Nick's Tavern

Nick's is an old time local bar with a lot of wood, a copper cieling, a grill, and some good vibes. It was the third stop on my Sunday bar trifecta. I'd already been to two places in Lockport and took it easy with a Bud, a shot of Jameson's, and a pound of hamburger.
   
    If you can consider eating a pound of ground animal parts taking it easy. I generally get them plain or with just cheddar so I can figure out if the patty stands by itself. It was pretty good for a premade burger. Grind or at least pound your own patties and the three stars turn into four.

   My brain, already pickled left me with worse short term retension than usual as far as names so the bartender, a Pittsburgh native, who currently runs Nick's, shall remain nameless. Although Matt pops into my head whether for good reason or not.

   Lemont has a few options that are worth looking into and Nick's is certainly one of them.

My bf picked this place. After hearing it was on Chicago's Best AND they served ONE LB burgers we had no choice but to go. Portion size is very important to him as you can see.

Nick's is located in downtown Lemont with plenty of street parking right out front. We visited this local hot spot on a Friday around 6pm. We were lucky to snag one of the last few open tables. The place was full of locals, a rowdy group of middle age women, 20 something guys taking shots of Patron at the bar, and other sipping on Coors Lights.

I was not quite up for the burger and did not want to take leftovers home. I opted for the Chicago-style hot dog. My bf got the burger. The hot dog was thick and juicy (yes, you! get your mind out of the gutter! ). Stuffed with onions, relish and mustard. I stole multiple bites of the burger and it was awesome. No twist on it. Just a burger done exactly how all American burgers should be done.  

A unique pitch. They pride themselves in NOT having fries. Hmmmmmm Although I think most of the time I would rather just not have fries especially if they are mediocre. However, tonight instead of mediocre fries I had mediocre BBQ chips. Skip those.  


While I thought the burger would be bigger, closer to this (<a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huddle.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F06%2Ffat-guy-eating-giant-hamburger.jpg&s=3580b5154fe846c034e6468b907f3f38dec4588aad69f49ac29e297750bc041e" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.huddle.com/bl…</a>)  at least it's less likely to make you hamburger shaped in the middle.

My husband and I just happened to be in town visiting family, and we wanted to come to Nick's after seeing it on Chicago's Best.

It took the bartender awhile to realize we were ready to order, but it was worth the overall wait.

We split the Nickburger between us,  and it was definitely as advertised. However, I wished I had ordered the whole thing, I still think I could've ate a whole burger. We knew it was 1 lb., but didn't realize it was a thinner patty.

This also seems like it's a White Sox bar/tavern which is fine (we're Sox fans!), so beware if you're a North Sider. You might get ignored.