The bartender is a sweetheart. That is the only reason I'm giving this place two stars.
The dude that runs Karaoke is a total douchbag dick. He came in and put Karaoke books on every table (all empty) and skipped right over us. He refused to play the song I wanted to sing too, apparently because I'm not a regular here and he's a nazi.
Karaoke nazi continued to make fun of the music we played on the jukebox and called us hippies. What a douche. Enjoy your life working in a dirthole you dirtbag loser.
I will never go back.
If you want to check out a good bar, head a couple blocks South to Village Tap.
Roscoe Village Pub sucks.
This place certainly can grow on you. Â It grew on me after a few visits. Â The regulars, once you get to know them, are pretty nice. Â There's one pool table inside and it's free on Sunday's. Â They also have a few board games available (monopoly, pictionary, etc.) but I've never seen anyone play.
Review Source:The RVP is awesome for what it is - a neighborhod karaoke bar.
Yes, there is going to be karaoke here on nearly a nightly basis. Yes, it will not be packed each night with groupon-toting kids looking for a beer or food special. Yes, they will have the grill hot during the warm months and let you bring your own meat to throw on there and cook. Yes, you will get to know the bartenders and the karaoke masters Will & Marz after just two visits. And yes, it is cash only and almost certainly you will get a 'beer on the house' each visit.
If you're looking for something else, this is not your place!
My friends always get excited whenever they head to this place. I never understood why. . . .until I went with them. All I can conclude from this experience is that I really need to find some new friends.
It was karaoke night when I went, and from what I can gather, it's karaoke night a lot at this place. While I hate any unnecessary noise in a bar or pub, I really can't stand it when that noise is being made by a human modulating his vocal cords in either impersonating a raptor, or the less desirable singing of rock and roll music.
Of course I know karaoke can be somewhat amusing. But it wasn't the tongue-in-cheek fun karaoke like a 70 something year old man singing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Instead it was fat, scruffy, middle aged men delivering energetic renditions of "Master of Puppets" fully convinced that they were, in fact, James Hetfield.
But that all didn't matter once I saw the draft beer selection. For a seedy looking joint that would probably consider pouring a can of Old Style into a Dixie cup as elegant, they had a good selection on tap. I ordered a Bass and paid only $5 which is impressive for this area. Everything was looking okay until I tasted how watered-down it was. Just to be fair, I ordered a pint of Fat Tire next and got the same thing. That was a deal breaker for me, and that's why I gave this place one star. I can look past these mid-forties burnouts and their wives dressed in leopard-print everything, but when you start fucking with my beer, we have a problem. I'd rather pay a $7 for a beer that was drinkable than $5 for a pint that was, at a minimum, 20% water.
I speak not only for myself but for all beer aficionados, you might be able to fool the lager boys with that kind of chicanery, but you're not going to get us.
My friends and I frequent the RVP and have come to know the staff very well. Â The bartenders are really nice and often have time to talk and hang out. Â The downside is that there is no food aside from bags of chips available, but there is a binder of take out. Â There's also a grill in back and we often bbq with staff and/or other regulars/patrons. Sometimes it gets a little quiet, but there is a pa for cds and an old school cd jukebox. Â The tvs need an update, but they are still visible from all angles of the bar.
Review Source:I'm not sure what to make of a bar that's completely dead at 10:00 p.m. on a Friday night. Â If it's a downtown happy hour place, it's alright because you closed at 9:00. Â If it's a late night place, it's alright because no one's showing up for another two hours. Â And I guess if it's a neighborhood joint, as RV Pub supposedly is, you assume that all the regulars have passed out on their own sauce at home, because why else would a bar be completely empty at 10:00 on a Friday night? Â
RV Pub will be worth a second visit, because I've driven or been driven by it a million times, and I'm sure there's more to the story. Â There has to be.
This a real bare bones "Dive".. Has some cool aspects such as exposed brick walls and really old wood floors plus a Smoking Patio out back... Staff is friendly and the Clientele varies widely from locals to younger and alot of patrons that look like they just got off the clock from the graveyard shift!!
Review Source:First and foremost, this friendly establishment is cash only. For me, that is very important because I have fallen victim to the plastic generation and never have cash on me. The ATM machine was also out of order the night I went...so...be prepared.
Continuing n, I'm with Rob L on this one, there aren't many things I dislike more than karaoke. I hate it. I will not sing it no matter what is at stake.
I went here the other night, a Friday to be exact, to catch the end of the Hawks game to find a white binder on our table. Which only meant one thing, karaoke night.
Kudos to those that do karaoke and are actally good. Kudos to those that aren't good and think they are but are having fun. I'm all for having fun, it just doesn't include singing.
I really liked this place, cozy little atmosphere with a friendly and attentive bartender. Nothing high class about the place and that's the way I like it.
I also like the conversation hearts decorating the mirror of the bar...I wonder what Kansas City Tom is all about?
I'll be back! Just not on karaoke night..
This is a great little corner neighborhood bar.  One of my good friends lives on Addison and Claremont and we stopped here after a beer run to the place across the street (yes, we stopped to get a beer on our way back from getting beer).  Like many of the other reviewers have stated, the place is really cozy.  I liked the smoking area out back that looks more like someones backyard than the back of a bar.  They broke out the glasses for us, I guess they knew we were high rollers.  Old  Family guy episodes on a tube TV and Fat Tire on tap beats 30 plasmas and extreme fajitas anyday.  Good times.
Review Source:There are many ways to get my heart racing. My blood pumping. My nerves rattled. My throat to tighten and for me to "freak out" just a little. Okay, really, it may be just one thing. I'll admit to it. Nothing gets to me more than karaoke. Nothing. I hate it. I don't hate those who can belt out a tune. No, they are the lucky ones. They can rise above the eyes and sing. Or those who can go balls to the wall and let it all hang out while singing "Walk Like an Egyptian". Nah, no hating, I just hate doing it.
I was here one weekend a little while ago for a friend's birthday party. Very much your typical neighborhood bar. Friendly bartender, cheap beer specials, small and intimate dive bar setting. My friend was craving some karaoke to sing out her to her inner idol. The place has what might be a regular attraction of karaoke on Friday nights. Oh joy. Well, I am glad the place was packed and I could simply pass the buck, celebrate my friends birthday have a drink or three and take a quick cab ride home to fall asleep. Aside from the karaoke, nothing seemed too happening or note worthy. However its not a bad little dive bar, not a bad one indeed.
This is the closest bar to my house. It's another of Chicago's divey neighborhood bars, with its share of locals and townies. They have karaoke on the weekends, but I have not experienced it. Sometimes they have free food for Bears games. People bring stuff and grill out back; great snausages, pork chops, guac and more. Jess, the bartender on Sundays, is a real hoot.
Review Source:Nothing too remarkable about the bar besides the fact that they have Metal Karaoke (though somehow the likes of Backstreet Boys and the Beatles sneak in there) and really cheap beer specials.
It's a nice neighborhood bar to visit if you are looking for some ridiculous drunken karaoke and cold beverages. Â Just dont let the bartender chick make you her special orange juice concoction - it's a killer. Â In a bad way.
This place is by far NOT amazing. Â BUT I'm giving it four stars for their cheap drinks, fairly good service, and most of all their Saturday night Karaoke. Â So much fun as it's never that crowded...making it a lot less embarrassing to belt out your favorite toon. Â Plus the patrons of the bar are supportive regardless! Â Overall the perfect equation for a fun evening.
Review Source:Your pool table is mine, Roscoe Village Pub.
Even after a completely unnecessary number of $2 Coors Light 22oz. beers in plastic cups, on top of the bellyful of beer I was already barely functioning with, and despite the 45 year old mill operator looking guy doing Korn karaoke (pretty well, frighteningly enough), I own that pool table.
You are a good bar. Â Not good like "a place I would recommend to others" but good like "I wreck shop on your pool table during sad, weird, please-make-it-stop karaoke." Â
You know what, though? Â I'm okay with that. Â Your man-tender laughed at my jokes, the neighborhooders graciously shook hands and smiled when they lost their pool table, the beer was DIRT CHEAP and the absolutely physics-defying gut hanging off your long haired karaoke man(?) was more apropos than hideous. Â I had a five star night at your two star bar. Â Thank you, RVP. Â Thank you. Â You are pretty swell.
Let's do it again, eh?
A bar that falls somewhere between corner tavern and Wrigleyville drunk shack, good times are usually had at this bar. Â Despite the prices on their premium taps and mixed drinks, I find the staff to be friendly and inviting for a good story or two. Â If you get along with them well enough you might wind up at a 4am bar to hear them vent about their job. Â Good times.
Thursday/Saturday Karaoke nights tend to be a good time and only one or two groups will dominate the procession on any given night; but I warn that the song book quality varies with the host for the night.
An unpretentious corner bar located at Leavitt and Addison (important to know, so you don't get it mixed up with the similarly named Village Tap on Roscoe Ave -- oh the hilarity that has caused in the past!).
There's usually a lot of activity here during Cubs games, and its location from Wrigley Field (stumbling distance, literally) brings in the post-game crowd. But, it doesn't get terribly crowded, and there are $6 pitchers of Bud; a decent jukebox; and a pool table (Sunday nights are free). Depending on your tolerance of off-key, drunk singing, be warned there's karaoke on Thursday and Saturday nights  (w/ a fairly deep catalog, tho). In all, it's a nice bar to get a cheap beer and maybe sing some Dolly Parton.
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