Second Story Bar

157 E Ohio St #2, Chicago
(312) 923-9536

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J Amiin Warrick

Perfect little gay dive bar. After moving from Nashville, this place reminds me of my home bar and is a great place to go to just relax after work or meetup with friends. Bartenders are great and the patrons are chill.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

ROBERT CARMODY

Cozy neighborhood bar, friendly staff and customers, reasonable priced drinks.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Bob Obileski

Terrible experience said they were full of capacity and we were not allowed in. And it's only 10pm and he says, i'm not going to allow you in

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Jason Boyd (Linktreats)

(Warning Cash only) Perfect dive bar! Great vibe, service and prices. Will be coming back each time visiting Chicago.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Vince Kramer

Love this little hole in the wall bar

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 4

Mike G.

Small hidden watering hole with well poured drinks.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 5

boy_named_niel

Almost went, but cash-only is impossible these days.

No one carries cash out. And we’re forced this massive inconvenience because the owners want to report to the IRS that on a busy Friday night, they sold 2 budlights ALL night

Andrew Osanka

Classic Chicago dive bar ... with a twist!

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Chris Schuck

Not exactly busy on a Wednesday night

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Keith Huber

Jack is an amazing bartender. Excellent customer service. Cool place to stop and chill.

Cheryl Spurlock

My group was denied entry saying they were at capacity. We then watched 6 ppl go in. They were non blk Guess its whts only!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Damir Denisov

very small bar. cocktails are inexpensive and correspond to the price.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Ernesto N

Ok, this is my favorite downtown gay bar. Well, it's the only one but still, it's awesome!
The Regulars are the best and the bartenders are great and pour an incredible drink!
When it's busy, it's crazy and when it's quiet it's great.
Always a great time.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Adam The Computer Guy

Great neighborhood bar

Quinton B. Butterfield

Do not come to this bar. I have been to this bar many times. Whenever I have friends in town I go here. Tonight, 5/14/2024 I brought an out of town guest and it was his birthday. We were sitting at the bar and my friend placed his drink down, but didn't notice the space between the bar and the bar rail, so his glass fell on the floor and broke. Immediately the bartender made a little scene and said “you’re done”. I thought he was joking and I asked him if he was joking. He said he wasn’t and that he would no longer serve my friend because he broke a glass. As a bartender myself, I would never deny a patron a drink because of an accident like that. I could understand if my friend was intoxicated but that was not the case. So then the bartender started to get an attitude with me. I asked him to make me another drink with and he assumed I was going to share it with my friend and told me if I did, i was “done”. I thought that was an odd thing to assume. Also, I asked him to make my drink with a certain liquor but he didn’t hear me. When I asked him if he used that liquor he said I didn’t ask for it. When I said I did, he then told me “you’re done”. It was a very strange experience. I am not sure what me and my friend did to this man.

This left a very bad taste in my mouth and was very uncalled for. I won’t ever go back there and if anyone mentions this place to me I will tell them not to go here.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

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