Tailgator's

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  My fav local place to hang on a week night.  The patio is spacious and they have a good set of bags that are always open.
  
  Pretty slow on weekends, though.  Not a whole lot going on.
  
  Dick is the best :)  Makes good drink and good jokes.  Perfect bartender!

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  Posted on 08.29.12 Ashley B.

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  Not a bad bar although having a television over the cigarette machine and away from everything is perhaps the stupidest thing I have seen in a bar. The fireplace is nice and this bar was alot nicer looking than I expected from driving by many times. The service was good and this is a typical South suburban bar.

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  Posted on 01.16.12 Andy M.

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  It really is easy to miss.  It is sandwiched between SW Highway and Fox's.  So, eat at Fox's and hit this place to watch the game afterwards.  I disagree with Dave.  This bar would be classified as a dive bar.  That is to say, it's dimly lit, people are dressed very very casually, they have very inexpensive beer options ($1 Bush Light cans) in addition to the traditional domestic options (Bud & Miller).
  It also had darts and other games including an old-school bowling game with a metal disk that slides down a small lane to pop up pins, and a golf video game which I believe was Golden Tee.  They also sold peanuts and gave away popcorn (but the popcorn in the machine looked a little stale by 10pm).
  The night I went there was a mix of young and old (early 30's to late 50's) who were all friendly.  I stayed there the whole first half of the Cowboy/Jets game chatting about fantasy football, which decade had the best music, and 9/11.  I will definately be back.

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  Posted on 09.12.11 Mark C.

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  About as fun a place as one can go to on the Southside-- reasonable drinks, nice people, god bar ambiance, and a place where you can hear the jukebox!!!!!  Its a blast

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  Posted on 03.20.11 Benjamin C.

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  If you're looking for a clean, friendly, decently priced bar on the SW side of Chicago, this is your place.  Everyone needs their 'local' spot for those nights where you can use a friendly face and no place has done it better than this at TailGators.
  
  They have a very decent beer garden in the summer and in the wintertime, there are enough bar stools, tables and booths for everyone to get a nice spot in front of the several big screen / projection screen TV's in th bar.
  
  One of the downsides is that there isnt a kitchen, but a little tip for you newbies, you can ask any of the staff for a menu to next door Fox's Pizza and they'll deliver the food directly to your table.

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  Posted on 02.04.10 Matt P.

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  Upon first glance I really thought that I was not going to be all impressed with this place.  It is located on a very busy stip of South Cicero Ave and if you blink you are going to miss this place.  It is located just north of SW Highway.
  
  This is a very long, narrow building and I really expected it to be somewhat of a dive.  Much to my suprise, it is really well kept up.  The service was great and the drinks were not even close to being expensive.  The crowd was more of a 20-something crowd but everyone was really super-chill and we met some fun people here.

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  Posted on 03.15.07 Dave S.

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