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Chicago Area ATOT Meet Has come and gone! ... there be pics thar now ... yarrrr
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BurnItDwn
Lifer
For me personally, it's because it's a 45+ minute drive to the west end of O'Haire, then more if I want to go east of there ... Then when I get there ... most places do not have parking lots, I have to look for a parking garage and pay money, or park on the street where my car can barely fit in a space because it's a full size car.
Or I have to drive to the train station and then wait and go at a certain time...
For me, logistically, it's a PITA to get to the city.
I'll be at the Yardhouse next Friday on the 26th
If someone plans to organize something in the western suburbs ... I'll make it there too ...
But if it's in the city limits .... I dunno ... I really don't like going down that way .. I'd rather go to Rockford 🙂
chuckywang
Lifer
Any idea where to park in Glenview?
maximus maximus
Platinum Member
how did the party go?
AMDZen
Lifer
Just an FYI for everybody, we have a YardHouse here in Denver (Lakewood) and it is a phonominal place.
1) I don't know how busy the one in Glenview is, but me and a buddy just went this last Friday night and waited for an hour to be seated. Friday and Saturday nights are always like that there, so a reservation would probably be good.
2) They're food is awesome, I recommend the "Jerk Chicken with Shrimp Stack" if you like Jerk on your chicken and Jack on your shrimp enchilada. The burgers are awesome as well if your down for something more simple. You pretty much can't go wrong with their food at all.
3) The beer is phenominal. Not only do they have over 100, with some locations having more then 300 beers on tap (mostly the Cali or Florida locations). Some of the beers they have, at least here - you simply can't find anywhere else. The "Barman Pilsner" for instance, is a rare beer indeed.
4) Clean lines. Also, even if they have a beer that you like but drink a lot you might want to drink it here too. Speaking again only of my location, their lines are always clean and their beer always fresh. I have a friend that used to work for Budweiser (still works there but doing something else) cleaning keg lines for bars and he would tell me how horribly bad some bars and/or restaraunts keep there lines. Not so with the yardhouse. And there beer is always fresh, so you might go to an old Chicago and get a more obscure beer, and because very few people drink it - the beer keg sits for weeks, and the beer is nasty when you order it. Not so with the yardhouse, if they don't sell it they dispose of it and tap a new keg.
Seriously, I can't say enough good things about this place - so thought I'd mention it. Might not be the same with other locations, but I have to drive 20-30 minutes and wait in line for the location here and its always worth it.
Recommended Beers - Barman or Pilsner Urquell for pilsners. If you like wheat beer, but something not as strong - try the Alagash White - one of my favorite beers of all time.
1) I don't know how busy the one in Glenview is, but me and a buddy just went this last Friday night and waited for an hour to be seated. Friday and Saturday nights are always like that there, so a reservation would probably be good.
2) They're food is awesome, I recommend the "Jerk Chicken with Shrimp Stack" if you like Jerk on your chicken and Jack on your shrimp enchilada. The burgers are awesome as well if your down for something more simple. You pretty much can't go wrong with their food at all.
3) The beer is phenominal. Not only do they have over 100, with some locations having more then 300 beers on tap (mostly the Cali or Florida locations). Some of the beers they have, at least here - you simply can't find anywhere else. The "Barman Pilsner" for instance, is a rare beer indeed.
4) Clean lines. Also, even if they have a beer that you like but drink a lot you might want to drink it here too. Speaking again only of my location, their lines are always clean and their beer always fresh. I have a friend that used to work for Budweiser (still works there but doing something else) cleaning keg lines for bars and he would tell me how horribly bad some bars and/or restaraunts keep there lines. Not so with the yardhouse. And there beer is always fresh, so you might go to an old Chicago and get a more obscure beer, and because very few people drink it - the beer keg sits for weeks, and the beer is nasty when you order it. Not so with the yardhouse, if they don't sell it they dispose of it and tap a new keg.
Seriously, I can't say enough good things about this place - so thought I'd mention it. Might not be the same with other locations, but I have to drive 20-30 minutes and wait in line for the location here and its always worth it.
Recommended Beers - Barman or Pilsner Urquell for pilsners. If you like wheat beer, but something not as strong - try the Alagash White - one of my favorite beers of all time.
Platypus
Lifer
Lucky, to each their own 🙂
We had a running joke that everytime my friends and I would go to a place that had it on top, our first words after the first sip would always have to be 'my, that's arrogant.' It's one of those 'not funny unless you're there' type things but it gets us rolling every time.
We had a running joke that everytime my friends and I would go to a place that had it on top, our first words after the first sip would always have to be 'my, that's arrogant.' It's one of those 'not funny unless you're there' type things but it gets us rolling every time.
Kyteland
Diamond Member
I can probably make it. Most of my drinking buddies are in London this weekend and I have nothing better to do. 😀
That's why I'd rather have these things *in* Chicago, where I can get a cab home. I'm pretty much resigned to the alley at this point.
Holy crap, sm8000 you live 5 blocks from me. I smell carpool opportunity.
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