Old Chicago

I've been eating here for several years because I can walk to it, but I think it's been going a bit downhill for awhile:

Wow, I thought it was just me, but was surprised that other people get diarrhea here too!  Hamburgers, Calzones, etc taste great, but I only DON'T diarrhea if I get a pizza.  If you ask me that's really, really bad.  My wife seems unaffected though.

On the subject of pizza, they stopped serving their hand-tossed pizza in favor of an oil-soaked fried thin-crust about 6 months ago.  First few bites taste great, but then I'm just disgusted.

I used to go here for a late happy hour for snacks.  They stopped serving them in the main dining area and are only available in the bar, where the music is often too loud.  Plus the snacks are such healthy things like pepperoni rolls, cheese covered fries, etc.  Well, you get the picture.

Service has gone downhill too.  My impression is they've cut servers, but I don't know for sure.

This is all not good, especially when a  BJ's Restaurant just opened down the street.

End result?  I've pretty much stopped going here.

The good: they usually have a really good draft beer selection with pretty good prices.  The World Beer Tour card is fun and is a pretty good deal with occasional freebies on it.

Used to love Old C's but this one is seriously going downhill. Service worse than ever. Music too loud and obnoxious.  Have to ask for local sports.  Again, service way below satisfactory. Seriously used to be one of my favs.

This is definitely one of the more "meh" Old Chicago's that I've been to. I love their food, and their beer selection, so I'm usually a fan.

This time, I went just for a drink at the bar, so I'll admit I didn't try the food. However, the bar experience definitely left a lot to be desired.

I ordered a gin and tonic and some pizza sliders to munch on. Our server was nice, but made some pretty rare appearances beyond getting our order and dropping things off.

Our drinks took about 10 minutes, which was a little long given the fact that there were maybe 4 other people in the bar area at the time. My drink was incredibly weak, and didn't even give me a buzz-kind of a waste of $6.

So despite friendly service, it was also slow, and the drink was weak and not worth the money.

I might come back again if I'm in FoCo for dinner, but I wasn't very impressed.