P.J. Clarke's

I bought a google deal ($20 for $40) and came here on a weekday afternoon.  The room you initially walk into was packed, but the restaurant/bar is huge (there is a whole basement-ish level.  We sat in the basement area and immediately regretted it.  ...To be honest, it kind of smelled like a damp bathroom and we could hear every footstep and stomp of people going up and down the stairs.

As for the service, it was great.

We ordered a round of beers and a Gold Coast appetizer platter (it had basically a little bit of everything..quesidillas, calamari, etc.)..essentially, one big sampler plate.

We hit our $40 mark, grabbed a to-go box, and left full.

The service started out shaky when the waitress said she didn't drink and then didn't know what Abita Purple Haze tasted like and challenged that she "could", with emphasis, find out what it tasted like.  But she DID and was friendly, and then the drinks and food flowed.  

AND THEY KNOCKED IT OUT OF U.S. COMISCULAR FIELD, into the old Comiskey parking lot.  Great job.  (No I'm not a Cubs sheep loving failure.)  

P.P. Clarke's has absolutely, positively fantastic reubens, the meatloaf sandwich, masked potato, martinis...  They knocked it out of the park.  Great job.  GREAT JOB.  Very friendly staff, they greeted you coming in, and that just was really nice too.  I give scathing reviews when justified and nit-pick.  And P.J. Clarke's just nailed it.

What can I say, I love hamburgers! This place had good hamburgers and great Mac n cheese.
Always packed but I guess that's a good thing.