The Falcon Inn

Good time watching Bears - Packer game! Very reasonably priced, but bring cash (only), no Cards! Food is available thru a window in the wall from the Pizza joint next door. Nothing to brag about, but decent munchies for any sports event on their 6-7 TV screens. I had a good time & didn't break the bank as a dad buying drinks for my kid & her 4 college friends.

Friday night karaoke is a vibe! Bar food available. We had a blast.

**The Falcon Inn** A finer place for the versatile traveler! Go here for a local night out over drinks! **Key Features:** - Cozy atmosphere - Wide selection of drinks - Perfect for a night out **Recommended for:** - Travelers - Adventurers - Night owls **Cheers, mon amour! 💕**

What a vibe! Old heads, mixed with a soulful atmosphere. Everybody just relaxing and listening to good music. I even saw some folks in the corner playing chess. It doesn’t get more chill than that. I will be back.

I love this local place. It is unpretentious, great prices, a digital jukebox, and Miss B, our bartender, rocks! If you want an authentic dive bar experience, this is the place. I say dive bar as high praise!

Neighborhood bar, everyone friendly, and in the moment. Karaoke singers yellowing out tunes. The kitchen fried the best chicken wings.

Really nice and chill laid back environment. The drinks is really good. We had the Hennessy margaritas. They also have a pizza place in the back. The wings and shrimp were really good. We will be back for karaoke Friday

Food option is Cholie's Pizza, which is also connected to the bar. Their options are abundant and reason. Bartender was great. She even put me on to a special I was unaware of. Still gave me a deal on my beers. Older crowd, regulars, some students stopped thru. But mainly chill and social. I loved it. Drinks were reasonably priced but with some mixed drinks, the glass sizes are smaller. I will be back.

This is a great inexpensive bar that is cash only. They have karaoke Friday night and other nights it's just a dive bar. People are friendly and it's cheap. This is a great place that's open late and within walking distance to most things in Hyde Park. $3 PBR tall boys

Cold beer and a delicious margarita. What else do you need from a dive bar. Did not try any of the food served through the literal hole in the wall, but that is not why you come here.

5.50 Jack and walking distance to my hotel- you have my heart while I'm in town ! Very dive and I love that. I travel a lot and I always try to find hidden gems like this. I didn't try the food YET... but the night is young!

Stopped by for a quick drink with friends . We played music all night from the boom box thing . Drank a lot the bartender was great she made a killer Long Island iced tea . There's also a food counter I can't remember the name but it WAS GOOD . Tacos was good pizza was good !

Very very friendly place that are taking COVID seriously. Lots of social distancing and great prices. Will definitely be back

It *was* perfect, once. Alas, even the best things obsolesce. Time makes fools of us all.

No pretentiousness allowed! Layed back and excepting. Be sure to catch Friday nite karaoke.

I come here often with my girls have our lil get togethers here. And being that I live up the street awesome cause I can always walk home afte a great time The beer and alcohol is cheap the atmostphere is nice you never have drama or situations people look out for you if you know them from frequent visits lol. all in all it's a really nice place u can grab something to eat relax watch a game listen to great music I love The Falcon Inn come join us meet some new ppl.

Pretty much the diveyist of all dive bars....which is what I like. The prices were hella cheap. The interior was odd but it was fine. I will be back if I'm in there area.

Such a good dive bar. Cheap drinks. Good selection of beer. Dark and dirty. Lol. Karaoke on Friday's is always fun.

Don't come to the Falcon. It is the finest place in Hyde Park to relax with a $6.50 pitcher of Michelob Amber Bock and a bunch of friends, and I don't want the rest of you to ruin that for me. If you do darken the doorway of Hyde Park's only Irish/sports/dive/sometimes gay bar, make sure to generously tip the bartenders. Ray might be the finest man ever to pull a pitcher, and he deserves your respect. In fact, all of the Falcon's bartenders are great, friendly people, many of whom frequent the place on their nights off and can generally be found at the far end of the bar. One doesn't come to the Falcon to enjoy a fancy night out; one comes to drink cheap beer, eat cheap pizza from Cholie's, and to hang out with the chillest, dankest group of people in Hyde Park. Please, if you're scared of black people, hate rap, or dislike uncomfortable chairs and sticky floors, go to Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap or Bar Louie. Come with an open mind and you probably won't be disappointed.

Memories of getting completely wasted here and dancing around like an idiot. Good times. If I lived on the South Side, I'd probably live here. Also, it's a cool bar if you like diversity as there's a good amount of both white and black patrons bonding over beer and Bulls.

This place is CHEAP, and it is a true dive. They don't serve food, BUT there is a hole in the wall through which you can order pizza from neighboring Cholie's -- greasy, delicious pizza. The beer selection isn't great, but it honestly doesn't feel like it matters what you are drinking when you are paying ten bucks for a pitcher. The bartenders are nice, the fellow patrons are chill (agreed with some of the other reviews here -- definitely seems like there are more people not affiliated with UofC who come here than to the other Hyde Park bars). There are tvs usually playing some sort of game, and a jukebox, and I've heard awesome things about karaoke nights (but those rumors have as yet been unsubstantiated). Walking by this place at night can be a little bit off-putting since there is often a group of men hanging out who often shout at you when you are walking by. For a long reason that intimidated me from coming into this place. But, I eventually did, and among Hyde Park's 4 bars, I'll rank it a solid 3rd place. Come here when you just want to drink with your friends.

What an awesome Little place. I wish I had found it sooner and knew more people in Chi-town to tell and take here. $1.50 drinks feels like Wisconsin!!! All I did was grab a beer in here I wish I was in Chicago longer than the summer. Man, I just find things too late. Oh well I'll try to party in these regardless.

I've been in here twice now, and I absolutely love it. They have sports on the tvs, a great bartender who remembered our beer preference from the first trip, and friendly people all around. It's a very laid back bar with locals who all seem to know each other. There's also a window in the wall to Cholie's Pizza, where you can order anything from pizza to salad to fried chicken to sub sandwiches. The drinks are reasonably priced, and the jukebox has the best selection I have ever heard.

Writing this during the first intermission of Stanley Cup Finals Game 5, which I'm watching from home because I was just kicked out for asking to open a tab. I'm not exaggerating. Hey, barkeep, I've been here for every game of the series. We talked about how the last bar you worked at went out of business and how you got to Falcon Inn. I always tip - point is, you know me, I was just asking because I figured I'd be drinking more than a few. "This is cash only." Okay, but what if I leave you my ID or card? "This is cash only." Okay, fine. Here's cash, I have cash. Fine, I'll leave after this beer. Great I have to miss some of the first period. But there wasn't really a need to remind me that "This is cash only. You pay as you go." Okay, fine. I understand, I was wondering if you could write down my drinks because I was just going to get 3 or 4 of the same pint. That's when "Well, you can just finish THIS beer but--" No thanks, I'll leave now. "That's it! Get out of MY BAR!" I left with the bartender yelling at the bouncers not to let me back in. It's okay, I don't need to come back. I don't need to talk to the 4 people that are there. It's sad because I really thought I could go here regularly. I mean I caught 4 of the last 5 Blackhawks games here. I figured I would be welcome, but this is a little ridiculous.

This place is, in one word, hilarious. First and foremost, the cigarette machine is stocked in its entirety with menthol cigarettes. Newports, Kools and Salems, to be exact. I thought I was safe when I spotted some Camels in the bottom corner, but alas, they were Camel Lights Menthols. That's just fine, I can buy my cigarettes elsewhere in order to have that kind of chuckle. One night, my friend Emi and I took a couple of her friends from her hometown on a "Hyde Park bar crawl", and anyone who's lived in Hyde Park knows how hilarious that idea is. Our first stop was the Falcon. Picture this: Four white girls in their early twenties sitting around, sharing a pitcher of High Life (which I believe was six dollars, and definitely came with literally frosted mugs, which is fantastic). We see the silly old man in the pimp hat eyeballing us from the bar, but we ignore it. Eventually he saunters over and says to one of Emi's friends "what's a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this?" Her response, deadpan, point blank: "Feeling uncomfortable." HA!

This place is the last bastion of "slum." And I mean that in the most complimentary way. No one stands on pomp and circumstance here. No one will judge you. No one will notice what you are drinking (except the barkeep). No one will care if you are drinking. Men: no one will give a damn if the last time you showered or shaved was before you met your family for dinner for Mother's Day. Women: no one will notice you are a woman - period. Good place to drop off the radar and be inconspicuous if you are famous. Or semi-famous. Or formerly famous. Or not feeling famous for the day. If you are famous AND Amos, then please feel free to share extra cookies. Good place to wallow in self pity if you are no one at all and do not wish to ever be anyone noteworthy. The sort of place where you get the jones to hear "Touch Me I'm Sick" followed by "Somebody To Shove." Except all you will hear are the sounds of silence and the sound of your manic depressive companion belching up her miller genuine draft. Then ponder "mud n' honey" and how Matt Dillon was never believable as neither single nor a grunge band member, and how karma came to righteously bite Winona in the ass after she destroyed Depp and unceremoniously dumped Pirner. Fie on the witch. Last time I was here was on a Sunday night with Kate a few years back during a life threatening snowstorm when it was too hazardous to travel westward back to Archer Heights. We wanted beer and pretzels so we just threw winter coats on over our pajamas and slushed on over to cop a squat on one of the hard stools which make you feel as though you are riding a mechanical bull after a few hours. Good place to just relax and be yourself, but be warned if you think that slumming it will make you a "man repellant": the worse you look, the more jaded you act, and the less you give a shit, so much the more will you be hit upon. So study up: It's like Murphy's law for broads.

I like this place. Cheap drinks. Laid back. Interesting people. If only I was in the area more often...

Seems like the best dive bar in Hyde Park is either this place or the Cove, especially ever since the TIki bar closed. When will you reopen, oh Tiki bar? The Falcon inn is a great place, cheap beers, friendly locals, not too crowded either. A good place to go if you want to escape the usual college crowd, I think.

This is one of the nicer dive bars in Hyde Park. The drink specials are comparable to other neighborhood bars. There is no kitchen, but they have a service window inside the bar that allows you to order food from Cholie's. This is a great partnership! However, the noise level in this bar is terrible. The music is turned up so loud that you can't hear the person sitting next to you... even if the bar is empty. Ask the bartender to turn it down... answer is always no.

It's not the best. its not the worst. Its just fine. Nothing to really write home about though.

They don't know math. We ordered 4 pitchers including an IPA and got away with $35 for all of it. Highly recommend to get trashed. Do not recommend if you are classy in any way.

This is the best Bar in Hyde Park hands down. Cheap beer. Nice bartenders that will help any way they can. Great for Friday nights starring "Funky Fingers" karaoke and live mic. And on Sunday night with live mic and an other dope dj. My go to with just a relaxing night after work to let loose or to have a few friends come and drink. But when drinks are cheap you can't go wrong. It's my regular bar. Love the Falcon. Amazing spot.

This is my fav Friday night spot of only cause the free Karaoke. But with $7 pitchers of PBR and a kitchen that makes awesome chicken and cilantro tacos.. everyday of the week. It's a perfect li'l spot.

Hands down my favorite Hyde Park bar. They have $7 pitchers of beer. They got ball on TV. They play rap/r&b, and sometimes people dance in here even though it's a dive bar. They only take cash though. There is also a pizza place next door that is connected. This bar is more neighborhood locals than University of Chicago students.

Yes the beer is good and cheap. But the music is ridiculously loud and my friend found a centipede in her drink. (A rum and coke.) YES. A CENTIPEDE.

My spouse and I have been going here since we moved to Hyde Park 6 years ago. An old fashion neighborhood bar in the midst of a changing HP. Once you're been there a few times you become family. The bartenders will start your drink when you walk thru the door. Great juke box and a couple of flat screen TVs (some old ones too). It's not a "sports bar" but there are avid sports fan. And a pitcher of beer is $7.50 - best deal in Chicago!

The regulars used to refer to this place as the star wars bar due to the unique people who walked in the door. I have seen noble prize winners drinking next to what looked like a homeless man on more than one occasion, something you would not see on the north side.The drinks are cheap. It used to be a great a great place to see a Bulls games, but things may have changed. The people are for the most part friendly drinks flow freely. Tip your bar tenders they are very under valued there, a $5.00 tip will go a long way to your night of drinking. A couple of things if you are a history buff, the bar is a Louis Sullivan and if you are standing at the bar turn around and look up, there is a great painting from the columbian exposition.

The most underrated bar in Hyde Park. A slew of $1.50 pints available every night. Wonderfully tacky decorations like giant football helmets, Christmas lights, and Corona banners from the 70's. They just got a new digital jukebox with a massive selection as well. You can get pizza and other snacks from next-door neighbor Cholie's Pizza via a window in the west wall of the place. Usually not too packed.

What could I possibly say about the Falcon. It didn't take me more than a few months of coming here every week with my friends to become a regular, way before I started coming here on Sundays and some Monday nights for football. I have long since moved out of Hyde Park, but even though there are plenty of decent bars in my new neighborhood that are significantly closer, I would still rather trek all the way down to Hyde Park just to go to a warm, friendly place like this. The person below me who said that, "Ray is the finest man to ever pull a pitcher" was grossly understated. He knows your name, your drink, your football team, and all kinds of random things about you that you didn't even know you told him. Just the other night, I'd had a few too many and was offered a ride home by one of his other regulars and I asked him if he trusted this guy, and he said he did. Ladies, you can absolutely trust Ray to keep you safe in this place. I've seen him throw out obnoxious drunks who were inappropriately touching women and he's come over to my end of the bar to warn me whenever such a character has come in. He'll take good care of you. He even went a step further, gave me his number, and told me to call him to let him know I got home safely. Not only is Ray a fine bartender, but he's very intelligent, and I proudly consider him my friend. You get all kinds in here. It's the kind of place where you know you're going to run into the drunks in Hyde Park, but you can still feel safe here. Go to the Falcon. Watch a game here sometime over a pitcher and some delicious Cholie's Pizza. I promise you won't be disappointed.

Friendly, cheap, and really civilized. It also preserves to a remarkable extent the decor of the late, great Eagle Pub, including its 1920s murals and the intricately carved bar itself. This stretch of 53rd Street has been kind of desolate, though not menacing, ever since the shops and restaurants on the north side of the street were shut down to make way for new construction, so it's especially nice to have a friendly place like this still open for business. Makes for a more cheerful environment.

By far the best bar in Hyde Park. The friendly staff with greet you with cheap beer and wide smiles while you watch a sports game on one of the two tvs, or listen the wide range of funky music. If you get tipsy and need some grub...you are in luck as the pizza joint next store has a side window to order. Love it...only in Hyde Park!

Great sports bar and good for good juke box songs and Ray the bartendar with dreads makes the best drinks.

My friend had a get together here. It was nice. Everyone gets along with everybody. It's comfortable and smells fresh, not like a boz of cigars! Pizza and beer makes everyone smile.

All the pros of a dive bars without the cons. Cheap beer, friendly service, attractive old-style bar. Next time I'm back, I'll get something from Cholie's Pizza through the window that runs directly into the bar.

This is my favorite bar, it has a lot of character, and many characters, too. It is a safe, welcoming place where you can have a few drinks, or sit all night drinking and talking. Everyone is welcome here and as long as you don't cause a ruckus, you can feel like a regular, right away! No jaegermeister available, but don't let that deter you... Jimmy's is over-rated! Check out the Cholies Pizza takeout window for a quick meal, too.

My fav neighborhood dive, low key, good drinks, Cholies next door was a big plus. I used to bartend at the Falcon for a couple of years and met some awesome people here and heard some amazing life stories. Friendly Hyde Parker's and uofc kids who just want a place to hang out. The funny thing is I lived behind the bar for a number of years and they always kept the backdoor open so my chocolate lab mocha would always take off when she saw the bar door open and go inside to say hi to the patrons, could never keep her away from saying hi and she would go by each person and greet them with her puppy dog kisses. Haven't been there in years but glad to see its still around.

Great bar, prices, DJ's on Thursday, Friday, Cholies Pizzaplace & restaurant is next door and you can eat the food at the bar. Robert B, the bartender that works on Thursday, Friday evening and Sunday day is a KEEEPER, He is a true professional , makes great (real) cocktails, but what stands out is that you won't wait for your next drink (like it used to be at the Falcon In last summer) His smooth attention for each patron, without upselling, Robert seems to have the right word with and for everyone at his bar - jumping from subject to subject AND remembering where the conversation left off the next time he comes around and has time to chat with you and makes you feel at home. I like to drink my beer in a public place instead at home. I used to just go into the Falcon Inn for one draught and then leave. I was totally taken aback recently and surprised, when on a sunny Sunday afternoon in February 2015 I stepped in at 1PM for ONE beer and found myself, together with all others, still at the bar at 6pm!!!! enjoying one beer after the next. Woow, that does not happen often and for me that means the bartender was able to do something right... this is a keeper ... we hope that Robert B. likes us "regulars" as much as we appreciate his professional service and that he stays for a long long time to come at the Falcon Inn...

Went hear to grab a couple of beers and watch the NCAA tourney. The bartender told us we needed to buy 1 beer and 2 shots each for $20 or we need to leave. WTF? Now, I've been to plenty of bars (dive bars included) and I have never been told that from a bartender. We promptly left and hit a different bar that gave us wayyyyy better service. I've hung out here a number of times with various friends and have never been treated that way. Needless to say I'll never be back. I'd also like to mention that MOST of the 4 & 5 star reviews for this place were over two years ago. As Jonathan P. mentioned 'Alas, even the best things obsolesce.'

I would have liked this place better had it not smelled like puke. Although after awhile you do get used to the smell...or after enough pitchers of beer. Music was good but the people watching was even better! My friend who lives a few blocks away described it as a good, cheap dive bar with a very mixed crowd and that's exactly what it was. I'll stop in for a pitcher or two the next time I'm in the hood...but I might bring a clothespin for my nose :)

On a Sunday night in January this was very much a working-class black bar, but white me was welcomed, and I could hardly believe the drafts were $2. It shares a wall with Cholie's, which has amazingly good rib tips. The only drawback was that the place smelled like disinfectant and vomit, but my date, who had suggested the Falcon, assured me this was atypical - so I'll be back, sans date.

The main thing the falcon inn has going for it is that it is one of the few cheap dive bars with nice regulars that you you can go hide out in Hyde Park. I know they have liquor, but I have never had anything other than a bottle of beer here. Nothing special, just a nice friendly old-school tavern you can go watch a game or just hang out for a while. And even if you have had to much to drink, I would not personally recommend ordering any food from the hole in the wall.

Loudspeakers are installed in the smallest of night clubs to amplify the sound until it becomes literally unbearable: everything is to sound like radio, like the echo of mass culture in all its might.

Mr. Tubbles has recently developed an interest in falconry, so we set off for the Falcon Inn on a sunny afternoon last May. While it was quite a trek from our home, its strategic location tucked under the 53rd street Metro stop, made it quite appealing as a challenging spot for the falcons to locate upon return. Mr. Tubbles stamped his feet in satisfaction upon arrival. Unfortunately, a bit of user error on my part prevents me from actually reviewing the falconry courses. We "dropped in," as they say, and unfortunately there were no falcons to be found at that particular time. Mr. Tubbles and I "played it cool," looking through the slightly-grey window and scanning the sky for returning sportbirds. After three hours, we realized we had misjudged our timing and decided to return home. Still, four stars for the concept and for the delectable vermouth we sipped as we waited (I from a glass, Mr. Tubbles from an ashtray-cum-saucer). We are eager to return again.

One of hyde park's several divey bars, but this one has fast access to pizza from chole's pizza next door through the 'chole-hole' in the wall. I prefer bringing take out to the Cove, but the Falcon Inn is also a good option.

As far as dive bars go, this is a pretty awesome place. Plenty of TVs for watching sports. Funky Finger Karaoke on Friday nights is a blast. The Falcon Inn is a welcoming oasis for anyone with an open mind.

nice/simple dive bar, with interesting old murals on the wall. these paintings show an mystery of the past left behind. . .

Love this place. Where in the world can you watch the Bulls while jamming to Le Freak and eating Cholie's Pizza? All while watching a few semi professionals "Step in the Name of Love". BTW the music is too low for those of you who are complaining. Simply Ole Chi..Love it! See yo on my next visit