Bar double charged me and won't respond to communication. Should I do a charge back?

UPDATE: All good now. Not sure why it took a few days of radio silence, but they just emailed to apologize and said they refunded.


I went to a bar last week, and had a beer while I waited for my friend. I gave the bartender my card to open a tab. My buddy ended up joining a few minutes later and also got a drink. We chatted with the bartender for a while, and my buddy had a few more beers. I stuck with the one. My buddy had three or four, so they did the nice thing and offered to pay the tab. They gave the bartender their card. The bartender told me my beer was on him and rattled off the other few beers and put everything on my buddy's card and closed us out. We left and went on to the next place.

The next day, I'm getting food and can't find my credit card. That's when I realize I left it at that bar from last night. I shoot the bar a message on Instagram explaining that I left my card there when my buddy and I closed out. They confirmed they had my card and I could get it the next day.

I woke up the next day to an email from Toast showing a receipt from the bar with three of that first night's drinks plus a nice 20% tip on top totalling ~$40. My assumption is that the bartender had some beers on my card in their system and when I messaged the Instagram account, they told the current bartender to close me out.

I went to pick up my card and explained to the bartender (different guy than the one that served me) that my buddy had paid for the beers on his card and mine had just been there from when we opened the tab. He seemed understanding but said he didn't know how to do a refund for that. My best option would be to email the bar manager.

I sent an email to the bar manager and also to the Instagram account. Both have gone unacknowledged. They don't have a phone number.

Is this a case where I am justified in pursuing a chargeback with my credit card company? I would likely give the bar a warning before I did, but I don't want to take an extreme measure if there is something else I should consider first.