McGee's Tavern & Grille

This is the go-to bar for Steelers games. Anybody that comes to Chicago as a Steelers fan should visit this bar. The food is plentiful, presented well, and tastes amazing. The staff are friendly and helpful. I appreciate that they are always available no matter who it is. Their half-time raffle is soon much fun to partake in even if you don't win. I love that there is so much space and plenty of t.v.s. I suggest getting there early as there is street parking only. Also, reserve a table to ensure you have a space to sit at.

Probably the best smash burger in the city. At $6 you can't go wrong! There are a variety of beers on tap and the staff is super friendly. Atmosphere is reminiscent of an Irish Pub. It's certainly no dive though. Place is very clean.

Watched the F1 Grand Prix here. They had a whole room dedicated to the event and servers just for this event. It was awesome!

Came in to watch Ohio State vs Michigan game...even though it was a tough loss the food, staff, and environment were tons of fun. I will definitely be back. Stop by...you won't be disappointed! Koryn and Karissa are AMAZING behind the bar...never a dull moment and everyone enjoyed them and their drink recommendations!

The highlight of my evening at McGee’s was evan barger’s patience. You see, I am allergic to legumes. At first, evan didn’t know what a legume was. He allowed me to explain in grate detail what a legume was. Most people don’t let me explain my allergy but evan At first evan didn’t know what lwas did and now I don’t wanna go anywhere else to eat my burger and watch my fooootball I love it here plz give chef a evan a promotion and tell him hi from the legume guy. All is well god bless

This place is DOPE! Affordable as ever and worth every penny if not. The service was awesome every time I've been there! This guy named Anthony was STUNNING. He never missed a beat and made the place feel even more welcoming! Truly an amazing time!

My partner just left this place thinking there would be a costume contest for Halloween. After putting in A LOT of effort into his costume, he was told the contest was cancelled. TERRIBLE thing to do to contestants who were looking forward to this.

A local dive bar. Came here for the food. Had veggie tacos 1/5 very tasteless fish and chips 2/5 had a strong fish taste, the pizza was 5/5 def try it and also the grilled cheese was bomb 5/5

If I could do 3-1/2 stars I would. Not 4 though. It's a good place for bags and beers. Food wise it's so-so for what we had. -Cheese curds we're good. Pesto ranch was a nice change! The spicy kicked me too hard. -Husby liked the patty melt, but said it's not worth returning for it. -My smash burger was not bad, but unimpressive. The Rambler has better ones (I'm omitting obvious good smash burger spots bc that list is long ). The waitress couldn't print a receipt so we couldn't double check the bill. I can't remember where else they did this. I hate that. I hope it's not the new trend! I did make sure we weren't charged for my second beer. She acknowledged it was coming earlier, then said she didn't charge bc she didn't hear me order it. The owner or manager checked in; he was nice. Smash burgers are 1/2 off on Wed if you want to give it a go. Don't rely on my opinion. I'm sure it's fun with a group.

Good place to bring a bigger group bc there is a decent amount of space. The staff is so friendly. Great place to catch a game too

Good beer! Nice servers. Steelers and Ohio Statw bar for those who care. Didnt get food but want to soon!

Love this bar... my friends come here for our fantasy football meetup. Great food, drinks, and service!! And I beat the high score on pop-a-shot

So I give the the food a 4 and the service was good as well. We visited from out of town so didn't know it was a Steelers bar so literally 98% of TVs had the Steelers game on. The inside was chilly so we sat outdoors since it was nice out. They serve there draft beer in plastic cups so your not getting your moneys worth considering it isn't a 16oz cup. Would of liked if they played more games in there for the non steeler fans.

Me and my friends came here for the OSU national championship game & had so much fun, but there was this RUDE, scary man who was asked to leave then was waiting outside for us when it was time to leave. The bouncer Lottie walked us to our car to make sure we were safe. He was so polite & the best bouncer we've ever experienced! Go to McGees, if only for the amazing staff!!!

I came here looking for my next hangover instead I gained a true friend with Coren. His customer service is something that will bring me back every time. They seriously need to clone this man, I need a helping hand with my garage beers. I'll spend my weekends here until I'm at least 74!

It is supposed to be a DePaul bar, but only expect to see a bunch of underaged high schoolers. It gets very crowded, and the staff usually doesn't handle it well from my experience; they are very rude and abrupt. However, I give them the benefit of the doubt due to their immature customer base and the sheer volume of patrons. This place is a fun pregame spot early in the night or a fun spot to end your night if you are extremely intoxicated.

First time here in many years. Fun crowd watching F1 racing. Service was good considering the place was very crowded.

This place has no class at all, the karaoke night has no clear order. The drinks are criminally overpriced. High Schoolers somehow get into this bar. 0 stars, any other bar would be better than this one.

the worst service I have ever had. everything Took 40+ minutes. got our order wrong twice. we asked for the check and almost dined and dashed because It took so long for them to even give us that.

The staff makes this place. You can tell the new management is trying to better the environment. Have a few drinks and then go. Lol. Karaoke? A blast. Game day? Unmatched. Ask for the Angela -- a glass of sauv blanc and a blanco tequila shot

McGee's is a fun atmosphere to watch a Steelers game on a Sunday! They have drink deals and 2 for 1 deals on shots every time the Steelers score a TD which added to the excitement. They offer pretty standard bar food. I ordered the pretzel but would not order it again. Table around us got wings and other bites, so I would definitely try something else next time around. Go Steelers!

watched a bartender give me dirty looks and heard her talking badly about me and my friend to her coworker. Me and my friends tipped GENEROUSLY on our first round of drinks. I decided to get an additional drink and decided to not tip since I had just given a huge tip. So she started to act extremely rude and unprofessional. You're lucky I even tipped in the first place with these overpriced drinks in this economy babe.

Came to watch a singing competition with friends and really enjoyed the experience from Big Break productions. The bar had a stage in the back and lots of space for everyone between the 2 back rooms and front bar area. Took a while to get a drink because of the crowd but they had a good selection of beer on tap and prices were great for the city!

Came in to just try the nutmeg old fashioned! Made with Old Forester 100 proof and a dash of ground nutmeg, it wasn't bad but it was definitely lacking something. Really dug the atmosphere of the whole place though! It was the middle of the day and the bartender was playing pop punk, which I loved! Bartender was super cool and laid back too. Would definitely return!

Came here to watch the bears game and it was a great atmosphere for it!! Maybe because we won. Didn't come here with too high of expectations however, this place was pretty cool. We ordered the wings and they were delicious! Smothered in Buffalo and BBQ sauce and honestly, they were very big. It was 24 wings for $20 so not too bad. All we needed was some fries but we forgot to order them. We also snagged a few buckets of beer but, we felt that they were a bit overpriced as to what they used to be. Turns out they changed the prices due to to COVID (understandable). So we grabbed some pitchers instead. The service needed some help though. Our waitress rarely came to our table and we had to go to the bar multiple times to order drinks or food. She also charged our cards wrong twice. Other than that no complaints - she was nice to us. Overall solid place to grab some wings and beer and watch the game. Cool sports bar in a solid spot. They have tons of seating and TVs so don't worry about not being able to watch the game from your table. Will return again!

Got hammered here one year. It was St. Patricks day weekend. Good times. Cheap drinks and the whole place smelled like someone just mopped up a gallon of piss. Couldn't have asked for a better experience.

Strictly a review of their Super Bowl deal..... $35 for all you can eat and drink. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it is. There were at least 300 people there and probably only enough food to feed 50. All the food was in a single table inn the back, creating a massive line that went thought out the entire bar that didn't die down until halftime. And don't even get me started on the food....I'm not picky when it comes to bar food but it was literally disgusting. Stale hot dogs. Freezing cold wings. Undercooked meatballs. Undercooked pizza. Absolutely sickening. Spend your $35 on a nice meal and a cocktail or two at a nicer essay establishment. I could have literally eaten better from the Jewel frozen food section.

Food was cold and not very well seasoned. We weren't fans. Maybe we caught them on an off day.

Full of kids that don't know how to handle themselves.... Restaurant during the day is decent and is actually a nice place to catch up with people.

Absolutely loved this place. Came for the first time after eating at home slice and had a blast. Erica was our waitress and she was so chill, loved her vibes 100%. I needed to know when she was working again because she was so attentive and down to earth. Not to mention, the music was ON POINT. 90s hip hop is a love language for me lol. Can't wait to frequent this bar in the future!

I went there with a group of friends for NYE. We each paid $50 for it and it was a very good deal for everything we got. None of us brought cash since we paid for everything already and whenever we got a drink we were yelled at by the bartenders to give them a tip. Because of this, my friend had to go to the ATM that was outside of McGees to get cash. At 11:50pm (10 minutes before the new year), my friend went outside to get more cash for the bartenders and when he tried to get back into the bar, the bouncer wouldn't let him back in. My friend was not being obnoxious and was being very respectful to the bouncer trying to find a way that he would let him in. My other friend was asking the bouncer why our friend wasn't allowed back in and the bouncer kicked her out too for trying to help get my friend in. The bouncer was being very rude, yelling at people and kicking people out left and right for no reason. It was very obvious that he was using his job as a power trip and because of him, we couldn't celebrate the New Year inside of McGees and the $50 we paid for a good experience went down the drain when he kicked out my friends for leaving to get cash to help the bartenders. We had to count down the New Year in the cold outside and he was still yelling at us to "get off of his property" and threatening to call the cops while we were trying to figure out where to go.

Came to McGee's for New Year's Eve because their open bar package was one of the cheapest around. Tables were going for an extra $100, but we managed to snag a small table by the bar for free thanks to the friendliest and most accommodating staff! Our waitress Ruth was absolutely amazing and made sure that none of our drinks were empty before bringing us another round. The music was surprisingly old school, which was a nice change and while the place got a little too crowded for comfort by the end of the night (so many of our drinks got spilled when people bumped into our table), it was overall a great place to ring in the new year.

We spent NY Eve here with our daughters and it was a lot of fun. For the early bird price we paid, the food and drink were well worth the price. I was happy to see such a variety of food on the buffet and that they kept the food coming through the night. Nice touch too handing out champagne as we came in the door and I loved the personalized reserved sign on the tables. The manager and hosts were visible walking around all night. Thanks to the staff here for working hard so people could enjoy the night. The server we had was working so hard and such a lovely gal. She was truly sweet and serving multiple tables, bless her heart. The DJ was playing great music. My only complaint though was that as soon as he would play one song we were excited about hearing or dancing to, he would merge it right into another song so quickly or change it. If you spend NY Eve here, it is worth it to get a booth if you have a group of people staying all night. As usual, there was a long line to wait for the tiny ladies rooms here but other than that a fun and laid back time ringing in the new year. We will be back for other events. Very nicely done.

*** THIS IS STRICTLY A REVIEW OF THEIR HEADSUCKER BOWLS, NOT REGULAR SERVICE *** Honestly this is one of my two favorite crawfish boils in Chicago, and the cheapest of the two. For about $30 you get all you can eat crawfish, jambalaya, and rice and beans. The crawfish is incredibly well seasoned, keeps coming in in timely batches, and never in four years has disappointed me. I go religiously since I moved here and wouldn't have it any other way. the best part is that the last two years it's no longer been so full you can't walk, so the service has been faster.

Management was terrible after making us order an additional wing because they couldn't split flavors of sauces and not give us the option before serving and offering 20% off the additional wing, and charging for an extra sauce even though again not serving what we originally asked for.

Awesome bar, great place to catch a game too, TVs everywhere plus personal ones in the booths. I had the pulled pork sliders with the waffle fries! It was delicious, I'll be going back for sure. Plus I had 2 dollar blue moons! 5 dollar cover that day but with dollar beers I really can't complain! Well worth it. Nice place too with a good atmosphere and friendly staff. Cover is cash only but atm right outside. I have to come back for the $15 pancakes and mimosas special!

I loved my experience here, burgers, wings, cheese curds were great. Solid vegan burger. My favorite was the service, our servers is Aaron I think, either way, great dude. Great music as well

This bar does know how to check a real ID I got I GOT DENIED WITH MY REAL ID, I showed them a Few backups (credit cards, building cards, insurance cards, etc) my friend from Australia got in fine but my real Minnesota ID didn't cut it.... I went home and grabbed my passport honestly frustrated at this point and bouncer almost threw me out because he was frustrated being wrong .... getting in I told my story and realized most of the crowed was underaged... bs bar seeing I got in at a few other bars before this... honestly the cops should really check this out... such BS... I was pretty much sober to top it off

AMAZING PUB. had a really hot waiter with great sense of humor and was the vibe. Had the Pumpkin FISTMAS!!!! Ipa . Yummers!

Just a fair warning to anyone looking to make a reservation here, because I have never in my life had this happen before and it was very upsetting. I created a reservation to celebrate a friend having passed all their CPA exams. I made a reservation on the website, proceeded to call at 12PM to make sure everything was set and OK (spoke to a woman, but did not get her name), and then received an email with the first half of it reading "reservation has been received." When we showed up, I was told our reservation was a "request" and never confirmed so we were unable to get a table. I have never made a reservation somewhere that has needed to be "confirmed" by a restaurant???? McGees isn't exactly a 5 star restaurant, but I'm totally shocked that I received no follow up or anything to ensure we knew our reservation was unable to be accommodated. I've had bad experiences at this place before, but have always been willing to overlook and come back. I don't think my friends and I will be coming back here anymore, which is really upsetting since most of us spent a lot of college weekends here.

I stopped in on a recent Thursday afternoon around lunchtime to find only one other table in the place occupied. I was quickly seated and ordered the "Porker McGee" and Sriracha & Bacon Deviled Eggs, after a hearty endorsement from the bartender. The "pit-smoked pulled pork" was neither pit smoked nor pulled, just a roughly- chopped, pre-packaged pork product warmed on a flattop grill. The "Carolina-style" sauce was certainly not North or South Carolina-style - instead, the pork was soaked in Cattleman's BBQ Sauce, that sickening sweet, tomato-based restaurant topping banned in most Third World nations - and certainly never seen in any decent BBQ joint. Even worse, the bun was buttered and toasted. And to further ruin the $11.00 sandwich, the meat was topped with a sopping wet pile of bagged cabbage/carrot coleslaw and two slices of cucumber. Yes, I said cucumber. Folks, a true Southerner might put a slice of pickle on an Eastern North Carolina-style pork sandwich, but NEVER a sliver of cucumber. Yes, they shutter and burn restaurants in the South for showing less respect. The deviled eggs were nicely prepared, with a notable burn-the-lips heat from the Sriracha Sauce. But at $6.00 for two medium-sized eggs, the portion left me hanging. The tater tots were rocket hot and perfectly fried, but not enough to save the rest of the meal.

This bar comes highly recommended by a friend, and the atmosphere certainly does not disappoint - with a fantastic open-air, sidewalk vibe! The chicky chicky parm parm sandwich was very, very good! However the turkey club was well below average - it's dry and made with cheap bread. Make sure you ask to have your french fries well done...!Our server Zora was outstanding!!! Can't wait to come back for a drink instead of just lunch!

OMG, the potato skins, Y'all! I'll be back ASAP just for another go at them. Savory, crispy but also soft, and a hint of sweetness with sauces that are bound to drip down to your wrists and anchor in your heart. I got them without the bacon but I'm sure that only enhances the flavoring and adds a bit of salty balance. Other than that, it's your typical sports-bar near a college campus with watered-down drink specials and TVs in every booth. We wanted to watch a different game on ours, but couldn't figure out how to change channels and the waitstaff was pretty apethetic about checking in on us.

Giving it 2 starts for the wings and drinks but honestly over all is a good place to catch the game. We had a Restaurant.com voucher is why we came to check out out, the server insisted on taking my phone to the manager to redeem the voucher. Turns out that the manager not only redeemed the McGee voucher but also a voucher in my que to another restaurant I had saved, AND DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO TELL ME! If I hadn't recieved the follow up email from restaurants.com I wouldn't have known until I went to use it and realize it was gone! Kind of crappy unprofessional behavior on that manager.

Will not be going back. The service and food was terrible. The calzone I ordered was under cooked, no sauce, no flavor and gave me the worse stomach ache. We didn't even eat it all, the only reason I did not send it back is because it took over 30 minutes to even get the entrees, by the way, there were only 5 other clients in the restaurant so they were not busy. The server did not apologize for the time it took to get our meal, how could it take over 30 minutes for a salad and a calzone. We also ordered tater tots as a starter and I'm sure they came from the Costco frozen section, how I paid so much for a handful of tots is crazy. And the employees were walking around without masks on. So disappointed.

I'm too old to be rating McGee's 5 stars, but here it is. In general, this is a young folk bar. I came here a lot in my mid twenties. I always had a great time. I've also been here recently for some events and happy hour, here in my mid thirties, and I haven't been disappointed. I went for Headsucker's Ball a few weeks ago. The crawfish were tasty and plentiful. The tickets were a decent price. We had a great time. I went back with coworkers a few weeks ago for happy hour. Again, we had a great time! I might not be a regular on weekend nights anymore, but I plan to go back often!

Customer service here is terrible and the managers are incredibly rude. I ordered three drinks from the same bartender all night and when I closed out my tab, it was completely incorrect and they were charging me double what I ordered for drinks that I never ordered. I spoke to Kyle the manager and he refused to fix it or even speak about it with me and told me he is not working right now even though he was the manager on duty. I've tried calling to get this fixed and they won't answer the phone either. This place is a complete scam.

Went on Friday night with 5 of my friends. Walked in and Rachel the bartender was "talking" to her friends and seemed to only serve and want to help them. You could tell she knew them by the conversations she was having. After waiting 15 minutes....listening to all of the catching up with her friends, I interrupted one time and asked if I could place a drink order. Her exact response was "you can wait in line like everyone else". I honestly didn't see a "line" of people. And if there were people ahead of me (more of her friends), maybe she could've just politely said "sorry but there are still other people ahead of you" or some other customer service friendly type of response. Then.....after another 10 minutes, I asked again and her response was "I'm not going to serve you because I don't have respect for you and don't like you". So.......we decided to go to the other end of the bar (which we should've done 20 minutes ago), and the male bartender (forgot his name), was friendly, served us right away and atleast kept us their for a couple of drinks even though the A/C was broken or not on, on a warm October evening. Rachael really needs to take a class in how to deal with people when she represents a business, one that is solely there for the purpose of people coming out to forget life's problems for a little bit, not get attitude and rudeness.

The bouncers were super rude and unprofessional. They wouldn't let me in because there machine said I had a fake even tho it was real. Either their security team has no idea what they are doing (which is probably true) or the owners are a bunch of cheapskates and won't buy a scanner that can tell a real ID from a fake. When I talked to the head of security about this, he said to me, "we are a service company and we can refuse service to anyone." Last time I check, you can't refuse service to someone because of their race. I guess according to their head of security they can because he told me straight that due to them being a service company they "can refuse service to anyone." That's disgusting and is something that should have never been said or implied. Also, the "security" team is made up of people who are all talk. I can tell this because one of the guys said to me, "I have a guy who can look up your ID." He then said if he calls "his guy" and it comes back fake then the cops would book me. I said go ahead and call "your guy" because it's a real ID. He proceeded to turn his back on me and walk inside. Overall, this was a very frustrating experience. I came here for the first time to support my friend performing. I will never even think about coming here again.

Taylor is the BEST server. She's is so sweet and even during a busy night she was super attentive and so friendly. Will be coming back just to see her again!

The manager, tall guy in his late 20s wearing a Penn State jacket, is a nice guy. That's all the good I'm going to say about this place. After sitting down for 20 minutes with no one coming to our table, I got up to order 5 drinks from the bar. First beer I ordered, the Laganitas IPA, they were out of. Eventually got 5 other overpriced beers back to my table only to find a waitress asking if she could get us anything. We wanted some appetizers, but I just brought a menu from the bar with my 5 beers so we needed a minute to review. 15 minutes latter, a new girl came by and announced she would now be our waitress. We ordered 3 appetizers and 1 beer. The apps made 2 tours of the bar before they figured out our table. The beer got very, very lost. Eventually, it found us too.

This place is awesome especially if you come when Amaris is serving she is amazing bartender love this place.

Awful service. Took several asks to actually get food & drinks we ordered delivered to table. Were asked for a card when we first ordered "to keep on file" & when got bill at the end waitress claimed she didn't have it. Wouldn't even admit she had taken it & lost it. Tried talking to a manager & they sided with waitress...Next day for a charge on the card she claimed she never took. Few days later when called for an update on tab & card, turns out they found it on the floor so she did take it & lost it. Didn't even call to say they found it even though they had our contact info. Train your servers to do their jobs & not lose people's cards if you're going to take it before being served. Going downhill & losing loyal customers in the process.

Joke of a place. Management can't keep this place going. Service is slower than a donkey. Can't produce food for a crowd. Would NOT recommend this place. Go to the bars surrounding it

As someone who went to DePaul, I spent more time there then I like to admit. Plus I knew someone that used to work there, so there were the occasional drops-ins after college as well. From what I remember the food is good bar food. They do have a good beer selection, place is bigger than you think with hidden rooms in the back. Went here after my improv class from Second City made us to go DePaul. It was strange walking back in because I had not been there in a while. Seats outside are great, can get hot in the back in summer. Yeah, been here a lot back in the day, had fun when I was there recently.

I love McGee's! A majority of my vistis here are for Ohio State football games on Saturday's. McGee's is awesome with their monster mug deals for $8 dollar Bud Light drafts all throughout the day. Make sure you show up early on game day to ensure you get a good seat as well as the freebie hand out at the door. You can expect to get anything from a t-shirt, hat, bag, you name it. (promotions vary check the website) McGee's serves typical bar food with quality service. This is by far the best atmosphere you can get in Chicago. You feel like you are back in Columbus in the Shoe. If you are a recent Ohio State grad you will definitely see familiar faces as this is the place to be for Buckeyes. My last recommendation is to wait for the Buckeyes to score and get the 2 for 1 "O" bombs. These are rum and red bull shots and they are the best. Be careful though because during a 3 hour game you can rack up a hefty bill. Don't be surprised to see your amount get close to the century mark. Go Buckeyes!

Horrible service. Over priced. Waitress has no idea what us going on. I paid $17 for three sodas and a mixed drink - way too much for this little dive. And I had to go to the bar to order drinks with service so slow. And after an hour and 20 minutes, our food has yet to arrive. Someone in our party ordered fish and chips and they has NO tartar sauce.... really? There's a reason the place was empty when we walked in. It should stay that way.