good!
by Nick C.
My favorite bar in the Creston area by far. Great food, great service, stiff drinks. It's what I imagine heaven is like.
by Nate J.
Great place!!
by Amanda H.
Awesome food! Great Bloody Mary, too!
by Karyn O.
One of the best bars in GR for food, good drinks, atmosphere, fun staff, and good prices. Always a ton of local and national craft beers on tap and always changing! Been coming here for many years.
by Raleigh C.
Voodoo fuckin pizza. Holy shit that is good sauce.
by Ryan N.
the Pasta Orleans is fantastic.
by Amy P.
such great pizza and sweet potato fries.
by Kaylynn M.
Shots shots shots
by Ryan H.
I was excited because they claimed to be a New Orleans style menu., but having lived in NOLA, I'm pretty sure the Chef has never been there...
by Eric B.
Best menu ever, every new entree is superb
by L.Marie H.
Great Pizza- old Bono's recipe!
by Kerry
Say Hi to Lew & Mulder. Have a stone. Give Jeff big wet kiss before you leave :)
by Mary K.
They have the best brisket and Mac and cheese and the big bad wolf is the best sandwich
by Courtney M.
Brian, Kyle, and Cassie are awesome!
by Amy Lynn C.
Have Alyssa (curly haired bartender) make your drinks (deliciously strong)!
by Amy P.
Fear the Sazevoirac. A rare cajun dinosaur, known for drinking excessively and eating "Norseman".
by Miciaih P.
Pyramid apricot beer is awesome!
by Peri
Escoffier is delicious
by Nick V.
The unisex bathroom is just slightly awkward!!!
by Amber N. B.
Their dark atmosphere and gator bites ain't nothing to shake a stick at! Love the White Russians too!
by Bunny V.
Awesome bar staff.... make sure you leave Jeff a good tip
by Sam A.
Great pizza!
by Meghan B.
Beer. LOTS of it. And great atmosphere
by L.Marie H.
Check out their new Gator menu items
by James L.
Mac and cheese dinner with bacon and broccoli is amazing!
by Robert F.
Highly recommend the Mac n' Cheese! You will not regret it.
by Mandy C.
Service sucks with Moby
by Alex A.
Best Dirty Girl-scout on the rocks!
by Amis ✩
Greatest bar staff ever!!!!!
by Maggie V.
Woodchuck Fall and they're pepperoni pizza!
by Susanna S.
A great place to be during a holiday event! Bumping music and a great crowd.
by Kasey S.
Can we say, No DubStep before 10? (Seriously ready for the next movement of dance music to arrive) #15Minutes.
by Tommy A.
Get the brisket sandwich! Also known as "the Giedeman"
by Kelly T.
Get the pretzel bun its incredible!!!
by Dan W.
New menu. Great and unique 'za.
by Nathan G.
They make a great bourbon old fashioned
by Nate P.
So, I heard this is the place to get hooked up
by Andrea H.
$10 to use credit card. Fairly sure that is against MC and Visa rules. #fail
by Dan R.
Best pizza in GR!
by JD H.
Go there they rock.
by Chris M.
Battle of the Artists v.4 was awesome! Check it out next year, and you can still catch some left over paint splatters on the brick walls
by Kristy K.
Epic Rick at the end of the bar! Mullet madness with the quotes to end all quotes! Example: "what do you call a poor white person? Me."
by MattB S.
Spinach dip. Get it. Eat it.
by Luke G.
Bring back the Beads!!
by Mary K.
Birthday Party Shennanigans!!
by Mary K.
Sunday special is awesome! 10" pizza pie 2 toppings only $4.00 from 3-8 PM. Also don't forget you have to spend $10 to use your credit card.
by Tommy A.
The unofficial Art Bar of West Michigan with many of the Creston Neighborhood and DivAve Artists mingling about. Also, Roller Girls, Ben Hunter, politicians and beer fans visit the best NE bar in GR
by Tommy A.

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