Morgan's Bar & Grill

I'm not so sure I understand all the vitriol on here. Morgan's wasn't spectacular, but it was decent. I've eaten here a couple times and it has been "A-OK" both times. They have a $7 burger and beer special on Wednesdays. This does not come with fries but the burgers are massive and quite good. I had "The Cure" which had bacon, cheese, and a fried egg on it. It was very nicely done, and when you add a Blue Moon to the mix, delicious. BTW, the beer came in a larger then a pint glass, awesome!

My big complaint is that the service was unnecessarily slow. When we were there, it was about 30% full and it took more then 30 minutes for our burgers. After we ate, and the plates were cleared, we waited, and waited, and waited for our checks. Eventually we had to flag down our waitress and prompt her for the bill. Not cool. I would have been more understanding if they had been busy, but they just weren't. It was just slow.

The play list was decidedly 90s alternative. Maybe that's what Morgan's reminded me of when we used to hang out at Applebees when I was in High School.

I used to think this was an OKAY place...then as i kept coming back...it started to lose its appeal to me.

First my friends and i got MISLED by the AUTOMATED RECORDING when you call their number. It lists specials that really ARE NOT the specials for the day and have refused to update it even when i told them what i thought the specials were. The bartenders are borderline friendly and rude. only ONE bartender actually would make me want to stay and actually want to tip him well and ONE server that actually was really nice when i came in during the day time.

Another time i came in to order for take out it took FOREVER to even get someone to take my order and when finally the order went it, it took me 2 or 3 times to check on a SALAD TAKE OUT ORDER. On top of it i waited almost 30 minutes for my salad and finally realized someone just plopped it on the bar and NO ONE bothered to pick it up or figure out whom it belonged to or was suppose to pay for it UNTIL I finally asked the bartender to check if that to go bag was in fact my order. SURPRISE SURPRISE it was indeed my SALAD take out order that sat there for at least another extra 10 minutes.

All in all they do NOT do well to accommodate paying customers and it has become a LAST RESORT place for me. I would rather drive another 10 minutes to a place that has better people and service given i live walking distance from here.

What put the icing on the cake of this place was THE ABSOLUTELY RUDE reply to a friends review from the "owner".

Here is the reply to his review:
"You suck for being a cubs fan to begin with! I'm so happy they didn't change it for you! What makes you think they would accommodate one person over the whole bar? Sorry sweetheart your not that special! So happy you haven't gone back to this business because I wouldn't want to see your face in my bar anyways!, if you want a shit hole, GO up north! Or go to juniors....oops their closed closed!"

That really is juvenile. And doesn't sound like a place i'd want to recommend to people. Maybe if they fixed their issues they wouldn't need THREE LISTINGS ON YELP to try and get one with at least good reviews.

The "owners" review if you look above "Christina G" has been puffing up its reviews with THE SAME COMMENTS...

Posted this review on 1 of the other now 3 listings for Morgan's. Looks like Christina made a new listing since the other 2 had such bad reviews.

See the other Morgan's listings with real reviews here:
<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/morgans-on-maxwell-street-chicago">http://www.yelp.com/biz/…</a>
<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/morgans-on-maxwell-chicago#query:Morgans%20On%20Maxwell%20Street">http://www.yelp.com/biz/…</a>

Read both before you decide to partake, the story continues below...
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Just got a Yelp email from Christina G. Perhaps the owner of the bar? She felt inclined to email me about a review about Morgans (<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/morgans-on-maxwell-street-chicago#hrid:LTnsoD6k5_isqk4bE-8XLg">http://www.yelp.com/biz/…</a>). Anyway, she has no reviews or what looks like any activity on the site, but here's the email:

"You suck for being a cubs fan to begin with! I'm so happy they didn't change it for you! What makes you think they would accommodate one person over the whole bar? Sorry sweetheart your not that special! So happy you haven't gone back to this business because I wouldn't want to see your face in my bar anyways!, if you want a shit hole, GO up north! Or go to juniors....oops their closed closed!"

Christina G's profile... <a href="http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=G4LvFSol8JZahpJI05nmrQ">http://www.yelp.com/user…</a>

Classy all the way... I also like how Morgan's has different 2 Yelp business listings and yet they still have mediocre reviews. I wonder if Christina G. is personally emailing everyone that gave a bad review and saying stuff like this.