Clarke's Never disappoints. Â Its fast food on the fried side of yummy. Â It has a loyal customer base - goth types that you don't see starting at a smart phone all day. Â Many times I meet new people here. Â Its a great hang out to check out when you are winding down from the weekend. Â In the summer the AC is always freezing so wear a jacket.
Review Source:My absolute fave late night diner in the city. This location is much more tame compared to the Belmont throw up/hipster party crowd location.
It's kinda run down. Booths aren't in the best shape and it just feels old. But, I think that's what they're going for.
2 items are must orders: BLT and baked blueberry pancake. OMG yum. Either one with a cup of stale 3am decaf coffee is all you need.
Service is hit or miss every time I'm here. But, the food and early morning people watching always make it worth the trip.
The place holds a special place in my heart. Â Yes, after a night of cocktails it hits the spot. Â But, that Big and Healthy is perfect after a work-out or really any time of day. Â The baked omelettes are just out of this world. Â If you try the Big and Healthy it's extra light and fluffy, as it is only egg whites. Â I highly recommend this diner when the need or desire of an omelette hits. Â Also, they have other locations. Â So, when in Chicago, seek Clark's out. Â There is always one close by.
Review Source:Just terrible. I'm impressed with how thoroughly my meal was ruined.
I ate brunch here with a friend when the wait was too long elsewhere. Our food took a exceptionally long time to come out. She ordered a omelet with a side of bacon, the kitchen got it wrong and put the bacon inside her omelet. We also noticed the food was not very hot and looked like it had been sitting around for a while. Ok, we can deal. I start eating my gluten free pancakes, and discover that they are raw, liquid, and cold inside. Yuck. I send them back and do not get a replacement order. I start in on the rest of my food, and halfway through I find a long blonde hair tangled up in my hash browns. I could actually grab onto the end of the hair and lift up chunks of potato that were cooked around it. Gag-inducing. The waitress was apologetic, but obviously at this point I don't trust this place to serve me food. So I wasted an hour and left feeling hungry and queasy. I wasn't charged for most of the food that was sent back, but personally I feel the whole meal should have been comped.
As far as atmosphere, we sat in the bar portion because the restaurant part was full, but I still think that 11 am on a Saturday is an inappropriate time for an establishment to play Bieber and Nickelback with the volume turned all the way up to 11.
I absolutely will never be returning! And I will tell all of my friends about the catastrophe that was my meal.
Decent food and specials. Servers are really inattentive and forgetful. It was nice of the bouncer to flag our server to fetch the beer we had ordered, and then run to grab necessary napkins, forks, knives, etc. I'd come again if service was improved. I was displeased to see our server standing around the bar while we were waiting on several necessary dining items.
Review Source:Whether it's a late night dinner fit for bar scene folks or a meal for night owls, Clarke's Diner comes through 24 hours of the day.
At close to 4am, I found myself seated in a scratched up booth held together by duct tape, downing a pretzel bun turkey burger with sweet potato fries. At least it was stuffed with generous amounts of sprouts and avocado. While it was nothing to write home about, it kept me satiated after a night of bar hopping.
While my husband was having his wisdom teeth pulled out, I went to seek out solid food. Â I went to Clarke's just a couple doors down from the oral surgery place. Â They have a great weekday $4.99 special with options including eggs, French toast and pancakes. Â I went with the French toast and it was decent, especially for $4.99 (and that included coffee and a small glass of milk). So great value. Â My server was very friendly.
Two reasons, however, for my 3 star review. (1) the chairs are lousy. Â There was one where the seat was broken so if you sat down your butt sank through the chair. Â So why is the chair there? (2) I couldn't help but overhear a very loud argument between a female employee and a male employee. Â No idea what it was about but she was YELLING at this guy. Outside. Â On the patio. Â In front of customers. Even if he deserved it, it was awkward and very unprofessional.
Why would anyone get a gyro meat omelet with American cheese (as listed in the menu)? I subbed feta and the waitress was visibly unsurprised. The food was just right for a bleary Sunday morning. I love getting pancakes as a side, but these were a tad doughy. Warm syrup would have been a real plus. I ordered hot tea to drink, and the waitress offered me my choice of tea bags. Not my favorite method of tea service. Have I become a tea snob? O world.
Review Source:This was nice to take some European tourists so they could see a real American diner - the waitress kept coming over to top up our coffee just like in the movies! Â They have an extensive menu here but are best known for their super tasty pancakes. Â They were so light and fluffy and perfect!
I do think that they could use a bit of an upgrade in their interior (just a refresh). Â Overall service was efficent.
Alright, that's it.
I now have to BEG my husband to eat at Clarke's. Â Like, beg, use doe eyes, the whole shebang. Â Or be sick, like tonight. Â Week 3 of pneumonia, and finally he gives in and will get me Clarke's. Â It's that bad. Â But I digress ...
I used to love this place - still do love the one on Belmont - but the Clarke's on Lincoln is downright pathetic now. Â Tonight marks the 5th (that's right, FIFTH) time in a row that my take-out order is wrong. Â You might be thinking, "check your order before you leave, then," right? Â I hear ya. Â But the hubs has been going to pick it up, and this time he even asked them to double check it, which they claimed they had.
When this happened last time, I called to talk to a manager. Â Guess what? Â No manager on duty, but they'll be sure to have one call me the following day. Â Didn't happen. Â I called again tonight when I realized the orders were wrong, and again, no manager - one will call me tomorrow. Â I'm not holding my breath.
On top of that, there was no offer to re-make (or make, I suppose it would be, since it wasn't what I ordered to begin with and half of it was missing) the food. Â That to me was ridiculous.
As someone who waited tables in college, I get that these things happen. Â When they happen over and over, though, it's just bad business.
PS: Should you try the chicken noodle soup, count the actual pieces of chicken. Â It's kind of like "Where's Waldo?' - only there's no Waldo, or in this case, chicken. Â If you find 5, you've literally struck gold.
Back when I was at DePaul, I'd probably give this place 5 stars. Â But the times have changed as have the prices. Â I remember when the Micro Mini used to be $3.99. Â Awesome for a college student. Â The greasy eggs, sausage and fries...perfect after a late night of studying/partying...yes, they went hand in hand. Â You couldn't ask for more. Â It was also the spot of one of my first dates with my now hubby.
But now, with needing to keep your cholesterol in check and the many other breakfasts spots out there, Clarke's is a mere memory of the good college days.
Maybe if I want to relive my college days, I'll be back. Â If you're looking for a late night breakfast and/or need to sober up, stop by Clarke's. Â Otherwise, check out another spot, they'll probably have something better for you.
Me and three friends went here in the early morning after a long night out. Epic night and we were pumped to finish it on a good note by slamming an unreasonable amount of food.
We were literally the only people in the place, so we figured our order should go smoothly and the food should come out on time.
Everything was going so well, we got our drinks, put in our huge order, and waited patiently for what we usually expect to be a mediocre diner meal.
About 10 minutes after we order the waiter comes to our table visibly stressed and asks if we can pay with cash. We said no, so he groaned and stomped away from our table to go talk to someone in the back. When he came back he said we can pay with cards, and mumbled the reason for asking us if we can pay with cash. Something along the lines of "my boss is a dick, my boss is an asshole"
When we finally got our food it all came messed up. The appetizers themselves were trash and I know for a fact I could have microwaved myself some better nachos than what we got, but its cool, those were just the appetizers.
We got our burgers, all ordered medium-rare, all cooked, super-well (burnt to a crisp).
my greek burger came with 3 total slices of gyro meat and for some reason american cheese (they dont eat that in greece) and he forgot the tszaziki or however you spell it. I reminded him to bring it and again, he groaned and pranced away to the kitchen to fetch my wonderful sauce.
The sauce didn't help and the burger was still shit.
our meals sucked, we didnt finish anything and we all payed over 20 bucks.
buzz killed. rage over.
if your in this neighborhood at 6AM and really need some food. GO TO NOOKIES. The walk is worth the fact that the food is amazing and you get served by people who give a shit.
I really wish I could get the hour of my life I spent at this place back
p.s. to the waiter. you have literally one table to serve and your still prancing around the restaurant groaning and complaining about your job in front of your four customers.. if you cant handle the high stress atmosphere of an empty diner at 6AM, you should consider a career change.
I have been there a couple times and that's a couple times too many. The service is horrible and the food is way overpriced.
Our table had to wait forever just to order drinks and even then our waiter forgot my drink and I had to tell him numerous times to bring me a lemonade. It took over 45min for our food to come and we had to find our waiter so we could get a check.
I would not recommend this place to anyone. There are numerous other restaurants and bars on this street I would advise anyone to try one of those instead.
As a family of visiting east-coasters, this was our first introduction to holy crap midwest portion sizes! There for lunch, we all ordered our own dishes, which were delicious and appreciatively dug into, but I don't think any of us finished nearly half of what was on our plates. And the looks on my dad's and brother's faces when their enormous milk shakes arrived, topped with huge peak of whipped cream, was priceless. We learned our lesson to never order 6 dishes for 6 people again, and my sister's dorm room fridge was full of leftovers that night. We came back another day for brunch and I ordered a side of toast and was happily satiated grazing off of other people's heaping plates.
Oh, and if your sister was in Chicago months ago, and really wants to take you here, and is so sure it's on Clark Street... don't believe her, especially if you're hungry and not up for a stroll down the entire length of the street only to find out days later that it's actually on Lincoln Ave. Not that that happened to me... just sayin' ;) Apparently there is another location on a Clark Street, but it's not in Chicago.
I had memories of chillin at Clarke's when I was young, and I did not remember it being so bad. My girlfriend and I went there, and the food was just.... poor. One reviewer described it theirs as "tasteless," and I agree.
When you eat at Clarke's, you're eating at the location; you're not eating it for the food. Instead, go to one of the many rinky-dink, hole-in-the-wall locations open late on weekends to satisfy your drink-induced hunger.
Terrible.
I went with my roommates so there were three girls at our table. We did not get menus for 20 minutes so we were very upset. Service was terrible. My omelet was good, but my pancakes came half way through my meal and they were cold. Awful waiter who did not even bring us our bill. We left money on the counter and left the place without leaving a tip.
I will not go back here. EVER.
They have this cool OJ juicing machine in the dining area. Â While I was waiting to order, the waitress brought over a dozen or so oranges and loaded them in the juicers hopper dropping a few on the floor. Â To my disgust, she simply picked them up off the floor, in all their dirty-germy glory, and threw them into the hopper with the clean oranges. Â What are you kidding me? I can't think of a better place for bacteria to grow then a machine full of warm sugary liquid. Â I passed on our free sample.
The food was just ok. Â We had an undercooked, tasteless burger and some equally tasteless spinach quesadillas. Â The only really exceptional thing was the amazing guacamole served with the quesadillas. Â Not coming back.
The breakfast skillets are where it's at. I've only been here for breakfast, and sometimes there can be a little 20 min wait, but it's never too bad and it's worth it to have a nice, roomy place to sit down and enjoy a legit breakfast skillet that you will undoubtedly save for lunch later that day. I'm actually getting hungry just writing about them. I want one now.
You can take your time here, or try to run in after a night of drinking for a quick hangover meal before starting your day. The people are, overall, friendly - although it may not be the quickest service of your life. I imagine it's just because they are so busy, but sometimes if you are in a hurry, it can be irritating waiting on everything from the initial greeting/ordering to getting the bill taken care of. But I'd still go back.
I always have guilt pangs when I write a negative Yelp review, especially for a restaurant I once loved but sometimes it just has to be done. Â Clarkes- I expected better of you!!
We were able to sit outside which seemed like a great idea at first but it quickly became clear that outside = no service. Â I have never experienced anything like it! Â It not only took us forever to order but when our food finally arrived our waitress had forgotten all of our sides + condiments- toast, fries, ketchup, salt you name it. Â Being a 100% eggs on toast kind of person this was a breakfast deal breaker for me. Â To make matters worse each of us went in to (as politely as possible) ask our waitress for the rest of our food and she repeatedly forgot. Â
I wish I could say the food itself made up for the delays but it was mediocre at best. Â The sweet potato fries are a crowd-pleaser but I felt a little jipped by my helping and my Italian omelet was in dire need of salt which was nowhere to be found on our table. Â
Cherry on top of the whole experience- for a group of 4 diners she went ahead and added 18% gratuity ahead of time. You've got to be kidding me!
I love diner food, and Clarke's on Belmont has been one of my choices ever since moving to Chicago. Â
I only recently visited this location for the first time and liked it even more than the one on Belmont. Â Friendly service, great prices on the lunch menu, and very clean.
I may be going a bit out of my way to hit up this location more often.
After my first bad review, I decided to give Clarke's another try. I went twice actually, I thought maybe the third time would be a charm. I went yesterday for the St. Paddys day celebration and sat by the bar. I ordered my usual gyro omelette with fries and pancakes, and the server said it didn't come with fries. Not trying to be rude, but I read it aloud cause I've had this before. Then the nerve of her tells me, YOU MUST HAVE MISREAD IT BUT OH WELL Â with a snooty attitude. Excuse me? I'm showing you that it comes with fries, I wasn't trying to rip anyone off or be rude, so I felt her comment was extremely unprofessional! Â
The third time was not a charm, never going there again. NOT attentive, NOT friendly, and NOT timely.
Me likey their pancakes...does anyone else see a trend with my reviews. Dammit I love pancakes alright?!
Anyway, not the best atmosphere, the waiters are slow I think, and its full of mostly the drunk clubby crowd that just let out (like me) but I enjoyed my time there with my friends.
I have to put up  a disclaimer and say that I've not enjoyed the bar side of this place, so I am rather unqualified to make an all around assessment of Clarke's and will likely re-review once I do end up checking out their bar.
Clarke's has been a neighborhood fixture for maybe a decade and is open at all hours and on all days. Â If considering going here after closing time, one must also consider the throngs of drunk Lincoln Park / DePaul folks AND the police that will be packed into this diner.
I've eaten here a few times and can't say the food here is all that awesome. Â Ordered some chicken fingers to go and I think they gave me three chicken fingers and some lettuce and honey mustard and it cost like $5 or something. Â The cheese sticks I liked but I don't find their hash browns to be all that tasty.
The last time I was here was around Halloween and I ordered some food to go and was waiting for it while some people dressed in Halloween gear got into it.  One guy chased after another guy screaming about how the one guy spit in his friend's face and that was messed up.  They then proceeded to have a shoving match and one guy threw the other out the door.  In the street the shouting and yelling continued  while some girl tried to defend the spitter. Â
I laughed my ass off as I was reading The Onion and they were lucky as hell the po' was nowhere nearby. Â The fight ended with one guy calling the other a derogatory anti-gay slur repeatedly while the girl called the violent one a bastard.
Before I moved to Chicago I'd visit friends that went to school here and we always went to Clarke's. When I then moved to Chicago it was one of the few places I was familiar with and as such found myself there rather frequently. I knew what it was called and I knew where it was. Two points of advantage to a strange boy in a strange new town.
Then I explored the multitude of options Chicago has to offer, found much better places, and will likely never eat there again. It's not bad, it's just nothing special and is a bit more style than substance. Â
That said, I have a very specific memory from this place that I will share with you now. While standing at the counter to pay, this dude behind me dropped his glass marijuana smoking apparatus (a "bowl" as I believe the kids call them). It shattered all over the floor, I looked at him and said, "Oh dude, that sucks" and he freaked out and quickly stepped away to try to pass it off that it wasn't his. Then his girlfriend told me she appreciated that I tied a tie with a Windsor.
This is a good place to go if... you haven't yet realized there are places that are better. Or if you're stoned.
Yo! I'll take a heaping plate of mediocre with a hot side of terrible, please.
Oh, wait. Even that would take 45 minutes, so no thanks.
I mean, for real? A diner should be better at...well, diner food. Granted, our waitress was nice, but inadequate. They were grossly understaffed for a Saturday morning. HELLO!? Rainy Saturday morning in Lincoln Park...this is what diner owners dream of, HIRE some people that can bring out food/drinks.
Oh, drinks. They actually never came...we had to ask the busboy. He was nice enough to get them. Actually, he was the shining star of the ensemble, he kept me utterly caffeinated to the point where I didn't just walk out of there...unfed.
The food...soggy. Really. I mean, I know diner food...I am not a snob, this was just BAD diner food. This location made the Clarke's on Belmont seem gourmet.
So, in summary: Lackluster food, downright awful service. There are just way better options for breakfast. At 3am, maybe not...but I'd still skip it.
Well much has been improved recently at good, old Clarkes. Â They've added a bar, recovered the booths, added new chairs, REPAINTED (it was getting gross), and must have added new staff (they have been awfully nice lately). Â Their turkey burger is huge and very delicious, perfect with a milkshake. Â I enjoy their chicken fingers with honey mustard sauce. Â Lastly, their breakfast is great too (mmm chocolate chip pancakes). Â It's not just the "hang over hang out" anymore, whoopie!! Â Their late hours are wonderful and they have a little bit of everything for everyone's taste buds.
Ok, another thing, having Johnny Depp film his recent movie "Public Enemies" right outside of it made it even cooler. Â P/S: If you have to pee, go elsewhere because the bathrooms aren't too pleasant.
I've seen bigger bathrooms on airplanes. Â
I've also eaten better food on airplanes, but unlike the majority of Clarke's reviewers I was never deluded as to why I enter this charming little tenement restaurant in the first place.
Clarke's has only one purpose: to sober you up a little before you bang that girl with the lazy eye who's on her 13th year at DePaul. Â This is drunk food, not real food, and the service, sanitation and screaming, bleeding patrons are just a reflection of your own beer-soaked shame. Â Clarke's is a mirror. Â Take a good long look and change your life before it's too late.
... or, you know, get a gyro. Â It's up to you.
I just pulled this off of facebook:
Disclaimer: Due to the heightened emotions at the time of the incident, the story below is merely a summary of the events that occured. The names and quoted passages are accurated.However,this is just a brief explination of the racist events that occured.
At approximate 3:30 am Saturdaynight/ sunday morining me and two friends entered Clarke's, an 24-hour diner located on Lincoln Ave. in Lincoln Park.
When seated, a caucasian waitress by the name of Debbie approached our table, slammed her hands down and rudely asked what we wanted to eat. Initally ignoring this as a sign of frustration ,due to the heavy volume of patrons in the resturant that evening, we proceeded to order.
When ordering, I asked Debbie how much it would cost to add cheese to a burger that I was ording. Once again, she rudely replied, " Don't you people know how to read???'
Seeing that I had become frustrated with her behavior she asks" WHAT!!! Do you have something to say or something??" So I replied , " YES! Are you having a bad day or something?"
Debbie then goes on to say " You know....if this was 1950, your ass would deserve a lynching!!!"
At this remark, I become pissed and frustrated.I called the police to inform them of the incident and headed to the main register to see if there was someone else who could assist me and my friends. I informed him that the waitress had been rude. I also informed him that I was a regular patron, who has been eating there for years and have never had a problem, or been so horribly disrepected by a member of their staff. The waiter agreed as he'd remember me from previous visits and offered to seat me and my friends and wait on us.
While speaking with the gentleman, Debbie comes from the kitchen and begans to curse at me calling me bitches and telling me and my " nigger friends to get the fuck out"
We refused and sat at the table the other gentleman offered us. Keep in mind the gentleman never reprimanded Debbie, even though her actions were obviously racist and demeaning. I began crying and ranting as to how they could let something like this happen in front of their faces and say nothing. In response, the gentleman offered to pay for out meal.
At this point, the entire resturant is looking at me and my friends. Debbie yells,"Don't worry..she's just high!!" YEt another demeaning statement.
At that point my inital reaction ( besides wanting to punch her in her face) was to leave. However, in an overt refusal to leave a resturant when I was order to do so by a racist waitress I told my friends to sit in the seats the gentleman picked for us so that we could wait for the police.
Once the police arrive, Debbie approaches and tells them that she wants us out becuase we were rude and disrespectful to HER! None Other patrons ( none of whom were people of color) came to our defense. The officers ordered us to step outside.
When the asked my side of the story I began to tell them. Of course I am upset and am crying. So, the officers continue to cut me off and ask why I am yelling. I explained that i was hurt and insulted by being called a nigger at an establishment that I have patronized for years. When I insited that something be done the cops refused to take any action on Debbie and demanded that we leave the premises.
I infromed the officers that the gentelman waiter offered to seat us AND pay for our meal as a result of Debbie's actions. I also asked that if we were causing a disturbance, why would the man offer to seat us and pay for our food. The cops replied " we dont know and we don't care, but if you go back into the resturant we will arrest all three of you for trespassing"
This is my story. Since telling my story I have heard various other students of color complain about the horrible service and the racism they have also had to deal with at this establishment.
This is not just my problem...this is ALL OF OUR problem. How is it that we cannot enjoy the conviences of an establishment or reside peacefully in a neighborhood where we are spending THOUSANDS of dollars to go to school??
In light of this, I ask that you all BOYCOTT Clarke's ....if we don't deserve their respect...they don't deserve our money!!!
Peace!
Boy, I must have gone here on the wrong day. Â I was really unimpressed. Â I ordered an omelette with Northshore potatoes and an English muffin. Â The omelette was alright, but it wasn't anything to get excited about. Â It had nice big chunks of veggies, which was good, but it also was very heavy on the onions (not good). Â The Northshore potatoes had the texture and appearance of paste. Â They tasted marginally better than that after I had added half of the pepper from the pepper shaker. Â Finally, the English muffin - the one thing that you can't possibly screw up, right? Â - was awful. It wasn't really toasted, and it was served with one single packet of grape jelly. Â Blah. Â Our server was really nice, but she seemed to have way too many tables so it was tough for her to get by to check on us as often as we would have liked. Â
I realize that I may have been to Clarke's on an off day, but there is no way I would return to Clarke's for breakfast with Ann Sather's being a relatively short distance away.
I love me my 24 hour food. Â Clarke's is great for drunk food, hangover food, comfort food, breakfast food, just not if you're looking for a light and refreshing meal to fit into your Zone Diet. Â Bring a big group if you want, and sit wherever. Â Â Order a beer if the bar is open. Â I recommend Blue Moon with the Denver Skillet. Â In a drunken stupor I swore that I would gladly take that combo to a desert island if need be.
To get: Â Northshore Potatoes....mmmm
Not to get: Â Any Salad.....24 hour fresh lettuce? Â I think not.
Eew, I don't know what this place is like late night, but I would not recommend it sober. Â Or with a hangover. (I guess you could go if you were blackout drunk and you might be ok.) Â The prices are moderate. Â That is about the only positive thing I have to say. Â One of the people I was with ordered a skillet and got an omelet instead. Â We would have complained, except we had to flag down our waitress at the end of the meal to get the check. Â She never came back in between. Â Not once. Â They used generic cheese, which is the worst with eggs! Â Good cheese is a must for me. Â My meal was served with a tiny little side of guacamole and lets just say that it looked more like a science experiment than a condiment.
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Ok, so I have to say that since moving to the neighborhood I have been back to Clarkes many times sober and drunk and have been happy with my food. Â The BBQ chicken pizza is good, tomato soup is great and the quesadillas tasted pretty darn good. Â I upped my review to 3 stars and humbly walk with my tail between my legs when I go back time and time again.
Ugh. I dont like this place, but it seems like quite a few of you do! But whhhhyyyyyy????? jk.
So, in MY opinion, the menu is typical diner fare, yet not tasty.
On 3 different occasions we found hair in our food. Eww i shudder reliving that memory.....At night dont expect to get a server for the first 45 minutes after being seated. They think its a good idea to book one snotty girl with lip rings to wait on all 25 tables. And as for getting a coffee refill, you have a better chance at winning the lottery.
Im sure im just being bitter b/c i had unusually bad experiences, but ive gone about 5 times and each time food/service got worse!
It was OK.
My grilled cheese was good but the fries were blah. Â Our spinach artichoke dip was good but my friend didn't like her club sandwich very much. Â It was a lot of back and forth.
As far as the wait staff, they were a tad inattentive even though at one point we were the only people there. Â The food was fast in coming, it was just the bill that took its time.
I think I'd go again, but only to try pancakes. Â If they aren't great, I'll probably never be back...
I got a chicken salad sandwich from here and it was awful. They put something in it that made it taste funny. STRANGEST after-taste EVER! I picked at it a bit, thinking that maybe...just maybe...it would get better. Nope.
One of my friends got cheese fries that same night and the cheese was odd. It looked like prepackaged American Cheese singles melted on top, which may be ok for when you're sitting at home alone, watching a movie and it's the only form of cheese you have in the house...but for a restaurant? Um, no. Get something better. When she got the fries, the cheese wasn't even hot anymore and it was already solidifying back into its newly formed shape around the fries. Blah.
I DID get an omlette here once and it was pretty decent. That's why this place gets 2 stars instead of just 1.
Service is just 'eh'.
This place isn't the WORST, but it sure as heck isn't great. There are so many other joints out there that have better food. Hit this place up if you're 1) totally desperate, or 2) so, so drunk that you won't be able to hold down the food for very long anyway.
The last time I went here was after a Halloween party last year. Â It was extremely crowded with the usual drunk crowd, so the waitresses were really busy. Â Because of this, I can understand that our food took an incredibly long time AND they got part of our order wrong. Â That's totally understandable. Â However, explain to me why... when I was up at the register, attempting to pay the bill, NO ONE wanted to take my debit card. Â I was next in line to pay and the guy behind the counter, literally, looked at me, looked at my debit card, and walked away. Â
At that time, I took that as a sign that I didn't need to pay since no one wanted my money...so I just walked out. Â
The ONLY redeeming thing about this restaurant is the fact that they offer sweet potato fries. Â That's it.
I used to eat at Clarke's all the time when I went to DePaul cause it was in walking distance...and of course it was cheap. It had been awhile but I went back a couple of weeks ago. I missed it!
Although I like the place, I kind of feel like I'm cheating in this review by giving it 3 stars, just because when I go I always get the SAME THING! I literally have only had one other thing on the menu and I think it was some onion rings....
They have these skillets and my favorite is the Popeye's. It has fresh spinach, cheddar cheese on top of potatoes and you get a large English muffin with it!!! TO DIE FOR!!! I could eat that thing everyday. I have even tried to make it at home, but it's just not the same. BTW- I don't get the eggs in mine....I'm not a big egg fan.....
Anyway, if you are looking for cheap, good food, try Clarke's. They have made some changes to the inside of it since the last time I had been there back in the day.....
This place always smells like Chicken Noodle Soup. Â I love it. Â For some reason after a long night out, I get tunnel vision and head straight for Clarke's. Â
Them: Â "Let's go get a burrito." Â
Me: " Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "
I actually don't respond because I am already hailing a cab or walking towards Clarke's. Â Bring on that Chicken Noodle Aroma!
I LOVE Clarke's bloody marys (even for a night cap). Â Their turkey burger is the bomb. Â I also come here for breakfast sometimes and order the Zorba Omelet - it is HUGE. Â
One word of warning - stay away from the MEAT-ZA. Â In theory, a pizza with all types of meat on it sounds good at 2AM. Â The Meat-za is not. Â If you want pizza go elsewhere. Â In my opinion, Clarke's don't play that.
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