Came in here for a quick beer with my boyfriend after we finished having dinner with my cousins in the area. This place is really cozy. I definitely could tell that my boyfriend and I were intruders with all the regulars relaxing at the bar. I liked the eclectic wall decorations. Definitely a dive bar for sure. I just wish the bartender was a little more welcoming and friendlier to our new faces.
Review Source:This place is Schaumburg's hidden Bon Temps. I felt like I was in an episode of True Blood with all the knick-knacks (License plate covered walls, blue x-mas lights and antique beer cans roped through the ceiling, etc...) but, def has a musty smell to it.... Pool Tables and TV's playing multiple Chicago sports was nice too.
There is a Juke Box with a giant touch screen flat panel with TONS of music at your disposal. It also accepted credit cards which is kinda dangerous when you have so much metal for me to choose from.
Drinks were decently priced.
I'll be back you dark, dank, hole in the wall goldmine.
It's a dive bar and there is a foul smell about the place. Drink enough and you probably won't notice it. I've never seen anybody order food here and I'm not sure they even offer food even though it looks like there might be a kitchen in the back. Most people are too cheap to put money in the jukebox so I usually get to play whatever I want when I'm there. The place is usually filled with townies and regulars but the place doesn't feel "clicky" at all. Everyone kinda just does their own thing without bothering anyone else. They have a free game room on the other side which is kinda cool if you can ignore the stank.
So you ask why would I give this place 3 stars instead of 2 or 1? Because it is what it is. A dirty old dive where you go to get shitfaced hopefully for less than a commercialized more pretentious bar. I don't expect half naked cocktail waitresses or live bands and DJs. When drinking at a place like this I'm happy with someone coming by every once to check to see if there might be anything else we need. I don't even bother considering food at a place like this. Sometimes it feels good to just hang out locally and quietly here.
Odds you'll find a dead hooker in the parking lot, 4:1
Odds you'll find a dead hooker in the bathroom, 3:1
This place has a very unique odor. Its undeniable and its difficult to stomach. Its one of the only "pubs" in Schaumburg - which aren't allowed by village law but this place is so old that it is grandfathered in.
The 1 extra star is that they have good parking, cheap prices, and a lot of regular schaumburgites hang out here - due to lack of options.
They also get credit for having some of the most ridiculous folk tales about the buildings (Brothel, Al Capone's hangout, Hotel, blah blah blah).
We hadn't been to Easy Street since the early nineties. Â This past weekend my friends, and I, decided to visit our old haunt. Â While a lot has changed, it is still the same old friendly, comfortable bar. Â The pool table has been replaced with a newer one, but it is still free to use, along with Foosball and multiple dart boards. Â The jukebox is new and has thousands of songs. Â While the faces have changed the feeling that you're with friends is the same as in the past. Â Our waitress was very cute and friendly, the drinks were reasonably priced and we all had one helluva night. Â If you are looking for a low key bar to make your home, check out Easy Street.
Review Source:I haven't been to Easy Street in a few years, but my friend & I wanted to play some darts so we ended up here. Â We were greeted by the smell I've read so much about, not pleasant but after a couple beers we forgot about it. Â Dart boards were sufficient, pool table was a little battered but served its purpose. Â The real star of the place is the jukebox. Â We perused the selection & searched for a couple random odd-ball artists just for kicks & the jukebox had all of them, score! Â Some tracks are more expensive than others, so just throw a 20 in there & let the good times roll
Review Source:well yeah, there is this smell, seems like a mix of toilet and puke. But after some beers it gets better, or at least you get used to it. I thought we got in to the back door, but yes, that was actually the front door.
Guys, don't brink your Lady here on the first date, well not even on the second or third, you better never bring her here, this is a guys bar, nothing classy or stylish here.
But that is exactly what I like sometimes, well not the smell, but a place where everybody can just be them self, and you sit on the bar and enjoy a couple of cold ones.
I have to give this place 3 stars
1 - for originality
2 - The bartender spoke German
3 - for the classic rock music and the bartender singing karaoke to it
And just because there were only guys in here I don't think it was a gay bar, it was probably because of my recommendation. =;-)
Na dann Prost!!!!
The drinks here were good, strong, and cheap--all of which made me happy. The biggest perks, however, were that on a Saturday night, Easy Street was lively but not at all crowed, and the music was actually at a reasonable level! Â
Our table service was slow but friendly, although if you're busy playing the free darts or pool you might not care about or want a waitress bugging you anyway. Â If you do run empty, though, the bartender was attentive and quick.
This is not a place to go if you're feeling twenty-something and douche-y on a given night--save it for a weekend when you'd rather just have a good time playing some darts and hanging out.
Fact:
Easy Street is one of the oldest buildings in Schaumburg. (Perhaps this explains the lingering smell that shows up from time to time?) It was once an inn, but I've heard rumor that it was also a brothel at some point, which could explain the name. ;)
Okay. So it's a weird combo of dive bar and local watering hole. So some of the clientele are a bit sketch. The main point is, drinks are decently priced and the major highlight is that they offer FREE billiards, FREE darts, and FREE foosball.
The bartenders are generally friendly and the only downside is that the jukebox only plays when you pay--I wish there'd always be music on.
For a chill hangout, I def recommend it any night of the week.
no thanks easy street. pretty much the only thing good i can say about the place is the cool bartender. oh, they have nice tvs too.
my first impression of the place is it reminded me of someone's cluttered living room. but i guess that's what they were going for.
the beer on tap was not cold. i think their refrigeration system is broken because it wasn't frosty at all. from what others who have frequented more than i have told me, it's been like that for while. minus a lotta stars for that.
i wouldn't go voluntarily. i guess i'll be back if i was dragged to go, just like yesterday.
Every time I walk into this place I feel like someone is just going to walk up and punch me in the face (with brass knuckles) for no good reason (+1 star because I don't think it will be a stabbing).
A good getaway from all the corporate chain bars of Schaumburg, but I can't get past the hostility I feel when I go there. A friend put a few songs on jukebox; they were not country (but also not bad club music) and were not appreciated in the slightest (read: multiple angry slurs being thrown out)... but I guess, know your audience.
Big plus to the free pool (if you're man enough to step up to it), free darts, and free foosball, but overall it just doesn't give me that warm feeling townie bars should have.
Even though I am not a huge fan, I will still keep giving this place a shot because its one of the few non-chain places in the area.
I came here with my boyfriend and two friends who frequent the pub. The decor was random as hell and it was more or less a hole in the wall. Cheapish drinks but two SHITTY beer pours in a row for our friend. It was a very chill and quiet spot and I can almost guarantee that if the owner wasn't working the bar that night it wouldn't have been closed like an hour and a half before it should have been. Look out for an older guy who pours shittily because THAT guy is the owner. It's a cool spot to hit in the middle of the week with friends. Feels like you have the place to yourself.
Review Source:Easy Street Pub is the kind of place you go to if you ever wanted to know just what exactly a slow abortion looks like. I started coming here before the smoking ban. I remember my first time vividly because behind the poorly ventilated bar stood the bartender, who was extremely pregnant. Â
The bar itself is a cliche. You know that God awful Toby Keith song "I Love This Bar?" This is exactly what he's talking about. The interior decoration looks like it was provided entirely by a garage sale from 1989. Nothing matches and there's license plates everywhere. Pool is free, but the table looks like it was built during the Hoover administration. All of the windows have been covered and the lighting is pretty limited as it is. There are no clocks, but the people that usually go there don't have anywhere else to be anyways.
Speaking of which, the patrons are usually blue collar, hard drinkin', hard fightin', hard fartin' sons of bitches. The men are men, and the women are even manlier. They work hard, therefore, they play even harder. Sometimes it's nice to watch middle-aged white men try to dance. They're usually friendly and you'll hear at least one crazy anecdote everytime you go. More often than not, you'll witness one as it takes place.
The food is typical bar food. It's moderately priced and average in every sense of the word. The cooking equipment looks like it hasn't been cleaned ever. I know what it looks like because you have to walk through the kitchen to go outside to the smoking area. People don't come here to eat.
The music is good. No matter what time you go there, there's always a group of 3 or 4 hanging out by the jukebox. Don't expect to hear anything newer than Metallica's "... And Justice For All.". And if you play something like 50 Cent's "Candy Shop", don't be surprised if you hear one of the regulars bark out, "Who put this shit on!?"
There's never any drink specials. The beer is cold, the whiskey is cheap, and they taste accordingly. You may get a funny look if you order a Sex on the Beach, not because they're judging you, but because the bartender doesn't know how to make it.
What's best about this place is that it's located smack dab in the middle of Schaumburg like a big middle finger to the yuppie, downtown area.
What's even better is that it's right down the street from my house. I've been coming here since 2005 and I wouldn't change a thing. I love this bar.
If you find yourself in Schaumburg...you have to come here. You know Schaumburg Road was once Easy Street Road and the bar was once a whore house? I think one of my bras is still hanging up there somewhere...or maybe that was in Life's Too Short. Either way, this place has a double face to it. On one side there's the bar full of old regulars and people like me that second look everyone because I think maybe I knew you sometime before....the other side is full of dart boards where everyone is a bit too friendly. In the middle, there's a cool jukebox with someone always standing next to it. And, nothing beats the sign in the window: "Your wife called, it's OK to stop in"....although lately they changed the hand written sign to a printed one, which just defeats the purpose. There's plenty of parking in the back....watch out for the cops when you leave and don't talk about highschool. I still have an Easy Street sign hanging in the corner of my bedroom. The best night to come here is on Christmas Eve.
Review Source:Where else in the fake "downtown" Schaumburg can you enter a world like Las Vegas, where there are no clocks and you can't tell if it's day or night? Oh, look, there's Petey, the town drunk. Â Hi, Dolly - did Dan hit you again? Â Hey, over in the corner, isn't that Bill and Janey from the office? Â Aren't they both married? Â And over there in the Dart Room - aren't those guys in high school?
I love this place
Schaumburg's now loaded with all kinds of fancy pants chain micro-breweries and restaurants over by the mall. Â But Easy Street dates back to an older Schaumburg, Schaumburg circa the 70s when there were only a couple places in the whole town that served beer- and little me was afraid of them all! Â "Mom- why does that place in the strip mall have black paint over their windows?" Â
Yup, Easy Street is one of the few, authentic, watering hole-type bars in a town overloaded with corporate drinking establishments. Â Drinking here comes with a high probability of running into adults who grew up in Schaumburg but never got over the hump to move out of their Mom & Dad's house!
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