This place is i-ight
Me & my brood of buddies usually end up here during our Gold Coast holiday bar crawl.
Gin was my drink this year so our lovely waitress were making some good gin & tonics. If you like shooting pool, this is a good spot for it. One of the few spots in this area that I can tolerate and definitely better than that POS Original Mothers
Dark bar, loud music. Â Gropey dudes. Â I felt as though a DB might corner me and grope me all night. Â And not a hot DB where you could say "OMG I was druuuuunk" and it is OK but a sleazy DB that no amount of alcohol can make seem ok. Â We just left. Â I think perhaps I needed to be more drunk or 10 years younger to dig it.
Review Source:If you are looking for a more interactive night with your friends, Mothers Too may be a place to check out. It offers a table for beer pong and two pool tables to play on. Â If you want to play pool, i think it was $9/hour on a Friday night. Â The tables are somewhat close to walls, so be prepared to make some awkward/uncomfortable shots. Â The tables are also somewhat near the bar area, so be prepared to make some new friends :) Â
Overall, my experience at this small bar would be best described as ...interesting.
Awesome place! All these reviews are silly! I went on a Sunday and the crowd was great. Everyone was friendly except a few dbags here and there but it's a bar so that's a given. The windows were open letting in an amazing breeze. The bartenders were really sweet and as for the cleanliness... Three points... It's a bar.. The pitchers were $7... It's not the ritz carlton so don't expect a bidet and an attendant in the bathroom! It was completely fine! Tiny but not really that dirty.
If you come during the day it's usually more relaxed but there is free pool and free beer pong if you want. At night it gets really busy but it's always been fun. The drinks are cheap too!
It was a cold night a few Fridays ago and my friend from out of town was sans coat, so we went to the first bar we saw. We both were instantly reminded of our undergraduate days as all drinks came with a free kamikaze shot. (Don't mind if I do!) Other patrons in the bar were playing beer pong. (Ah memories!)
It was somewhat early and not crowded thus we had seats. (a big plus) it was a fine place to have a quick drink or two to catch up, but I imagine later in the night this place gets more crowded and even "collegier." Â Will I go back specifically for this bar? Probs not. Â I'd give it 2.5 stars if I could.
I never understood why they opened this bar right next to the original Mother's. Â Don't go to this bar. Â If you're looking for a good time on Division st., just go to the original Mother's. Â This place is about as stanky as the drug addicts who patronize it on most nights. Â Division st. is very touristy and I think it gets overrun with college frat boy douche bags a lot too. Â But yeah this place is cheap but is dirty and I don't see why you would go there when you have the original next door.
Review Source:Meh is about it. Nothing wrong with the place, just nothing memorable either...except the pool table. Â They had one pool table, that was the pay-by-the-hour type. I don't mind playing pool on a sh*tty table with crappy equipment, it's pretty typical in bars, but not for pool hall prices.
Except for the door guy who was nice and helpful, the staff seemed meh too. The service was prompt and the product was fine, but the whole place was just bland. As bland as this review.....
The other Mothers, down the street, in the basement, was a whole different story though!
Went here tonight with my volleyball team since it's close to Oak Street Beach. The bar was pretty empty on a Tuesday night but I honestly wouldn't expect more. The place has beer pong and pool tables. I thought it was pretty cool that they had the ping pong balls in a candy machine. Insert a quarter, get a ball. We got pitchers of beer and played some pong. Windows were open so we could feel the cool breeze.
Though when one of the balls rolled next to bar I was kind of hesitant to pick it up. This old guy was sitting there but he kind of smelled and looked homeless. Then kind of scanning the bar, I realized that there was a pretty interesting crowd. Some old scruffy folks and some people who didn't look like they belonged. It was definitely a bit weird but guess you can't really reject service.
If I had to go back, I'd be a bit hesitant. But I guess if it's a team or group thing, I'm down.
I actually used to work the door at this place. Additionally, this review translates to every bar on Division between Rush and Clark.
Bottom Line Up Front: If you've been here, you probably have hepatitis.
I literally watched some junkie take a shit in the corner in July of 2006 when I was working the door.
You may ask, "hey asshole, weren't you supposed to stop him?" I would then ask you what exactly I could do to "stop" a meth-head from taking a shit in the corner. I also would have instructed you to get loud with a junkie and see what jumps off.
The people who go out down in the Clark and Division area seem confused. As the great Dolly Parton once said: "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap." Ladies wear expensive shoes and dresses (they look like a bunch of really classy skanks), guys in those stupid button downs that have fleur de lis plastered all over them and designer jeans. Around 2 the scene devolves into something out of Caligula with CPD whirling around on 4 wheelers and segways trying to break up intermittent fights/orgies in the street.
ok everybody, confession time... I was in a fraternity back in the day. the only reason I say this is because if you've been to a frat house party, you probably had to use the bathroom. At my house, the bathroom was one of the grossest things I've ever seen in my life. I would not let my mother in the house for fear that she would see the bathroom and force me to get de-loused, prison style. Anyway, the bathroom at my fraternity house was honestly cleaner than this one. You know you're in a classy place when someone has torn the urinal out of the wall more than once.
This was like the Double Deuce in Road House, except I wasn't getting paid enough to deal with "knife-boots" and people getting thrown through the front windows. BTW, if you're a super hot Doctor lady who's into dudes with feathered hair that live in barns, please friend me immediately.
This bar was so bad... I decided to go to barber college.
(If you didn't get that joke, go watch Road House.)
OMG!!!! Â I was surrounded by the drunkest people I have ever been around and it wasn't even 10pm yet. Â
Yes, they have a Ping Pong table for beer pong. Â Yes, there's a pool table. Â BUT, I wouldn't touch either with a 10-ft pole. Â The place is disgustingly not that great (to put it lightly). Â The patrons are barely of age (although, I did stay for a drink, so...)
Good news is, the night we went ladies received a free shots with each drink order. Â
Your choice if you want to come here. Â If anything, I can enjoy people watching here and there.
Totally out of my element!
I walked in to a ping pong table with plastic cups of water...beer pong. Â Classy. Â Also...a barely 21 whipper-snapper playing said classy game in a bear costume and a diaper. Â Sorta loud and obnoxious - in fact, just too many barely 21's! Â
What can I say? Â I'm old!
Truthfully, we were lured into this bar by the promise of free shots with our first drink. The waitress only brought them to the people who asked, though. Â Lame.
Also, almost stepped in vomit on my way out the door.
Just not impressed.
I came here on a Wednesday night on the invite of a friend to attend Stitch n' Bitch. I had so much fun! I have learned I officially suck at knitting, but I excel at Vodka tonic!
The bartender was awesome and fun and the girls who were there were great. The woman who was teaching was the most patient person I think I've ever met...considering she spent a half hour showing me how to make a slip knot...she's like a freakin' saint.
The clientele was mixed but chill...I would definitely go back during the week.
I am not sure if anyone in this place is of legal age to drink in the US...
I walked in there and was immediately bombarded by the acne-filled faces of teenagers shoving cheap shots down their throats. I then got hit in the head by a ping-pong ball covered in cheap beer. Always a good way to start out a bar excursion! When I went to the bar to try to purchase a drink, a washed up, bitchy bartender avoided me to talk to some teenage dorks. When I finally did get my shot, it tasted like battery acid. I doubt all of those underage kids would know the difference between battery acid and alcohol, so maybe that is a wise choice for the owners. Kill of Chicago idiot teenagers one shot at a time! Haha!
I was fighting off overly intoxicated losers on my way to the bathroom. Since only one person can go at a time and the place is so small you can see the bathroom from any given area in the bar, these intoxicated morons were able to follow me to the bathroom and continue to harass me while I was standing in line. Nice. You would think my disgusted facial expression and me repeating, "I HAVE A BOYFRIEND AND YOU ARE DISGUSTING" would deter these losers... but only at Rush & Division will the men persist in a situation like that!
If you want shitty service and to be surrounded by underage morons, this place is ace.
I keep ending up at this bar because it is close to my friend's place and it is open late. Â The last time I was there I definitely rocked the joint with my awesome mix of songs on the juke box. Â The bartenders even complimented me. Â However when I played "Walkin on Broken Glass" some girl tried to get up on one of the pool tables. Â
The over priced drinks and the clientele at this bar make for a disastrous combination. Â Creepy drunk men that would not leave me and my group of friends alone were a little too much. Â
The bar staff are usually friendly which is a saving grace of this over crowded, obnoxious bar.
Some come for the pool tables. I'll never come again. I'm pretty sure that the only thing I enjoyed was that I had a choice between popcorn and pretzels for a snacking option. Yes, I'm aware that any of them are likely contaminated with urine, but that's the risk one must take when drunk and desperate for a snack.
Review Source:I only come here because of the pool tables. I wouldn't want to come here on a Friday because it's really small. I always meet interesting people here though when I'm playing on the pool table.. so that's the highlight of mothers too
They have beer pong too which is cool, but it seems to attract obnoxious people.
My friend Heidi works here so it is definitely cool. They let me park my bike in their gated back alley on the day of the rally. I use the boys bathroom because it is cleaner. A shy European boy was confused when he saw me in there. He just walked away. I don't know where he peed at......-
Review Source:I went here one day after work with..co-workers. Â This place wasnt my choice.. but I wasnt going there for the atmosphere. Â Just to shoot the shit (and I guess some pool?) after work, although I am no fan of pool. Â The first draft I ordered.. the keg was definetly flat.. the next beer (different kind) ..again flat. Â Beer number three.. YAAAY, it was tasty.. oh Bud Light, I usually dont think of you first but you sure came through nice and tasty! Â
There were a few random regulars (from what I would assume) that just randomly introduced themselves.. which is GREAT since I am brand new here (and they were all pretty friendly/cool). Â There are some nice people, and some d-bags here. Â Which I guess is a given for Division bars from what I have gathered. Â The staff was pretty nice here. Â But..
The prices arent any draw, the flat beers arent any draw, the pool sharks arent any draw.. but if I step back in here for a few minutes sometime I wont be mad.. just intoxicated..
Also..
EXCELLENT JUKEBOX though. Â If you are an early 90s/underground hip-hop junkie like myself.. have some dollar bills and jukebox it up!!! Â
I gave this place two stars at the begining of the review but after thinking about the jukebox selection, Id give it two and a half if said rating was available.
This place is actually 2 different bars. its one bar sun-thu and another one fri and sat. I say its 2 different bars because of 2 things. the staff and the patrons are vastly different during both times.
Fridays and Saturdays are managed by the meanest woman in the world. Which makes sense- it has lamer patrons on those nights. typical division st crowd to be expected.
Sun- Thu has a different bar staff and a totally different feeling- Sonya is the bartender and she is pretty much universally loved for her sweet temper and strong drinks. Its mostly locals and regulars, and a much friendlier crowd- its pertty easy to get into a silly or serious conversation across the bar with a stranger. Sonya has board games and its not unheard of for a bunch of strangers to be playing something together. It has a steady following of regualrs for pool and they typically are unpretentious and friendly. Its what you make of it if you go in there hoping its Bar Chicago, well youll be disappointed, trixie.
But beware weekends and St. Patricks day, it sucks.
Mother's Too isn't totally awful, but it depends on when you go there, what you're trying to do with your night and who you are with. Â I have a friend who is a door guy here and so occasionally I'll stop in with a friend on a slow night to hang out and chat with him. Â
Yes, there are obnoxious pool players, yes there are people there who some people will always hate, but guess what? Â There are a few hundred other bars you can go to on the weekends to avoid said crowds. Â
Mother's Too is what it is, nothing more, nothing less, and they don't apologize for it either. Â I give three because from here, I can watch people get arrested walking out of The Leg Room and they have $7 pitchers on Sundays and other various specials during the week. Â Oh, and if you're into Wii, they're all about it during the week it seems.
This was another part of my 22nd birthday extravaganze of booze and making out that occurred along the Rush & Division strip.
The last stop of the night was Mother's too.
The door guy was beautiful. I couldn't tell you his name if you paid me, but holy shit he was so pretty. Unfortunately, I was probably too tanked to get a real coherant sentence out in his general direction, and if that truly was the case, he did an excellent job of humoring my drunk ass.
There are pool tables - which do not appear to exist in any of the other bars along this strip, as far as I am personally aware. If you drunkenly announce to the cute boy shooting pool that you will make out with him if he sinks this next shot - he will totally take you up on it.
...I was a bit of a makeout whore on my birthday that year. Whatever, I had a lovely time at Mother's Too.
THIS is the seventh circle of hell. Â Loud, obnoxious people getting hammered, getting in your face, and then vomiting. Â It must have some kind of magnetic effect on hoochie-mammas and dudes in sleeveless Ts. Â The entire area should be roped off so it can be like a game preserve for jackasses. Â It is after all their natural environment.
Review Source:They have pool tables and alcohol. Oh and peanuts.
That's about it.
I got the vibe it was like an after work place or something, everyone there was kinda older. Â Not a trendy feel. Â I could see coming here after work and shooting pool with a coworker I guess. Â The one weeknight and one weekend night I went there were no cute guys or girls. Â Not even the barstaff. Â Wtf. Â The door guy was cool and convinced us to stay a bit. Â Some guys invited us to play pool. Â We played and left. Â It was ok.
I don't know how many times I have to say it, but it's just another Rush & Division bar. Â Again...packed with tourists and drunken bachelor parties, it's not my favorite location in Chicago. Â However, the downstairs area is spacious and conducive to dancing, but I wouldn't go here without three things: my wallet, a decent buzz and a large group of drunken friends.
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