This place is great! My friend and I are former Chicagoans and heard this was a Chicago place. The bar has lots of chi sports on the walls and a huge regulation size shuffleboard. I can see this being a great place to watch Blackhawks and Bulls already!
We sat in the dining area and got to meet the owner Joe, who was a super nice guy. The dining area is very comfortable and they have a nice menu selection. They serve breakfast lunch and dinner and serve food til 11pm.
Chicken Milanese with twice baked potato, veggies and garlic bread was the special and my friend enjoyed it very much. She's Italian and all I heard were compliments on the food.
I went for the pizza. They have three kinds, thin, Sicilian and Chicago deep dish. The thin crust is more like the thickness of a hand tossed pizza. The Sicilian is supposed to be double that thickness and deep dish is, well you know what deep dish is, don't you?
I ordered a 10" thin cheese with black olives (my fav). See my picture. It was delicious and perfectly cooked. I had to take most of it home as it was quite filling. I really like the cheese they use.
It's not far from main st casino- it doesn't look like much from the outside but don't let that fool you.
Check it out when you're in the downtown area!