Halina's Bar

I have to disclose that I have been cocktailing here off and on for a wee bit. Being a pool player, I enjoy the table and the PBR specials. It has a mixed crowd here and everyone is pretty friendly. There are a few very good players here...wink wink. Wanna play for a beer?

The bartender was colder than the beer. A small dump of a bar on the outskirts of Chicago

Halina's Bar??  Pretty clean little place if you're looking for a place that isn't too crowded and it's cheap.  

I personally do not like most of the bars along Archer Ave for many reasons...I avoid them like the plague, yet I gave this one a shot only because a friend was having a small get together there because of a job promotion(good times).  It's a local bar, like most others on Archer, that has a neighborhood touch to it.  I actually didn't mind the place all too much since it wasn't overcrowded and the beer prices were modest as well.  

Also, they make you take a terrible tasting shot that I'm not sure what it is but it sort of tasted like gin to me but it wasn't as strong.  The aftertaste isn't the greatest but you'll live to tell about it to others.  All in all, not a bad place to begin or end your night, very simplistic bar with interesting folks inside.  If you're in the area and the other bars aren't doing it for you, check this place out.

-Papa Bear