L & L Tavern — Restaurant in Lake View Township

Stopped in this bar last week visiting Chicago with a friend and I HAD to leave a review about it. This place is SO ghetto and we hated it so much!!! If you're looking for bars to visit, I would recommend skipping over this one. My friend and I bar hop all the time and agreed that this was one of the worst bars we've ever stepped foot in.

The bar is old and dingy. They've been open since the 80s, but they only take cash... No credit cards. The only music they have is an outdated jukebox, which you have to pay to use. There were several times the music stopped and all the patrons in the bar stopped talking... Yikes. What an uncomfortable and awkward atmosphere. It was so bad hahaha.

The service here was terrible. I had to ask the bartender what her name was, because I seriously couldn't believe how awful she was. Nikki, our bartender chose to take shots of alcohol at the bar instead of taking orders from my friend and I. We waited a really long time for her to see us... I don't mind waiting for the bartender, but c'mon. Nikki was very rude to both of us; she even yelled at me when I touched the metal plate on the bar. I kinda got the feeling she was hitting on the patrons at the bar and didn't like that I talked to them. Nikki definitely ruined our experience here and we wouldn't...

Dark. Brooding. Cash only.

During the daylight hours you can often hear a pin drop among the silent patrons and the absence of any background music. Enough light gets in through the front windows to read at tables, making this a perfect place to finish a work day or read alone. None of this is to suggest the patrons or staff are unfriendly, I’ve had plenty of lengthy conversations with a stranger in hushed tones and enjoyed jeopardy with the barkeep. The occult enthusiasts will also love to know the bar is widely spoken of as haunted? Google it, not my bag. If you love a dim narrow dive on a cloudy day, you can’t do...

L&L is my favorite dive in Lakeview. With a colorful history from prohibition to Jeffery Dalmer and John Wayne Gacey. All the drinks come in cans and bottles which is probably best as the bar hasn't been cleaned in a while. The bar is only lit by the sickly glow of neon bar signs and there are no locks on the bathroom doors. The bartenders at this place are the friendliest and most interesting I've met at any of the bars I've been to in Chicago. If you're looking for a dive bar that's oozing with character and history, the L&L...