In town for the Big 10 Basketball tournament - stopped in for Breakfast on Saturday morning!Highly recommend the Corn Beef Hash! Also, go for the Sourdough toast - really good.Atmosphere is that of a true Dive Bar - which makes the food even better.
Chris Sutter
Place is small with not a lot of space to move around when it’s busy. Bartender was not really friendly & it took awhile to get drinks ordered even when we were sitting right in front of the bar. Seemed liked she was more interested in flirting with men & trying to take someone home for the night instead of serving drinks or food. The patio was nice & big for the extra crowd. This place is more of a two drinks & move on to the next place not a place to sit & eat & spend the evening hanging out.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Jordan Hermann
My neighborhood dive. Good barfare food. Good bartenders. Old school dark bar vibe. Good place to get some greasy spoon breakfast and a drink before the twins game.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tacos, Black & Bleu Burger with Portobello Mushrooms Bleu Cheese and Cajun Seasoning Served with Chips
Robert Stacy
Cuzzy's has always been an awesome bar. In my opinion, they have substantially upgraded their food quality, though - giving you the 'dive bar' experience without any of the sacrifice. Highly recommend.Parking: You're on your own for parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bacon Cheeseburger
Brett Andresini
Alissa, the bartender at Cuzzy's, deserves the highest praise! Her exceptional service and friendly demeanor created a welcoming atmosphere. Alissa's mixology skills are top-notch, and her recommendations were spot on. The experience at Cuzzy's was elevated by her professionalism and genuine enthusiasm. I highly recommend stopping by and letting Alissa craft your drink – a true maestro behind the bar!
Danielle Jacobs
Cocktail time! Lynn made us this spectacular drink after searching to make sure that the ingredients we requested were available! Low and behold the drink — “our chemistry”5/5 STARS
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ethan Couser
Last night when at the bar (it was packed well over capacity), one of the workers asked me to move out of the way. Before even getting a chance to move as there was no space to move, he aggressively shoved me into the crowd.I will not be returning. I’m not a big fan of assault
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Sajad Raeisi
There is this middle age woman working there who pretty much hates everybody. She is such a buzz killer and doesn’t know how to smile. Change your job if you don’t know how to be a bartender!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Kellie Seldon
Supposedly haunted which makes the vibe 1000 times cooler than it already
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Erin Gadient
I had an awful experience with staff at Cuzzy’s. One recent employee was aggressive and punitive. It was embarrassing and unwarranted/unnecessary… not only was the initial interaction reactionary, unprofessional and unwarranted, but the employee continued to make me uncomfortable the rest of the evening, with no follow up conversation or remorse. I can’t express how unpleasant, unnecessarily punitive, and threatening this felt.Several people in the vicinity recognized how out of line this was (including strangers) and supported in the fact that this was aggressive, unprofessional, unwarranted, and out of bounds.I have visited Cuzzy’s several times before and had nothing but great things to say. This night was entirely different. Please consider before you visit, especially as a woman. This was very upsetting, confusing, and unpleasant. I will not be visiting the north loop bars anytime soon because of this upsetting incident. What an unnecessary and tearful evening spent in what was supposed to be a joyful and celebratory evening out with friends for the first time in a long time.
Just here to respond to Erin Gadient's post below mine (sorted by date) because as a patron of Cuzzys, I could tell this person was going to immediately try to slander the place for their own shortcomings. I was sitting about 10 feet away when Erin grabbed the bar light hanging from the ceiling and yanked on it, shining it around like she was a spotlight operator in other people's eyes. A bartender saw this (as well as the entire bar) and said, "Hey, put that down!" to which this person did not. She blankly and in a drunken stupor just stared into the abyss and after a few Mitch Mcconnell stroke seconds, put it down. This kind of stupidity happens at all dive bars. What doesn't happen at all dive bars is that the person who just had to be reprimanded like a kid with bad parents at daycare, just does the same thing about 1/2 hour later. The bartenders and bouncers were obviously not pleased and asked her to stop. Honestly, trying to yank a light off the ceiling is grounds for getting 86'd from the bar, but it seemed like the staff was being very lenient. After the second time she was yelled at, she threw what I'd like to call a drunk rich girl temper tantrum, to which everyone at the table around her basically disowned her. And now here we are, writing opposing Google reviews because apparently nobody has told this person that she can't do whatever she wants at all times before in her 35 years of life.Then, as you've probably guessed from watching Karen videos on Tik Tok, she refused to pay for her drinks.Again, I was just an observer. I have no skin in this game other than to set the record, that she likely has 0 recollection of, straight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Allie Lewis
A true gem of a dive bar. Quick service, good selection of beers and spirits, daily specials. Can't wait to stop here again when I am back in the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Riley Johnson
Great food great staff stiff drinks
Ryon Elaine
I came in here the other night & Lynn was absolutely amazing. She is a natural with her customers. I felt at home & will be back + tell everyone to go here!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Ben Pederson
Went for breakfast. I know it’s a dive bar but it’s close to the office so a quick bite for breakfast at a reasonable price.
In town for the Big 10 Basketball tournament - stopped in for Breakfast on Saturday morning!Highly recommend the Corn Beef Hash! Also, go for the Sourdough toast - really good.Atmosphere is that of a true Dive Bar - which makes the food even better.
Place is small with not a lot of space to move around when it’s busy. Bartender was not really friendly & it took awhile to get drinks ordered even when we were sitting right in front of the bar. Seemed liked she was more interested in flirting with men & trying to take someone home for the night instead of serving drinks or food. The patio was nice & big for the extra crowd. This place is more of a two drinks & move on to the next place not a place to sit & eat & spend the evening hanging out.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
My neighborhood dive. Good barfare food. Good bartenders. Old school dark bar vibe. Good place to get some greasy spoon breakfast and a drink before the twins game.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tacos, Black & Bleu Burger with Portobello Mushrooms Bleu Cheese and Cajun Seasoning Served with Chips
Cuzzy's has always been an awesome bar. In my opinion, they have substantially upgraded their food quality, though - giving you the 'dive bar' experience without any of the sacrifice. Highly recommend.Parking: You're on your own for parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bacon Cheeseburger
Alissa, the bartender at Cuzzy's, deserves the highest praise! Her exceptional service and friendly demeanor created a welcoming atmosphere. Alissa's mixology skills are top-notch, and her recommendations were spot on. The experience at Cuzzy's was elevated by her professionalism and genuine enthusiasm. I highly recommend stopping by and letting Alissa craft your drink – a true maestro behind the bar!
Cocktail time! Lynn made us this spectacular drink after searching to make sure that the ingredients we requested were available! Low and behold the drink — “our chemistry”5/5 STARS
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Last night when at the bar (it was packed well over capacity), one of the workers asked me to move out of the way. Before even getting a chance to move as there was no space to move, he aggressively shoved me into the crowd.I will not be returning. I’m not a big fan of assault
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
There is this middle age woman working there who pretty much hates everybody. She is such a buzz killer and doesn’t know how to smile. Change your job if you don’t know how to be a bartender!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Supposedly haunted which makes the vibe 1000 times cooler than it already
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had an awful experience with staff at Cuzzy’s. One recent employee was aggressive and punitive. It was embarrassing and unwarranted/unnecessary… not only was the initial interaction reactionary, unprofessional and unwarranted, but the employee continued to make me uncomfortable the rest of the evening, with no follow up conversation or remorse. I can’t express how unpleasant, unnecessarily punitive, and threatening this felt.Several people in the vicinity recognized how out of line this was (including strangers) and supported in the fact that this was aggressive, unprofessional, unwarranted, and out of bounds.I have visited Cuzzy’s several times before and had nothing but great things to say. This night was entirely different. Please consider before you visit, especially as a woman. This was very upsetting, confusing, and unpleasant. I will not be visiting the north loop bars anytime soon because of this upsetting incident. What an unnecessary and tearful evening spent in what was supposed to be a joyful and celebratory evening out with friends for the first time in a long time.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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Just here to respond to Erin Gadient's post below mine (sorted by date) because as a patron of Cuzzys, I could tell this person was going to immediately try to slander the place for their own shortcomings. I was sitting about 10 feet away when Erin grabbed the bar light hanging from the ceiling and yanked on it, shining it around like she was a spotlight operator in other people's eyes. A bartender saw this (as well as the entire bar) and said, "Hey, put that down!" to which this person did not. She blankly and in a drunken stupor just stared into the abyss and after a few Mitch Mcconnell stroke seconds, put it down. This kind of stupidity happens at all dive bars. What doesn't happen at all dive bars is that the person who just had to be reprimanded like a kid with bad parents at daycare, just does the same thing about 1/2 hour later. The bartenders and bouncers were obviously not pleased and asked her to stop. Honestly, trying to yank a light off the ceiling is grounds for getting 86'd from the bar, but it seemed like the staff was being very lenient. After the second time she was yelled at, she threw what I'd like to call a drunk rich girl temper tantrum, to which everyone at the table around her basically disowned her. And now here we are, writing opposing Google reviews because apparently nobody has told this person that she can't do whatever she wants at all times before in her 35 years of life.Then, as you've probably guessed from watching Karen videos on Tik Tok, she refused to pay for her drinks.Again, I was just an observer. I have no skin in this game other than to set the record, that she likely has 0 recollection of, straight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A true gem of a dive bar. Quick service, good selection of beers and spirits, daily specials. Can't wait to stop here again when I am back in the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great food great staff stiff drinks
I came in here the other night & Lynn was absolutely amazing. She is a natural with her customers. I felt at home & will be back + tell everyone to go here!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Went for breakfast. I know it’s a dive bar but it’s close to the office so a quick bite for breakfast at a reasonable price.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4