Bigby's Pour House

This place is rad.  Easily the best bar in the suburbs for the following reasons:

- friendly, knowledgeable staff
- board games
- outstanding beer selection
- cool atmosphere

I've even convinced some of my "I'm too cool for the suburbs" friends from Chicago to like this place.  Wish there were more places like this.

I love going here and I go whenever I have a guest in town, or someone local who has never been! The beer selection is amazing and I LOVE their chocolate bacon pizza. The best part is the bookcase of games that can really start a party in your group. The only downsides are that it opens late in the day and sometimes plays the music too loud on the weekends.

It's the little things that make me happy...like, like reviewing a restaurant that Candice G has NOT yet reviewed. In most cases, I have to leave the country to do that.

Imagine my surprise when I went to Bigby's and realized Candice G had NOT YET reviewed the place! Oh joy! Until I found out she had actually worked there. Darn...once again, I am the bride's maid rather than the bride.

So be it.

Feel like you are in a universe filled with Bud, Bud Light, and Miller? Sick of the mass produced, watered down, shy little beers that seem to be multiplying like tribbles?

Come to Bigby's. Wear jeans, wear a flannel shirt. Wear a t-shirt, whatever. Come thirsty, curious, and hungry and leave full of good beer, great knowledge imparted by a terrific staff, and a full tummy from the good eats they have. Also, if you can catch some live music there, even better.

Gene-splice your favorite independent coffee shop with your favorite micro-brew tasting room with a college apartment living room and you have Bigby's. Come hungry and thirsty and leave your "I only have a few minutes and then I have to go" outside in the parking lot. Sit, relax, drink, and experience some great beer.