A handful of good beers. Space to accommodate an after work social hour for larger groups. $5 select appetizers after 5 pm and $4 Stella drafts. That adds up to a decent deal when on a budget.
If you want a table after the closing bell tolls call to make reservations ahead of time. They have a separate line at 312-922-8025. This is a good option for those concerned about proximity to their office in the loop. The service gets bogged down as the night progresses and the place fills up. Its bound to happen when the waitresses are doing their job. Clean bathrooms are always a plus.
I wouldn't necessarily stop in for lunch, unless sitting outside was an option, so for now I would stick to drinks after work. Drafts range from $5 to $7 and they actually have a Pale Ale other than Green Line.The appetizers were well received. Everyone needs a little something to soak up the booze to avoid any career limiting moves.
At the end of the day I was pretty impressed with the overall experience. The noise level was moderate, music was not bumping, and you could converse with the person next to you. There are padded futon like cushions on the ceiling seem to absorb the buzzing crowd.
I don't think I would go out of my way to stop in but rather for a planned event. There aren't unlimited options in the business district so choose wisely. Franklin Tap was surprisingly affordable and made for pleasant hours of happiness. Oh, and my Manhattan was not watered down, smooth sailing.
I was introduced to this place by a friend's dad a few years ago. Â It was his go to place for after work beers and has since become one of mine. Â The food is nothing to write home about, actually more on the bad and bland side if anything. Â They have a decent but not incredible beer selection, but the location and friendly service pick it up. Â All in all, a good place to go with a friend if you're looking for average priced beers and nothing else.
Review Source:Been here twice more, once for lunch, once after work on a Friday with co-workers.
The burgers here are pretty good. Right amount of grease, cooked to order. Service is fast at the bar ... but who wants to eat a burger at a small bar where the barback is washing dishes inches away from your bun, undoubtedly hitting it with spray? No thanks, gross. Eating at a table the next time.
Despite concerns from first visit, their scotches are not universally? regularly? always? watered down. Had a Glenlivet and Glenmorangie, colleague had a Glenlivet and a Laphroaig, we were both satisfied. Yes, I know, we were drinking scotch at a tap joint. Sue us. I had a high-ABV brew ... Belgian? Monk something ... as well.
Coming here after work can be tough, but in finding no table for 8 people for a good 45 minutes, until someone left, I did discover they do reservations. Good to know for future work-related visits; this place is literally across the street from us, so there will definitely be future visits.
Waitress was patient with us as we converted from bar to table ordering. Appetizers (nachos, something else vaguely Mexican) were decent.
My lunch buddy decided to pick this place... 1 mile away from my office! Â So a nice mile trek through drizzly Chicago, and grabbed a seat to get a nice relaxed lunch in... Â Lots of TV's, on all sort of different sports channels, so a nice place to catch some games...
Ordered up a Cobb Salad (paleo day) and a milk stout.
Cobb salad was pretty damn good, surprisingly, for a bar/restaurant! Â Everything tasted fresh, the bacon was crunchy, the egg was cooked just about right, and the diced chicken was a decently generous portion. Â Price was city pricing ($12 for a salad?) so not spectacular, but I was pleasantly surprised at the quality.
Milk stout, which I believe was on draft, was tasty. Â While they took a bit of time to bring it out, the waitress explained that it's due to how they pour, settle, and repour the milk stout to get the right consistency. Â In all honesty, I didn't know so much goes into pouring a milk stout properly. Â $6.50 for a glass, which again is about standard pricing.
Verdict: Â It's an okay place to grab a bite and drink. Â The after 5 drink specials looked nice, but probably a little further than most of my office crew would want to walk. Â I go out of my way to come here unless I was meeting up with someone who requested it.
Bonus: Â The waitress actually asked if we had our passport cards, which is something they gave local offices to get a BOGO entree. Â Shame I'm not local enough... but nice of the waitress to check!
Service and beer selection were okay.. Â Food is ok, nothing special that stands out thats not the same in any other bar. Â Went there last week Thursday with some friends and handed my credit card to hold for the tab. Â Here's the thing though, I was rang up for the amount I owed but they lost my credit card. Â I was never called back the next day as they said they would to let me know if my card was ever found, as the manager said she would. Â It happens right? Â Well as I was walking out to check out what had been charged, I noticed that not only was I charged my tab but someone else's tab as well. Â Went back to the bar and to dispute it and finally was able to have them admit that it was a mistake on their part and that the charges would be reverse for all of the charges. Â Well guess what, never happened and never received a call.. Last time I go to this spot...
Review Source:Remember when I said I'd only come back if someone would pay for it?
Don't look at me like that. Would YOU say no to free booze and food?
It's okay, because the waitresses will say no for you, apparently. Came back for another happy hour (stop #2 for the night) with co-workers. At this point we were a few beers/drinks in and needed food. A co-worker tried to order some appetizers and was told no, that it wasn't time to order yet. uhm, what? I...don't understand.
Service was still slow and inattentive even though it was a lot less busy than the last time we were there.
Stopped in after work on a very snowy Friday night. Â I stupidly thought that the dreary weather would keep the crowds at bay but it seems that slushy streets and the threat of an extra long commute won't deter those trying to get their happy hour on.
The place did clear out around 7 er so which leads me to believe that it was mostly an after work place to grab a few drinks before heading home. Â
My friend and I had a few beers and split the Cuban sandwich which was okay and made much better since it's served with a side of tots. Â
I"m happy to come back in but I can only imagine that the bar is even more packed when the weather is less-frightful.
The Franklin Tap has always been good to me. Â Despite being closed some weekend evenings (was looking for a bite after a theater show downtown), it is a nice happy hour hangout and even good for groups.
With walls covered in taps it surely has a good selection on draft at all times. The specialty drinks are good too with cheap vodka drinks and margaritas. Â When visiting with a work group we've sampled the menu back and forth. Most of the food is tasty or at least interesting. Â I recommend the hummus or the pretzels.
The management has done some significant changes that bolster my believe that change is a good thing.
Loud music is gone thank goodness now I don't have to yell across the table to my friends.
Service has improved overnight, note this place gets busy and its sometimes difficult but they seemed to have figured it out.
good job guys.
Beer list is okay to goodish. Â You can find some decent drafts here.
Food is average.
Price is right if you use a "Passport Card" for a two for one lunch (note you need to bring someone for this to work).
Service is below average, as the kitchen is so slllooowwwww. Â Waitresses are okay but not great, they could pick it up a little but it is not their fault that the kitchen is terrible.
Remember that episode of Sex and the City where Mr. Big takes her to that horrible, dark, dingy, Chinese restaurant to find out her friend brings his date here so nobody would see him with her? Yeps, this would be that place! If it wasn't for the damn location that night probably never would go here. Instead came here after a volunteer event since it was the closest and just around the block.
The place is dark, loud, and over all kinda sad looking. The beer selection was so-so, not stellar but decent. Our waitress, well we finally figured out who she was after having a few other waitresses come to our table, but tell us they can take our drink order but someone else will have to bring it. The food selection is alright, no five star dining let alone 3 star dining, but a girl gotta eat! Â The turkey avocado sandwich makes subway's turkey sub look delicious! The highlight was the mac and cheese since it doesn't come with bread crumb crust. Sorry, just never understood why the point behind the bread crumbs...this gal just wants more cheese! Â
Over all, the place is meh, the service is meh and the mac and cheese is decent.
No thanks. Their specials lie. The reason we came here was because of their alleged "$2 off ALL beer bottle or draught". Come to find when we get there, there are only a "select" number of beers on special.... namely, the ones I'd never heard of. They advertised this $2 off on their website, in their bathrooms, and IN THEIR MENU. Asked the waitress and she said oh yeah... that just changed. Heres a tip then- pull out the menu inserts and take down the restroom signs advertising $2 off all beers!!
We had a large group and were spending a lot of money. It was a Tuesday night, it was us and one other table, and we still had very slow service. It seemed like it was the waitress' first night. Even if it was, you learn in waitressing 101 if a guest has an empty glass, ask if they want another!!! Then, we had two $25 off coupon. It stated explicitely that it was "one per TABLE". We had two tables. We complained about the specials, and asked if they would consider ringing us up in two separate tabs so that we felt like we got at least a little consolation. No go. Not only that, the "manager" they sent over was rude, and basically said "there's nothing I can do about it". Fine then, there's something I can do about it.... recommend that NO ONE COME HERE anymore! There are plenty of better bars in that area. Also, their bathrooms were disgusting. Water all over the floor. Really????
Absolutely terrible. Â The waitress was a mix of apathetic, slow and just overall dreadful. Â
We sat and waited over 10 minutes in a pretty empty place to even get greeted by a waitress. Â The five of us that were there ordered drinks as the rest of our party of 12 filed in. Â That round took 20 minutes to get to us. Â That was basically a trend for the rest of the night. Â There was one point in the night where she handed us a drink and we immediately ordered another. Â This was the only time where she gave us a collective eff you and came with the drinks quickly. Â Thinking that we had turned a corner, we thought maybe something lit a fire for her, but alas, that was not the case. Â
We ordered a bunch of apps before anyone ordered their meal. Â One of these apps came out when most of the people were done with their meals. Â
The adventure only continued when we got our bill, which took us 30 minutes to get, and only after we hunted her down and took it from her. Â There were about 5 times where we tried to order items on the menu that we were told they either ran out of or did not have in general. Â I didn't realize that them running out meant they would still add it to our bill. Â We asked for a correction, and then realized she did not correct the tax or automatically added tip. Â After another correction, we finally paid and got as far away from this moron as we could. Â
Basically go anywhere else, this place sucks
Possibly one of the worst bars in Chicago. Â We live at the corner and when moving in we were excited that we had a bar right across the way - well we quickly found out that the staff could care less if they bring back the locals and care only about happy hour. Â In fact, I met a friend once at the bar and we could not locate the bartender - the waitress said "I can't serve you - the bartender walked over to Cactus for shots".... classy.
They own Cactus Bar also which is equally as bad so we never bring any guests, friends, coworkers here and rather pay a cab ride to another bar instead of dealing with these people.
Hey Yelpers!!
Do you want to go spend $14 for a watered down Vodka that was already a horrible pour, experience some poor service by attractive waitresses that go table to table and flirt poorly with all of the suited up douche bags talking about their one great play when they played high school football? Would you enjoy spending time in a major meat market - full of 40 Somethings that are entering their midlife crisis? How about we do some Billy Joel Karaoke while we're at it? If yes - Check out this place! LAME LAME LAME.
Hasbeens - go home and spend some time with your wives - the waitresses do not think you are funny and in no way will you ever be able to trade up. This place is like a strip club where the strippers are the waitresses but they keep their clothes on. My guess is the attractive 20 year olds do not think your beer gut is attractive.
MEH!
Major improvements have been made at Franklin Tap. Â
My major grievance beforehand was that a tavern with "tap" in the title only offered a couple of watery American macrobrews. Â But they've given their beer list a major facelift. Â Locals are well represented: Half Acre, Metropolitan, and Two Brothers are all here, and craft giants Stone, Victory, and Unibroue are on hand as well. Â Go on the right day and they'll have some fine specials--$4 draughts on our recent Thursday visit was a nice treat. Â
The bathrooms have also been revamped for the better. Â They've been set away from the bar down a short hallway, and the single occupant spaces that resulted in permanent lines are no more. Â There is also comfort in knowing that you're drinking with a hygienic crowd. Â How do I know this? Â They've installed Dyson Airblades in the bathrooms. Â Anyone who sees one of those puppies is not going to skip washing their hands. Â
The atmosphere still isn't much, and that keeps it from being a great bar. Â The music is still bad (a good jukebox would really help), and there are a lot of guys in suits drinking Bud Light and talking about capital gains taxes. Â But it's become a serviceable happy hour spot if you're going to be staying in the Loop after work.
Good looking waitresses + below average food = 2 stars.
I couldn't even move it up to 3 for the waitresses sake. :)
Rainy chilly day, I wanted something warm n comfy at the sametime be veg. Menu was typical boring bar food. but the adult grilled cheese n the daily soup ending up being creamy tomatoe. The best soup n sandwich combo that ever existed! Â
The soup was very watery, somewhat bland, n had a crunchy veg at times in there I couldn't even pick up. Â A root of some sort or celery on a very bad day! Lol.
The grilled cheese was horrible whomever came up with Texas toast w/provolone n American cheese with a tomatoe consists of an adult grilled cheese is beyond me?!? Â In the middle of the cheeses it was still not fully melted(probably due to the fact of the genius thick bread...lol) n on the outside felt like it was under a cold warming station. To all my grilled CH eaters, Â we all know this needs to be served hot!
 Besides cute waitresses this place has no reason for me attending again for lunch.
If I got a cliche souvenir t-shirt from Franklin Tap, it would read: "I went to Franklin Tap and all I got was this lousy Coors Light."
Although I did not get a commemorative t-shirt from the experience, I do have a few requests:
Please don't have all of these amazing taps decorating the wall of your establishment and then have 9 of the 12 selections on draft go by the names of Miller, Budweiser, and Coors.
Please make the sweet potato fries crispy. Â Under no condition is it okay to eat soggy fries.
Please continue the $5 happy hour appetizer special. Â Because that's all that's going for you right now.
Convenient location for post-work drinks. Surprisingly not packed on Friday just after work - this might be my new spot for happy hours! We had a big group and the waiters were nice enough to move tables around to get us all together.
The beer selection is not incredibly impressive, but it's certainly better than your average bar with just a few American beers on tap.
The spinach artichoke dip was a strange consistency - big pieces of artichoke. Good, but requires a spoon to put on your chips! The chicken fingers and dip were also very tasty.
I've been here twice recently--once for lunch and once for after-work drinks. Â Neither experience gave me any reason to return. Â
A co-worker and I went for a late lunch one afternoon, and the place was literally empty--we were the only two people there. Â In all fairness, it was 2:00 on a Tuesday or something, so I didn't necessarily anticipate a crowd. Â I ordered a caprese panini which I think came with fries, if I correctly recall. Â The sandwich was really sad. Â I think it maybe had one piece of mozzarella, one slice of tomato and some very sad basil. Â It was edible, but that's about it. Â
A group of us went for drinks after work on a Friday night and the place was jam-packed. Â It just really isn't my speed to be fair (a lot of 20-somethings, kind of felt like a frat party). Â But that said, the organizer was able to get a table reserved for us and the service was pretty decent considering how crowded it was. Â The music was insanely loud where you had to scream to have a conversation. Â No thanks.
Came out here for a Happy Hour that I organized. Â The place was packed to the rafters, which surprised the heck out of me. Â Not sure if it was due to a Bears game (rare Thursday night game) or what, but it was rather loud.
Now, normally if you are with a large group, Franklin Tap will require one tab. Â We somehow talked the waitress into keeping multiple tabs. Â The waitress was super helpful with that. Â
Also, Â big time thank you for keeping the 4 tables reserved - we would have been in a lot of trouble had we not had our tables, and even bigger thanks for keeping the tables near the door so we can easily find guests. Â Our waitress was great, she made sure we always had drinks. Â Major kudos to her!
All in, the location is a bit out of the way, but we'll probably do another Happy Hour here sometime in the near future.
About 8 of us came here after a long day at work for some drinks and apps, and it was TERRIBLE. Granted, the place was packed, but they had sufficient waitresses who didn't seem too overwhelmed. However, ours must have had a bad day because she commanded one of our party to move so that she could put drinks on the table. He asked if she would like help passing out the beers and she replied: "no, but you can MOVE." Real friendly.
Service didn't improve from there. In addition to improvising on our order and bringing two of several items when we only ordered one and completely forgetting another item, she took forever to get drinks and never checked on us- we were flagging her down the entire time. Good thing for her gratuity was included at 18% because she deserved 5%.
We all work close by and I can say with complete confidence that none of us will be going back.
I was surprised to see the tappers displayed on the wall of Franklin Tap, but not many beers on tap. And the beers they had were not anything special by any means. Not that I am some sort of beer snob, but I know that when a beer snob orders a Blue Moon by default, there's something wrong. Â
The hummus was tasty, the crowd was laden with suits and business attire. Â I liked it. Â :-) Â Our waitress was super attractive and attentive, which is a bonus-squared. Â
The rest of the finger foods listed on the menu sounded appetizing (the calamari and something else which I can't remember) but I was heading to dinner so I couldn't over-order as I usually do. Â I plan on trying something when I return for a few more Hours of Happiness.
We went in on a Monday with our Groupon and discovered that mix drinks were half price. Â Apparently by "mix drinks" they meant "anything with alcohol", because we definitely got Patron Silver shots for $3.50. Â Monday night buzz. Â Jenga! Â
The food was really good, though the service was slooooooow. Â The restaurant itelf almost manages to be cute, but falls just short. Â It's sort of...gourmet cafeteria feel. Â However, it appeared to be clean. Â From what I could tell in the extremely dim lights, anyway.
whoa, whoa, whoa, some of these reviews are out of line. This place is crowded, sure, but it's because they are located close to were people downtown can go after work, they have great specials, and the staff is great (not to mention easy on the eyes).
Why would anybody hold it against a place that takes reservations and upholds said reservation. If anything, it should be the opposite. I would be pissed if a place said they'd reserve a table and then when I got there they were like, "oh yeah... about that... a guy that was just passing by decided to take your table." Um, no. You want a table, call ahead... otherwise just deal with it like you would with the other 3,000 restaurants in Chicago that take reservations and operate in the exact same way.
The good: Pretzel Heaven! wow, great and great. All the appetizers are 1/2 off on Thursdays and $2 beer specials. (See why it's packed? $2 for a beer downtown?... I felt like I should have worn a skimask while ordering). Again, the staff was great and very attentive... which is refreshing when you're in a sportbars that is packed to capacity.
The not so good: They could have had more beers on tap, but then again the name stems from necessity. You wouldn't want to call it the Franklin Bottle... or Franklin Great Appetizers. All the happy-hour booze-hounds would walk right by it.
It was a little loud and a little out of the way for me to visit regularly, but I had a good time.
The Franklin Tap is a little bit of suburbia in the South Loop. You can expect to find lots of sports on television and horrible music being played too loud on the speakers. People are sitting around the bar and drinking Miller Lite while they are discussing their new mini van or what sort of fertilizer would be best to apply to their lawn before the bar closes at something like 10:00 pm.
The worst part of all may be that they have a wall covered in beer taps, but at the bar they have only Miller Lite, Heineken, and Blue Moon on draft. This is not a bar as much as it is a lie.
"seats taken"
-Forrest Gump 1994
I know how he feels.
I don't appreciate being shuffled around after being told that I could sit at one of the tables that was reserved for much later.
I don't appreciate being told by everyone and their mom that "this table is reserved"
No sh*t Sherlock!
I don't appreciate the lack of customer service skills amongst some employees.
I DO appreciate a waitress who can return in a timely manner with drinks, split checks, and try to be attentive in a crowded bar...kudos to you.
It's not a dive. It's a sports bar, they have drinks, people having drinks, loud people and bar food. If you don't go you aren't missing anything.
Q: Why would 95% of a sports bar's tables be reserved at 3:30 on a Thursday?
A: Beats the hell out of me!
I think they should change their name to "Reservations," and their slogan can be "Sorry, that table's reserved!"
I don't understand why I'm having such trouble finding a job these days. I mean, I doubt the employees of the month are the ones reserving tables so that they have a spot when they arrive for a few beers at 3:30 on a weekday. Rhonda G, me and the rest of the group would've been SOL had it not been for a few tables reserved for 5:30 and beyond that we borrowed in the meantime. It didn't come without a price, we were only reminded that at 5:30 our table turned into a pumpkin a dozen times.
I've seen the phrase dive thrown around about this place in a few reviews and I'm not sure where that comes from. This place is far from a dive, the interior is new - stone floors, newish tables and chairs; the place is clean; the drinks and food aren't cheap; and the menu has things like panini on it. No, it's not a dive, it's just a mediocre sports bar with TV's everywhere.
I ordered the All Grown Up Grilled Cheese and got a salad as my side along with a $2 Miller Lite on special. $7.95 for a grilled cheese and side seems like a rip off, I mean they just swapped out Wonder for egg bread, added some Provolone and sliced tomatoes. It was decent, but hardly sophisticated; I was experimenting with multi-cheese grilled cheeses in my single digits!
Our server was nice and very attentive, but we were very abruptly booted from our tables around 5:15 by some guy who worked there. All we got was an "I need this table," whatever happened to the words sorry, excuse me, or please? We were headed out anyway, but manners are always appreciated.
Bottom line: There are other places in the area I'd prefer to get my drink on, but you wouldn't have to drag me kicking and screaming to come back here.
I'm amazed one of the other reviewers called this place a DIVE. This place is a dive if you're used to the yacht club and the pony set, but for everyone else - it's not a dive. I think people throw that word around too loosely.
We had a large group of people at 5 on a Wednesday and they held 2 tables for us. The $3 import special on Wednesday was a pretty damn good deal! Half priced apps, which were ALL really good! Bar food is bar food but this place did better than bar food.
The unfortunate irony of its name: while it is called Franklin Tap and there are lots of TAPS on the wall, they only have like 4 beers on tap. Kinda weird.
Also, they lose one star for really slow service. We ended up going to the bar a few times for rounds.
I'm not much of a booze drinker. Â I got that all out of my system during my college years, and now that I'm old and bearded enough to not even warrant a second glance, let alone a need to check my I.D., the thought of boozin' it up doesn't really appeal to me.
Even so, every Thursday during a long stretch of Thursdays that involved my co-worker and I walking up to Subway by the Sears Tower (the "good" one down Franklin, she'd say) I would always pass by the Franklin Tap with their advertisements for $2 Blue Moon pints on Thursdays. Â And I'd fantasize about taking a two-beer lunch break one of these Thursdays...
Well, schedules have changed and the hours are longer than ever. Â I promised my co-worker team that if we ever actually all got out on time, the first round of beers would be on me.
Fast forward several months, and it was 5pm on a Thursday and everyone on the team was either gone for the day or getting ready to leave. Â I asked the remaining staff who'd like a free beer on me at Franklin Tap, and I only had one taker. Â So off we went to the bar for a couple of $2 Blue Moon pints and celebration of an early (relatively) day.
Well, the place was packed. Â I guess I'm not the first guy in the Loop to think of cheap after-work drinks, but we found a ledge on the side where our beers could go while we stood and drank, and that's good enough for me. Â I'm not really that well-versed in bar etiquette, so I just walked up to the cashier area and asked for two Blue Moon pints. Â Gave her the cash and some extra (because I'm not an idiot and I know who in this world you're supposed to tip well) and we sat/stood around shooting the breeze and trying to get buzzed enough to forget that there was still another day left in the week to go.
Yes, the waitresses here seem to be catering to the male clientele with their push-up bras and short skirts, but that's like putting tits on a spatula. Â Sure it's all fun and games, but I really care about what's cookin', and I couldn't care less what's flippin' the burgers.
I stand by my analogy.
Anyway, the conversation eventually led to a hilarious observation by my co-worker that Franklin Tap has about 50 to 60 taps on the WALL, but only like 3 taps behind the bar. Â I didn't really care, as long as one of those taps was Blue Moon and it was $2 a pint on Thursday, which was that day.
All in all, it was a decent experience. Â The food smelled great, but I'm doubtful that the prices are as great as the smell. Â There wasn't much room to enjoy ourselves, but it was after 5pm on a cheap-beer-Thursday afternoon, so I can't fault them for that. Â It was an okay experience and Franklin Tap is an okay bar.
Okay, now I'm kinda ashamed over that analogy. Â I need a Blue Moon...
I'm almost thinking that there should be a law that sleazy business guys should not be allowed to go to a bar on their lunch hour and throw back shots with their busty server whose ass they talk about every time she is questionably out of earshot. Â That's right, the server sat down at the table with them and was taking shots. But what am I thinking? This is America and the Franklin Tap seems to cater to the alpha male businessman who needs to drink both on his lunch break and after work as well. Â That's my best guess for reason all of the gals are in tiny tank tops and push up bras. Â But at least they are wearing jeans and miniskirts to balance it out. Â One might only need to provide pantyhose and orange shorts and we'd be magically transforming the Tap into a Hooters. Â Anyhow... that's the atmosphere.
Food wise I came in for lunch on a weekday, ordered a burger medium-rare, and got medium well. Â Ordered a cherry coke/pepsi and got diet. Â Our server was borderline unfriendly... seemed to warm up a little towards the end, but overall seemed to be in a zone. Â Or maybe in drunk alpha male businessman defensive mode? Â Understandable, but either way the vibe wasn't warm.
Franklin Tap isn't the stupidest or dirtiest sports bar in Chicago by any stretch, and it's not even a hole in the wall. Â But hole in the walls have character (sometimes), and the Tap needs a serious injection of that to make me ever want to come back. Â Either that or step up the food a notch... the burger I had was worse than what I could have had at the neighboring McDonald's... and obviously that's not saying much.
This review is in progress and will updated once I actually ***get*** a drink here.
Stopped by after work on Thursday after being tipped off by a co-worker.
This place is SMALL and shaped really weird on the inside. There are big open spaces with a few tall tables but definately not enough to handle the crowd. I'm not saying a table is needed, I'm totally cool with holding my drink - but this was just odd. It seemed really crowded even though there was tons of space by the door that was unused. I think this bar needs some sort of booze-shui expert to come in and figure out how to reposition things.
I also tried to get a drink for 15 plus minutes - with no luck. I left and went to Cactus and got a table, food and a drink in less than five minutes.
This place really deserves 1 star, but I'm giving it 3 because of their $2 Blue Moons on Thursdays...Awesome deal!
Here's everything that went wrong...and we didn't even order food!
1. Â Our server gave me an attitude and rolled her eyes at me at least 3 times...especially when I would ask for water. Â WTF?
2. Â Two of my girlfriends were drinking cocktails and they kept messing up the drinks. Â One ordered vodka and soda...They kept giving her vodka and tonic! Â She had to send her drink back each time!
3. Â My other friend ordered diet coke and vodka....The server brought over the drink and it was cloudy. So my friend showed her the drink and the server's response was, "Oh, the bartender spilled some beer in your drink"...WHAT?!? Â She still tried giving it to her with spilled beer?
4. Â The bathroom was disgusting! Â Absolutely gross! I won't go into details, but take my word for it.
Honestly, the only reason why I had fun here was because I was in good company.
I'd come back here again, but only to meet friends and for cheap Blue Moon.
Why is attempting to find a Loop bar like searching for the Holy Grail? Franklin Tap is another place that just has too many wrongs. First off, the place is called Franklin TAP and has a wall full of beer taps, but only three beers on tap. The rest are all served by the bottle from servers that consistently appear not to care about anyone or anything. The food should be avoided. It looks like it was deep fried, frozen, and then deep fried again.
There are a good amount of HD TVs and the noise level isn't defeaning, but it still leaves something to be desired.
Food is alright. The fried chicken finger things are pretty decent. Drinks show up promptly and service seems to be spot-on and friendly. The place is relatively clean and tidy, though often it is difficult to have a conversation with the noise level being pretty high almost all the time.
I found Rachel's ramble about those damn computer guys to be pretty funny. I know it's pretty easy to spot a douchenozzle investment banker in Manhattan, but geesh, are us computer nerds really that predictable in our super nerdy jeans and tshirts? Note: no sexual harassment to be had when I've been there. I'll be back, though, fingers crossed.
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