Carol's Pub

This place rocks. There is a cover (never a fan of a cover), but the music was great. Our server was awesome. Food was surprisingly good for a bar. It wasn't crazy expensive, and they let me dance which is so awesome of them because I'm so terrible at dancing that I often ruin the vibes for everyone else! I highly recommend.

P.S. the lighting makes everyone look phenomenal.

I've lived in the neighborhood for over a year now and had no ventured into this place until literally this week.

My friend and I stumbled on their weekly Wednesday trivia night and it was great!

We sat at the bar and played for there. Our bartender was sweet and helpful and also went up to the host of the trivia night to get us sheets to play the game.

We ordered various drinks and I liked what they had on draft - there's some decent options.

The food here looked pretty good. We ordered the hush puppies and I had asked for buffalo chicken wings however she gave me tenders instead on accident (however I didn't say anything).

The hush puppies were actually pretty decent! The chicken tenders were good - pretty standard. I'd wanna come back to try their burgers next time for sure.

Overall a good vibe - I didn't feel out of place a queer person which was good. Given that it's in Uptown, it makes sense, but I was initially a bit weary coming here at first because of it being a country bar and just not really knowing what to expect, but I had a great time here with my other queer friend. Kudos for still being gay friendly.

They also have patio seating on Leland, and on most warmer nights, they'll have the big windows on both sides open which adds to the ambiance.

Definitely recommend this spot! Also, by no means does it feel like a dive bar - just an FYI. It's a pretty large place.

Formerly a super dive bar and now it's kind of a trendy hipster bar but it still has charm. It's not as fun as it used to be but it's cleaner thankfully. Carol's Pub is a long time favorite for drinks and music. One of the big changes is there's food, and some of it's actually good. The prices have gone up as a result but you can still find some cheaper things and it's still not that expensive considering everything and quality.

A lot of history about this bar. It's been around since 1972, and had a long list of musical performances. They play mostly country stuff. It's not my preference. They do play other stuff though. Some alternative and other hip music. There was recently a surprise appearance by countryish alternative band Wilco. Last time we got drinks and food. We were impressed. It's about $10 for a house specialty cocktail. The Carol's Cooler was the best of these. Light and refreshing. This was made with blackberries, Few gin, mint, and soda. As for the food, we got a Soft Pretzel. It's $11 for a big one covered in salt. Had to shake this off. Pretzel was still good after that. Food otherwise is greasy. There's burgers and that kind of stuff.

Come for drinks, food, and music. It plays mostly country but there's other things. The act sometimes is famous, or was famous or whatever.

Back in 2009 I used to hang out with this guy I will refer to as Billy ER. Because he used to insult people he barely knew and I thought it would get him into the E R
We used to come here and there was lots of randoms who used to come here get into fights while they were wearing their overalls from Oshkosh.

One time at about 2 am this guy didn't like that I was conversing with his female subordinate at the office and he asked what I thought of him kicking my "a--" . If I recall correctly I asked him what he thought of anger management classes . His response to my surprise is "where do I go"

Anyways this was the place where it was rough and tumble and people did lots of shots.

My understanding is they are under new management . I was surprised that I was able to have a salad . The wait staff was pleasant and was able to order drinks from them not just to go to the bartender.

Last night my brother ordered a ukranian mule and I questioned if they would be able to tell what he was doing and getting a moscow mule. He told me not to doubt them.

Karaoke is great here ...if you wanted only country karaoke understand that they include other genre's of music so it will get interesting.
Nice fun place

We visited the bar Thursday evening from 7-9pm. Staff was friendly, food and drink were reasonable, and live music was very nice to chill. We ordered fries and chips: fries were crunchy and warm enough and the volume was great for two of us, but chip&dip was flavorless and disappointing. The Christmas decorations were cheering. I felt that customers were respectful towards band members and they listened to them well, which is one of the reasons I like this place. I'll come back some time soon!

I love the food here and the music it's a nice place to be in and eat at I hope everyone gets to check it out

Sheesh . And furthermore sheesh.
Love this crazy place.  By the way , you will too. Don't question me.  You will be wrong. Please, just trust me for the love of Pete.

I live a couple blocks away from carols and feel so lucky to have such a wonderful "neighborhood" bar. I seriously treat this place as a second home with my best friend and her 2 kids. Some of the staff has gotten to know us and loves to entertain and chat with the kids (if they're not busy, of course).

Food & drink: They have excellent bar food. I personally love their pretzel with cheese because they use merkts cheddar cheese. They also use this on their burgers and my fiance & dad love the burger! (I'm not a burger person). The drinks are as expected for a neighborhood bar and are very inexpensive for the city .

I honestly go here 1-2 times a week. I never thought I'd be a regular anywhere but I think it's safe to say I am. It's definitely making me feel more attached to this neighborhood.

Best bar in Chicago. Would give 10 stars if i could. Was even better before the renovation. It was the best bar in Chicago then too. Keep in mind that if you don't like good live music and if you don't like to get booty ass wasted and maybe make out with a rando in front of your wife then another bar bight be better for you. But for me, this is the best.

Carol's was great! Seemed like one of their first nights back with indoor dining so will give them a pass on the poor service, waiting an hour before placing an order and having to go up to the bar to do so. Granted the burger hit the spot! Seriously a great burger and we loved the option to include Merks cheddar. Would return for the burger alone and fun bar atmosphere with country music - my fave vibe. Will also add a note to avoid the pickle fries though, gosh, they were way too salty. Go for the burger alone - trust me! Oh and thank you Carol's for the complementary Jell-O shots! Very purple, very potent :)