Bix & Co.

Hooray for the Valley Junction Business District that has attracted another family owned local eatery & pub called Bix with the last year. The inside mod to trendy decor has large sports screens, well spaced booths and table top seating. The selectively designed menu was very inviting with fresh made to order entrees. My Turkey Melt was huge with a fresh salad and an excellent server. The wait time and value of my entire meal was reasonable for a deliciously made to order main course. Depending on the time of day your only drawback will be close parking.

Had an excellent time there last night.

Wife had the 1/2 lb burger cooked to medium with fries and I had the Italian Beef (Dry) with onion rings.

The burger was perfectly cooked to order. The Italian Beef was served on a toasted roll and the giardinara / au jus was seasoned and spicy to tasty perfection. The onion rings were good but I prefer a thicker ring with a light beer batter, this batter seemed heavy for the size of the onion rings.

Overall excellent experience, great atmosphere with all the TV's.

Very nice, kind of elevated sports bar/restaurant. Why do I say elevated? The food was superior to pub food, in my opinion. I got the Black & Bleu Burger which was cooked perfectly. The mac & cheese was also delicious--just the right amount of bread crumbs with the right consistency. My friend got a salad because she's Vegan and Gluten-free so there are a few of those options, too, including pizza. The pizza was pretty pricey for a personal size, with each topping adding additional costs. We weren't in the mood to risk it this time, but since the food was so good our first visit we'll definitely give the pizza a go next time!

The atmosphere was sophisticated albeit sports bar-esque. Huge main screen that took up a whole wall as well as many large individual TVs situated next to one another. It would be good for a huge game day. Seating on the bar side (but not at the bar) kind of reminds me of bigger cities where you're put right next to other diners. I kind of love it. Our neighbors were super cool and we made some new friends.

Went for lunch on a Sunday. Ordered fried pepper rings, beef sandwich with fries and onion rings . Tempura coating on pepper rings was very greasy and some soggy. Italian beef sand with peppers and provolone was bland. Meat is prepackaged sliced. Peppers bland . “Chicago” bun was large , tasteless and strangely untoasted . Fries were great! Onion rings were cold and inedible. Bartender had them taken off bill . Great atmosphere if you don’t mind loud sports bar.

Bix & Co. has been on my list and I finally got to try it today, whilst watching the IU/Purdue game and the MI/OS game. We were also wrapping up a massive blended family picture session down the street, so this was an ideal location for us, with a party of 13 + 1 service dog.

Food was fantastic!

Jumbo wings = served with hot buffalo & ranch. They have “the good ranch” but their “hot” isn’t hot, IMO; flavor was great though! Wings were meaty and cooked perfectly…(ie. not overcooked and dry).

Cheese curds = are delish, however interesting only because they’re different than others. Interesting isn’t bad! They’re large cubes, not as rich as other cheese curds, but we liked them overall!

BBQ burger extra patty = a pound of burger meat for one kiddo. He loved it, fries are thinner and crispier (think McDonalds fries) and piping hot.

American cheeseburger = (not pictured) was equally as good. Gone before I could capture a pic!

Kids pizza boat = a very thick piece of bread with pizza toppings. He didn’t love it but he also downed an adult cheeseburger beforehand, so the boat came home for an afternoon snack 😂

The Italian (pick your) breakfast bowl = loaded with eggs, potatoes, graziano sausage, hot giardiniera, Bix white sauce, cheese and a side of toast. Mmnnnnnn! A great, hot breakfast, flavor was spot on. The only thing that could’ve made this better was topped with a runny egg instead of scrambled, but that’s just my personal opinion.

Bacon and cheese breakfast pizza = thin, crispy crust and it was delicious. Served with some Bix white sauce on the crust, and scrambled eggs. It was awesome!

Tenderloin sammy = for a family member, born and raised in Iowa, that has since moved out east. She says it was the last food item she needed to complete this family trip back to Iowa. So far, she’s had Casey’s taco pizza, Dorthy Lynch’s salad dressing, a few local beers, Kolaches buns, Iowa sweet corn, and I’m sure I’m missing some others. But the tenderloin here at Bix, she says, hit the spot and rounded out the final food she wanted to eat before leaving.

Nashville HOT sammy = (not pictured) was not hot at all, and probably our least favorite meal. It was just so so, they could make this so much better IMO. However, plenty of other foods to try so we did t leave hungry!

It was very loud inside with several 🏈games going but it’s to be expected; we weren’t bothered and went intentionally to watch football. Our party of 13 had to be split into 2 separate tables due to seating size, for those planning larger parties here; set up isn’t ideal for larger groups. Service was great, as busy as it was we didn’t wait a crazy amount of time for our food (given how packed it was). — at Bix & Co.