Pop's Bar and Grill

This was really fun.  My son's car was in the shop and we stopped here before we picked it up.  This is not a fancy restaurant - I'd classify it as a sports bar "wannabe". I say that because we were there when the Bulls game was on, and there were only a handful of people there.

They have a great beer selection - lots of craft beers.  Their menu is bar food - pizza, wraps, hamburgers, etc.  Jon had a chicken wrap, I had a "hangover cure hamburger" - all of their burgers are 1/2 pound.  This one had bacon, a fried egg and cheese (I had them hold the cheese).  I had a amber bock beer of some kind that was on tap. They have a wide variety of sides to choose from - cole slaw, fries, waffle fries, tater tots and there were a few other things too.

The service was a little slow, but not too bad.  The wait staff was very friendly - I love it when the servers seem genuinely happy when you're there.  And, the food was really good.  There were TVs everywhere, most of them had the Bulls game on so we had a great view.

The bar itself is very nice.  Lots of barstools.  There are no booths of restaurant tables.  There are large, high tables that seat 10 or so.  When we were there, Jon and I sat at one table.  There was an older guy sitting at the table next to us nursing a whiskey.  But, there were about a dozen or so sitting around the bar doing shots and beer....

I'll definitely be back. This is right in downtown Palatine a couple of block from the train station.  Convenient, good food, good beer and good service.

NOT a friendly place at all. If you don't mined a waitress calling you a dick and having a bouncer choke hold you then this might be your type of place. Also if you have a complaint and you call and ask for a manager they just hang up. I will never return again.

Good clean place. Really can't complain...looking for parkings sucks though....