DO NOT ORDER LIQUOR!!!! they flip their bottles.  I ordered a Bacardi ginger three times.  All three times I had them redo my drinks.  They then started carrying  two marked Bacardi bottles on the bar. One behind the bar and one in the rail.  Warning. If you want to go to this bar order draft beer or bottle beer.  My boyfriend drinks ketel and never got a real ketel all night.
Review Source:I went for my second visit tonight, had a pretty good burger and chips. Â I was told that they are not accepting credit cards and that an ATM was available on site. Â I think that's a little strange for a bar unless there was some technical problem. Â Merchants having technical problems accepting credit cards is pretty rare in my experience. Â Technical problem or not, a cash only Saturday night is good for profits since they are not paying the bank commission and probably getting a piece of the ATM fess.
Review Source:Don't think that when I order two pops at the bar that you can ignore my request about how much they are.
Then, when I give you 20 dollars and I watch you input it through the restaurant system instead of the bar system, making a $4 tab $4.42, don't think I don't notice, watching you input it into the system, when you give me 15 dollars back instead of 15 and change.
That would be the thin brunette bartender on the first floor last night at about 11:30 pm with a heavy tan and quite some attitude.
It's called theft when you do that. Trying to point out the issue in a subtle way, then don't walk away from me when I request a receipt.
Owner: you should fire that bartender, she's playing funny with your restaurant  computer system.
I'm 33 years old with facial hair. Bouncer checked my ID three times before letting me in. Should I be flattered or think he's a moron?
My friend decided to have a graduation party there last night, changing venues to SoPo because they'd promised her the upstairs. Then, when we got there, deciding arbitrarily, the bar moved us downstairs. Then as the party showed up, they moved us back upstairs. The result was a lot of hassle over nothing. Hint to owners: when someone brings 30 new people into your bar, you don't push them around like that. Especially when they are a social node type.
Here's the kicker. Graduation girl hired a few dancers for upstairs. First one gets on her "box" to dance, and a roach crawls up on it. She freaks out, steps on it and kicks it off.
Thinking it is an isolated incident, I go to the men's room after I drank the pop without enough change. Roaches crawling on the men's toilet bowl (I didn't even know that was possible).
Wow.
I had so much difficulty finding a place in the area that could accept a large brunch party on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, when finally it was Sopo to the rescue!
They were able to accommodate our party and had decent food for a reasonable price. The mimosas were great, and on special. I wish I could have tried the bloody marys, but I'll leave that for next time. The people there are friendly but not so friendly that it's like they're a member of your party. All in all, I couldn't have asked for a better experience on such a hectic day!
Came here post-bachelorette nails at nail bar on Southport to watch the Derby around 3pm on 5/5. Â Place was moderately full for Cinco and the race.
Music, awesome mix of 80s and 90s, were were doing a lot of singing and booth dancing.
Specials, great! $5 margs and tequilla shots and quesidillas.
Service, great! Our waitress was super nice and attentive.
Food, only had a few orders of sweet potato and regular fries, but they were delish!
Owner gave us some free shots for it being my bachlorette party! So nice!
Overall experience was great, only reason I'm not giving it a 5 is because we didn't experience enough of the bar/food to really rate it that high. Â Will be backed based on the first experience here!
I enjoyed my chicken wrap and would most likely only go here when I have no other choices.
They have a patio which was great for my pup and I to take a seat and have a meal.
The menu is very brief and I like to have options. I didn't feel there was many appealing options. The drinks were just okay nothing special. If anything this grill would be comparable to average.
Our service was extremely slow, though our server was nice, I didn't feel she came to check on us or let us know a simple wrap and burger would take 30 mins to make.
I have been to Sopo a couple times now and each was a decent experience...I would actually rate them 3.5. Â
My first visit was for New Years Eve when a friend had a party in the upstairs area. Â Overall pretty good experience. Â It was packed but I was still able to get a drink but then they started running out of certain liquors. Â Odd - should have been more prepared. Â The other complaint I had was right before midnight no one was really aware - they didn't turn on the ball drop (they had sports or something else on the tvs) nor did they do a countdown or anything. Â Yes these are minor annoyances but worth noting.
I came back again to use a youswoop I had purchased and had a lovely dinner catching up with a friend. Â The food was better than I was anticipating from a bar. Â I had the harvest spinach salad with grilled chicken. Â It was quite tasty. Â Couple complaints - they turned off the Cubs game in favor of the White Sox game....given the proximity to Wrigley this was a big no-no and a few people were verbally upset. Â Also at about 9pm they turned the music up to the point where I felt like I was talking very loudly to my friend across the table. Â I know I'm at a bar and the music will be on but there was only a few tables in the entire place and the volume of the music seemed unnecessary. Â Just small complaints and nothing that will stop me from visiting again.
Sorry, haters, but I'm giving this place five stars.
First, $5 you-call-em Martinis. Any place that can serve me a tasty martini for under $6 is always good news in my book; so Sopo is my go-to bar after a hard day of learning and being yelled at by professors.
Second, their food specials are pretty good and upping the ante on their specials is that fact that the food is pretty good. I mean, it's not a restaurant, it's a bar-- but it's solid food anyway. I respect that.
Finally, whoever is controlling their Pandora playlist is the bomb. It's gotta be Empire of the Sun or something because they are always rocking some good tunes in there. Justice, MGMT, EotS. It's got a good vibe.
And it's right off the brown line!
YES, this is a Iowa Hawkeyes Bar, (Although I think they just joined the Chicago Hawkeye Bar scene to attract more patrons as there is no Iowa Hawkeyes feel in the atmosphere there or on the walls.) so they get one star for that. Beyond that it's a nice place, small, quaint, great place to go out on a date. I've met several girls here for a quick bite to eat and some drinks.
It's low lighting makes it a nice setting to feel comfortable on a first date. Small outpour patio, food is good, but nothing to write home to Mom about. Pretty limited menu. Bartenders and servers are nice, sometimes they tend to forget things, like silverware or that glass of water you asked for or a certain topping on the side. Not quite sure why.
Excellent Sangrias. My biggest complaint with this place is that it is not a 5 star restaurant or Tavern. They think very highly of themselves and sometimes come off a little arrogant. They are located in the Southport Corridor which is less then a mile from Wrigley so there are a lot of Cubs fans in the neighborhood including myself and a lot of times they will turn away people wearing jerseys. OK I get the no jersey thing, but you are IN WRIGLEY VILLE, hello SOPO? Did you forget where you were located. Bogus.
Beware no Cubs Jerseys allowed. Very Strange.
This. place. is. terrible. My final experience with them was par for the course. Walked in on Saturday evening and grabbed an open table directly next to the server station. Our arrival was obvious yet 15 minutes went by with me repeatedly making eye contact with the server. When she still had not visited our table, I got up and asked if she knew who our server was. "Oh, it's me. Sorry." Fine, fine. Second chance. She comes over with water and menus. Doesn't come back for another 15 minutes and I have to grab her again. We order, water runs out, no visit. Food arrives, dish is messed up and I don't even bother to mention it. No silverware or napkins so I just start grabbing things myself. She sees me and doesn't mind at all. I'm obviously making her job easier.
Also, this place has a "guy blasting crappy tunes from a macbook". I won't call him a DJ because he's obviously not but he seems to think that cranking the volume up and down randomly makes up for his lack of turntable.
Good luck SOPO. I give it one year until you're another forgotten, failed Southport restaurant - you'd be the most deserving one of all.
Great easy to get to location right off of the Southport Brown line stop. Â They have very good specials on the weeknights. Â The bartenders there are some of the nicest and best I have found in Chicago. Â I was there with a group of friends and they really liked a special cocktail that the bartender had created. Â Since they kept ordering the drink over and over, the bartender started making it for them by the pitcher.
They also have a great party room upstairs.
I had no idea there was a dance floor upstairs! Yelp tells me everything!
But my Sopo experience was just a burger on the patio on burger night. Super cheap burger. $3 I believe? Basic, but yummy. The patio is small, nothing special. Service was a-ok.
I'd come back for a cheap burger, as my friend lives around the corner. Â I'll have to try out the dancefloor some time....
I was a regular customer at Sopo for over a year when I scheduled a meeting with the owner, Colin, to help with brunch on Sunday.
He scheduled three different meetings with me. Â I showed up in business clothes and re-arranged my schedule for all three meetings. Â All three times, he wasn't there. Â After the third time he ditched me, he didn't reply to any email.
His actions came off as flaky and disrespectful.
The result? Â My friends and I are no longer Sopo customers.
Not a huge fan of this place. A group of 4 of us headed there on a Thursday night. We got there pretty early, around 6:30 for dinner, so the place was not crowded at all.
We were told to sit anywhere. Within a few seconds, our waitress appeared and asked if we wanted drinks. We were considering a pitcher of sangria, and told her we needed a minute. Well, that minute turned into 20 of them. Once our drinks came, our waitress hurried off and the same thing happened for our food order - we waited a ton for her to come back. I'd understand if it was busy, but it was not.
I will admit that the white sangria was pretty tasty. The margaritas were not very good though. And the food was under average too. I had the El Sombrero burger. It was on the small-ish side, and the burgers don't even come with fries. They come with chips and it's an additional charge if you want fries. Really?
Finally, the music. As I said, we were there early on a Thursday night. Not midnight on a Saturday. No need for the music to be blaring so loud that I can't even hear the person sitting next to me.
Overall, I have experienced better at other establishments. Next time, I'll meet up with the girls at Messner's or Mystic Celt, both not too far away on Southport.
Our tale begins with a girl named Amanda. Â See, it was about to be Amanda's 23rd birthday and her friends decided to plan her a little party. Â They all love to dance their little tushes off and were looking for a hot little spot in Lakeview to facilitate this passion of theirs. Â Along came Sopo. Â With its offerings of $25 drink deals, dance floors, and a sure-fire good time, Amanda's friends jumped at the chance to show their birthday girl just how much they cared about making this night a night to remember. Â Some phone calls were made to Seth, the "party planner', and, thus, the evening was planned. Â The group was tingling with anticipation for the night ahead of them.
Ok, enough of that. Cue bad times.
Our group of 20 people got to Sopo, got our wristbands, and walked up to the bar. Â There were 2 girls behind it and the manager next to it. Â We inquired about the dance floor upstairs and one of the girls behind the bar, just for the sake of reality we'll call her Satan, told us with a totally uncalled for, priggish tone that the dance floor would not be accessible that night (it was a Friday by the way). Why a dance floor, which is one of the draws of the bar, would not be open on a Friday night is beyond me. Â I immediately went outside to call Seth the "party planner" to inquire about this phantom dance floor and, of course, couldn't get a hold of him. Â
What tops it all, and I wish I were joking, was when our friend, Ben, got kicked out. Â He was standing by the bar, apparently in the way of one of the waitresses, and the mananger told him to get out of the way. Â Ben didn't hear what he said, only his demeaning tone, and exchanged a few words. The manager then pushed him TO THE GROUND and started yelling in his face. Â Ben finally got up and the manager pushed him outside where the bouncer started PUNCHING HIM IN THE FACE. Â Another friend went out to try to break things up and the bouncer started PUNCHING HIM TOO! Â The rest of the party was pretty clueless to these going's on because we got unlimited alcohol for 3 hours...so we were pretty oblivous to most things.
I'm giving this place 2 stars for the mere fact that the dj they had there was not only really good, but cool as hell. Â So Sopo, you suck in every way possible besides your dj.....who has amazing talent with no dance floor to romance.
"Amazing white wine sangria & hottie spotting!" - it's Sopo's claim to fame....... In case you weren't reading my truthful diatribe.
First off, to be fair: I'm a southsider, actually from Chicago, not a former sorority girl, not fresh out of college, and maybe a little bit hipster in the minds of a few. So I'm not in my element here. However, I have to be honest...I don't want to sound like a bitch to my boyfriend's friends who may read this, but this place is in the top three of worst bars I've been to in the city. It wasn't really the service that was bad, or the open bar bracelet promotion. It was the people who hang out here and the awful music they played.
Let me elaborate.
We came here for a private party on the second floor...except it was nowhere even remotely close to private. There were 2 other parties going on at the same time, and early in the evening (930-10ish) the crowd was sparse to the point of the party seeming really lame. All three parties actually. Which was bizarre considering it was open bar starting at 830 - you should get your money's worth at least, without having to slam down all the drinks in the last half hour. It did cost you $25 to get in, after all.
One plus here was you were not required to buy a bracelet - this is huge for me because I'm epileptic and can't drink $25 worth of booze, I am not supposed to really drink at all, but I've discovered a drink or two is fine. So I get pissed at requirements to buy wristbands, and successfully didn't have to. My sister bought one though, and she kept trying to get two drinks at the same time, and the bartenders were assholes about it. Once again, I get that. They aren't dumb, and figure you are getting freebies for your buddies. HOWEVER, they did not need to give her a half-empty bottle of Amstel for trying to do so. That's disgusting...what if someone drank out of that? After that incident she gave me her wristband (small hands come in handy) and left. Can't say I blame her.
After she left, the crowd started to get quite a bit larger. I asked Brian where his button-down shirt was because he was seriously the only person here NOT wearing a button-down shirt with rolled-up sleeves, jeans and dress shoes. There was one beat-off trying to look like an Adam Lambert look-alike, and a guy with a camoflauge hat and a pink shirt who said he'd been drinking since 10am watching soccer and in typical northside fashion continued drinking all day. Sorry, but that shit gets old real quick, and luckily I won't be seeing you in AA because I fortunately don't have a drinking problem like the majority of people who hang out around here.
Anyways, let me sum this up. An entire packed upstairs of a bar, singing along to Miley Cyrus "Party in the USA" like it's a fucking anthem, dancing to it too. I was done right then and there. Am I really getting that old at 26? Am I just not enough of a tool? I mean, am I crazy for thinking "wow, I don't want to sing along with Hannah Montana?" Apparently compared to this crowd I was. But at least we can say that song is current, unlike most of the other terrible songs they played. That "steal my sunshine" song. "Hey! must be the money!!" remember when this was quasi-cool back in like 1995? How about we keep it in 1995...it was like being at a wedding or something...and the sound quality was bad. Not that you need a quality system to play what they were playing...
Finally, the open bar til midnight apparently ended at 1130...so I was able to score exactly ONE drink for $25. Thank god for my beating the system and sharing that wristband.
I would give it a 3.5 if I could. I was not expecting much from Sopo, but maybe that's exactly the right attitude to go into any restaurant experience with...the hype is almost always disappointing.
I was working late and meeting the boyfriend somewhere near his place for a quick dinner, and we'd been meaning to try Sopo after he'd heard good things from a friend. Â I had been here once before for the food a few years ago (was not impressed) and had been out there for a night of boozin. Â I was not super excited but was willing to give it one more shot because the menu looked pretty good.
I got the steak fajita panini and it was good, but I'm not sure if I'm sold on the concept. Â Growing up on lots of Mexican food, I kind of think fajitas should always belong with a tortilla in hand. However, the panini aspect was good, but I think next time I will go the grilled veggie route (I saw the table next to us get it and it looked great). Â
What I couldn't get enough of was The Alpine Burger my boyfriend got, and this was very clear from the multiple bites I stole from him. Â I assumed their burgers would be your typical pub burger, but this was a serious chunk of meat that was seasoned and cooked perfectly with delicious fixins. Â
They also offer sweet potato fries which I always appreciate, but I have to say that I actually like their regular fries better (that is rare for me).
A couple not-so-great things: the iced tea is kinda gross, it was crazy busy for a Thursday night (people were waiting for tables), really loud as in it was hard to hear across the small table, our server  was okay (not great) but there was a waiter floating around that was Mr. Personality...and I wish he would have waited on our table.
Awww....Sopo. An old favorite. Â Some of the fun of bachelorette parties is revisiting the old faves.
And while I feel MUCH older not much has changed about Sopo over the past 5 years. Â It's still absolutely packed with a group of early to mid 20 somethings, they play fun music and getting a table/drink can be nearly impossible. We were lucky enough to score a table last weekend, but I gave up on that drink after trying to flag down a waitress a few times. Â Apparently I had more patience 5 years ago....
Not sure how I feel about this place. So I've decided to write an "A-OK vs. Meh, I've experienced better.." list to try to sort out my feelings. Here I go:
A-OK: 1) The food was actually pretty good. I ordered the nachos which had fresh pico de gallo and didn't have a low quality "movie nachos" taste. They tasted very fresh and were actually pretty tasty. I also ordered the "Parmesan flat bread" -which was basically pizza. I thought it would maybe be a thick or unusual bread with a more solid cheese and fresh veggies. But it was just pizza ( it was good anyway). 2) I liked the upstairs seating area. We got there early and beat the crowd, so we had a little couch all to ourselves before the birthday girl arrived. It was nice to sit on a comfortable couch and drink and catch up with my friends. 3) The staff upstairs was so nice, especially Reggie the bartender, who was so accommodating and was always friendly and joked around.
Meh, I've experienced Better: 1) THE NOISE! OK, I'll admit it -I'm "old" by barhopping standards, I suppose. But isn't the point of going out to actually socialize with your friends? Initially, it was OK (we were admittedly 3 of about 7 people there. However, as the night went on, and more and more obnoxious "preppy" college kids showed up, it became pretty unbearable. Which leads me to 2) The ANNOYING PEOPLE: These were the type of people who scared me away from going away to school ( I went to a local private school instead -thank god.) Maybe I was this annoying at 21 -I don't know. But these kids were really, really loud, obnoxious and annoying. They should have lowered or cut off the music, given that it was so noisy anyway. We left at about 11:30 because I was about to go postal at that point!
So, in conclusion -I would say if you could organize several parties with your own crowd and monopolize the room by yourself, it is a really nice place with good food and drinks and a friendly staff. However, don't plan on socializing with anyone beside the person right next to you (group conversations would be difficult) or meeting anyone intelligent over the age of 18 there -oh wait -maybe they were 21 years old. Â Funny, I couldn't tell by there alarming lack of maturity and frat house antics. (Some people ARRIVED drunk by 9pm!)
I hate to give bad reviews, but I would never go back so I have to rate it a "Meh..." for this one. Sorry Reggie -you are so sweet!
Proceed with caution my friends....
***YAWN***
Sopo really doesn't do it for me. I get that they're trying to carve out a niche in the crowded Southport bar universe and create a more loungey sophisticated environment than say the raucous drink-fest at Mystic Celt across the street. But after one drink here on a Saturday night, all I felt like doing was taking a nap, leaving, or some combination of the two.
On a side note, I'm not sure what Sopo means, but if it stands for Southport, then I will officially never return. Everyone has gotten portmanteau crazy as of late (e.g. SoNo= South of North, Chillax = Chill + Relax, etc.) and it's driving me nuts.
I'm maintaining my two star review. This is why:
1. I came by SoPo for a private party. Yeah... not so private. Management booked 5 separate private parties in the upstairs room! On the same night! It was packed tighter than Ron Jeremy in a pair of Speedos.
2. The music was questionable. Wang Chung? Really?
3. Due to the cramped quarters and oodles of bodies, I felt like I was in a college bar. Or Lincoln Park. Take your pick.
I would forewarn people looking to set up a private party at SoPo that you probably won't have the upstairs exclusively for your party.
Funny side note: My friend who had the birthday told me she complained to the manager a bunch of times about the overbooking and he kept feeding her free shots to "probably shut me up." $20 says she pukes tonight.
Sopo Lounge is awesome for a few reasons. First off, it's right off of the Southport stop.
When I went, they had food and drink specials and I actually had a coupon for buy one entree get one free.
I ended up getting a sandwich, which was delicious, and an equally awesome martini.
The food came quickly and the atmosphere was friendly. Granted, it was about 7 o'clock at night and we sat outside, thus avoiding the usual bar crowd that I sort of cringe when I see them in there usually.
I'll definitely go back again.
I attended a party hosted by a friend of a friend of friend of a...wait, I think that's it. The party was held on the second floor which was a decent size space enough to hold 3-4 other private parties at the same time (esp. on a Saturday night). Â My friends and I mingled upstairs as well downstairs but preferred hanging out upstairs (much roomier).
I can't comment on the food since we didn't have any, but the drinks were strong and plentiful. I know I'm getting older when I can't take advantage of the drink specials as much as I used to handle. $30 for the party for all you can drink: beer, wine, and sangria (and others I can't think of now). The party had me at sangria. My one and only glass of sangria was tasty but strong, and I had to move on to something else. Service was good for having one bar and two bartenders for the drunk partiers. Crowd was so-so, and at times I felt (and probably was) older than 80% of them. Ah well. We had a good time, and I wouldn't look over this place if I wanted to host a private party.
Just as Coobah, I have to admit I only had drinks here last night and I walked across the street - hence the double bar review.
I think "some" of what is reviewed here is accurate about Sopo, but much of it I've never experienced....yes the music can get a bit loud, but bartenders tend to take care of you, though perhaps not as friendly as Coobah. Â I'm never there on weekends, so the place is never too packed as I always find a seat.
Drinks are fine as is pricing and I like the decor albeit sparse that it is. Â It is a good bar for a little pub crawling in Southport.
We came here on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Â It was pretty empty except for a couple patrons. Â We grabbed one of the large booths and made ourselves comfortable on the faux ostrich leather seats.
My friends used to frequent this place when they were living in Chicago mainly for their tasty chocolate martinis and hearty bloody marys. Â I got to try both and they were comparable in quality to their price. Â The bar is kind of small, but they have a few beers on tap such as Blue Moon, Goose Island, Miller Lite, and Guinness.
We also ordered a chocolate cake dessert and sweet potato fries to munch on while watching a baseball game. Â The cake was warm, rich, and slightly sweeter than I'm used to but nonetheless a welcome treat on a brisk Chicago day. Â The sweet potato fries were hot and crisp, and came with a side of ketchup. Â I kind of understand a few of the reviewers gripes about service. Â The staff isn't mean or anything, but could use a bit more training. Â Sopo would probably be about 3.5 stars, but gets an extra half for the awesome BM price~
I'm still feeling the $3.00 Blue Moons from last night as I am writing this...at work. Yowzers. Anyway, met up with some friends last night and had a wonderful time at SoPo. I had never been here before, so I was excited to try out a new place.
I ended up getting there a bit late & everyone had already eaten, but that didn't stop me! I got a bowl of the Chicken Tortilla soup, which was okay. Not bad, but not good. I heard the blackened steak salad was great, but I generally don't like "blackened" meats so I did not get it. $3.00 Blue Moons was my drink of choice, but ended up drinking some wine since it was 1/2 off bottle of wines and a friend had to leave early.
The bartender was great. The waitress was so, so friendly and accomodating. The atmosphere was great. I will most definitely be back!
Wed Nights... $5 Salads-5 to choose from, $12 pitcher Sangria, white, red, or mixed!! They give you a TON of Sangria, wayyy more than other Tapas places I've been to. It's strong AND there isn't a load of fruits in it like other places that take up half the pitcher.
I had the blackened steak salad which was a 7/10 in my opinion. The steak was really good and the salad was just ok. All in all, my experience was good and they already have specials.
The boneless buffalo apps looked really good and plentiful!
Will come back again on Wednesdays!
I've never come later at night, only  early on weekday evening. They have good specials during the week - Wednesday is $2 sangria (damn tasty) and 1/2 price appetizers. The barbeque chicken skewers were really good, especially for $3, and the chicken quesadillas were...chicken quesadillas.
I've always sat at the bar and service has been pretty apathetic. But two people can get semi-drunk and very full for less than $20, so it's nothing if not a bargain.
HOW DOES THIS PLACE HAVE 3 1/2 STARS?! Â Since I didn't come here for food, I can only assume there are free solid gold babies during dining hours to get that kind of rating. Â
Some friends and I came here to meet up with a friend on her birthday. Â It was beyond packed and you could smell the overdose of cologne and perfume from a mile away. Â A bunch of meaty guys with overly gelled hair and identical collared shirts were hovered around the door and I was already having a reflexive cringe walking in. Â After being smashed in the face with cleavage, more gelled hair, and an ambundance of tacky sequins, my friends and I managed to get out barely alive (barely) and running. Â Not only was it impossible to even get one drink, we weren't even able to find our friend in the masses. Â Â
No, thanks!
This is the perfect place if you're 23, just broke up with your boyfriend and need a crazy night with the girls. Â Here you will find fresh out of college boys (so cute! ... as long as they don't open their mouths), sorority sisters gossiping in the ladies room (and squealing in delight as they get THE text message from their special boy) and bartenders with fake tans, big boobs, glitter and way too much eye liner (apologies for the massive run on sentence).
Sopo is packed on Saturday night. Â So much so that you are not able to move more than six inches at a time. Â The music is hip - R&B, Alternative Rock, etc. Typical bar food/drinks. Â
I do not suggest this place if you're over 25. Then you can move up to Rockit for higher quality bar food.
The bartenders were boobtastic. I was afraid I might get walloped in the face with one. Then again they appeared to be shallacked with glitter, and stuffed into their shirts...so maybe it was safe.
Either way, unless you were male they weren't paying much attention. If I am going to be anywhere near Southport on a Saturday night, I best be getting some drinks in me.
The crowd was STALE. Overpriced drinks, overly crowded.
When it first opened (or near to), I went there for appetizers and remember them being tasty. Â Went there last nite, it was pretty empty, yet the service sucked. Â The waitress covered herself at the end by apologizing for the delay by the kitchen...um...you should have told us that while we were waiting, and it wasn't even like we ordered that much or there were many people. Â We had the spinach artichoke dip and the vegetarian panini, and both were very bland.
Don't intend to go back. Â Too many other places on Southport to frequent.
Great lounge atmosphere, not too loud and definitely inviting. Â Had a great time w/ a group of gfs. Â Tasty appetizers. Â A fairly good deal on the food even w/out the evening specials. Â Their paninis are humongous, we were all starving and everyone who ordered one could barely finish half. Â Interesting martini concoctions.
Service was pretty good, our server checked in on us every 15 minutes or so about drinks. Â And she had no problems splitting our bill amongst 3 credit cards.
I would definitely come back for a girls night out =)
Hmm, how to put this nicely... Â I'm not gonna come out and call the waitresses dumb... buuuut ok, I will. Â Most of em are pretty dumb. Â Cute girls but just not a lot goin on upstairs. Â And it's not like they have one or two dingy ones... Â I used to live around the corner and went here all the time and I seriously have not once had even an average waitress. Â
However, the food is both good and cheap... especially if you hit those specials. Â So if you've got time to kill and want a decent, economic meal, check it out. Â Avoid evening bar hours - pixie/fratty crowd.
Me and my roommates go here every Monday night after work because of their awesome special. Â Usually their sirloin burgers w/ fries are $6 but on Monday it's only $2. Â My roommates like to kick back and enjoy some beers with their burgers but I personally like their sangria. Â The sangria is very sweet and fruity - perfect amount of alcohol. Â Drink the sangria while you're waiting for food on an empty stomach for that perfect after-work buzz. Â Don't expect fast service though, it's pretty busy. Â The service is not terrible but not amazing, I'd say it's adequate. Â Sometimes you get stuck with a bad server but some of their servers are really nice, all girls BTW. Â While you're waiting, enjoy the eye-candy because unlike the other bars on Southport, there are actually attractive people here.
I noticed that Southport has many bars catering to the late 20's, early 30's crowd of left-on-the-shelf woman and desperate lonely men. Â SOPO, unlike the other bars, is actually filled with the fresh-out-of-college young professional crowd. Â However, I have never seen anyone try to pickup someone. Â It seems to be a cool place to just hang-out with friends after work. Â However, you could try to be "That Guy" and maybe you'll get lucky if you have some game.
Since this is long let's sum it up into:
Pros: Best Monday deal - awesome burger w/ fries for $2 special, Â attractive younger crowd, attractive servers who all happen to be girls
Cons: Service time is so-so because it's fairly packed on Mondays, right under the Southport line so if you sit outside it's noisy.
Random fact: You can't get the special to-go.
Don't try to go after a Cubs game - filled with idiots. Also, gets very crowded and I once had a trixie spill a red drink all over my brand new white top without even apologizing. I could have cracked her over my knee! But I'm not bitter.
Yummy sangria, and less obnxious staff than one of their other spots (Bar Celona). Food is decent, and you can't beat the price!
Cool and nearly unpretentious, great look with dark woods, browns and oranges, offset by shabby-chic lighting and deep turquoise-tiled booth tables. Plush, DEEP booths could house small families.
There will be the occasional Chach or Chachi's (pl.) one of which I saw robot-dance.
Not bad drink deals, good food, very nice breakfast menu too.(Cheap breakfast burritos post-hangover are terrif). Â
Staff is iffy. Â One waitress I overheard saying "you take that table, I f*cking hate kids". Â I loved her immediately. Â I also overheard the busboy later asking "but what if you had a boyfriend, and you got pregnant" and she said "I'd sell it." Â A+. Â Seriously, if anyone knows this person give me a heads-up.
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