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Cindy's Our Place
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Categories: Sports Bars, Pubs, Dive Bars [Edit]
Neighborhood: Avondale3534 W Belmont Ave
(between Central Park Ave & Drake Ave)
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 588-4390
- Nearest Transit:
-
Belmont (Blue)
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- DJ, Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Tue, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
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8 reviews for Cindy's Our Place
If you're going to be a divey bar in a divey neighborhood you really need to go all out. And this place might be the biggest dump in Chicago so it certainly does.
From the second I walked under the faded sign that faces out onto Belmont, it really was like walking into perdition. The service is slow and the bartender was more interested in doing karaoke than actually reaching into a cooler to get a beer (and heaven forbid if someone - me - ordered water before starting the third round of drinking for the night). In her general lack of attention, she actually threw out a full pack of my friend's cigarettes that were sitting on the bar.
This place is so run down that a drunken dude wearing no shirt wandered in; and thought he would be accepted with open arms. And, to be honest, he wasn't noticed until a scuffle almost broke out between him and one of the patrons who tried to kick him out. The bartender then yelled at the patron and said that it was her job to kick out the drunken shirtless guy.
It was a wonderful experience. And I'm not even putting it in quotation marks!
Why? Because some random guy at the bar (one who was wearing a shirt) sang a karaoke version of "Somewhere Out There" by Our Lady Peace (the most obscure song I've ever heard at karaoke). And the books were filled with gems like this. Plus no one gave a crap about how they sounded. I heard two singer who were actually tone deaf and realized it! In short, there was not an ounce of pretention in the whole bar.
Does this completely make up for the fact that the bathroom stall not only had no door (and no lock on the outside door) but no toilet paper as well? Nope. But did it make it bearable? You bet your dive bar it did!
this bar is closed.
This place SUCKS.
Walked there.
Was sober with about 5 people.
Kareoke night.
The main waitress girl served us. She then brought us a beer nobody ordered, a Coors, and we all shrugged. We said "nobody ordered this", and she stared at us. "Well, somebody ordered it" she said, and proceeded to pay little attention to us, even though there was only five or so people there.
We did some karaoke and revelled in how much this place blows. Mediocre service in a mediocre bar, with mediocre karaoke selections.
We spent about twelve dollars, and a few days later I checked my CC statement and it said fiften dollars.
Oh, I guess the girl helped herself to more tip.
A few days after another few dollars cleared.
I never went back, and never will.
I hope it closes, and i'd rather go to the Belford Tavern. Ha.
Do the math: if cable TV costs $35 per month at home, or you can come here and watch their cable TV plus buy a dozen or more beers per month for the same price... That's the kind of math that I like to do.
This is one of countless northwest side bars in Chicago that seem like the owners are just paying rent on the place and selling drinks as an afterthought. From a customer's point of view, there's nothing wrong with that if you just want to chill out. Sometimes a little quiet, a pool table that's frequently open, decent classic rock jukebox, decent selection of bottled beers for $3 or less, and friendly bartenders who'll tune in to something obscure like NHL playoffs at your request.
When it's time to hit a 4 a.m. bar, I'm usually exhausted, drunk or both. So I like a place to sit, cheap drinks and maybe the possibility of taking someone home.
I don't want, as my best friend would say, "to be ass to elbow" with a bunch of pushy, hyper people in cramped spaces. So sometimes Estelle's, Continental and Underbar are not an option.
So Our Place takes care of my needs, for the most part.
Still, the beer seems a bit overpriced for an out-of-the-way dive, and it only comes in bottles.
Want a cocktail? You're going to get it in a tiny, plastic cup.
The clientele is far from attractive, and the digital jukebox charges 50 cents per song.
So yeah, it's open and there's plenty of room, but there's a reason for it.
I sadly just discovered this beacon in the late night. It's a gem. Cheap beer, amazing juke(Metallica's "Kill 'Em All", Oasis' "Be Here Now" etc), and one of the most genuinely friendly and fun bartenders around.
The best 4am in the Logan Square locale, and seemingly hipster free. I've already forgiven them for not having Sambuca and thus thrusting a tequila headache upon me today. I can hardly complain over $4 shots of Patron Anjeo, I was a happy boy last night indeed.
This is what Chicago is all about! Starts wit a "C", ends with an "O", and in the middle is "hicag"!
Strolled in at prime bar time on a Friday night and we were surprisingly, the only ones in there with the bartender. She was a really nice lady who talked to us about the neighborhood, the bar, the Bears, and current events. But she left us alone to talk as well.
People trickled in over the next couple hours and got a little more lively. The bartender told us it was unusually slow, something to do with NYE being on a Sunday. The beers were cheap ($2.50 for a Lite, $2.00 for Rolling Rock and PBR, $3.00 for Blue Moon and most other beers). A couple of free watermelon shots were added on for us with a "welcome to the neighborhood". The bathroom was awesome, it was a bunch of old pin-up girls naked or half-naked with black & white sponge marks adorning the walls.
Can't say enough good things about this place. Pool table, TV, jukebox, great service, etc. Made us feel right at home. Plus it's called "Our Place"! How much sweeter can it get.
I swore I had reviewed this place long ago. Guess not.
This is a place I am not embarassed to be wasted at. Even sloppy drunk. No judgement. Just friendly bar staff who replace my whiskey drinks when I accidently knock them over.
Weird jukebox that won't play T.I. (Ask Timothy M. about that one)
DJs on some nights (never been there for that)
Interesting crowd.
Pool and tv.
Etc
So in conclusion:
Near my house.
5am bar.
Cheap as hell.
Can't get much better than that!
