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| - I travel a lot between work and personal stuff. We came across this location on Hotwire while on the road, deciding we needed to get some shut eye. As I sit in the hotel bar after driving 500 miles, with a 2-hour pit stop at Chicago's Navy Pier, this is my midnight review:
Hotel clerk: "chill" per my 17 year old. 5 stars.
Hotel condition: halls: 1 star. Overall, 2.5.
Bartender: 5. Awesome. He kept it open for a few of us. I paid $8 for a bottle of IPA and two Spotted Cow drafts ... wow. I feel guilty paying so little.
Bar: 3 stars. Darts and pool work. Old arcade machines do not. Clean, just not swank or cozy.
Hotel room: 3 stars. Way better than the gross hall, deteriorating condition of the larger building.
This is not the hotel chain I remember as a kid 40 years ago. What happened? So why a 3 and not a 2? It delivers ... bar open past midnight, great staff, and the room is in good condition, well, great, actually. A solid 3 seems fair.
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