Underground Lounge

Went here for St. Patty's 2013.  No line, which was a plus.  The place filled up quickly and was a good crowd.  Several weird things happened.  1st, the bar only owns 8 shot glasses.  I ordered 10 car bombs.  The bartender wanted to serve our shots in plastic cups.  Doesn't really work for car bombs.  He also warned us not to steal the glass shot glasses he gave us.  Ok....  They need to be prepared for a holiday like St. Patrick's day.  Secondly, 2 girls literally got stuck in the bathroom.  The door was wedged shut and the bartended couldn't even get it open.  A larger, stronger patron of the bar had to pry it open.  Dive bar indeed.  Still had a good time though.

Wow a place in Wrigley that's not a douche hole. Like drinking in the basement I live in. Check it out.

We went here last night for a friend's birthday party. It's not your typical Wrigleyville bar, which is a plus in my book. Anytime someone asks me to go to a bar in Wrigleyville, I immediately flip through my book of excuses not to go. I'm glad I went to this bar though - not really because of the bar itself but because I saw some old friends that I hadn't seen in years.

The place itself is fairly small and dark and dingy. It's the epitome of a dive bar (and I mean that in the best possible way). I'd imagine it'd be a nice neighborhood bar to go to if I actually lived in the neighborhood (thankfully, I don't - I hate Wrigleyville and all the drunk Cubs fans). There is a stage in the front where my friend had a band, the Goodyear Pimps (who, by the way, were very good), play. The sound and acoustics in the bar was surprisingly good.  I didn't stay too long though because I was pretty tired from a long week. I did stay long enough to have a PBR (everyone else was drinking it and it seemed like it was the only beer available). The PBR had a strange after-taste and I decided that would be the last drink I ordered for the night.