Halligan Bar — Restaurant in Chicago

Open late on a Wednesday night, which was great considering many places around there closed at 10. Keep this spot in mind for after show drinks if you go to the Park West theater. The mixed drinks (I had a gin & tonic) were good, and the service was good (and it's the first time my bartender was wearing lululemon 😂). The music, a mix of rap, dance, and country that night(!!), was pretty loud, but it was still fine to talk. Soon after midnight there was a birthday celebration, replete with shots (shots, shots, shots 🎶), and - whatthehell - we joined everyone singing the happy...

Stepped outside for a moment and when I came back, one of the barbacks was throwing away my beer. When I stopped him, he told me "[my] goofy ass just walked in." I tried to respectfully inform him that this was not the case to which he proceeded to yell in my face, which was gross because spit was flying out of his mouth. I started to raise my voice, so he grabbed the bouncer. I explained to the bouncer what the situation actually was, and he told the barback to go clean tables. Overall, it was an unnecessarily rude encounter and I would not go back to this place on...

If you are a girl you wouldn't recommend this place as I am not. No wonder it's only just a bunch of dudes and it's because the girl blonde bartender is extremely rude to girls so when I asked for my tab after one drink so I could leave and waited awhile I finally asked with cuping my hand with my mouth to project my voice instead of yelling and the bartender flipped out and "kicked" me and my GF out as we already had our tab and were on our way out. Ridiculous. I'm 35 years old was being treated like soriety college trash. So that sums up this bar. TRASH not a...