Mulligans

There aren't many places in the Bradenton area where you can order a beer alongside a heap of homemade biscuits and gravy.

Welcome to Mulligan's Bar & Grill, 5526 15th St. E. Located in the Oneco area, an unincorporated community outside of the Greater Bradenton Area, Mulligan's is your classic watering hole with a big bar, a loyal crowd of regulars and ice-cold beer from one morning until the next.

Mulligan's is a classic watering hole, and it looks it, too. The inside is spacious – renovations about a decade ago raised the roof and added additional floor space – with a three-sided bar occupying most of the floor, a couple pool tables, a stage, a small corner reserved for video games and a dozen or so tables. It might fit the mold as the typical dive bar, but it has WiFi access, which is mostly popular with morning patrons, security cameras recording the goings-on inside out and bartenders who don't put up with trouble.

Mulligan's opens every morning for breakfast. It serves beer starting at 8 a.m., too. So if you're up for a beer that early, by all means, it's available. If one needs a tad more of an incentive to have a brew first thing in the morning, here it is: Happy hour starts at 8 a.m. and lasts until 6 p.m. Monday through Friday with drafts for $1.25 for a small glass or $2 a pint, bottles from $2.50 to $3.50 and liquor from $2.25 for wells to $4.50 for top-shelf brands.

Draft beers include just a few domestics but plenty more is available in the bottle l