Jacqueline's — Restaurant in Lake View Township

I never leave reviews but seemed very important for me to. The first time I went to this bar, the bartender was awesome. She was so great I wanted to go back again so I did last night. I showed up and it was a different bartender. Totally fine, I'll meet my date and get a drink. I am sitting chatting with my date and I am yelled at across the bar to buy a drink. I mean yelled at. It was shocking and I thought he was joking. I of course ordered my drink (a beer) and went back to my table. I am not much of a drinker and while Im half way through my drink he drops the check, slams it on the table. "wow, one drink in an hour" like what? We continue on we laugh about it, Im still nursing my beer when he barks across the bar "you have not gotten a drink for three hours" This wasnt true but wanted to make sure the entire bar heard (it was empty), "this is a bar and you come to drink alcohol not to talk. You either drink or get out. you are loitering." This is a Monday night mind you. I respond "I am planning on getting another drink once I'm finished -" He interrupts and raises his voice "are you arguing with me now? Are you trying to argue? I'll kick you out for arguing" "woah i am really not looking to argue I promise" "well you are just chatting so theres the door." I didn't even finish my beer and my date did. we were about to order more and have friends meet us in this empty bar. I felt so uncomfortable, very pressured, and extremely unsafe. This was a big man, throwing our check, calling us names under his breath, talking about us to other customers, inside an empty bar on a Monday night. I couldn't recommend this bar less. If you want to feel safe in a gay neighborhood and not pressured, go to Roscoes. I ordered a water and tipped 600% (which I always do). You don't need to drink when you go to a bar, and you don't need to feel pressured...

A group of us came to Jacqueline's for a quick drink following the Pride parade. We went to the end of the bar where there was one open seat and my friend sat down. After about 5 minutes with no attention/greeting from staff, the sole bartender came over and berated my friend who was sitting in the chair to get up as this was "his chair" and didn't we see that his "drink and glasses were there." To be clear, this was not a customer but the BARTENDER and there were no other open seats. My friend apologized, ordered our shots, and we waited. In the meantime while we waited, my friend sat back down in the chair. When the bartender returned, he yelled at my friend again about sitting in the chair and was incredibly aggressive. He yelled that it was not funny that my friend was sitting in his chair and that he needed to get up immediately. He did not serve our drinks until my friend got up and after he verbally harassed my friend that it was "not funny" that he sat in AN OPEN CHAIR MEANT FOR CUSTOMERS. There was no reason for this behavior and we all felt uncomfortable and unsafe. Will not be...

Stopped in to have a couple of beers and watch the hockey game while on vacation with my wife. Nice looking place, bartender came up promptly and asked what he could get us. I got a beer ($4.50) and she asked for a water. I gave him $6.00 cash. I then got on my TouchTunes app and played a couple of songs. The first song played, the second song didn’t play. The bartender turned off the music and played his own music. I blew it off. The bartender came back and asked us if we wanted anything. My wife asked for a refill of her water. I was about to order another beer and a shot when he said very smugly “There's water over there” I quickly changed my mind about staying there do to the terrible attitude of the bartender. He obviously didn’t want to be there. As a career bartender myself nobody likes working Mondays. If you don’t like your job you should not take it out on your customers. Don’t recommend this place. Could have been a better experience if they had...