Decent spot. Â Good beer selection. Â They have all of "Wild Onion" beers on tap which is a nice local touch. Â Menu is pretty standard. Â Burgers, pizza, wings, and other type of bar fare. Â It's a bit pricey in here. Â You really have to work the specials, which there really aren't that many. Â It's not a place where you go with your buddies to "tie one on" and watch a game. Â You'll be broke.
Big bar area. Â They have big tables which are really nice for groups of six or more. Â The only issue I have with this place is if you are sitting at the bar, you have to crank your neck straight up to see the tv's. Â If you're at a table in the bar area you area bout 3 feet below the bar so there is usually somebody blocking the tv's. Best to get a big group and lock down one of those big tables across from the bar. Â Good viewing and lots of room. Â Plus your elevated. Â There is a big room below that has plenty of seating and a big screen to watch the game, I have never sat down there.
All in all it's pretty standard. Â Only one urinal in bathroom with one shitter. Â Always a line. Â Somebody dueces in there and you might as well leave. Â The patio is decent in the summer. Â Average service.
Can get a bit crowded on weekends, but that's usually not a bad thing. Â
Great food--I love the ribeye stacker. Â Get it full and take the other half home--no brainer for an extra three bucks. Â I've only eaten in the bar area, and kids are welcome, which is a nice plus for me.
Good beer list: they have the brews from the Wild Onion pub up the road in Barrington.
The waitress lost my credit card on several occasions, and it happened again last night and when I called the next day to ask if they had it - (never returned it to me even after I payed) - the lady on the phone told me she would have to call me back because several people have been calling about their credit cards today. Thats good......glad I wasn't alone.....I feel better? I have to now go out of my way to go back and get it when it was their mistake and not mine.
Review Source:Worst experience. Very bad food worse service. After waiting for a table for a while, he promised to give us the next one - even pointed at it - only to give it to a group that came in after we did. Â
Pizza was not fresh tasting. Â How do you screw up tater tots? Â
Waiter was disinterested and never checked on us. We had to wave him down every time only to find him look very annoyed at simple requests.
There are A LOT of places to eat and grab a beer. Â Get it together Wool Street. Â It can't be that hard!
I've been here a few times and given it a good sporting chance, and it's about time I parted ways with Wool Street. I've been to a few banquet-type things there and the pizza is pretty good, and so are the waffle fries, and that's about all it has going for it. My friend and I ordered food for delivery one night and it was incredibly disappointing. I ordered a chicken burrito and my friend ordered a buffalo chicken wrap. On the menu, it says the burrito comes with everything inside, like beans, rice, tomatoes, sour cream, etc. I asked for the beans and rice on the side, which they did, but there was nothing else in the burrito except chicken and lettuce. My friend usually orders the buffalo chicken wrap, and this time she said it was really terrible. About an hour later, we both started feeling nauseous and the feeling lasted until the morning. We kept each other up all night burping and feeling generally horrible. I will not go back to Wool Street.
Review Source:I've been here a couple times for fish fry. Â The first time we came the fish was good, but not really amazing or anything. Â Not that case this past Friday, the fish was AMAZING!!! Â They had $2.00 PBR's, and $9.95 all you can eat fish fry, does it get any better? Â My boyfriend got a burger.......SHOCKING, but ate a lot of my fish, and the best part is they don't even care, they just keep bringing out more! Â The breading is really light and the fish is perfect! Â To top it all off they have the best waffle fries EVER! Â Being a transplant to the burbs from Wisconsin has made me realize that a good fish fry is hard to find, so now that I've stumbled upon this tasty little joint I'm sure I'll be Duchess in no time flat.
Review Source:I think every restaurant I've been to along the Metra Northwest Line has been awesome. Â Wool Street in Barrington shares the parking lot with Barrington's Metra station, therefore, Wool Street is awesome.
I've been here a few times; the most recent being this past Friday night. Â My girlfriend and I went here for dinner before going to the movies. Â I heard good things about their fish fry, and we both loooooove fish fry. Â We sat at the bar and ordered a couple drinks. Â Blue Moon was on special for $3.50 (already a good start!). Â The bartender told us the fish fry was "perch, so you know....its perch." Â Meaning we shouldn't expect that much. Â However, I always say a good batter and tasty tartar sauce is what makes good fish fry. Â They serve you about seven pieces of fried perch with a very light batter. Â it has a nice crunch to it, but not a thick layer of breading like some places. Â It was very good. Â I ate my portion, finished my girlfriends, then ordered two more helpings. Â We had one more drink before heading out.
All of the food is good here. Â My sister once had the tacos, which I thought was a bad choice since its a sports bar, but they were delicious as well. Â I've had a burger and a chicken wrap from here in the past, all were great. Â
This would be a great place to have drink, eat some great food, and watch the Bears destroy the Packers :)
I've been here three times; first time we sat in the dining room and ordered pizza, last two times we sat in the bar and ordered mainly drinks. The pizza is decent. The teriyaki friend green beans and portobello stack are pretty darn good; I recommend them. The beer selection is decent; they have a few more beers than your average selection including a couple microbrews. The second time we went, we happened to noticed a chalkboard at the end of the hallway before entering the bar that read $1 Blue Moon Abbey Ales. Yes, please! We ordered 14. I don't think our waitress was very happy about that, but we did order food as well and tipped her well. There is a room down a short flight of stairs next to the bar where it appears bands perform, but I've never been there to see any bands play. The place is located adjacent to the Barrington Metra station, so it is a good place to go while waiting for a train. There aren't a lot of bars in Barrington, but this one seems to be the largest. Since I live so close, I'll probably be back, especially if they have dollar beer specials again!
Review Source:suburban beer drinkers delight. After a few pints of pilsner urquell everything tastes good. Â They have the traditional. Sports bar, a family room and an outdoor patio. Â Difficult to go wrong. Food includes typical sports bar fare although they asterix a number of dishes where they excel. Â The buffalo chicken salad for example is really good. The chicken is served in a sauce rather than calorific batter.
Review Source:We had lunch here the other day. Â Great beer selection and attentive staff. Â I had a burger with gorgonzola and sweet potato fries. Â It's kinda hard to find but now that I know where it is it will be a regular lunch spot for us. Â I like trying different beers and this place had a nice selection apart from the standard Millers & Buds.
I don't know about dinner or date nights, but for a quick lunch out of the office, it does the trick. Â Also, we didn't sit outside, but I think next time the weather cooperates we'll do that.
Entrees are not great. Basically Applebee's-fare. Out of my party of six, we had two happy with their food and both had the 1/2 lb. Burger. I guess you can say they have great burgers.
Appetizers were good.
Beer and wine selection were excellent. Â Dead Guy Ale on Draft? Wow.
Service and environment were good.
OK, I've now been to both Wool Streets and I like the Cary one a bit better. Realistically, this place is 3.5 stars, a little better than average.
Menus are the same at both places and the food is pretty good. I guess the difference is that the staff in Cary is a little more personable. The service here was decent, but given that the place wasn't all that busy, there was time to go the extra mile with some conversation or the like. Didn't happen.
I'll likely return - it's a good place to watch a game, the food is good and there's a wide variety of beers. Just wish the staff there was willing to "shoot the breeze" a little more.
My parents are regulars here and its no mystery why. The food is bar food of course but its KILLER bar food. Amazing burgers, decent pizza, but most notably I will never pass up on THE WINGS. The wings are perfect, but ask for them "Jimmy Style" if you like em grilled crispy. I've eaten here so many times and with different people, no one has ever been unhappy with their food order. The only compaint would be the commonly slow service. On a Friday night, its not a bad idea to order your next drink as soon as your first drink comes because you might be waiting with an empty glass. Other than that, the servers and bartenders are friendly, the live music is usually good, and the patio is nice in the summer. If you like Cuban sandwiches, they make a good one!
Review Source:We love to go here for Big Ten football games as a family. The service is great, food quality is excellent, wait staff are friendly & professional. Often we sit in the large multi-purpose room to give the 3 kids room to move around a little (w/o driving other patrons crazy).
I've also been here for drinks w/friends & like their beer selection. Lively, fun bar area, quiet restaurant side with great quality meals for date night with the Mrs.
This place was a little hard to find... it is getting dark out earlier and I guess they either forgot to turn on the outside lights or change the timer because it was dark. Â Wool Street does not have a parking lot, but they said you are allowed to park in the train station lot at night for free.
The restaurant section is really small but comfortable. Â We arrived around 5:45 PM and there were a couple tables of elderly people that seemed like regulars. Â By 6:15 PM the place was packed with young couple and kids. Â I overheard that there was a half an hour wait as well. Â If you are 21+ you can dine in the bar area which I thought was pretty cool. Â There are tables here as well as television and no children!
I ordered the Angry Calamari for an appetizer and it was really good but the hot sauce seemed to fall to the bottom and was a little difficult to pick up with the calamari. Â This dish was spicy, I went through a lot of water. Â For my meal, I had the Twisted Mac and Cheese which was pretty good. Â However, I wish the bowl was bigger so I could mix it because the cheese fell to the bottom. Â I also tried a piece of the fish fry and it was amazing... I will order the all you can eat fish special the next time I go on a Friday!
What a surprise!! Â Close to the Barrington train station on Wool Street is a gem of a place. Â This unassuming local place is wonderful. Â Went here on a Friday and they were having an all you could eat fish fry. Â The perch was fresh, not greasy and plenty of it. Â The dinner came with crisp french fries and homemade cole slaw. Â Our server (Andrew) rocked. Â Our glasses were never empty and he kept checking to see if I needed more fish! Â The tartar sauce was also homemade and excellent.
They had amazing appetizers as well. Â We tried the Angry Calamari. It was so nice to have calamari that was not deep fried. Â It was served with green pepper and onions sliced very thin and chorizo sooooooooooo yummy!
They also had a sports bar at the other side of the building, so you could have a quiet cozy dinner in a booth, or go over to the bar side and sit and watch your favorite sports team.
Goin back to try some other menu items . Â You won't be disappointed.
Wool Street is a great casual place to meet friends or family to talk and hang out over drinks or a meal. Â Their food is not amazing, but I have never ordered anything I thought was bad in any way. Â I do like their waffle fries with seasoned sour cream and the Fish Tacos with Papaya-Mango Salsa (ask for the fish to be grilled, not fried...it's much better that way). Â The service is consistently good in both the bar area and the dining area. Â A foodie may not enjoy Wool Street, but I'd say the average person would make it their regular restaurant if they gave it a try.
The bar area is a great place to watch a game with friends. Â They have a large projection screen and a number of large-screen TV's, and all of the tables have a good view.
We were at Wool Street on a Wednesday night in December with a group of 15. Â We felt the service was very attentive and the food and beverages very good as well. Â We ordered pizzas for the table. Â I had the vegetable pizza which was very good. It had good sized pieces of zucchini, mushrooms and onions. The BBQ Chicken got a thumbs down from the group...but in my opinion it is not the best flavor for pizza. Â The pepperoni seemed well received.
We thought the prices were reasonable as well. Â One comment would be that our server should have suggested the largest pizzas especially since we had a large group of teen aged boys! I like that they serve Kilkenny on tap which is one of my favorites!
We sat in the newer bar room and it had great energy with large screen tv's and comfortable seating.
I have been here to eat and to go to the bar. It is always packed on the weekends, and you're likely to find some middle-aged regulars who probably should be home with their kids. Â I don't love it, but it's not bad, and I think part of its popularity is due to it being the only place like it in town.
I remember the wraps there being really good. Â I was with a large group last night for dinner and we split pizzas which were very cheesy just how I like them. Â However the service was sooo slow. Â I understand we were a large group, but it was about 45 minutes before we were asked if we wanted to order, and pizza takes awhile to make. Â It's a/(the only) good sports bar/meeting place if you want to go someplace like that in Barrington. The new room they added on with all of the TVs is pretty cool. Â They should add a pool table or something.
While in town for a memorial service, I was introduced to this bar/grill. They actually held the reception for us after a memorial for a family member. They were very accommodating and quick with the service. We ordered pop, ice tea, quesadillas (only cheese and tortilla), veggies, sweet potato fries and chips/salsa for 75 people. I thought for the amount of food we didn't walk home with (didn't seem like many were eating, but I could be wrong), the prices were quite high - it added up fast. To save food for the others, a couple of us ended up on the bar side to have a beer and order off the menu. Â
Definitely check out their wings. Now we're talkin'! Ask for the wings "Jimmy-style" and you will get them hot and grilled. They could have actually be a little more spicy, but they worked. We also tried these pizza bite things - dough rolled in Parmesan cheese with marinara dipping sauce. Not good...the bartender actually took them off the tab for us. She said they were trying them out and would pass on our feedback. Service was AWESOME! Even during shift-change. The prices were reasonable for the restaurant/bar. I would definitely stop in again as there were quite a few other items on the menu I would love to try. Wouldn't recommend for large groups as it was a little on the pricey side. They did work with us as far as moving the group downstairs and taking over one of their dining rooms. Kudos for the flexibility! Hope to see you all soon!
A-OK... Â the food is quite good, service is also great and I really like the choices they offer for beer!
I guess when you break it down, I must say that good beer + wings is always a good time.
It is a place very close to my brother's house, we were visiting for the weekend and hit it up to have a good chat away from the 'li'l ones'.
It was kind of early so it wasn't full and I must say that was perfect as we wanted some time to hang out.
Good beer selection. Â Food wise I have had MUCH better. Â I ordered a taco salad with little lettuce. Â What I got was a taco shell with a tablespoon of meat and misc. Â and a entire bowl full of lettuce for $11
My husband waffle fries that he paid a up charge for came with 6 fries. Â He was made that he paid extra for so little. Â He said his burger was decent, not the best to ok. Â
I would recommend going into Cary to the Tracks for WAY better food and atmosphere!
Nothing really noteworthy about this Wool Street. Â Prime location by the Metra station. Â Usually it's teeming with BHS grads and it often feels like you've stumbled into a high school reunion. Â Service is pretty good. Â Gets much too crowded for the quality of the food but they recently put on an addition so maybe things have changed...
Review Source:One thing I do notice, is that when you get stuff to-go something is always different. How come I got regular salsa this time instead of the mango one it says it come with? They didn't include the bread it came with last time. How come the sauce is on it rather than in little to go cups like the other time I ordered this? Don't get me wrong, it's all still really good. The inconsistency is a bit annoying.
Review Source:There are two sides to this restaurant: the bar side and the restaurant side. I've really only been to the restaurant side because I usually bring the kids. Food is generally really good, and a great beer selection. It feels like a family-owned and operated place and everyone is always really friendly and casual.
I've tried a bunch of things, but one of my favorites is the fish tacos w/ spicy shrimp -- surprisingly good. Burgers are great as well. Good kids menu with mac & cheese that the kids actually eat.
If the weather's nice, there's outdoor seating as well that is not ideal (it's next to the train station parking lot after all), but hey -- it's outside.
Downtown Barrington has so few options for dining that it's really nice to see this place continue to thrive.
I think the food is awesome here. Â There are quite a few choices on the menu to satisfy most! Â I love the steak sandwhich and the veggie sandwhich! Â
Service is average. Â We've been there a couple times w/ stellar, friendly servers, but most of the time the servers are just "ok". Â
I think prices are very reasonable for the quality of food! Â Much better than any chain restaurant!
Yum. YUM. Â Really.
My sister has lived in Barrington for the last few years and had never been to Wool Street, so we figured it was time to head over there and give it a whirl. Â We were seated promptly during lunch hour on a Friday. Â The menu has some really great offerings, so much to choose from, but not menu overload by any means. Â We couldn't decide, so we decided to each pick a sandwich and split. Â We went with the Veg Out and the create your own Chicken Sandwich. Â The chicken was quite good and the veg out, holy crap is was amazing. Â Probably the best veggie sandwich I've ever had. Â It was soooo incredible that my sister and I went back the next night for supper because we couldn't stop talking about how good it was. Â It's amazing... roasted red pepper, portobello, grilled potato slice and goat cheese with a basil vinegarette on a ciabatta roll. Â I'm going to have to hit Wool Street every time I head out to Barrington, which lucky for me, is a lot. Â We also had the green bean apps. which were strangely awesome. Â
The service both times was kind of..ehhh... at lunch, our server was certainly nice, but not very efficient. Â At dinner, our server was a a tad bit bitchy, but very effecient. Â Sooo whatever, I'm not looking for fabulous attitudes and stellar service at a place that cost $30 (tip included) for supper... I'll go back again and again and perhaps branch out and try more of the menu!
I really enjoy dining here during the school year. Â During the summer when it's BHS reunion time, the crowds are a little overwhelming, rude, and extremely loud. Â The food is good and the beer/ drinks are not over priced. Â The overall selection of booze is good. Â My friend Otis gives it two thumbs up, I give it only three stars.
Review Source:Good place to hang out but I prefer the old Bronco Jack's that they tore down to make a bank parking lot. Â (They seem to love to do that in Barrington - they also did the same thing to the old RSVPs) Same owners, bigger place. Bigger is not always better, however, as this bar is missing the charm from the old place. Â But, it's hard to stop progress, I guess.
Good food, great beer specials, bar can get crowded and is very noisy. Â And the best part is no kids in the bar after 9pm - a plus in my book!
This place has two great areas. Â There is a family friendly resturaunt with TVs and a very casual atmosphere. Â Plus there is a really great sports bar. Â The food here is your typical sandwich and fries, salad and American diners. Â They have a good Cuban sandwich although I don't think they really press it correctly (not flat enough). Â They have good Cubans at Hooters too, but I havn't trotted the family in for one yet. Â The beer selection is very good and not too pricy.
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