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| - If you are a Bears fan, then do NOT go to Half Moon Windy City Sports Grill. This bar calls itself a Bears' Bar, but after watching one game there, I can honestly say that this description is a fallacy. I called ahead and, they said they aired the Bears game and the audio would be turned on. We drove 20 minutes to get to the bar, and were excited upon arriving. We were seated in the corner near the bathroom (this didn't bother us as we had 4 TVs nearby). The audio for the Bears game was on and we were pumped up. Then everything started to go downhill rapidly. We attempted to order the only beer 'special' (it's the same price everyday) they had, $2 Old Style cans. They were sold out, and didn't offer a replacement. On opening day of the Bears 2014 season they didn't even offer any sort of beer specials. They did have $12 bottomless mimosas (excellent deal and no complaints as they were usually topped off before empty). I understand that it is an early game (10:00AM), but there should be some sort of beer special. That was strike one, strike two came as the game was about to start.
We anxiously awaited kickoff, then we started to glance around the room. Out of the 4 TV's immediately in our vicinity, only ONE had the Bears game on. To make matters worse, 2 of these TVs had the Rams-Vikings game on! I immediately thought that there was a mistake and asked our server if they could change the TV nearest us (which was one of the two TVs next to each other that had the Rams-Vikings game on) to the Bears. Our waiter politely said they could not change the channels, but would talk to the manager for us. The manager was quite rude with us, and said that there was no way to possibly change any channels. As she was stating this, we noticed that the fourth TV was switched to the Falcons vs Saints game. I love being lied to directly to my face. After the manager left, I decided to look around the rest of the room, at the 9 other TVs I could see from my seat. The Bears game was on ONE more TV, but don't worry, the Rams-Vikings game was also on another TV. This place is clearly more supportive of the Rams and/or Vikings than of the Bears, which seems odd since the owner claims to have been born & raised in Chicago. I highly doubt the owner was from Chicago.
Their menu includes a section labeled "Chicago Thin Crust Pizza". As most are aware, Chicago is famous for their deep dish pizzas, but they also have a thin crust pizza that is almost as delicious. This is definitely not it though. The 'pizza' they serve should not actually be called pizza, it's more accurately described as crackers with a little bit of cheese on it. Although that is not even an accurate description, as crackers have some thickness to them. This pizza featured a crust that was at best postcard-thin, and at worst toilet paper-thin. Everyone that has been to Chicago (let alone born and raised) would be offended by what they call a pizza.
One friend of mine ordered the Kale & Quinoa salad. She loved the taste of the salad, but was disappointed at the size of it. It costs $7.89 and is served in a large bowl, but the salad itself is barely larger than a standard size side salad. The waiter graciously removed the salad from her bill, so I can't complain too much on that.
My girlfriend had the Fish & Chips. The fries were excellent. They had a great crisp and flavor to them. She also stated that she loved the fish. So, Half Moon evidently is capable of making quality food.
The men's bathroom did feature the Bears game at one of the stalls, however, the women's bathroom just featured advertisements for exercise classes. Both of the women I was here with commented at this and they were quite annoyed as they both came to watch the Bears play. I would think most fans (whether male or female) would much rather watch the game than be bombarded with whatever sexist advertisements this bar picked out.
As a Chicago native, I am appalled at how Half Moon calls itself a Bears bar, or uses Chicago anywhere in the description of it. If you want to say you support a certain team, then you should make sure that said team is on the majority of the TVs in your establishment. Having the game on ~15% of the TVs is just unacceptable. They should also drop the Chicago from their pizza titles as it is clearly misleading. It is akin to someone making a Chicago Style Philly Cheesesteak, you just don't do something like that. The only upside to this place was that our waiter was excellent and apologized 10 times during the game. Ideally management would never put it's staff in the position of being forced to apologize so much. We seriously debated leaving the bar to go to an actual Bears Bar (there are some great ones in Phoenix), unfortunately it is nearly impossible to get a table after kickoff anywhere. We took a chance on a new bar to watch the games at, and it bit us in the ass. I will NEVER return to Half Moon even if they offer me free food and drinks to do so.
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