I guess you either love it, or you hate it. This place has a decent beer selection and a few TVs. I've never eaten here, but I don't really want to. This place is missing some point of attraction. I guess this is one of those bars where you would go if you're the character in a movie that needs to grab a drink alone and wait for the bartender to ask, Â "Haven't you had enough?"
Review Source:I used to live down the street from this place, and my fiance and I were absolute regulars. It's so understated yet so wonderful and the service is always stellar.
FOOD:
Good Lord, this place is good. When I'm feeling like something light, the Mac's Chicken Salad is to die for. I don't know how they do it. Same goes for the Steak Salad - both salads give you a generous helping of meat on top of some seriously delicious salad complete with nuts, cheese, and fruit.
When I'm feeling like something heavier, they have a DELICIOUS burger (that is really a heart attack on a plate). It's covered in smoked gouda and bacon. So rich and delicious.
SERVICE:
Wonderful. Everyone here is so friendly, but not in a way that is overly done or fake. One time, I was locked out of my apartment, so I walked into Mac's to sit at the bar while I waited for my fiance to get home. Yuri, the bartender, was very nice and made waiting an enjoyable experience. By the time my fiance got home, he just met me at Mac's and we had dinner and drinks there because I was so happy! What a way to turn around what could have been a really crappy evening.
DECOR:
It's pretty plain inside. High tables, huge comfy booths, and interesting lighting. There are TVs view-able from every angle. Plain but still classy. Honestly, I'm happy for the decor -- I think it's keeping some of the more pretentious yuppies away, which means I can get seated much faster!
DRINKS:
They have a decent number of beers on tap. We're always happy with the selection. They do occasionally run out of things, but they are always generous about giving you more beer to make it up to you.
I love going here to Mac's! Â Yuri the bartender is always so attentive and friendly! Â The atmosphere at Mac's is wonderfully casual as well.
I've had the chicken salad with goat cheese and strawberries the last time I was here and I was shocked that they served something so delicious here at a bar!
I think I just may become a regular!
Okay, why stay for 4-5 hours and give a 2-3 star review? Â Does not compute.
A bit of backstory on how we ended up here: we were given 45 minute-hour and a half wait quotes at Carriage House, that place in the bank vault, Bangers and Lace, and that tapas place on a Friday night. Â So we decided to go to Mac's, and were glad we did! Â
Waitress recommended the lagunitas sumpin sumpin, and we also got a Goose Island Green Line, which was too sweet for us. Â Should've listened to the waittress for more recommendations after we told her we like it hoppy! Â Her rec was great.
Then got the mac and cheese (did not know that you can put things in it!) which is so good, and the short ribs.
Mac and cheese: SO good! Â Thick fluffy twisty noodles in a ridiculously thick, creamy cheese sauce, sprinkled with a garlic salt-y breadcrumb topping. Â It was great. Â A bit too salty, but it comes with an entire dinner plate of salad (that's the way salads should be!) Â The salad was also great, nice dressing and lightness, and not a crappy Applebee's-like salad either. Â Real vegetables. Â Loved this dish. Â
Short ribs: super tender, had no ribs in them which was confusing. Â Reminded me of stewed beef-meets-carnitas. Â Came with a heap of forgettable herbed mashed potatoes and delicious blackened green beans with something salty sprinkled on them. Â
Overall, the food was a little salty, but really remarkably good for dive bar food. Â We enjoyed it!
My review is based on drinks and having a good time with some friends. I saw food going by, but cannot judge by looks alone! The bartenders were friendly as were the waitresses. The place was crowded on a Saturday night, so we all had elbow room. It was a nice place to hang your hat and chill out for while. This was obviously an old tavern minus the metal front stoop. Nothing to look at inside, but you need to bring your own entertainment unless your glued to the tube!
Review Source:Just tried out this place for the first time - the burgers are EXCELLENT. I had the French Soup burger, and it was one of the best I've had in Chicago (just behind the Branch burger at Branch 27). My wife had the Triple Garlic burger...it was wayyyyyy too much garlic for me, but my wife loved it.
We'll definitely be back.
This is a place you want to love - great location, nice staff, good ambience! Mac, Â just take it up a notch, buddddd-y! The $9 Nachos are sinful! Not only don't they come with beans, meat, or any extras but THEY COME IN A SMALL DINNER BOWL! Just invest in a platter or change it to a side dish!
Scrub those white stickers off the front door, upgrade the menu a tad, and add an Irish band one night a week and you've nailed it!
I like this place. Its my go-to bar for a beer and a burger. We never have issues finding a table outside or inside. The burgers and mac and cheese are good and they have a decent beer selection. Not the best place in the world, but its good. Plus i love the restored Schlitz decor on the facade of the building.
Review Source:i really like Mac's, honestly I'm not hard to please. All I want is a comfortable bar with good drinks, sans annoying "dance" music and light on the hipsters that infest the area. The two times I've been to Mac's its given me just that, a place to talk with friends, throw down some shots, and relax. Also, the bartender Sean is fantastic. I'm a fan of anyone who can name obscure 80 hair band songs and will charge my cell phone for me when I'm drunk.
Review Source:I never had their food and I'm probably not going to.
I only come here when I want the tweener bar, that is; not just a regular bar and not a really dance place. Even though you can dance a little, there is no space for that. Its more about just grooving to random pop hits when they have a DJ spinning. Don't be afraid to request stuff either. The drink prices are comparable for the area.
After ordering five bottles of champagne over the course of a night on their lovely street-level patio, I got the feeling not many of the customers here do that sort of thing. Every glass poured by the server (something I learned to avoid throughout the night) left about an inch of champagne in the glass, and about an entire glass wasted in fizz all over the table.
NOT COOL. We are NOT pouring out perfectly good champagne for our homies here, folks. I wanted to DRINK that.
Aside from that, decent spot, nice neighbourhood, laid-back staff, and the right atmosphere for a night of more drinks than expected!
Really, it's average. I've been here dancing with my friends at un-godly hours of the night and it's been fun, especially paired with some girly drinks.
Went back last Friday for dinner. I had the grilled cheese on multigrain bread and it was just alright. The cheese didn't fully melt and the bread was soggy with grease. The french fries were bendy, greasy globs and I couldn't eat them. That's a first.
My other friends hoovered their food up, but they were a bit tipsy at that point, late in the night.
The waitress was super friendly and nice and my virgin drink was pink and fun.
All in all, ok, but not a place I'd ever plan on going to....
This place deserves 2.5 stars. It is middle of the road average. I only go here on off nights, because i can sit at the bar and have a drink and watch whatever sport is on the TV. They have a decent beer selection and always have a special of some sort, but their food is not very good, and the crowd on a busier night stinks.
I agree with a lot o the other reviewers. This place seems like it could be so much better, but it isn't. Management needs to shake things up a bit. Otherwise this is just Mac's Average American Bar.
This place continues to flounder..if it wasn't in close proximity to where I reside, it'd not be a forethought.
The last time I went here I was entertaining an out of town guest who had a suburban friend who wanted to meet up w/us..she without consulting me suggested this place based on location..so we went.
It was a Friday...the crowd is even worse on a Friday- read my review of Innjoy, it was like the crowd was cloned...
There was also a man without pants on...he was too drunk to get them back on, after I assume he went to the bathroom, which I hope wasn't code for 'on himself'...he wasn't cut off by the bar or waitstaff...nor was anything done about him until...he fell over and on to the floor from a booth and someone almost kicked him in the head...
...then they just made sure he got his pants on...and he continued to drink...
Really. This was also before 11pm.
This was enough for said guest and friend..we left and went down the street. I really don't find anything above as a reason to return.
Seems to me that many of the reviewers have been at Mac's during the busy/noisy hours. Â I can't really speak to that since I'm usually long gone before the obnoxious party crowd barges in.
I do like Mac's. Â A lot, actually. Â Their food isn't the greatest but it's much better than just "meh." Â Especially if you're there when it's quiet. Â I like to stop by early in the day, set up my laptop in the back room with the other wi-fi folks and chill with a drink and a burger. Â I'll sit there and relax for hours before the loudmouths start wandering in.
The bus boy guy - I don't know what his name is but he's the only one I ever see there - works his ass off; never says a word but he is ALWAYS there refilling your drink, clearing things away, whatever. Â The waitresses kind of come and go but that doesn't bother me. Â They're always very nice and try to be helpful even if I know more about the place than they do.
I give this place a solid three stars.
This is where we watched the first 2 periods of the last game of the Stanley Cup finals, so the place was packed. The staff did a great job handling the demands of the crowd. The food was not good. It may be unfair to judge them because that was a busy night, but bars should be prepared for nights like that. Both the quesadilla and the fries were soggy.
However, the portions were fairly large so...a soggy quesadilla is forgiven because of the occasion, but is it really that hard to make fries? Bars that serve food should have good fries.
Without a doubt, the worst service I have ever had. Â Mac's American Pub is the worst bar on Division Street, and Mac's has the worst staff in Chicago, and there are a lot of bars in Chicago.
We were sitting at the bar, and the bartender still ignored us. Â The 2 surly regulars and her cell phone consumed her attention.
Every person that works at Mac's is miserable. Â Unfortunately sitting at the bar forces you to listen to the waitresses complaining to the regulars about how terrible work is, and how much they cannot wait to leave Mac's Bar.
Does Mac's have a manager or an owner? Â If it does, they should spend time on the customer side of the bar. Â Run out the surly regulars, fire the incompetent, miserable wait staff, and start from scratch. Â Mac's is a nice looking bar, and has a good location, but the people in it are terrible.
If you are on Division, you can choose any other bar on the block and be treated 100 percent better. Â Avoid this bar, unless you feel like over paying for really bad service. Â Mac's Pub in Chicago has bad atmosphere, regulars that want to fight, and bartenders and waitresses that hate working, and hate customers.
In a word: Decent. Â Plenty of space (at the bar, in booths, or at tables), decent beer selection, and friendly service. Â They also apparently have wi-fi, as there were several patrons in the back with computers out. Â We took a table by the front windows (open to the May sunshine) and engaged in some primo people-watching. Â
Sometime during Round Two, these two jerks walked in and yelled their order at the bartenders. Â I was so utterly embarrassed to even occupy close proximity to these clowns, so I was somewhat displeased when they took over the table next to us. Â To their credit, the bartenders never batted an eye. Â Oh, I so never would have made it in the hospitality industry.
Despite this type of occasional lackluster clientele, there's apparently enough of a feel-good, family vibe that they ran out of high chairs (Note to multiple-progenied hipsters: Â They only have two high chairs here to begin with).
I used to overlook the flaws at Mac's because it's a chill place in my area with nice bar food and decent drafts. Â That said, this place can go fuck itself. Â The owners deserve to have their business fail and the staff deserves to be unemployed.
Mac's was our go-to spot in Wicker Park for laid back food and drink. Â Never too busy to get a table, great place to start or end the night or watch a game. Â The nachos have always been tops and they offer pitchers of nice beer. Â Sure, they're always "out" of the hand pulled cask they advertise, but oh well, right?
It's been a downhill slide for the past couple (few?) years, though. Â I've been ignored by waitstaff and even told "we're done with table service" until the owner shows up and suddenly the waitress who was too busy flirting can do her job. Â I really blame the management for this--the employees have taken over this bar, making it an unwelcoming environment for actual customers. Â If you aren't friends with the staff, you might as well go fuck yourself. Â If you're a paying customer, you better get the hell out by 1:30. Â Food service now ends at 11 instead of one; good to know that the bar's decline is costing the hardworking cooks their jobs/hours while a half dozen dopes and floozies remain employed until close, ready to ignore you and kick you out!
I'm sure the outdoor Wicker Park crowd can support this shithole for a whole year by filling its outdoor patio in the summer, but this place deserves to go out of business, and when it does I'm going to throw a party and invite everyone who works there to my house so I can ignore them and treat them like shit. Â Jesus Christ! Â I was there on Saturday night and they no longer serve food late, but they had a (terrible) DJ playing to an empty bar. Â Guess what? Â SmallBar down the street is PACKED, so blame it on the economy or read the writing on the wall. Â If I thought the management was competent I'd suggest they clean house, but no one including the owners seem to give a damn about this place, so neither do I. Â
Fuck you, Mac's. Â You used to be good. Â Now I invite you to eat the fucking peanuts out of my shit.
I will give two stars to this joint for the beer selection and location and their decent specials. Â That's unfortunately when this far south Western ave style pub ends. Â
Having been obligated to go there quite a bit over the last few years because I was outnumbered in the decision or for the sheer convenience of its location, I have almost NEVER had prompt, friendly, or very skilled service. Â The bartenders are okay but were better in the past, as was the menu. Â Frankly, it boils down to sitting at the bar, not ordering food, and not expecting much else. Â
One in which my very friendly and jovial group waited ten minutes for a hello, ten more minutes for the drinks and never heard from her again (she spent most of the time we were there texting by the server station.. something I have found common) Perhaps if they invested in the quality of the server, they could win back my business, but I have declared loudly after my last visit, "Forget you guys, I'll be at Goldstar! Call me when you're leavin!" At least there, service is not a lost art, something that has made me want to stop eating at the restaurants in Wicker all together...
Sorry, Mac's you could have worked more on making happy customers than just making a buck and become a beloved pub in the yuppified Wicker. Â You are, instead, one more reason I'm done with Division.
Mac's. Â You had such potential. Â On the drive over, i heard nothing but rave reviews about your chicken pesto sandwich, in its pesto-y cheesey glory. Â
we got there, found a table at the back. Â service was kinda slow, but whatever its a bar too, and it was crowded.
we ordered the nacho's to start. Â usually, the cheese-chip ratio is lacking, but in this case, it was opposite. Â there was cheese EVERYWHERE and like 12 chips. Â not that im complaining. Â i love cheese. Â but, it was just a little out of control.
main course.  back to my original statement.  i was PUMPED for this delicious chicken sandwich.  they didnt have it anymore!  so i had to quickly rethink.  i ordered the grilled tuna salad.  i dont know why i did that.  i was under pressure!  i dont like anything in that salad, but i like tuna in sushi, so i thought great idea.  try again annie.  it has a citrus-y dressing, the tuna was old, and the greens tasted especially dirt like  blugh.
ramon got the chili mac and cheese and jess got the grilled cheese. Â the mac and cheese was ok, but i think it was just mac and cheese with taco seasoning, and while i was trying a bit, i got a big clump of it. Â i love msg. the grilled cheese looked ok, but i kinda just like my standard white bread and cheddar slathered in butter variety.
i dunno. Â meh. Â i might go back if someone had a serious craving, but i wont ever recommend it myself for a night out.
OH! Â and there were some 8 year olds dominating the juke box. Â there was a lot of weirdness about it. Â who brings a hoard of kids to a bar on a friday night? Â and then they were standing on chairs dancing. and ordering jonas brothers. Â and then some little boy in khakis and a polo threw horns and was headbanging to gloria estefan.
so i take that back. Â i'll go back to mac's if those kids are there again.
Just a straightforward neighborhood bar, Mac's gave me no cause for complaints this afternoon. Â I was looking for a place to kill some time and watch two football games, and this joint fit the bill. Â The main game was Penn State vs Michigan State (go Nittany Lions!), but on two other TVs they had my other contest, Northwestern vs Illinois (go 'Cats!). Â And if they were both on commercial, I could glance over at two other TVs showing Notre Dame losing to Syracuse (ha ha, suck it, Notre Dame). Â
The bartender was friendly, especially for being the only one behind the bar all afternoon. Â There was a rowdy crowd of middle-aged Michigan State partisans, and let me tell you, it is a sorry sight to see a gang of face-painted 40-somethings downing shots while it's still daylight. Â By the time I arrived just after halftime, the game was effectively over and these folks were just having a good time.
They have Bell's Amber and Best Brown on tap for $4.50, and I saw a sign for a Tuesday special--domestic microbrews for $3. Â Good deal if you live around the corner. Â Beware the smell.
I was at Mac's for as much time as it took to have one Sierra Nevada and watch the last inning of the Cubs game last Friday afternoon. Â I appreciated it during "non-crunch" time (read: not Friday/Sat night) as a chill neighborhood bar with open windows, good beer, friendly service, and a cool layout/design. Â It's a nice mix between cozy and modern, I guess. Â (I'm no interior designer..)
That short visit was enough to make we want to return. Â I'd also like to sit outside on Wood St. next time and see what that's all about. Â Good times.
My boyfriend and I are Mac 'n' Cheese fanatics and we still think they have some of the best to offer. Â Their huge dishes is like eating a tube of cookie dough to me!! Â =)
We came here on dull ngihts when we couldn't figure out what to eat... it was always our "safe-haven" and we always left absolutely satisified. Â The bartenders and servers were always wonderful... I wish we didn't move away, I'd be here much more often again. Â Highly recommended!
Service....I'm still waiting for my Diet Coke. Â I ordered the ahi tun sandwich and a side salad so I could avoid fries. Â Much to my surprise when my plate came out she said "let me get some ketchup" for what? My cucumbers? OHHHHH for the pile of greasy not that hot fries laying on my food. Â Whatever, I ate it anyway. Â 13 bucks is a lot, the boundary has a salad with a HUGE filet that's actually rare for 13 bucks. Â Other than that, yes service was terrible I practically had to put my own order in. Â Not interested in a 2nd try. Nice patio though-
Next time I'll bring a 2 liter and a fog horn to get somebody's attention. Jesus
Mac's is an easy bar to be at. Â The 4 or 5 times I've been this corner bar with a laid back atmosphere have been enjoyable. Â They have had a decent beer selection, including a featured cask ale. Â
The mac 'n cheese is pretty damn good, not too cheezy yet not bland and runny...above average I'd say. Â Mac's has a decent variety of salads entrees like duck, salmon, ribs and even filet mignon, none of which I've tried (yet). Â What I really is quite memorable about Mac's is their Spicy Beef Chili Nachos! Â Goes great with your beer! Â Piled high above the chips is a mound of chihuahua cheese, jalapenos, shredded tomatos, lettuce, salsa and sour cream! Â It is a hearty appetizer and a heart attack waiting to happen.
I've never had a bad time at Mac's, and hopefully never will.
This place is terrible. Â Maybe I went in expecting too much. Â The menu looked like it had some promise and the place is so close to the house I just moved into so maybe I didn't want to have to fire this place so quickly after one visit. Â Oh well. Â
The service was absolutely horrendous. Â I could almost detect that the waitress purposely wanted to give us terrible service to prove some kind of point that I couldn't understand. Â Still, I sat there patiently, ultimately had to go get change from the bartender to pay my bill because she was never going to come take my credit card no matter how many times I tried to flag her down.
But really, the food wasn't very good either. Â There was some kind of nasty funk to the mac & "cheese" some people (who I think have no taste buds or sense or smell or something are raving about here). Â No wait - it defintely was mac & cheez. Â
We also had the tuna club, which smelled and tasted quite fishy. Â It was supposed to be seared, but was cooked completely solid and tasted like it came from a can. Â I felt really sorry for the couple next to us. Â The guy got the meatloaf, and it looked like a seagull defecated all over it. Â I heard him say something about the gray mashed potatoes too. Â His girfriend had some kind of salad, and she was literally grimacing as she chewed. Â I don't know if she had a bad tooth or what, but I'm pretty sure they won't be going back again either. Â
Altogether just a bad experience. Â I know places have good days and bad (this was a Wednesday) but I just don't see how this place could muster up a good day. Â Why would anyone ever want to go here is beyond me.
I've been to this bar a few times in the past year, since a good friend swears by their french fries, but am always unimpressed, even with the fries (which always seem to taste like salt sticks rather than french fries). The food is usually lukewarm and their chili is so spicy that it actually made me feel ill for a few hours afterward. The duck quesadillas aren't too bad, though, but I wouldn't seek them out.
For me, the bad service is probably some of the worst I've had in a long time. The last time I was there, our MIA waitress, who kept forgetting to bring things we asked for and didn't even apologize for the oversights, actually walked up to our table and complained we didn't give her a big enough tip. She really didn't deserve one at all...
With all the options available in Chicago, I'd go someplace else for both food and drink specials.
A haiku:
Chicken salad yum
Consistently poor service
Go for the salad
No seriously, there chicken salad there is amazing. They do this thing with goat cheese, strawberries, walnuts, and a vinaigrette that will make your face explode with happiness. The duck salad is pretty great, the ahi-tuna salad is kind of amazing, and the steak salad is short of orgasmic. The con is that their waitstaff there is terrible. I've been going there for about three years now and I can never get good wait service. It takes at least ten minutes to be aknowledged and it's doubtful they will talk to you between dropping off your food and dropping off the bill. Â I don't drink so maybe if I was wasted and sitting at the bar it would be better, but from the booths, it sucks.
The other food on the menu isn't spectacular, but their salads are incredible
I went to Mac's for a work lunch. None of these stars are for the food.
I ordered a ham and swiss that the menu talked up greatly. I received what looked like a package of Buddig ham on dry white toast, with a slice of imitation cheese and cheap yellow mustard. The menu DID say dijon. However, there happened to be dijon on the table for my friends burgers, so I was able to snag some of that.
The fires were horribly greasy and thin and overcooked. I fixed them with the aforementioned dijon mustard.
The waitress was rushed, but cool. She kept bringing the pitchers and our food arrived quickly. She was also the only waitress (and bartender) in the place, so I was impressed. She even gave us a pitcher for free! Good beer list by the way, but not awesome.
First of all, why are there two entries for Mac's?
This is the closest pub to our house, so it's the default go-to when we're too lazy to cook and want to have a beer. Â I guess I wouldn't walk clear to the other side of Wicker Park on a regular basis for it, but there are other places nearby and we seem to keep going to Mac's anyways.
The bar food is pretty decent. Â You can get surprisingly interesting stuff in what otherwise looks, smells, and feels like a dive bar. Â Duck Quesadillas? Â Goat Cheese Bruschetta? Â Sure, why not? Â And lots of plasma screens. Â Even an outdoor seating area on the sidewalk for those summer nights.
I'd go 2 1/2 stars if it was an option, but Mac's definitely is not a 3 because of its food.
I'm not crazy about the place, but I still go every couple weeks because it's right down the street and it's a more laid back atmosphere than Moonshine, its immediate competitor. Â (I'd thow Smoke Daddy, which I think is a pretty decent joint, in there but it's a straight up BBQ only--not really a direct competitor). Â
Mac's offers more than the usual bar food, but the problem is that most of the food is not good. Â I really like their soups, but everything else I've ordered fell flat. Â I recently ordered the meatloaf sandwich, which had bacon, BBQ sauce, etc. Â Sounded pretty promising, right? Â Turned out bad--a dry piece of meatloaf that look and tasted much like cardboard. Â
As for service, it's not great, but not bad either. Â I've heard and read some bad comments about their staff, but I think they are adequate. Â Definitely not super awesome or even close, but it's a dowdy pub; can't expect too much.
Overall it's an ok place if you're nearby. Â Food would be much better if they just tried a little harder.
Mac's service and food can only be summed up in one word "pitiful". Â I have had the experience of only having drinks there and the service was slow (we waited about 20 minutes to get drinks) and the place was only 1/2 full on a Friday night. Â Needless to say we left immediately after that round and went to a much better bar. Â That was about a year ago. Â
We were back the other day and decided to give the food a try since our neighbors were raving about the food. Â They said that the best thing that they had there was the mac and cheese. Â I don't know about you but I personally would not go to a restaurant/bar just to try their mac and cheese. Â Its just a weak draw but I digress......
When my girlfriend and I went in, the only place available to sit was at the bar, which was fine with us since we only planned to have a beer and get take out. Â After we ordered our food it took them 40 minutes to come out with our food! Â (keep in mind, nobody else was eating at the joint) We only ordered a chicken sandwich and a roast beef sandwich. Â I figured it had to be amazing since it took so long. Â
We went home with our long awaited bounty and was just totally disappointed. Â My roast beef sandwich was nothing special or near satisfactory. Â The sandwich was supposed to be a roast beef sandwich on ciabatti bread with horseradish Cole slaw with a side of fries. Â My roast beef looked like as though it was Aldi brand (nearly colorless and tasteless) out of a pouch, the Cole slaw was watery, and my fries were halfway cooked. Â Luckily the bread was thick enough to keep the mess intact so I could shut my eyes and eat this sorry sandwich. Â Needless to say I would not ever set foot into Mac's again. Â
In essence, this is a double whammy of poor service with even worse food.......Go across the street to Smoke Daddy instead for much better food and a bar with character.
My boyfriend and I heard that the food was great so we decided to try it out one night. Â The bar was full and they had a Cubs game on...which was a plus. Â The bartender was friendly and gave decent service. Â I have to say that when the food came out 40 minutes later we went home, opened our boxes and were disappointed. Â The chicken burger I ordered was waaay too big for the bun it was on and it tasted a little like cardboard. Â The fries tasted like real potatoes but they were super soggy and not fully cooked. Â French fries should be somewhat crispy otherwise they are just added grease with no satisfaction. Â I had to add a ton of condiments to make my sandwich taste like real food. Â
Overall I would say that this place is alright to sit and have a beer at but steer clear of the food...save room for smoke daddy instead...
Another update as of 4/16/2008:
So, I went again, to give them another chance after the smoking ban has kicked in. Same old crappy service and mediocre food. Any bar on Division street serves better food with better service. Hell, I'll even go to Moonshine and I hate Moonshine with a passion.
Same old 30-something guys who think they are still seniors in college and can act obnoxious and drunk. The crowd is unbearable.
Still keeping my 1 star rating.
I burned this place to the ground with my stare as I walked away.
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Update 12/15/2007:
I am demoting this review from 2 stars to 1 star after my experience with ordering a take out. I called earlier to order food for take-out and this is how the conversation went:
Me: Hi, I would like to place a take-out order please
Waitress: What? (loud music in the background)
Me: (repeat myself)
Waitress: Why don't you come here, have a beer, and order from the bar?
Me: No, because it is very smoky in there and it makes me gag
Waitress: OK
Me: So, I can order the ribs to go?
Waitress: I cannot hear you
Me: (repeat myself)
Waitress: What?
I hung up!
Don't tell me that I should come in and order from your bar. The reason I don't want to eat inside your restaurant is because it is like a smoke pit (see my earlier review below).....and you cannot hear me because the music is too loud...step away from the under the speakers, it will help
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I live very close to this place and decided to check it out. I went in and couldn't breathe with all the smoke. I couldn't even see till the end of the restaurant with the haziness. The music was too loud, almost to the point of noise. Horrible!!
it was hard trying to get attention of any of the waiters. They did not seem keen on providing any kind of service. I ordered take out because there is no way in hell I will hurt my lungs and ears. I went back home and returned after 15 minutes and my order was ready. I got a chicken sandwich, mac and cheese, and the ribs. The ribs were good and I liked the french fries because they had skin on them. The chicken in the sandwich was dry and chewy. The mac and cheese was just OK.
Definitely not worth going unless you like to inhale large amounts of second hand cigarette smoke. I can't wait for the ban on smoking to kick in.
This is actually more like a 3.5 star rating...
If you think of this place as a bar - which it is - it's pretty darn good. I particularly enjoy the beer selection, they have a rotating beer in the cask as well as a nice selection of beer by the bottle/can/pint. Music is reasonably good as well. Wait staff was pleasant and prompt. I can definitely see myself going back many times. Plus, I can walk home - and pick up La Pasadita on the way...
Mac's food is a step above the average bar food but the
SERVICE SUCKS REPEATEDLY! I'm not a picky person but i've never felt more ignored or unimportant in any restaraunt. On one bad visit my friend and i waited 45 minutes just to get silverware; then waited another hour for our food (without a smile or apology, mind you.) If you have time to kill, it's good food for the price, but I still wonder why the waitstaff is so unhappy.
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