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| - On Saturday I had done a bunch of painting in the house, so we decided to spend the night out at a hotel and let the house air out. We stayed at the Hampton Inn right across the street and walked over to Hob Nob. It was a difficult decision to not go to Rudy's trust me.
Hob Nob was a pleasant surprise. I thought we'd just sit and have a couple of drinks and some apps, but the food turned out to be good and on par with some of the other good sports bars in the area. We started with a Moscow mule for me ($6) and a gluten-free beer from WI that my husband wanted to try just to see what it tasted like. It was a nice, crisp pilsner.
We shared the small nachos with ground beef and those were good and cheesy and the salsa was nice and spicy. That brought on a 2nd round of drinks. Mules all around.
Then I had the patty melt with 50/50 o rings and tots, and he ordered the pulled pork sliders. I thought the sliders were a great deal getting 5 per order. The buns were Hawaiian-style which is always good, and the pork was fine, but tasted like it came out of a plastic container. The pickles helped.
My patty melt was excellent. The burger tastes like good 80/20, and I really liked that you can get 50/50 of fries, o rings, or tots. The onion rings taste EXACTLY like Dairy Queen's. Exactly.
Danelle was our server and she was friendly and fun to talk to. We got a kick out of the guys playing pool near us with all the smack talk going on. Pretty entertaining. They have some dart boards too, and TVs everywhere. Overall, I would definitely return to Hob Nob, in spite of it being a Chicago sports bar. (GO RED BIRDS!....I don't know about anyone else, but I am so ready for baseball season).
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