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| - Where do I start? I've been to this Old Chicago once before but I don't remember my visit being so horrible. I wish I could say that it was an isolated event that tarnished my outlook, but unfortunately this whole trip sucked.
I arrive and had to go to the bathroom, but we had to be somewhere after lunch so I decided to wait to get my drinks and food ordered before I use the facilities. I get seated with my party and we wait a few minutes and the waitress comes along and orders all of our drinks. We browse the menu and wait...and wait...and finally our drinks come and she leaves again...so, I still have go to the bathroom but I wanted to order first (I figured she'd be right back) but we wait...and wait...then she comes back and finally takes our order. I run to the bathroom and - ew gross! I try to hold my breath and start to breath through my nose (I heard that your nose was a natural filter) the whole place was grimmy and sticky and trashy - I get back to my seat and enjoy my group of friends while we wait for our food. Funny thing is...we kept waiting...and waiting...almost 30 minutes go by and out come our salads.
Then 20 minutes go by again and out come our entrees, well except mine. I sit back thinking that when the waitress left, she left to get the rest of our food...but a minute goes by and I ask some other chick (thank goodness we were next to the kitchen door) if they were gonna bring me my food, and my waitress over heard me and she popped out of nowhere and was like "oh, and what did you order?"...really? I told her and she comes back in 2 seconds with my food.
I had the buffalo chicken hoagie, the 'toasted' hoagie was dry and stale, the chicken was dry and beside the buffalo sauce it really had no 'wow' affect, I was actually very disappointed. The house salad I got was really good though. I liked the roasted almonds - they were semisweet and really added something special to an otherwise boring typical salad.
Side note: a friend of mine also had to use the bathrooms, and the stall she chose didn't have any seat covers and she said the seat was sticky...sick-o-dear.
Really OC?? Do you only clean your place bimonthly or something? It was so bad, if this is how you care for your restrooms, I'd hate to see the kitchen!!
I would give this place 1 start, but our waitress (although slower than molasses in the winter) was really nice and other people in my group enjoyed their food (namely their pizza).
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