This may be my 3rd review ever. Great booze and smoky atmosphere. Asked for one of the .75 cent hard boiled eggs and they were sold out. Luckily they were able to find me one in the basement.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
TJ Johnson
So I tend bar, and have never been met with a less welcoming environment. My wife and I stopped to have a drink and check out a potentially cool bar on our adventure. We walked in to someone in an apron, sitting bar-side and drinking, asking for our Identification. This is often a joke from drinking patrons from bars, so we asked what his credentials were and why a patron would ask that, and why he would ask two 35 year olds entering the bar for anything. He followed us to the ordering area and assured us he was checking the validity of us visiting. We sat for 10 minutes while other patrons looked awkwardly, and bartenders ignored us, waiting for someone to ask what we would like to purchase.
We left the bar with absolutely nothing and no money spent. Would never recommend visiting, and again YES I SERVE DRINKS FOR A LIVING. This place is not welcoming at all.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Jordan
Fantastic bar - full of history and excellent personable service
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Vida
Great service and atmosphere
Chris C
Its an uassuming, shady dark bar that is cool with smoking. Did I say that SMOKING is allowed here? A solid rotational collection of Chicago folks, rotating. Staff are PROFESSIONAL. Opens early and closes late. This joint is SOLID. You might smoke at the bar and feel like Bukowski, without all that Poems and Shortstories stuff. Some may remeber smoking and drinking in a Bar. MANY have never seen it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lou
Stumbled across this bar whilst looking for a place to use the loo and have a quick drink and what a find! I love “dive” bars and this ticked every box, cheap bottled beer, cash only, great jukebox, Smokey atmosphere & filled with locals! Both barman were great (especially the guy with the cubs ring). Popped in for one & ended up staying for six!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
taibi vanda
Mind-blowing ambiance!
Judith Campos
Really comfortable place to grab a quick drink.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Daphne Fitzpatrick
Great ambiance and lots of space to dance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Valerie Carrion
I never met Richard, but i did find love…. With the slots.
⭐☆☆☆☆ “Disappointed after years of wanting to visit”
Super bummed to be turned away within moments of walking in with my legitimate service animal. He’s not one of those internet-bought “support” dogs — he’s a real, trained service dog with over 1,000 hours of documented training. He flies with me everywhere. In fact, we had just come from a Cubs game at Wrigley Field — one of the biggest, most security-heavy venues in the country — where he was welcomed without issue once I answered the proper ADA questions.
But within seconds of walking into Richard’s, we were berated first by a regular, then by the bartender, and told to leave. I travel full-time across the country in an RV visiting and reviewing dive bars — it’s literally what I do — and this place had been on my list for years. So yeah, it was disappointing.
What’s wild is that this is a place where everyone knows you can still smoke inside because the owners pay off the cops — which, honestly, is about as dive bar as it gets. And yet somehow, a trained, federally protected service dog is where they draw the line. The irony would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
Hopefully one day the owner and staff take the time to educate themselves on what a real service animal is, because I really wanted to like this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
เอกพล อ่อนคำ
Outstanding energy!
dorian sunjic
Perfect place for a drink. Literally.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
sylvia merski
Real bummer they don’t understand what service animals are… had been looking forward to it for a long time- but we didn’t get 4 steps in before getting berated by a regular then the bartender. Oh well.
This may be my 3rd review ever. Great booze and smoky atmosphere. Asked for one of the .75 cent hard boiled eggs and they were sold out. Luckily they were able to find me one in the basement.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
So I tend bar, and have never been met with a less welcoming environment.
My wife and I stopped to have a drink and check out a potentially cool bar on our adventure. We walked in to someone in an apron, sitting bar-side and drinking, asking for our Identification. This is often a joke from drinking patrons from bars, so we asked what his credentials were and why a patron would ask that, and why he would ask two 35 year olds entering the bar for anything. He followed us to the ordering area and assured us he was checking the validity of us visiting. We sat for 10 minutes while other patrons looked awkwardly, and bartenders ignored us, waiting for someone to ask what we would like to purchase.
We left the bar with absolutely nothing and no money spent. Would never recommend visiting, and again YES I SERVE DRINKS FOR A LIVING. This place is not welcoming at all.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Fantastic bar - full of history and excellent personable service
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great service and atmosphere
Its an uassuming, shady dark bar that is cool with smoking. Did I say that SMOKING is allowed here? A solid rotational collection of Chicago folks, rotating.
Staff are PROFESSIONAL. Opens early and closes late. This joint is SOLID. You might smoke at the bar and feel like Bukowski, without all that Poems and Shortstories stuff. Some may remeber smoking and drinking in a Bar. MANY have never seen it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stumbled across this bar whilst looking for a place to use the loo and have a quick drink and what a find! I love “dive” bars and this ticked every box, cheap bottled beer, cash only, great jukebox, Smokey atmosphere & filled with locals! Both barman were great (especially the guy with the cubs ring). Popped in for one & ended up staying for six!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Mind-blowing ambiance!
Really comfortable place to grab a quick drink.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great ambiance and lots of space to dance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I never met Richard, but i did find love…. With the slots.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
⭐☆☆☆☆
“Disappointed after years of wanting to visit”
Super bummed to be turned away within moments of walking in with my legitimate service animal. He’s not one of those internet-bought “support” dogs — he’s a real, trained service dog with over 1,000 hours of documented training. He flies with me everywhere. In fact, we had just come from a Cubs game at Wrigley Field — one of the biggest, most security-heavy venues in the country — where he was welcomed without issue once I answered the proper ADA questions.
But within seconds of walking into Richard’s, we were berated first by a regular, then by the bartender, and told to leave. I travel full-time across the country in an RV visiting and reviewing dive bars — it’s literally what I do — and this place had been on my list for years. So yeah, it was disappointing.
What’s wild is that this is a place where everyone knows you can still smoke inside because the owners pay off the cops — which, honestly, is about as dive bar as it gets. And yet somehow, a trained, federally protected service dog is where they draw the line. The irony would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
Hopefully one day the owner and staff take the time to educate themselves on what a real service animal is, because I really wanted to like this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Outstanding energy!
Perfect place for a drink. Literally.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Real bummer they don’t understand what service animals are… had been looking forward to it for a long time- but we didn’t get 4 steps in before getting berated by a regular then the bartender. Oh well.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Felt right at home here. With definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Loading...