Gametime Sports Bar & Grill

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  Worst.  Bar.  Ever.
  
  If I could give Shametime zero stars, I would.  I grew up less than 2 blocks from this place, so I'd clearly frequent it often.  Even came here for my 21st birthday.  Showed up at about 11:50pm, walked in, ordered drinks, waitress checked IDs.  Instead of wishing me happy birthday she called over a manager and they told me I have to wait outside until midnight.  There were maybe 12 other people in the bar and this was not my first time as a patron of this trash-hole.  This was only just the start.
  
  The waitresses have the cumulative IQ of the turd that is probably currently floating in one of the stalls.  The lighting is very dim because so are most of the people who frequent this dump...plus they were beaten with an ugly stick and no one wants to see that shit.  It's mostly regulars who drink alone to wash away taste of blowing some dude for meth or to forget about the murders they've committed.  Class.
  
  The owner is the worst.  Total cheapskate and a dick.  I've (sadly) been there probably close to 100 times (due solely to proximity and lack of opitons in Palos), and he's maybe bought me one shot (cheap plastic thimble kind).
  
  Finally, the true test of how terrible a bar is.  Go to Lametime and order a car bomb.  You'll get a plastic thimble (that clearly doesn't sink) of imitation Jame-O and Bailey's, which they'll give you to dump in either half a plastic water cup of Guinness or a rocks glass.  If you're lucky, you'll have a gulp of Guinness.  I think it's $15 a pop.
  
  The best drink I'll ever have at this place will be had in the parking lot, watching it burn to the ground.  I'll then take a piss on the ashes....laughing.

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  Posted on 11.17.11 Brian C.

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  I have been here 2x's since moving to the area and both have been horrible. I can say the food is ok but the service is terrible. Went to have dinner and they said i need a credit card to open a tab for dinner???? ok i give the card but tell her i don't want to use the card to pay. A few hours later we get the bill after the waitress messing up our drink orders every time! The place was empty and she couldn't remember a miller lite and a captain and coke....brought us bud lite and who knows what else every time. Anyway i forgot about the card and of course so did she...i went back the next day and the owner was so rude. Like it was my fault! Never again!

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  Posted on 06.01.11 Melissa L.

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  For bar food it's good. This is not a food destination but a fine place to share a drink and a little grub with friends on a Friday after work.
  
  The beef nachos were really good. Lots of toppings. I had a southwestern jalapeño burger. A typical bar burger that tasted good.
  
  The service was sporadic but gave us something to laugh about.

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  Posted on 09.11.10 Jerod C.

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  was at Gametime for the 6-6-10 Hawks game. Arrived at 5:30pm and the place was empty. The owner ran up to us right away trying to seat us. With the place being empty, you would think you would get your pick of spots but the table we wanted to sit at, he said was reserved for a party of 20 that they were putting table together. OK, we bought that at first.
  
  So we order food, Chips and Salsa. Out comes a nice basket of chips but literally, two shot glasses of salasa. I thought it was a joke at first but nope, the amount of salsa they gave us for a big basket of chips was less than a 1/4 cup. So we asked for more salsa. The waitress brings another shot glass of salsa. We said, um, I think we're gonna need more than that. She brings another shot glass of salsa. Clearly this was a losing battle. This stuff must have been gold or something. We finish our appetizers and about an hour later, they wheel out a free buffet. No where in the bar was a "free buffet" posted otherwise, we would have waited to eat. We certainly drank enough to support the waitress for the evening so we weren't trying to be cheap.
  
  Then, much to my surprise, when the bill arrived, WE WERE CHARGED for the extra 2 SHOT GLASSes of salsa!!!! What????
  
  Oh, and the table that was reserved for the 20 people, they never showed up. The owner was spacing people in the place so they looked busy. I've never been seated in a sports bar and there were no "reserve" signs on the table that were supposed to be held.
  
  The owner of this place is cheap and cutting corners where he shouldn't be. Really, how much does salsa cost? He should also be more accommodating to his patrons with seating.
  
  p.s. I'm glad I ordered the appetizers because the buffet was horrible. Two words - mystery meat.
  
  Never again will I come to this place.

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  Posted on 06.07.10 Kim R.

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