Mac's On Slade

My dad has occasionally mentioned Mac's to me a couple times but I kept forgetting to try it out, until yesterday.  I came in for lunch with my dad, when I walked in my immediate thought was, "this is it?"  When I hear that it's a bar that serves good food & has live music, I picture a much bigger place.  Mac's is tiny, has maybe 10 tables, a bar & small stage, the bathrooms aren't even in the main room, you have to go out the side door & down a hallway, interesting.  We sat at the bar & looked at the menu, I like how they make them appear as record albums & cut out the center of the records & use them as coasters for the bar.  I tried their cheeseburger, which was cooked perfectly & tasted great.  Their fries were unseasoned wedges & tasted kind of bland, but a few cranks of the sea salt shaker helped.  Overall, Mac's is a nice, mature place to grab a drink or lunch & is close to home

The category needs to be changed to **Restaurant** as well as bar.  
I have been here a few times to eat dinner.  The food has always been served hot and has always been great!
Simply good food!

Hubby and I , being Palatine residents, wanted to try Mac's  few weeks ago on a Saturday around noon hoping to have our first lunch experience there ,but there was a sign on the door that day that read: "closed for a private party". So yesterday we thought "let's try Mac's again". We walked in the front door around 12:30 pm (Saturday), there were a few people sitting at the bar and 2 tables seated in the dining room. There was one man bartender/server that was taking care of both the bar and dining patrons. We seated ourselves at a table expecting to be handed menus shortly thereafter or  being asked if we'd like something to drink. Instead, we waited to be acknowledged.And we waited, and waited and waited.As we waited,we watched the  male employee slowly work the register entereing an order or finalizing a patrons food/drink bill. He then picked up food at the window to the kitchen and delivered salads to one table. Then we watched him bring two ladies their check.Then he delivered two young boys that were with the men at the bar, two sodas.The  dining room is quite small so we knew the server  had to have noticed us sitting there. Never did he make eye contact with us, never did we hear  "hello folks, I'll be with you as soon as I can"- NOTHING. It was as if we were invisible. After we sat at the table for  10-15  minutes unacknowledged, I said to my husband " that's it, we're leaving".We got up and headed for the door and left. Even as we left, nothing was said, no acknowlegment still.  We have many restaurants that we love in the suburbs but like to patronize our Palatine friends when we can. We probably won't go back to Mac's again. It was like a slap in the face. Without mentioning names, we headed to another downtown Palatine restaurant where we  were immediately greeted with a smile and  escorted to a table where we enjoyed a delicious lunch. Sadly Mac's lost two first time customers who may have become regulars, had we just been acknowledged. Instead we came and went feeling as though we were nothing less than invisible patrons.