ABC Tavern

Loyalty -   A feeling or attitude of devoted attachment and affection. A few synonyms: Allegiance, Fidelity.

No matter which you choose, this place holds none of these qualities. Me and two good friends are in attendance at this shithole, 3-4 times a week on the regular. Im a heavy tipper, on principal. I bartended for 5 years, delivered pizza in high school, so I know tips are your bills being paid. I know you may be thinking,"he called it a shithole, why does he go there"? That's what gave it its appeal, its in a good location for action. 25th can get weird and I like it weird.

The food menu is not all that to begin with, nothing has ever really stuck out and amazed my taste buds. Last time I ordered food from this place, I felt like I bit into cumin, bay leaves and bread. Ever eat Pine tree bristles, me neither, but I imagine that is what it tastes like. Do yourselves a favor, fire the "Chef".

Back to my point about loyalty, I am loyal and that's why I took a vow to never step foot in this place again. EVER. Heres the story...

My buddy and I stepped outside for a breath of fresh air, the bathroom and hipster fumes are only tolerable for so long. Anyways, we come back in, not even 5 minutes later and some guy took it upon himself to take up both of our seats(unknowingly, but read on), one for his OG (overgrown), goofy self and the other for his satchel. Now don't get me wrong, im not crying, I am well aware theres no seat checks in a bar, but common courtesy... Nope, none of that either. I had my drink sitting in front of my seat, not to mention there were plenty of seats open in the bar. The 3rd guy with us was talking to some friends on his left, so he wasn't aware of the "seat thievery" going on. My buddy politely asks the guy if we can have our seats back, he moved his bag and turned his head, basically being a prick. He made a comment about it, then my friend got agitated and more sternly asked for the seats back. The guy still is putting up a fight about it, if someone told me that and asked me to move down, I would do it just being polite. That's just me apparently.

Knowing were regulars, watching the whole thing go down, both the bartenders throw out the idea we can leave, like we were nobody. That's when I got pissed. I put up with their lousy service, with bartenders looking like an even goofier version of Jonah Hill, not the current, in shape Jonah Hill either. The Superbad version. 9/10 people there on some type of shit, pick your poison. Nasty, overpriced food and a bathroom I still have nightmares about to this day. We all were in shock and got pissed that we were treated in this manner so quick. It didn't even get loud, could have been a lot worse, trust me.  

As much as we used to be at this raunchy place, we were paying these morons bills, a few people there are cool as hell, so if theyre reading this they know who they are. None of them happened to be in on this particular day.

I don't like writing bad reviews, or having bad blood with local businesses. I love certain places and love even more finding new ones, which im in search of a new hangout now that this place is dead to me and will never see another dollar of mine as long as I live.

After knocking over his own beer on the bar, we walked out, aggressively, but did not do what we were all thinking about doing. Like I said, were not trouble makers, were grown men, but it could have gotten a lot rowdier.  F*** ABC. Have a nice day!!!!

FYI, I have no problem going to the East Side ABC, ill have to update that review also.

UPDATE: still feel the same.

Been going to this spot for over 4 yrs at least once a week.  Really don't know why?  The bathroom alone should keep most people from going there.  Cant tell you how many times I walked into the restroom and saw a grown man with his shirt over his face to protect himself from the God awful stench.  I understand they want to be hipsters, not bathe to prove they live on the I don't care way of life but there are better ways to do it.  The food is overrated and the newer bartenders that worked last night service was horrible.  There are def better bars to go to on 25th with patios bigger than a 4ft by 5ft ashtray.

I let the cold and lousy service slide for so long because of a couple of the good people working there. Tonight they crossed the point of no return when they kicked out one of my best friends in favor of some jerk who looked 9 months pregnant wearing Paul from the Wonder Years nerd glasses. If the clown would have been man enough to back up his remarks with fists, it would have been a different story. He was a typical patron of the ABC and just likes to bump his gums. I told the guy he was wrong and he said a few dumb words. I voiced my opinion and was asked to leave as well. We have spent way too much time and money at the dumb ass ABC to be treated like this. I told them I will never set foot in this place again. I add this dump to the list of boycotts with South Side and Flying Monkey. If that is how you treat your loyal customers, I will have no part of this mess. I work for my money and refuse to spend it at a place like this.