Live from Peoria, Illinois, it’s Saturday Night Cheeseburger starring this week’s host, The Third Chance Bar & Lounge and featuring special guest stars, Casey and Brian!
Now, please welcome this week’s host, The Third Chance Bar & Lounge!
Here we are at the 3300 Event Center, where there’s a Van Halen tribute band show tonight starring JUMP and there’s the 93.3 The Drive van.
But we’re not going there, we’re going next door, over here…
To the Third Chance Bar & Lounge, located off to the side of the 3300 Event Center.
This is a great place to have dinner and drinks before or after a show, or if you’re like me, just to come here on a Saturday night in search of a cheeseburger!
We’re inside and the sign says that the bar is open and to prove that point, the friendly and pretty bartender on duty, Casey serves us up a drink!
The night is off to a wonderful start!
I checked out the menu and Casey took my dinner order.
Okay, it’s time for photos now!
As you can see, there’s a well-stocked bar in here and there’s a list of the wide selection of beers in here along with specialty cocktails.
I love that they have Butch’s Pizza here and there’s a poster for the upcoming John Lennon Memorial show here on December 8th. I’m going to that and you should too!
And check it out, they have the MBIP business card on display from my visit back in September! Too cool!
There’s a shot of the front dining room from my seat at the bar and the popcorn is popping!
Dining tables line both walls and there’s a comfortable lounge area in the middle. in the back of the room is a nice gaming area for all of you gamblers out there!
There’s a large game room over here, complete with four pool tables.
There was a pool league playing in here tonight and you can contact the Third Chance if you’d like to set up a league night in here. The phone number and contact information is at the bottom of this post.
Check out the lounge area with a large TV and fireplace over here and a a communal dining table. Nice!
There’s also a shufleboard table and two state-of the-art dart boatds in the game room.
The operative word here is…Chill!
They also have a fun arcade room down the hallway, I took photos last Saturday, but for some reason, they didn’t turn out, so here’s photos of the room from my September visit.
Meanwhile, back at the front bar, there’s the Operations Manager of both the 3300 Event Center and The Third Chance, Brian! Always great to see him and catch up on things!
He told me the Van Halen tribute show was completely sold out and it’s fantastic to hear that the 3300 Event Center is packing people in!
And then…
My Saturday night cheeseburger dinner was served up!
I got the Western BBQ Bacon Burger with fries and this looks like one tasty monstrous cheeseburger!
There’s a stack of onion rings on top, bacon, bbq sauce, melted cheddar cheese and I promise you, there’s a burger down there, you just can’t see it with all of the toppings above it!
The French fries were cooked to perfection! Really crispy and just the right amount of salt and seasoning!
Now, on to the monster cheeseburger!
I could hardly hold this burger in my hands, but I smashed it down somewhat and this was such a delicious and tasty cheeseburger!
The onion rings and bacon added a lot of flavor and the burger was savory with the tangy and tasty bbq sauce and the melted cheese taking it to a delightful and flavor-filled level!
If you haven’t checked the Third Chance Bar & Lounge out, you definitely need to stop by! It’s really a fun addition to the Peoria area night life scene!
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3300 W. Willow Knolls Drive
Peoria
309-966-0876 ext. 2
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