Chief's Tavern

300 Cottage Grove Rd, Madison
(608) 395-2300

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Simon Mueller

Bill is the best bartender there ever was

Jodee Liedtke

Great place to stop for a beer - they have good choices. Quiet when we were there (that was just after lunch) and we came to talk so that was good.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Lu Vail

If you love a classic dive, this is one of Madison's best! Great grungy atmosphere and they bring you Buck's Pizza 🍕 from across the street!!! Fun, sassy, bartenders, and a friendly, group of folks. Live music. Love this place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Mark Oldenburg

Good neighborhood bar

Toby S

It's a very crowded, smallish venue. Nothing really special. Recently was hanging out for a couple drinks and decided to queue up some music on the jukebox. BAD move. It was busy, so I payed extra to play Jefferson Starship and Ice House ahead of the other queued songs. Well, the bartender was none too happy about my song selections and proceeded to skip the first one, then the next one, than entirely shut down the machine. Sorry to the people who payed for the other 10 or so songs that were supposed to be played.... My bad

brian culley

Fun bar. Good drinks, part of our spring bar rotation.

Sonia Cook

Exceptional fish fry

Rasor Stigen

Only takes cash, not credit cards

Julia

Friendly ol folks bar

Doctress Julia X.

Eclectic, friendly crowd, efficient and fabulous bartenders. Every time I go here someone interesting strikes up a conversation with me. The bar manager/bartender is my secret crush. Shh. I highly recommend this place for strong drinks, good vibes and also... karaoke. This review is long overdue but well-deserved.

Peter Bartelt

Strong drinks and you can get Bucks Pizza! ?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Robert Madison

I’ve never eaten there so I can’t speak to the food, but the bar itself is one of the best in the area. Nice selection of beer and liquor, friendly staff, and an eclectic crowd of characters. Patrons tend to skew a bit older outside of karaoke Wednesday so it’s typically a relaxed environment, even during late nights on the weekends.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Joe Southward

It's one of the best dive bars in town.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Taleisha Mancl

Yall close at 230am. Not 1:27am. Ive been calling to pick up my ID from weeks ago. Like answer the phone. I can hear yall behind the door. Its annoying when yall hours say something different than what the employees want to work. Watched two other customers walk away because yall wanna lock the door early.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

abby lowe

Said it was open till 2:30 last night and yet at 12:15 they were already closed... Need to update the hours

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