. . "3"^^ . "1"^^ . "Why there is carpeting all through such a beautiful, old space such as the one this pub inhabits escapes me, especially since they specialize in greasy food and beer. I loved that they had an option on the menu to buy the cooks a drink for $12. Had we been there for a full meal later in the day we certainly would have. As for the food and drink, it's all relative to location. Would this place somehow magically be transported to downtown Chicago, it would lose at least one star. The Bloody Mary I had was good, as in nothing to complain about. There was an inventive offering of \"Tetris tots\" with bacon aoli, which was tasty, but after a few bites was just too greasy. The chips and salsa were passable. This is the Midwest, so I don't expect miracles in terms of chips and salsa. What was sort of bad was the absolute grime of the table top. It looked as though no one had cleaned it in ages. The waitress wiped it down but it looked just the same after she did so. Also, I paid our approximately $14 tab with a $20 and the waitress brought back a $5 and change, which either means she wasn't expecting a tip, or she was going for the whole $5. I'm probably being a bit picky on this point, but for some reason it annoyed me that she didn't bring $1s. I almost always tip 20%. Don't force me to tip you well over that or nothing at all, ok?"^^ . "2015-10-12T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ . . "1"^^ .