I feel like this is the bar that people go to when Firehaus is packed and you still want to catch a Chicago/Illinois sports team game. They've got plenty of seats and some pretty good specials (except for hose god-awful meme glasses, *shudder*). It also seems to be a favorite for older people who visit during conventions/career fairs. I've never seen so many polo shirts and khakis in one venue.
All in all, Friday happy hour is pretty good here and so is Ride the Rail, but if you are looking for a night which you might call "Legendary", I doubt this is the place where it's gonna happen.
It is a college bar that reminded me of Fatty's Pub and Grill in DeKalb. Nothing special except Chief Illiniwek (I think that's how you spell it) is in the house!
Nachos Supreme (sorry, I hate nachos) and burgers were ordered. Beer was consumed. Men scratched themselves. This is a sports bar in a college town. I bet a lot of puke has been cleaned from the floor. Nice looking beer garden (growing beer in there, right?). I would not go back because my palette requires a little more "oomph".
It's nearly impossible for me to give any Illinois campus bar more than 3 stars but Legends comes close.
Yeah, sometimes the service can be downright lousy but compared to anywhere else, it's par for the course. Â Legends' best attributes are the many TV's available to take in the game and the space for people to spread out. Â If you're nice and it's not too busy the staff might even put on the game you request. Â It's not too tough for a few people to lock down a good chunk of space here which is what makes it a winner. Â The patio is a decent size and appealing when it's nice out.
The prices are about campus average and the tap selection sucks. Â The main draw is coming here on Wednesday and doing the venerable "School of Beer" (which should be renamed "Buy our entire bottle list") which features more enjoyable selections than what is on draft and awesome prices ($4 max per beer, usually less).
Definitely my go-to if I feel like drinking on campus without being heavily annoyed. Â Also, if you look like someone who used to work here, current employees will ask to take their picture with you or stare at you from across the bar.
I cant stand this bar. The bartender was a jerk to me and I swear to godits the slowest service ever. I went on Tuesday because my friends like doing the stupid ride the rail thing because God knows no one would ever go here otherwise. It takes forever to get a drink.
They only pour beer! I hate this place because I paid for a drink with accredit card and the bartender told me to not do it again. I want to punch that guy so bad. I am so glad me and my friends don't go here often. I strongly suggest pickingmurphys over this abomination of terrible service. And the student newspaper voted them for best service! I don't know what that writer must have been smoking but it must have been extra strong. Never go here.
The things I love most about this place are the Tuesday evenings - working on the Rail Card. Outside of that, I don't care for this place a whole lot, but I do appreciate the size. Nice, large establishment with multiple pool tables, large screens, and an outdoor seating area.
It is very beneficial to just walk up to the bar when you get there to order your food. Then you can pick it up near the back. This is the quickest and easiest way to order here!
Food is OK, in my opinion not up to par with other campus establishments, but do they offer a nice selection of beers on tap.
Guinness on tap? Automatic 3 stars from me. Â On top of that, there was no cover on a Friday night for those of us over 21. Â Another star for that. Â Legends is a pretty laid back bar where you can get together with friends and have a couple drinks. Â Not really the type of place to dance, but there's Joe's and Cly's if that's what you're looking for. Â In addition to Guinness on tap, they had a handful of other beers as well as a pretty extensive bottled beer list. Â Prices were reasonable too, $4.75 for a Dead Guy and $4.50 for a Killians. Â Another bonus was that the bartender serving me was very cute. Â Definitely will be back in the future to grab a beer with some friends and watch some games.
Review Source:This is one of those places that deserved *ZERO STARS* if Yelp would allow it. Â We asked if there was table service before 9 of us sat down in a large booth. Â Big mistake!
The same waitress that told us to have a seat came over about 20 minutes later. Â During that time, some of us went to the bar out of shear frustration. Â Bigger mistake.
They came back from the bar after another 20+ minutes without drinks. Â At that point we had been there for almost an hour and my alcohol dependency started to give me the shakes.
We finally got the drinks from the server and asked for our check so we could leave immediately. Â Despite saying that we could pay however we'd like and she just needed a card to "hold", she insisted on swiping the one card for the whole bill. Â The reason: "It's just too busy to bring you the check". Â If that was a busy night, I would hate to see what that place looks like when it's slow. Â
The icing on the proverbial cake was the *BROKEN GLASS* I found in my cocktail. Â The server was disinterested in my future digestive issues resulting from the shards of glass and lurked over the table as we signed the check.
After a disappointing visit to Murphy's on Wednesday evening for a burger, I decided to try Legend's on my way out of town late Thursday afternoon. Â I was not disappointed.
It's a bar - bar food, beer, booths and stools. Â The food is actually quite good. Â This was probably my 3rd or 4th visit and it will now be my 'go to' spot for a burger when I'm in Champaign. Â
Did I say that the girls here were much, much more attractive than over at Murphy's?
The setup here is bleh. It's restaurant-like, but you order at an order window, and you pick up your food yourself. There are waitresses here, (at least there were on my second visit here,) which makes this setup seem deeply stupid. I found the food to be unremarkable, though I wouldn't call it worse than McDonald's. I came here again later for drinks later with a group of classmates, but the waitress kept coming by and talking about frigging drinks. As another reviewer mentioned, this was essentially an effort to get people to buy more alcohol, but it totally disrupted us talking. The place is not hugely loud, which is a plus for a bar, and my classmates and I had an awesome time... but I chalk that up to good classmates with interesting things to say rather than Legends being good.
Review Source:The grill kicks out good food, but no one goes here primarily for the food. Â Come here Thursday's for "Logo Night." Â The beer is cheaper and at the end it all you get to stagger home with a bar glass. Â The ambience is sports bar, but when there's not a big game in the afternoon it's seldom noisy or crowded. Â I have come here many times after class to get a burger a beer and catch up on studying.
Review Source:Legends: a place that is stuck between being a bad restaurant and a bad bar. Â The place is setup quite a bit like a restaurant with all the booths and tables in the place, and with waitresses that come around and try to get you to order more drinks. However, the burgers here are really bad: they seem to be cheap, frozen, store-bought patties that are generally overcooked and not so tasty. Â Their prices don't make up for it either; who wants to pay $6 for a burger that is worse than McDonald's?
The bar portion also pretty bad. Â It's always hard to get the attention of the bartenders. Â Once you do get their attention, you're likely in for some crappy tasting beer. Â All the taps here taste a little foul; maybe they just don't know how to clean them? Â
The good side of Legends is that it's almost never crowded, and usually not too loud. Â They also have a few projectors they use to show Illini games, so that can be nice. Â So, if you're not too much of a beer snob, this isn't a bad place to go and knock a few back.
I-L-L-I-N-I. What? You didn't realize this is an Illini bar? How could you not tell from the blue and traffic cone orange facade?
This is a great place to bring a group, because the venue is huge - as in, "host an entire 200+ class with room for other people to grab dinner here" huge. It is also conveniently located on Green street, the apparently "happening" area of this town, with a pay-to-park parking lot adjacent to it.
I didn't have food or alcohol so I cannot comment on those.
I am a big fan of the StepNPull in the women's bathroom. Finally, someone acknowledges that I don't want to touch a probably dirty door handle after washing my hands!
Be careful what you ask for at this popular Campus Town location. Â Legends is known for their hamburgers, their Friday Fish Fry's and their different kind of wraps. But straying from those favorites might make you wish you hadn't. (Case in point, I had the grilled cheese with tomato and it came out entirely sopping with butter.) They do have an island, though, that offers up all the best condiments - make sure to try the pickles, they're out of this world! Food comes out fairly fast, though it can be unreliable in a party of more than two. Â Food is always at the right temperature and they make french fries just the way I like them, crisp and not greasy! Â
Don't go to Legends to drink. Â As a matter of fact, outside of a few places in town, I recommend doing your drinking at home (your wallet will thank you). Â The prices are insane and watching them measure out your liquor makes it feel like you're getting shafted. Â
Legends is also not a place to go if you want to skip big crowds on weekends. Â It's usually packed on game days (whatever the game), but it's also relatively quiet on weekdays, so it's ideal for lunch. Â Plus, they also have a parking lot (one of the only ones off Green) and that makes it a real keeper.
Absolute love this place! I swear, senior year, there were weeks where we went probably 3 or 4 nights in a row. Great for a chill night with friends, but I especially like it during the day. The happy hour deals on food are fantastic, and the food is actually really good. We also really enjoyed the outdoor seating area out back. Oh by the way, next time you are there, order a Sex on the Beach. They have their own special way of making it....realllly good and I've never seen it done anywhere else!
Review Source:Legendarily lame.
This place has managed to successfully wage a campaign against fun for more than a decade. Tactics include: carefully measuring out each shot with a measuring cup while making mixed drinks and charging four dollars above market price for shitty food.
Going to legends is like having the hot water cut out in the middle of a shower.
It's like getting your scrotum caught while zipping up your fly.
It's like watching Schindler's List during a bachelor party.
It's like clogging the toilet at your girlfriend's parent's house.
Not fun at all.
Legends has the benefit of being close to Green/Wright, making it easily accessible, and a frequent #2 stop on barcrawls. Never any cover, Legends is ALWAYS crowded on weekend nights.
And no reason not to; their drinks are cheap, space plentiful, and their pool tables are not slanted on the ground. A great place for happy hours, and just the occasional night out. Also, you cannot have a barcrawl if it doesn't go to Legends.
If only they would stop repainting the exterior wackier and wackier every 2 years...
Comparing this not only to other bars at U of I but other college bars in general. Â There beer selection is average at best recommend the Sams Adams octoberfest on tap a pint for 3 dollars or any leninkugels on tap. Â They have daily drink specials, two dollar long islands on Thursdays, Friday yaegar shots 2 dollars.
The food is your average bar food burgers, some wraps, wings, nachos, for fries have to pay 2 dollars extra. Â The real annoying part of this place is the food is ordered at the bar than picked up by you when the number is called. Â There is no hostess or waitstaff all self serve and first come first serve on tables. Â You could be waiting hours for a table at this place recommend you get there at 6:00pm before the late night rush!!!
I want to like Legends more. I've been there a couple of times to watch various sporting events, and I love how the staff will obligingly change the channel for you if you want to see a different game. However, the hamburgers are a bit weak. My boyfriend and I went there after the depressing Illinois-Penn State game this past weekend and we were starving. Admittedly we were drunk too, but we were immediately hungry after we ate our burgers. Also I don't think the burgers come with fries. We were a bit disappointed to see bags of chips. I do like the way you can put your own stuff on the burgers and all, and the toppings are nice and fresh. Maybe next time I'll order something else! I am nothing if not magnanimous.
Review Source:Legends is one of my "must go to" bars when back in town. Â I've had many a fun night here. Â Wed nights back in the day was $1 bottles and $2 neon drinks or something like that. Â Fun times. Â Wait staff and bartenders were always nice. Â Legends always had an "older" crowd since there was no dancing and there's pool tables in the back.
Food - taco salad, how I love thee. Â I haven't found a taco salad in the city that compares. Â It's HUGE and actually has a lot of lettuce! Â Cheap too, even for a college student.
Love it love it. Went here, hungover, on a Sunday in hopes of watching a game - and nursing the hangover. I had a delicious chicken wrap with french fries. I liked the all-wood interior, gave the place a nice feel to it. They also have a few games in the back...I think I saw Buck Hunter?
Whenever I return to UofI to party, I'll definitely hit this up in the evening to see how it is then.
Amongst the many other campus bars, Legends is truly a find - a not so well hidden diamond in the rough.
The drink prices are reasonable for campus and amazing when compared to Chicago. Â The food here appears to be your regular run of the mill bar grub, but alas, there is something special about those loaded fries. Â Their half off appetizer deal on Fridays is pretty sweet too. Â But my all time favorite is the Legends Ranch Chicken served only on Mondays. Â I'd call in sick for that.
Don't miss out on their Long Islands ($5 on Mondays)... they're seemingly innocent which makes them all the more lethal.
A lot of people I know hate on this bar, but I think they're expecting something akin to what you find at the other campus bars. Â Legends is the perfect place to stroll into with a big group of people, as there's rarely a line and with the bar in the middle of the building, it's accessible from wherever your group decides to sit.
No, you can't really get your dance on here, even though there's a lot of space...but if you're just looking to get a good buzz, you won't miss that. Â The large area does make it enjoyable for happy hours though.
Food's pretty good. Â I like Murphy's burgers better, but I like the ranch chicken sandwiches and fish sandwiches from here.
It's not the most bumpin' bar in Champaign, but it's the best place to come and chill with some friends. Â Or roll in with a ton of people, take up a quarter of the bar, and do shots until they kick you out. Â Either way.
Legends has food?? Seriously?? How come I did not know this?
They make a fabulous Sex on the Beach. The drink prices are reasonable. The noise level is tolerable. And it's always fun to challenge your crush to a game or two here.
That being said...and for all the time I spent here...I still didn't know they served food!
I am a Legends fan. Â It's a bar with really solid food (lots of options, even vegetarian ones) and it's consistently good. Â The staff is generally friendly, and they run Trivia on Sunday nights for fame/glory/lots of cool prizes such as free meals, 25% off any tab up to $400, etc. Â The drinks are inexpensive, it's clean, and the music is usually at a good level. Â Thursday thru Saturday they have a DJ so you can make requests and such. Â I just wish their kitchen was open later.
Review Source:Solid sports bar I think. Great place to meet up with your friends after a long day of class/lab work and gripe about grad school. Cheap beer specials (there's usually a pint for $2 and one or more liquor drinks for $4/double) and fairly inexpensive food that is tastyish.. or at least cooked to order! I had one bad experience with a pink-centered "southern chicken sandwich" (not southern.. just fried) but when I showed it to the guy, he made me a whole new basket and let me keep the fries from the old one. The employees have always been very nice. I had the fish sandwich deluxe ($7.19 on fridays) for the first time this weekend and it is very veryyyy tasty! Crispy, not too heavily battered, not too greasy. The portion is huge also! This is the meet up spot for my group of friends, though it can be pretty quiet, even on Friday nights...
Review Source:Honestly, this is the same as most any other bar. This one falls to the pub style rather than the disgusting bump and grind style. Good place to get a table and hang out.
An extra star because they sell playing cards for a buck. Really cheap, awful, uncoated, unshufflable, undealable, soak up beer faster than any paper I've ever seen playing cards, but playing cards all the same. My friends and I aren't smart enough to bring our own, so this saves us. But they lose a star for having recently eliminated the internet jukebox and added a DJ. How else can we play "In the Air Tonight" to kill the mood at 1am? We actually paid the dude a fiver and left him an iPod to get something played that wasn't part of the standard littany of horrible bar songs.
One of the cleaner C-U bars, Legends is a pretty nice place (while keeping in mind that everything's relative). Â I've never seen nor heard of this place charging cover - even on Mom's/Dad's weekend, and good bar food during the day (especially the fish sandwich).
Generally one of the less packed bars, it's a good place to sit down with some friends and play some drinking games, pool, darts, or just chill and talk - note how I said talk, not scream at the top of your lungs. Â They have a full bar and play whatever the current hits are at night, but no one actually dances sans a helluva lot of alcohol. Â It's also a great place to go on game days as they have a nice, big, flat-screen TV, and plenty of booths/bar stools to crowd around, watch, and cheer for your team. Â Go Illini!
This place opened up while I was in college. At first, it was a somewhat upscale choice to Murphys and didn't get all the fraternity/sorority traffic, but that did start to change after a while. I was surprised when I went back to see that they've changed their familiar brick exterior with something that looks like school colored siding, kinda tacky. Still, the food was good and my woodchuck cold.
Review Source:Ugh. Â This garish place, recently repainted, is in the spot of a storied bar and eatery, The Deluxe. Â This place existed before campus got swanked up over the last number of years. Â It is a big yawning space, with marginal food and service. Â They have the nerve to serve something called the "deluxe" fish sandwich, which is not as good as their predecessor, nor as good as Derald's (campus catering truck) or Seaboat, both of which are institutions. Â Guess I am old school on this one.
Review Source:A U of I staple. I spent many a game night/day at Legends consuming greasy burgers and vodka cranberries (i dont drink beer...sue me.) Legends was always crowded during game time, but has a large flat screen tv, get there early to get a seat near the tv. Drinks/food are pretty cheap. There's almost always a booth or bar stool available no matter what time of day. After 12 am there's a line, but there are lines anywhere at that time of night. Thinking about Legends brings back so many college memories...tear. It's always wheel chair accessible which is great. There's few places on campus that are. Yay Legends.
Review Source:Have to say, at 3PM on a monday afternoon, this place was actually not too shabby. Â It was clean, had on some nice soothing tunes, we were the only people there so we got super fast service, and when I went back to pick up my french fries (which were actually good enough to entice my friend who didn't want any and doesn't usually eat french fries to eat some) I actually observed the line cook spraying down some cleanser and wiping an already clean counter. Â
The fish sandwhich is allegedly "the best," but I've never had it. Â I wouldn't be surprised if it were worth trying.
for those of you present in CU prior to the late 90's, you would remember this as Deluxe, home of the Friday Fish Sandwich. Â Deluxe is no more but this structure sits on the burial ground of where Deluxe once stood. Â i try not to think about Deluxe when i'm in legends otherwise i feel like i'm looking for my dead dog among a litter of perfectly fresh purebred puppies. Â You kind of have to treat Legends this way, like a fresh puppy. Â Grow with it, create your own tricks together, develop a routine, find comfort in it, know it's always there when you need it.
If you can detect different ratios of pepsi syrup to carbonated water when you drink a fountain pepsi, i challenge you find a better ratio than what is going on here. Â it's a science and they have the titration juuuuust right. Â when i used to consume a juicy burger, this was my destination of choice. Â now i thoroughly enjoy the greek wrap minus the chicken and still feel i have consumed enough oil to be guilty. Â the fries are awesome too. Â good university crowd to go along with all the university memorabelia on the walls. Â nice staff primarily made up of college kids from the suburbs who always seem to smile and do their jobs well. Â the fish sandwich still exists on fridays but i just haven't been able to bring myself to consume one...
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