I’ve been meaning to stop by and have a Saturday night dinner and evening at the bar at Sweetwater Kitchen & Cocktails in Chillicothe. And so tonight, that’s exactly what we’re going to do!

Let’s head on down the road where the water is sweet and the cocktails are neat…or something like that. Let’s just go already!

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Number 211: Sweetwater Kitchen & Cocktails, Saturday, September 12, 2026

Here’s the sign in front of Sweetwater Kitchen & Cocktails. In the dark it almost looks like an online illustration, but you can see part of the parking lot on the right in the bottom of the photo.

The front patio has tables and palm trees, but we’re headed inside to…

The bar!

You run right into it as soon as you walk in and that’s perfect! We’ll grab a seat down there at the end of the bar and get settled in for this wonderful Saturday evening.

Sierra was the pretty and friendly bartender for the evening and here she is serving me up a bottle of Budweiser with a beautiful smile.

I placed my dinner order and we’re off to a fantastic start in here tonight!

As you can see, they have a nice inventory of various booze bottles on the shelves in the back of the bar and there’s the Spinal Tap inspired eleven beers on tap.

I noticed something at the end of the bar and was told that this is a spread of free candy and snacks for people playing the gaming machines. Very nice, I’ve never seen something like this in my travels!

And just where are these elusive gaming machines?

They’re right over here, lined up on the wall opposite the bar.

There’s dining tables up front lining the wall and I love that tropical painting hanging over them.

The main dining room is right over here in this room on the other side of the room. There’s tables and chairs in the front room and a table and booths in the back over here.

You can also dine out here on the front patio and there’s a nice fire pit happening over here. Fire!

Meanwhile, back at the bar…

Our Saturday night dinner is starting to arrive!

I started off with a bowl of the Onion Gratinee Soup. It was loaded with creamy, rich cheese and there was a toasted bread under that along with the delicious and savory onion soup.

This could really be a meal unto itself, but there’s more to come!

For my second course I got an order of the Suckling Luau Chickies.

As you can see from the menu photo above, these are chicken wings tossed in a maple bourbon BBQ sauce and sprinkled with homemade pork rinds.

They look fabulous, let’s dig in!

These were so tasty and delicious!

The wings are crispy on the outside and tender and juicy inside. That bourbon maple BBQ sauce has a nice sweet and spicy flavor and the crushed pork rinds take these wings over the top!

Fabulous and delicious wings and highly recommended!