Tack Room — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

Tack Room is a great concept. The Thalia Hall triple combo (cocktail lounge, Michelin star restaurant, and grandiose concert hall) needed a fourth addition, and a piano bar is the perfect complement.

I've been to Tack Room several times. Each time the atmosphere is either great or nice, the bartenders are quick friendly and cool, and the food is always worth the price. However, I always go before the piano music starts at 9 PM. Why is the piano music so bad at a piano bar? I'm guessing because the owners don't pay for musicians to come and play actual piano music. The potential is great, but they don't even try.

Don't expect to hear jazz, great contemporary covers, nor actual micro-concert pieces. Don't even expect a good pianist to come in and jam on things they've been working on. The "piano music" is 80's radio covers done by one of the same 3-4 pianists. Expect to hear "This Is How You Do It," and "Piano Man." Don't expect "The Road To Memphis," nor "Clair De Lune." This is a real bar, without real piano music and its very disappointing. The DJ sets before the "piano music" starts are great though! They should really make this place as cool as it...

Arrived and was busy drag queen show. Staff walked past several times, but no greeting. After 10 min we went to bar to order drinks and wait. Still no greeting. After 20 min, show was over and it started to empty we sat at table. Flagged staff down after another 15 min to clean table and let them know we wanted to order. The menu was very limited which can be a snag for those of us with some dietary restrictions. I ordered Gnocchi knowing I'd can't have a lot of the gnocchi itself, but the multiple accompanying veggies should suffice. While flavor & quality was fantastic, the veggies were literally tiny and may have filled a tablespoon or two. My $17 meal left me disappointed. Once the staff was paying attention they were very friendly, but between ignoring us (all I would ask for is a greeting) and the selection I...

First time here but I doubt I'll return. Waitress was fine but the meal was disappointing. Ordered the chicken and waffles; the chicken was not only incredibly salty but very greasy, to the point that there was a small pool of grease underneath. Waffles were smaller than expected but fine. Additionally, the way the menu read, sweet potatoes were supposed to be a side but turns out there were sweet potato chunks in the waffles. Ambience was nice, though the music a bit loud, but it was live, so to be expected; would consider returning just...