Upstairs at Caroline
Venue Brief
Open-air backyard bar above Congress Avenue at the corner of Seventh, with turf, picnic tables, cornhole and giant Jenga, draft cocktails and wall-to-wall game-day screens.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- CasualSportyUpbeat
- Age guide
- 21-3025-45
- Dress code
- Casual
- Cuisine
- American
- Demographic
- Young ProfessionalsTouristsLocals
- Music genre
- Commercial Hits
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAmerican
- Open times
- Mon 12 PM – 12 AMTue 12 PM – 12 AMWed 12 PM – 12 AMThu 12 PM – 12 AMFri 11 AM – 12 AM BestSat 11 AM – 12 AM BusySun 11 AM – 12 AM Busy
- Vibe score
- 9.0 / 10
Address
Contact
About Upstairs at Caroline
Picnic tables, artificial turf, string lights and a slatted roof set the scene one floor above Caroline restaurant, where the Aloft building meets Congress Avenue. The pitch is a backyard party: cornhole, foosball, oversized Jenga, draft cocktails and frozen drinks, with every hour billed as happy hour. Screens line the long bar, so college football Saturdays and NFL Sundays fill it with tailgaters, parents and girls' trips alike. The kitchen covers tacos and bar food that reviewers call fine rather than memorable. Doors open at noon on weekdays and eleven at weekends, and everything closes at midnight. The playlist is mainstream hits at conversational volume. Google reviewers give it 4.8 from more than 6,900 reviews, and recent ones read like a roll call of bartenders who handed out local recommendations alongside Ranch Waters. Casual dress and moderate prices make it an easy first stop on a downtown night.
