Mac's Wood Grilled — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

With there being the Chicago Bears vs Indianapolis Colts game, it was hard to find a sports bar that was showcasing the Miami Hurricanes vs Florida Gators college football game on television. Tuman's Tap and Grill was playing the Chicago Bears game; I got no answer at Boulevard Sports Lounge; and The Fifty/50 had a disconnected number. I did contemplate Sullys House which is actually a University of Florida Gators supporting bar, but gave Mac's Wood Grilled a call to find that they were showcasing it this evening. Six months ago during the 2019 College football playoff championship I bookmarked Mac's, noting it as one of the College football supporting bars in the city.

Even though Mac's was not even half-filled during my visit, it is actually a sweet looking neighborhood bar. And in my opinion it looks like something that was featured on the television show 'Bar Rescue' after getting a rescued makeover. I loved that it was not too crowded like some of the other bars along W Division St like Fatpour Tap Works, The Boundary Tavern & Grille, and The Fifty/50.

As for my order, I ordered the Chicken Caesar Salad based off of Yelp pictures because I did not get the chance to do my research prior to this spare of the moment visit. But on another date, i would love to try the Frisco Chicken or the B.A.L.T. which caught my eye while waiting on the server (Breanna) to take my order.

After ordering I got the chance to scan the place to see some of its events, which are Industry Night on Monday's, Open Mic Night on Tuesday's and Trivia Night on Wednesday's.

It was hard to get in to the game because the volume was primarily set for the Chicago Bears vs Indianapolis Colts game which I am sure few inside of the bar cared to watch.

Like many of the other bars along W Division St. your only option for parking is neighborhood parking which can seem like a witch hunt, depending on what time of the day it is. Where you park at may set you a few blocks from the bar, but nothing too excruciating.

Do I recommend, Mac's Wood Grilled? Yes, I do, but I also recommend calling prior to your visit to see what games they are showcasing on their televisions if your visit is primarily to watch a sports game, as like my...

I was in town visiting folks and friends for the weekend and ended up here yesterday afternoon. Katie and Chelsea were here, both super friendly, helpful, and professional. Makes it easy to be here and relax before flying back home (Chicago was home for me for 20+ years until March 2020...then I left for suburbia and a home where I got more bang for my buck.

I miss it here. Today I had a "lighter" lunch, meaning size, not caloric heh heh. I ordered the tomato soup, which came with garlic bread. It is basically a thick slice of Pullman bread that has shaved garlic that is very noticeable when the dish comes out. The soup was tasty, piping hot and I did eat only a little of the garlic bread because of my flight home and not wanting to get murdered by my seat neighbor for stinky breath. I LOVE garlic so I'll be back for this dish next time I'm in town and have time to clean up my breath after eating.

So the reason I skipped most of the bread was because I saw that they had a sausage pizza puff on the menu. This was one of my guilty pleasures when I lived here. It's not a healthy item by any means, usually it's deep fried but I think this one was baked- wasn't super greasy (if it was deep fried then the chef crushed it and let it sit so the excess oil would drain....but I SWEAR in my mind this was not deep fried)

It wasn't busy because there was no football on this weekend, and it was quiet enough to be able to talk with the friendly team working here. A really enjoyable time!

Support small owned businesses! Thank you Katie and Chelsea for an awesome quick stop before my flight home yesterday. I already miss the people and the food. Down here in the south, guilty pleasure foods just hit different.

I'd have taken photos but I destroyed the dishes so quickly so I am sorry. The next visit I will get the same items, or a burger (they're amazing here!) and...

I have been wanting to try this place out for a while now, simply the building it is housed in has the pedigree of being the chicago brewery of Schlitz, and it does have interesting external look to it, and the interior is set up like a tavern with sport bar accents, mainly due to the number of television playing just about every sports game currently being played. The staff was friendly, though being a tavern type establishment it may or may not take a little while to get service, usually not a big deal I would say, though they may have slightly under staffed at the time I went. I usually go into locations like this as a walk in and get my food to go, I really don't like ordering online, I tend to be more of spur the moment type of guy.

That being the case I entered, got the attention of one of the servers, as I sat down at the end of the bar that was open, and made my intentions clear of what I wanted. After a few minutes he got back to me and I ordered Daddy Mac's burger, and just for good measure I added in an order of their Bacon Cheese Fries. I was told the wait would be about 20 minutes. I was totally fine with that, it gave me a bit of time to take in the atmosphere.

The actual wait time I would say was between 10-15 minutes, so a little under his estimate.

The Daddy Mac's Burger, was good, enough for a dinner for two if you cut it in half. Though I did find the pickles's garlic flavor a bit over powering though, and according to menu on their website it was supposed to have a sesame seed bun, mine just was potato bun. Neither of these took away from the experience.

The Bacon Cheese fries was excellent, the cheddar cheese sauce was of very good quality, and didn't taste overly processed, which is always a welcome fact.

All in all a...