Tai's

Jeff is COLD AS HELL!👍🏽👍🏽 he most definitely gon hve u lit 🥴🤣 leaving thr. Grt guy 💯

Jeff & Joe keep that place in tip, top shape. Tais wouldn’t be the same without them . Appreciate you guys and the place that it is.

Jeff Is great and it's always a good time at Tai's! Good drinks n good prices 🫡🥳.

Best local late night watering hole since it's open till 4. It's beer and booze, no food or frilly drink. Good ppl and good staff. No draft beer tho...

Great bartender, gave us candy! Been coming here for awhile, come visit.

Definitely one of the weirder late night bars I have been to. The bartender was handing out candy...

Staff was awesome!!! They offered a time and location to be easy for us being able to visit, unlike every other place closing earlier.

Great local bar - definitely check it out!

My son and I stopped in EARLY...as they were opening. My son's friend joined us so it was just the 3 of us and Jeff the bartender the entire time we were there. Jeff was awesome! He had some great stories and since it was just us, obviously service was fantastic. They even have candy behind the bar! I'm laughing when I read the reviews of what this place becomes ... for us, at 9pm on a Thursday night it was a PERFECT place to stop for a few drinks, chat it up, eat some candy and head home. I now want to return and see what this place turns into! Lol!! Great fun...thanks Jeff for the drinks and funny stories.

If you're looking for a late night bar you'd be better off going to any other late night place in the city. This one is nothing special and not worth literally risking your life with the rough crowd it attracts. I truly wish I was exaggerating because it's a neighborhood spot, but just do your research before you go so you know what type of situation you're potentially getting into. If that's your vibe and you're DESPERATE to drink until 4-5 AM then go for it, and good luck to you. Edited review from Feb. 2020 to appease Yelp's "standards"

Fantastic customer service!! My first time at Tai's, left just before closing last Saturday, approaching 4 am. My female friend had a few too many earlier in the evening, at another bar. She left her purse (with money, phone & keys) at Tai's but we didn't realize until we got to my place and Tai's had closed. I called an industry friend who contacted the owner directly. The owner personally returned the purse and had already charged the phone!! Sure, it helped to have the industry friend connection - but my female friend was worried she couldn't get her belongings until Tai's reopened hours later and wouldn't be able to get into her apartment all day, let alone access her phone. The bar owner saved the day. Many thanks, sir! You went out of your way for us. You have gained repeat customers.

Big light skinned black bartender charged me 8 dollars for a beer and my friend got charged 7 dollars by another bartender, same beer. I'm industry manager, unnecessary.

I'm a "regular" at this bar. The entire staff is friendly and the drinks are cheap...well for me anyway. When I first started going here it was only a "after party already drunk spot", which was fun for a while until I started seeing the same people. It's actually a lot more relaxed pre-2am, before all the old frat boys, and their half naked girlfriends are there. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind them because the following week is when I get told the stories about all of you.....People are pretty scandalous. I've never heard or seen anyone get raped, although I have seen some unnecessary dry humping on the dancefloor. There are all different types of people from "rockers" to "thugs" from "preppy" to "trashy", so whatever your taste is, you will probably find it here.

I live just a few doors down from this place (helloooo stalkers!) and it is one of the great inequitable and unjust realities of my existence that such fine bars as the Long Room, El Gato Negro, and Ten Cat Tavern all close their doors at two while Tai's remains the only 4 AM bar in walking distance. Its proximity mocks me, tempts me to enter through its doors when I find myself back at my place after conventional closing time with a little fight left in me. But I've crossed the threshold before and no amount of late night libations can shield my eyes and soul from over-tanned skirts in faux-jewel encrusted BEBE shirts being rubbed up on by the veritable stench of tribal tattooed dude-bros bathed in cheap cologne as they brachiate across the bar and flaunt their overtly shiny foreheads. Once some friends of mine found themselves at Tai's. Knowing I lived just down the street, they gave me a ring and asked if I wanted to meet up. Making my thoughts on the place clear, I offered an alternative. "Listen, there's a convenience store across the street. How about we all throw in a few bucks, buy a can of AXE body spray, a case of Sparks and head over to my place. I'll turn off all the lights, turn the heater up really high and we can listen to abysmal music all night. Or, if you'd prefer, I know several fine alleys we can drink in. There's a dumpster behind my apartment that really lends itself well to scintillating afterhours conversation." I'm a pretty big proponent of the idea that in good company just about anything can be fun. That said, J.D. Salinger could show up and I'd still rather spend the night playing Xbox, drinking alone and fantasizing about a living a life less pathetic than stand up, put on a coat, and cross the street to go to this place. Jessica Alba could make an appearance, declare to offer her hand in marriage to the finest vested, mustachioed gentleman to grace her presence (a contest I would surely win) and I'd simply think, "Sorry Jessica, I guess we just weren't meant to be." What traces will be left when the day comes when this building is demolished? Will it leave a moldy ecosystem, a temperate biome of cellular sludge that will someday be discovered and shed light on the events that took place long ago? Upon its discovery, will this harbor a simultaneous gag reflex and permanent organ failure brought on by revolting stimuli, digestive inversion and the lingering sense of a society gone horribly wrong? Generations from now will sociologists and anthropologists alike find traces of Tai's 'til 4 and question this subculture's inexplicable reversion to a nihilist world view? Or will they simply observe the findings and think, "Well, I suppose every society has its scourge." Only time will tell. This is a good place to go if... your life has no meaning, your soul has no virtue, or if you don't know of any alleys to drink in.

So I've been to Tai's many times. Despite it's reputation, it's always been a great place to have a laugh and share vague, hung-over stories with friends. Tonight, my friend and I were completely prepared for some Tai's debauchery until we actually arrived. We got out of the taxi, and went directly to the ATM located right outside. I went into MY checking account and withdrew $40 of MY OWN MONEY. Just as I did so, one of the doormen approached my friend and I asking us to please smoke farther away from the bar. He then stuck his hand into the ATM and began pushing a bunch of buttons on it, trying to get the receipt/further transactions screen to go away. I was under the impression that something was possibly wrong with the machine, and waited for him to hand over my $40. I was completely sober. I repeatedly asked him for my money, until he disappeared with it inside after muttering some bullshit about it being the owner's ATM and to take it up with him. When I asked the owner inside the bar (approximately seconds after I saw the door dude talking to him), he said, "I have no idea what you're talking about." Apparently the guy at the door who STOLE my money told the owner I was at the ATM and took a regular's cash as it came out (complete BULLSHIT, as nobody was at the ATM before me). No recourse for getting my money back, as the owner asked for my receipt (which did not exist due to the feverish button-hitting of the door dude as he was STEALING my cash). So if you want to go to Tai's and get humped on by some strange, that's fine. I support you. Just realize they have a really efficient system worked out to STEAL your cash if/when you use the ATM outside. No police report needed here, as I don't think it would do any good. So I just figured I'd tell you all that you might learn at $40 or upwards lesson at Tai's.

If you feel the need to keep drinking until 4am, I implore you to go some place else. If you feel the need to keep drinking until 4am and want to get groped (female) or grope (usually male) someone else, come here. Because, hey, they won't throw out the groper (especially when he tends to spend a ton of money every weekend), but they will throw out the gropee (because, you know, you complained about it. Shame on you... er, me.) Granted this happened a couple of years ago, but I seriously doubt that much has changed. Let's recap: wasted, want some strange and don't mind heavy and uncalled for groping? Go here.

What happens when the normal respectable establishments close down but your crew is still ready to partay? Well you rendez-vous at Tai's til 4 of course! The bouncer is a big dude who looks like he could whoop some ass. This is important, as this looks like the kind of joint a big bar brawl or maybe even a shanking could go down. The ratio of dudes to chicks in here is about 20:1 between the hours of 2 and 3am...ladies be warned. Luckily for me I was here with my hubby and a few others so I didn't have to worry about any of those shenanigans, or getting openly groped as I've read in other reviews. We stayed for one round and left. The beer glasses we had were all cracked and gross, hopefully I didn't contract herpes drinking out of the glassware. Looking to get down and drop it like its hot? I guess there's a dance floor somewhere on the premises and I don't even want to know what kinds of freaks and geeks were bumping and grinding all shitty into the wee hours of the morning. Not a good idea. Just head home, you'll be glad you did!

It's like a mogwai from the movie 'Gremlins' - cute and furry until it gets wet and fed after midnight... Technically you don't need a time machine to go here, which is shocking considering the actual and alleged atrocities that have occurred on the premises that should have closed it. You may, however, need a time machine to ever know for sure what actually happened during said atrocities, if like me, you must piece your life together the next morning like the main character in 'Memento' every time you end the previous night at a 4am bar. A survey of other reviews confirms the types of events I've witnessed and been told about, including a good friend's brother being found half-beaten to death a half block away. While there is no proof Tai's was involved, it was odd that a passerby called the cops as opposed to say, the staff that could see him bleeding unconsciously on the ground after being inside the bar earlier that night. In fairness, unconscious and bloodied people are not an uncommon thing outside 4am bars so perhaps the bouncers' spidey senses were not aroused. Other than that, I must admit people do get laid from going there. And sometimes I suppose people (mostly guys) are willing to risk life and limb for some strange. But this is not the kind of place to visit after 2am if you've been over-served elsewhere or don't practice the buddy system. And if you already found a new friend for the evening, you'd do better to close the deal elsewhere. The ratio is not favorable to men and many of the male patrons act as if they are shipping off to the pacific the following morning. It's as if a zoot suit riot could break out at any moment. I'd call them vultures but they are scarier and more mythical than vultures. They are more like Griffins, which according to wikipedia have the bodies of lions and the wings and head (and brain) of a bird. If do you get into trouble with them, wave something shiny in front of them and run for your life while they are distracted. Whenever this place is eventually closed, which must happen if the moral arc of the universe truly bends towards justice, it must be considered a place to avoid when traveling back in time.

I used to love this place. Circa mid '90s. They couldn't have been more fabulous. Treated like a rock star. But maybe it was because I was with Jim Ellison of Material Issue or Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens or a random Pumpkin or Nash from Urge (he once left Wicker Park, I swear) or whatever XRTish band friend I was hanging with after godforsaken Thurstons's kicked us out. Liquor was poured from the bottle down my throat. Escorted to the restroom, front of the line, let her in......Money, your money is no good here. Those were the days. Went here recently and apparently my all access pass has been revoked. Couldn't BUY a drink to save my soul. (Probably too late for that anyways). No one seemed care about anyone wanting drinks because, well, there were conversations to be had and tats to compare. And the bathrooms? Not as fabulous as I remember. Waiting in line was the highlight of the evening as old friend let me have a swig of her coveted cocktail. Finally found someone who was sleeping with someone who knew the bartender. Tai's serves a purpose. But they used to serve great drinks, quickly and more importantly, without a bad attitude.

STOP NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!!!!!! If you are yelping a place like Tai's, that means perhaps you are thinking about going to a place like Tai's. I will tell you to get that idea out of your head real goddam quick. For starters the place is basically pitch black, and I guess that set's the mood for whatever it is that goes on in the back. Over priced beers, overboozed meatheads and over sexed girls til the wee hours of the morning. Ok, so you didn't heed my warning and you actually went into this little slice of hell. This means, it's after 2am, and you are plastered. If you can somehow make your way through the crowd in front be prepared for what you will witness in the back. HOT, SWEATY, SLOPPY dancing. Sound good? Think again. With the sun coming up, perhaps the taste of stale vomit on your breath and a massive, pounding hangover on deck, try to deal with the mess that is Tai's dance floor. Guy's in this place turn the creep factor on full blast. Girls be prepared to be ogled 12 ways to Sunday. The fact that I would wind up at Tai's and places like it every so often was one of the major reasons I quit drinking for good.

Now that I'm a little bit older and have been domesticated and declawed, I thought it was time to write an updated review. While Tai's will forever remain near and dear to my heart, my perspective has changed a bit. I still stand by my assertion that this is a phenomenal bar before 2:00 a.m. The drinks are stiff, the staff is awesome, the juke box eats all my money, and it's easy enough to have conversation with your friends. They have a wide array of booze, and playing guess the shot is never boring. But after 2:00, something changes. It's kind of like Teen Wolf. It goes from being fun drinking establishment to playground for sexually frustrated darryls and trixies. The air becomes thick with the stinkiest cologne next to Sex Panther - some know it as desperation. The people watching is still quality, but watching drunk ugmos scamming for hookups sometimes borders on depressing. Will I ever stop going to this bar? Doubtful. But just know what you're getting yourself into.

Let's cut some of the BS out from the prior reviews... This is a local hang out bar, with a little dance floor and some good drinks... THATS IT. The new generation of entitlement believes that they still are owed something in this world... I guess the bat didn't hit them hard enough yet. CC Minimum's - Any bar... ANYWHERE can put ANY MINIMUM they want on their establishment. There is no law setting CC standards for minimums. Offering a CC machine is your choice and you set the parameters for use. Plain and simple. Your class in business law to get your associate degree doesn't explain this. Just go in, enjoy some drinks and kick back and relax. It's owned my some CPD guys so it's good and safe.... and perfect for the post 2AM drinks!

Tais Till 4 is like the last woman on the planet. She doesn't have to be good-looking, she just has to be THERE. As the name states, its meant to be the last stop before you crash. The drinks are strong,and the atmosphere is what you'd expect. Nothing fancy, but enough to get the job done. There is a small dance area in the back, but its only lit up and fully utilized on the weekends. Every other night it's just a back lounge with no furniture, thus not very affective. But the place will be packed at the end, you will meet some crazy people, and you'll have fun- especially if you show up with a few in ya already. There's also some late night food options nearby.

Somehow, I end up at Tai's at least once a week. Sometimes more. Around 1:30 on a Saturday, this place is two different bars in one building. Who doesn't love a twofer? The front is really chill; grab a seat at the bar, maybe shoot some pool. The back? Dance party. Before the drunk crowds show up, it's nice to float back and forth between the two areas. After the line of crazy drunk people starts forming? Pick one, because if you get up from your seat at the bar, you won't get it back. Jeff (the bartender) is hilarious and awesome. I came here with my boyfriend when we first started dating, and Jeff told me all sorts of funny stories about him while we drank grape bombs. Plus, once he gets to know you, your favorite drink is on the bar before you sit down. I realize that this is standard for excellent bartenders, but the wicked cool thing about Jeff is that he not only knows your favorite drink, he can tell whether you're in a beer or liquor mood and makes exactly what you were feeling like drinking. I learned a nifty little fact about the name of the place - Tai's til 4 (the Tai part, not the til 4 part). Turns out that not only is he a real person, but Tai is really cool. When I walked in, he was just sitting and chilling by the door, being nice and smiling at people. Wicked cool. Tai's is nice on weeknights, too. Thursday nights are a completely different experience from Saturday nights - way more relaxed, and mostly a crowd of regulars. Between the Alkaline Trio on the jukebox and the "Buy a vowel" note he slipped under my boyfriend's beer, I'm pretty sure that Jeff is my favorite bartender in this city.

If you love waking up on a Saturday or Sunday morning, rolling over in your bed to a pile of regrettable decisions and your head feeling like it secretly held a death metal concert without your knowing ..... then we have the bar for you! ..... Tais til 4. Because you clearly weren't drunk enough when you closed down that weak 2 am bar and hey, lets face it... every good decision should start with going to Tais. Now there are some redeeming qualities about this place.... Tai's has a bartender named Jeff who's great for a conversation, pours with a heavy hand, and has vast knowledge of music and tends to play some quality stuff when its not too busy. Its a pretty solid place during the early evening. The pool tables open, sometimes Tai himself is there to school you in a game or two. The juke box, which has an incredible collection of songs in it, is on and able to be used during this time rather than listening to the crap they play after 2..... .....and come to think of it, Ive never seen anyone puke next to the bar, start a fight, or pee in a cup in the corner during the "before 2 hours" Honestly, if I had never gone there past 2 I probably wouldnt mind this place ..... but then again if you were expected to go before two, it wouldn't be called Tai's til 4 3 cheers for bad decisions. The crowd is exactly what you would expect. Wasted. They're wasted, you're wasted. And the typical scenarios of a bunch of wasted people in a room together unfold just as you would expect .... and then there's The Bouncers ... Some of the most upstanding, fair, non judgemental citizens i have ever met. Big fans of Roadhouse..... Nothing like standing in a line, in the cold, to get into this place for an hour and then watching the bouncer let in every mediocre girl in a mini skirt who offers him a hug n a kiss. Look, i totally get the bouncer-hot girl game. We all know it and expect it... but 2 things. 1. These are the bottom of the barrels. Sorry but its true. and 2. This place isn't some Classy club with velvet ropes where you're about to get cut in line by a girl way out of your league or some dude in a flashy suit who the bouncer just gives a nod to and lets in all secret like ... this is Tais til 4. its like waiting in line for lower end frat party. you could probably get in by slipping the Bouncer a wooden nickle. I wont tell anyone to NOT go here, and I'm not going to say you're wrong for thinking its a great place. for me ... personally ... I could do without it.

Don't even pretend you haven't been in this situation: It' a weekend night. The bars are closing. And yet, something is missing. You are horny. You are wasted. You want more alcohol, and then you want to make some bad decisions. You want to see what this "syphilis" is all about. You are in need of some Tai's 'Till 4. Welcome, my intoxicated friends, to a dirty land of hookups and regret, a land of alcohol, loud music and low lights. Don't come to this strange and foreign place if you are sober, in a relationship, or not willing to recount anecdotal stories in the morning. Actual things that have happened at Tai's: My boobs were openly and not at all slyly groped. My male friend swears both guys and girls were grabbing his ass. I walked by the men's restroom while someone was walking out, I saw a man peeing- full view. I asked the bartender for shots, whatever he'd like to pour: we got Goldschlager. Let the anecdotes (and antivirals) begin!

This place is pure hilarity...when I lived in Chicago (only two blocks away from this heavenly establishment) a legitimate percentage of my ridiculous drunken escapade stories contained the claus "So then we went to Tai's, and shit went [insert adjective here]..." EMPTY early on...fun and busy between 11:30 and 1:30...but by 2, good god someone alert the authorities. I consider going to Tai's a true *must* for Northsiders.

I made my way through the maze of Jersey Shore impersonators and somehow found myself in the dark back room, trapped between the wall, two couples dry humping to Ke$ha, and one young woman who was flailing around to the beat in her head....because it certainly wasn't the beat to the song. But the drink was solid, I'll give them that.

I can understand the negative reviews of this place, in fact, I agree with a lot of them. With that said, I still pop in to this place every now and again. Why? Because it's like any other 4 or 5 a.m. bar in Chicago. You don't go to bars open that late because you want to chill, or meet quality people, you go because you've been out for 6 hours and aren't ready to go home yet. So of course it's filled with overly drunk and usually a little haggard looking (after a night of partying) people. That's the crowd you'll find at just about any 4 a.m. bar in this city. (And if you can name me one not like that, please let me know because I'd love to check it out!). The reason I've gone to this place and will probably go back in the future, is quite simply because the back room reminds me of a college house party. A dark, packed room with lots of drunk people (and yes, most looking to hook-up). Mostly cheesy, but fun to dance too, music (think top 40 and lots of late 90s/early 00's hip hop). It lets me regress back to a time when I didn't care that it was 3 a.m. and I should probably be in bed. I can deal with the drunk chick who just spilled beer on me and the skeezy dudes eyein me up on the dance floor. Because on those nights when I just want to forget that I'm a full fledged adult for a couple hours, I know that I can head to Tai's till 4 and dance the night away, just like I did in college.

My husband and I have been going to this place for years. It's like coming home to us. Yes, it is a dive bar. No, they don't serve food (but you can order it there!). If you just want to have a beer and chill, this is the place to go.....if you come before midnight. I have very rarely stayed here past 3am but from reading the reviews, people are too hard to please. It's not the bars fault that it is a sausage fest at night! Maybe bring a girl WITH you or be Ok that it's a night with the boys??? The bartenders here won't serve you a Cosmo or a fancy drink, but they will give you respect, make your drink (or pop the cap) quickly for you to enjoy. The staff here have become like family to us and we will go here any night then some other place. If you want to pick up chicks, go to Wrigleyville after a Cubs game, or try FarmersOnly.com. Yes the bouncer is a big guy because people get absolutely ridiculous here at night and have to be thrown out. Won't you be glad that Big Bouncer is there when someone tries to fight you or touches your woman? Also, if you come across a dirty glass, just tell them and ask for another one. These guys are good guys and have been doing what they're doing for a looooong time. There are no female bartenders so don't think flirting with one of them is going to get you a discount (unless you're a chick). Long story short, it's a good dive bar. They have fun music at night and no it's not huge but it's a great place to go. If you just want to relax, they open by 8-8:30ish and just chill with Samy or Jeff on Fridays or Saturdays and watch some TV and drink!

What happens when a quiet Roscoe Village bar closes out and your friends are still thirsty demanding to see a circus? Why a walk to Tai's Til 4, of course! Kyle Farnsworth old pickup spot is still alive like the cockroach with three legs squished who just happened to crawl away. Tai's is the legendary last bar open in Wrigleyville, home of the desperate and downtrodden. On arrival was a pack of dudes smoking their cigs and the bar was a crowded hot mess. Inside I saw nice TVs and the aftermath of Wrigleyville with glazed eyes, people making out and people who had just not had enough for the night. There were ethnicities of all kind mixed together from your shot up gangbange on crutches to weirdos with tattoos on their neck. The Wrigleyville glazed eyed college kids and old people acting tipsy were abundant. Elbowing in, the back area was too full, there came an inflection point where no more movement was too be had. No one was dancing, the music was loud, it looked like a fraternity party gone awry. It was a sausagefest and I was smack dab in the middle of it without a drop of alcohol in my soul. Too many people were trying to move in an out like ants tunneling through the walls of immovable people, B.O. and armpit stank galore. The alcohol was seeping out of pores and cigarette breath offended me gravely. ESCAPE!!!!

I discovered this place before I even moved to Chicago. A few of my friends had graduated a couple years ahead of me and they lived in a coach house about three doors down (not the band, an actual location.) When I first moved into Lakeview this became my last stop of most evenings. My friends were regulars and I was very quickly accepted into the fold by the staff. Over the years, the bar has been remodeled a bit, but the one constant has been the main bartender, Jeff. As my girlfriend, Jenny A, mentioned, he has an uncanny ability to remember names and drinks for anyone who has been in the bar a couple times. He can even tell if you're in a beer or liquor mood. The early Thursday crowd is the best, a bunch of pretty chill regulars. If you go after 2am on the weekends, it can get a little crowded and full of stupid drunk people. Let's be honest though, if you're at a bar at 4am, you should be expecting stupid things to happen. I would suggest staying out of the back room when it gets crowded as it can get pretty sketch.

What a terrible bar. Went here once at about 1am. It was super small and my friend got punched in the back as we walked out. And i've had no desire to back since.

The decor is lacking and is allegedly a great improvement over its previous incarnation. But Tai's is apparently a very popular late night dive. The three stars are for Jeff who is a great host and bartender. I would consider this a pre-bar solely to hang out with Jeff because everybody knows, it's really the bartenders that make great places happen. But hey, like the name implies, Tai's is open till 4am. They have a juke box, billiards and after midnight on weekends they crank up the music and there's a small dance floor in back. This place gets packed and rowdy very quickly after midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. I hear it gets shoulder to shoulder. You could do plenty of late night partying here and meet lots of well liquored guys and dolls if you can look past all of the preps in polos and very young wannabe studs trying to relive their college glory days. The men's bathroom is a testimony to how busy the place gets as there is a trough urinal and no door on the stall. After 30, most people's days of collective weeing are long over and you might cringe at the thought, but down a six pack (or two) and jump around for a few hours and you'll be flowing freesytle with the homies like a pro. During prime time, this is a very young, very straight, very crowded and very drunk pickup joint.

Drunktacular! Like other reviews said get there sorta early if you dont want to wait in line but dont get their sober! Because you will be the only one there that is. At 3am the good times roll... or drunks fighting the cops..those crazies!

Before 2, good and neighborhoody. After 2, a nightmare from hell. It's full of unfriendly robotic dummies. I ran away at about 3, it was way to crowded to just sit back and watch the debauchery.

Tai's Til 4 got me in serious trouble with my boyfriend. Was the night worth it? Absolutely. I'd get more specific, but after passing a 40 of bud light (on special) around on the dance floor and doing a LOT of lemon drops to make the credit card minimum, the whole night is a little hazy. I made it home as the sun came up, and got hell for it the next morning. A trashy, epic end to a night that I will remember fondly.

This is a fun little bar that is great for some late night fun. The door guy added a little oomph of security that lots of other little bars don't have. The bar was easy - no waiting around for 10 minutes just to get a drink. The music was good and loud - not ear piercing loud, but just right. The drinks were well mixed and not watered down. The pool table is kinda obscure, there's a chance your cue stick might bump up against the wall; pool sharks might even miss a prime combo due to that wall. Bonus for the ladies: the bathroom is clean! No giant holes in the walls, empty toilet paper rolls, or sketchy little black spots that look like cameras (I'm paranoid, lol). You can wash your hands with soap and dry them off, too! I hate going to places that are ALWAYS out of soap and never seem to have paper towels or an air dryer to dry my hands. Like, we're expected to dry our hands on our outfit. Not here. THANK YOU!

Great drink specials and fun atmosphere make this the must go spot after bars close in Lakeview. I challenge you to find a better 4am bar and better host than Blake! The staff is all around awesome and fun. Great drink specials and I can barely ever remember leaving here, but i always leave with a smile on my face. Eexacty what i want out of a 4am bar. They also are frequented by a Hot Dog truck, called Chubby Weiners, out front which is perfect if you havent ate all night. Working in the industry, this is a great place to go blow off steam after a long hard shift. Everytime i go there its the whos who in the industry and its always great to sit around and swap sotries from the night. All in all. Great spot. Will be a longtime regualr for years to come.

When their staff does NOT have respect for retired or active Military Service Members (no matter what the Branch is), then you do NOT need to spend your hard earned money at their establishment.

Bar smells like old wet clothes you forgot in the washer. Very hard to swallow a drink with an awful smell. Bartender was not friendly at all. He was eating and taking shots not paying attention to his customers!!!

Yah, I am a fan if you rate it against other 5am bars in the city. Great ownership, love the food trucks outside. Nice size place. But with everything else, my Mom always said nothing good ever happens after other bars area already closed. If you are out and not blacked out and need a few more drinks to get there or find that special someone you are going to want to kick out of bed when you wake up, this is the place.

Probably the worst bar in the city because of the inept staff mainly the bouncers. Can you ask for your employees to have a GED? Maybe someone who realizes this isn't their playground but rather a place of their meager employment. And these worthless bouncers permeate the neighborhood and feel like they're "wrigley industry." Let me tell you this personally, you're not a bartender, not a server, not even a dishwasher. I would consider you industry if you remotely helped the business, all you seem to do is piss people off. I saw a bouncer make a neighbor walk back to the front of his property inside the metal gate, and throw away a can of miller lite. After the man tossed the can in front of his own property, the bouncer said he couldn't come in the bar. Any sense here? Anyone? This place needs to be reprimanded immediately look at some of the reviews.

While this bar isn't horrible, I definitely wouldn't recommend it. The bad impression started before I even got out of the car. My friend parked right in front. One of the bouncers was standing outside and told us that we should park across the street rather than where we were. He insisted that it would be better because a hot dog truck was going to be parking in front of the bar later. Well that's nice, but we were there first. If the truck didn't have a place to park that's not our fault. So we stayed where we were and proceeded inside. So there's that. The actual bar was so-so. It wasn't really anything special. The singular plus was its hours. The bartender was cool. I sampled the Angry Orchard while he told me about it. Bottom line - there are better bars open late.

A decent 4AM bar, so prepare for the level of drunkeness that only people up at 4AM can achieve. The bartenders were nice and the drinks were reasonable priced so I think it deserves 4 stars. I agree with another reviewer who said to get there early - we couldn't believe the huge line that developed around 2:30AM. But, we got there around 1:30AM and were able to find seats right at the bar.

I like this bar, mainly because it so close to my apartment, and also because of the bar staff. They are very friendly. There is a pool table and lots of sport on the televisions. You would never miss a Cubs/Sox/Bears/Bulls game at this place! Often times, if you take the time to talk to the bartenders, you end up spending half of what they should be charging you on the drinks. The only down-side is that there is no food served there, but you can order food and have it delivered there!

Met some friends here in the wee hours on a Friday night. Seems like a fun neighborhood bar. There was a good number of people there, but I would have to say at least 75% were men. So ladies, if you're on the hunt for guys, look no further. People were friendly but most seemed to be out of that I just got out of college mentality. It also seems to be the type of place that if you frequent enough, you could be on a first name basis w/ the staff and other patrons.

Had an awesome time here bartender hooked us up, poured Guinness right, gave us free drinks. I'll be back

First of all, I don't know why this is listed as Tai's Lounge all over the internet, people in the real world call it Tai's Til 4. The best thing about Tai's is you get two bars for the price of one! That is, go before 1 am and experience a quiet neighborhood dive: locals and regulars hanging out, drinking beer, shooting pool, watching football or the Simpsons, chatting with the bartender, and relaxing. AFTER 1 or 2 am, get jiggy with your bad self in the back room while the dj spins for you on weekends, or hang out in the front bar and pick up other horny drunks. Either way, you can't go wrong.

This is probably a dive bar I wouldn't go to unless it was late and I wanted to stay out and it was one of the only options available (hence, Tai's Til 4). And that is exactly why I came here. We were desperate for a 4am bar on a Tuesday night. And desperation brought us to Tai's. The crowd was random and hilarious (especially on a Tuesday). I saw heels and I saw mullets. We headed to the back room to dance because the front room was crowded and the juke box was turned off.

I've always had the "hookup" gettin in here after 2am but lemme tell you NOT the best place at that time. EXTREMELY packed after 2. Long line that I would never wait. The music isn't bad though. They have a small dance floor in back but like I said it usually gets jam packed hard to breathe kinda feelin. I'll miss comin here cuz use to come with a group of old co workers that lived around da corner but now all moved out =/ So in the meantime imma stick to blue light =)

Another overpriced 4.am joint... but this bar seems to always have the stumbling or funny drunk that you can at least get a good amount of humor out of.. try the pulling the bar stool out from under move.. always a late night laugh!

While its in the nature of 4am bars to be pretty awful, the smell of impending bad decisions just oozes out of this one. This place is super dimly lit, you really can't see what you're getting yourself into (or what's trying to get himself into you).. Gross bathrooms, over-priced drinks, unfriendly burly bartenders.. On the upside, its full of freakshows and is great for people watching. I do however recommend bringing a bat to keep the regulars from preying on you and your friends.

If you want a late night place to drink, dance, and puke in the bathroom, then this is your spot (minus the puking in the bathroom. Don't be that guy/girl). It's always full of night owls, and the music is pumping in the back room for your dancing/grinding pleasure. Not a bar to see and be seen, but definitely a great place to get your drink on.

Great place to go....super small but hey its open after hours.

cool place to go to for cheap drinks and a little bit of dancing. just don't get there too early because it's dead and kinda awkward.

I've only been here after about 1am cause they are one of the few places in the area open til 4. Every time I have gone here I think it gets weirder and weirder. The back is like a crazy dance party. Every time I've been there it's also been packed. But I have to say, I did leave there each time having a crazy, fun time with good stories to tell.