Old Chicago

[krosch]

Old Chicago is a pretty good Bar/Restarant with very good food and a wide selection of beer. The beer is a bit spendy compared to many other bars where you can get hammered quite cheaply. But the Food and the fact your under 21 friends can join you were always great draws when I was younger.

Another great aspect is the World Beer Tour. You signup for Free and get a card to keep track of your beers. You get prizes as you go and once you hit 110 you get your name on the Wall for completing the tour. Its kind of interesting and certainly something fun to do if you are there anyway and getting beers why not get some extra prizes for it?

I am currently at 91 of 110 beers so closing in on finishing at least one thing I started while in college!

[UMD TSAR]

Plus, they've got the most gorgeous waitress north of Hinkley, so that doesn't hurt either.

Was never a fan of the WBT. Why overpay for beer, most of which doesn't taste all that great, just to get a t-shirt to demonstrate what an aspiring-beer-snob you are?

This is going back to 2002-2003, but I do recall many a good night sitting there with a big frosty of Killian's or Hardcore (kudos to thier tap selection) with Casey (lest this site forget, he remains a douche) and THE David Pogue.

Sicilian Pepperoni Rolls were the shit. And the trivia and darts aren't a bad touch either.

[Stang76]

Was never a fan of the WBT. Why overpay for beer, most of which doesn't taste all that great, just to get a t-shirt to demonstrate what an aspiring-beer-snob you are?

QFT

[gribble]

Any idea what Pogue is up to these days? By the time I left Duluth he had finally followed through on his promise to leave that worthless place to ruin.

[UMD TSAR]

Was never a fan of the WBT. Why overpay for beer, most of which doesn't taste all that great, just to get a t-shirt to demonstrate what an aspiring-beer-snob you are?

QFT

The Army has honed my intuition for acroynms. And yet, the cyber world is always one step ahead of me. What the hell is QFT?

Gribbs - haven't heard anything on Pogue. Drew probably knows better, he's still in the community. I know Dave still had to go back to get his PhD before he'd ever have a shot at tenure.

[Stang76]

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[tabassman]

i second the pepperoni rolls.

[krosch]

Like I said the beer is a bit expensive but the food is good and when I was younger and had more under 21 friends it was a great place to drink where they could come along as well.

Now that I am so close to finishing the beer tour it seems like a sin or something not to finish the damn thing off.

[ron28]

Pogue! Definetly the best pol sci teacher at UMD (which isn't saying much, but still...very enjoyable classes) He ever tell any of you guys about the time he got stabbed in gym class?

[OctaPochette]

I can't think of a better word to describe Old Chicago than 'average.' Average food, average-looking waitresses, average alcohol selection, average clientele, average atmophere.

Not having pitchers or happy hour make this spot a capitalist's dream come true. I sometimes wonder what the owner does with all of his money. I'll bet he wears the same outfit as Rich Uncle Pennybags -- top hat, monocle -- except his is made out of straight cash.

Would you even notice if this place suddenly vanished? Does it even close? Seems like this place could be used in a physics classroom to demonstrate Newton's first law.

I can foresee Old Chicago, in the future, being the choice hangout for robots.

[krosch]

They have happy hour....

[OctaPochette]

This must be a new thing.

[UMD TSAR]

You're trying to repeat upon your success of the geeky-gamers-den (or whatever it was called), but you fell short, bro.

I can't think of a better word to describe Old Chicago than 'average.' Average food, average-looking waitresses, average alcohol selection, average clientele, average atmophere.

I repeat: One of the most gorgeous waitresses you'll ever meet. A tap selection that is second to none. An atmosphere that is classy enough to keep out most of the riff-raff (also a product of prices).

Not having pitchers or happy hour make this spot a capitalist's dream come true. I sometimes wonder what the owner does with all of his money. I'll bet he wears the same outfit as Rich Uncle Pennybags -- top hat, monocle -- except his is made out of straight cash.

Yeah, they obviously do very well for themselves. They're in THE PIVOTAL location between Canal Park and the DECC. They have the open-table-setting that accommodates large-parties.

Don't suppose they're paying a premium for rent, do you? Not to say they're still not making mad money, but I've seen lower prices at other OC's.

Would you even notice if this place suddenly vanished? Does it even close? Seems like this place could be used in a physics classroom to demonstrate Newton's first law.

I can foresee Old Chicago, in the future, being the choice hangout for robots.

You're right. Aside from said waitress and tap selection, it's a fairly typical Americana pizza bar/restaurant. But there's something to be said for a nice, typical pizza shop that doesn't cater to the hippie-crowd of Luce (with a menu of self-righteous vegan-items) or the Superior-swine crowd of places across the bridge.

[mill1535]

Old chicago has had happy hour for as long as I can remember...so 3 weeks?

seriously though, at least since I first moved to duluth in 2000

[gribble]

I can foresee Old Chicago, in the future, being the choice hangout for robots.

On the whole it definitely fell short of the geek rant. But that was a classic. It's pretty hard to even come close to matching that. But this last line definitely rings true. I thought it was good overall anyway. I have those sentiments about the place.

[OctaPochette]

Ry Guy,

I've since moved back to Madison, WI. I'll tell you straight up: This city puts the waitress thing to bed. Oh. My. God.

As for the atmosphere of Old Chicago, again, I feel as if people go to this restaurant to exist, but not to live up or down the events of the day.

I must have gotten confused on happy hour, but the lack of pitchers does not sit well with me. Ideally, if they did serve pitchers, I wouldn't be sitting at all. So the scales do not "tip" in their favor (double pun!).

I agree with you, for the most part, about Pizza Luce. That place is loaded with rock poseurs, disposable art, and suffocating self-awareness -- never a good thing in my book. I'm sure that, like me, you get into some sort of confrontation everytime you go there. They are not ready for our realness!HOWEVER, I think they have the best taps in Duluth, so if I have to risk punching out a pasty hipster over my jukebox selections, well... that would be an extra bonus.

[gribble]

Old Chicago is a bit like Pizza Hut to me.

Anyway, what's the deal with gorgeous Wisconsin women? I don't quite understand that. It's not just that they know how to put on make-up is it? I'm pretty sure when you average Wisconsin women out and compare them to Minnesota women it's like a 7 to 4. Maybe it's just that they don't get as fat in Sconi for some reason.

Must be the milk-fat. That stuff keeps you skinny. Take for instance a person who drinks strictly whole milk and compare them with a person who drinks strictly skim milk. The whole milk drinker will be at least 15% thinner. Now, I've always wondered if that's just because the fat person is trying to lose weight and the skinny person is trying to gain weight. But I think these numbers hold from very early childhood.

[tabassman]

man 200 guests on this board right now. there's your spam bot problem. evan robots.txt?

[premo]

Anyway, what's the deal with gorgeous Wisconsin women? I don't quite understand that.

I'm all for Minne-women. Wisconi women hotter? Please.
A large school in the U of W will make all the hottest girls from cow-stack nowhere apply to for hopes of a chance to have a good time and wear tight shirts in a 'big' city.

Anyways, Old Chi-town is high in my book for a few reasons.
The appetizers, and yes, the pep. rolls are delicious, although I always want MORE.
They also cater to LOCAL taps, not as much as a local brewery/pub, but enough for me to feel good about supporting breweries from the area.
Trivia is also a huge draw. Trivia at Old Chi, Grizzlies, and Norm's are always fun because there's usually at least three or four other people playing you can taunt. Never gets old to have a Newsteam High Five and AY-OH while you watch a friend or yourself take the lead.

[OctaPochette]

Premo, just stop. Girls don't go to the UW because it's a big city, which it isn't, anyhow, at least not down on campus; they go here because it's a great school.

As for the hotness of Wisconsin girls vs. the hotness of Minnesota girls, my friends and I who moved from Wisconsin to the UMD noticed that the women from Minnesota have better looking faces, but their bodies are plump. Wisconsin girls, on the other hand, are the opposite.

[DeeMan]

I've since moved back to Madison, WI. I'll tell you straight up: This city puts the waitress thing to bed. Oh. My. God.

agreed. however, not all are sconnies. alot on state street are out-of-staters.