Chicago Sams

I wish i read all the crappy reviews, because it was late, I would have went anyways.
This Place SUCKS.
Look at the uploaded photos. Food is garbage.
No thanks!!!

Chicago Sams is a great little bar & grill. Don't go there for the liquor, so can't comment on it. But, the food is fantastic. They have the best wings that I've ever had. The sandwiches are also very good. But... the wings are unmatched. If you go between 4-7 PM on Mon-Fri, the appetizers are half price, so a dozen wings are $4.00 instead of $7.99. It is extremely loud, but each booth has their own TV that they can tune to any station, and they have their own volume control. The service is very good, but very slow. That is to say, the waitresses are wonderful and very sweet, but it can take 10 minutes to get drinks. This is a great place to go if you have an hour and a half to kill. Perfect for a fun date night!

Okay, here we go.  My sister lives in Suffield so I've been to Chicago Sams a few times when I'm in CT visiting family.  I've never been particularly impressed, but since there hasn't been anything noteworthy to report (until now, that is) I've never written a review.  It's Thankgiving day and my San Fran born and raised boyfriend needs to see the 49er's game, so off to Chicago Sams we go.  In the spirit of the holiday we're both wearing Turkey hats.  After fighting our way through the herds of people waiting outside of Best Buy (next door), we find a table right by a large TV and we open a tab with the bartender.  A man sitting at the bar comments on our hats and gives me a thumbs up.  We enjoy our beverages, and I go back to the bar to order another round.  I wait....and I wait.....and I wait.  Now, I worked in restaurants all through high school and college, and thanks to a really shitty economy, I even worked at one for a year after I graduated from college.  In fact, I think it should be a requirement- everyone needs to work in the service industry at some point to gain an appreciation of just how hard it is.  But when 3 people came up to the bar after me (just steps away from me), and got served before me, I started to get a little irritated.  So I moved over to where the others had stood thinking maybe that was the trick.  The man who commented on my turkey hat noticed what I was doing, made eye contact with me and chuckled to himself.  I'm completely out of ear-shot of the bartender, and I jokingly say to the guy across the bar, "Does he not see the turkey hat?!"  I'm 5'9" and wearing a turkey hat...I don't exactly blend in.  Then the bartender comes over and I order some drinks.  Bartender turns around to get the drinks and the dude across the bar starts getting loud..."YEAH!  You kind of stick out with that Turkey hat on!"...."It's not you, they're just busy!"...I'm not saying anything at this point, but the bartender hears all this, and about 30 second later he turns around, slaps my credit card and receipts down on the bar and says (real snide) "Hey, Amanda sweetie, you have yourself a GREAT night, all right?"  Oh buddy, come on, are you really that sensitive?  That was a real d-bag move.  Not that you really threw any kind of a wrench in our plans, because we stuck around and ordered from a cocktail waitress who was very friendly, and who we tipped very well.  Based on my experience with the bartender, I wouldn't recommend this place.  Leaving the bartender out of the equation, Chicago Sams is just an average bar in a strip mall.  If you decide to go, be sure to handle the bartender with kid gloves!