Chuckie’s

Décor was nice but after 5 minutes Liam Neeson burst open the door and started screaming about his daughter.

We were the only people in the restaurant — minus two bar patrons. We asked for two happy hour special beers, both of them were dead kegs so we got the happy hour deal on ‘any beer’ except when we asked about the ‘special beers’ they were on special. We went to a table outside and waited 10 minutes until we had to walk in and place our order with the one person working in the whole restaurant. We ordered two pizzas on the menu. We got the pizzas and both of them had missing ingredients. The one employee never came back to our table. We at the below average buffalo cheese pizzas, and then we waited for 15 minutes for our check. We finally walked to the employee who was sitting at a table 2 away from ours to ask for our bull, and we told them ‘also both pizzas were wrong.’ He said ‘Oh yes, yes. Of course, we wont charge you. We has a health inspection today so we had to throw things away.’ Then we left…

I was hesitant to order delivery from here again as I had a horrible experience with them a few years ago when I tried their food, but this time I was only ordering wine so I figured it couldn’t be that bad. I was wrong.
Placed my order a few minutes before 8pm for two bottles of Pinot Grigio.
First the delivery time gets pushed back, which I can deal with, no prob.
9pm rolls around (delivery time, or so I thought.), I receive a phone call from the restaurant asking if I’m «still interested» in the wine I ordered and paid for. Told them yes, they said OK and that it would be here in 10 – 15.
915, I get another call from the restaurant telling me they only had one bottle of what I ordered and asked if I wanted a substitute for the second, told them yes.
Finally at 950, I get my order. Just about 2 hours for wine? That’s pretty ridiculous considering all they have to do is grab the bottle from the fridge and bring it here.
*Oh, and by the way, I’m 27 but your delivery guy didn’t know that since he never asked for any ID. Makes me wonder how many underage kids have gotten booze through your delivery without your knowledge? I’m sure they’re loyal customers now! ;)

Preeeetty sure this place is a front for some illegal activities. It’s always, always, always empty, the pizza they «serve» was frozen, and the one time I tried ordering via Grub Hub in the middle of the day, when they were so clearly supposed to be open, they never responded to the order and GH had to cancel it for me.

I’ve walked by Chuckie’s several times and thought it looked like a really neat place. They seem always to have drink specials in the window and it seems to be open late (I;m usually stumbling out of Thursday night trivia at the Glenwood when I’m walking past) but I’ve never been inside. Before last night. And I think I’ve gleaned some insight into why it’s always empty. My experience wasn’t bad. Just, well, weird.
My husband and I ran into an old friend at the Cubs game Sunday evening and wanted a place to talk, have a drink and maybe share some munchables. Since we live in Rogers Park and she was staying in Evanston, we were looking for a place that would not look askance at three middle aged Cubs fans in full Cubs regalia. Do you know how hard it is to find a nice casual place open in RP on Sunday night? We didn’t. First we tried the Peckish Pig. Closed. The bar next door to it? No food. I had an inspiration: the 626 next door to the Glenwood on Morse. Even though the sign on the door said it was open Sundays until midnight, it was closed. But Chuckie’s was right next door. It was quiet and open. Eureka!
There were folks on the sidewalk café, many talking loudly on cell phones. We went inside, completely empty and completely quiet except for two young women talking animatedly at a table. We nosed around and eventually one of the young women came over to us. She was a waiter! The other woman scurried to the sound system and turned on obnoxiously loud music. We were there to talk. And one of us is kind of hard of hearing. Did we need music? OK. She turned it down halfway. Why didn’t she just turn it off? I have no clue.
My friends ordered beers. I was in the mood for the frozen margarita I have always seen featured on the window sign. And was there food? Oh yes. There was pizza. We also ordered a Pizza Margharita. There were only 3 of us in the whole place, but for some reason our waiter took forever t get us draft beer and my frozen mango margarita? Large chunks of ice in syrupy-​sweet warm margarita-​flavored foam. Yuck!
The pizza margharita was the weirdest, though. Isn’t pizza margharita basil and tomatoes? That’s what I thought it was, anyway. The pizza took forever, but OK it’s pizza. It was thin crust, heavy on the mozzarella cheese with Greek olives and mushrooms. Huh? Not what I was expecting. But the weirdest part is that the waiter brought with her two different kinds of barbecue sauce. Barbecue sauce! Two different kinds. And then scurried away. I got up and found a shaker of Kraft Parmesan cheese and a jar of pepper flakes at the bar and brought it back to the table. No oregano or any other condiments. The pizza was pretty good, actually. Crispy thin crust and lots of gooey cheese. And the olives and mushrooms were perfectly fine, just not what we expected when we ordered. The whole time we were there, we were the only people in the restaurant. The two young women waiters were not at all attentive to us and seemed to be gossiping merrily with each other the whole night in some Eastern European language.
There was nothing particularly wrong with our food or our beers. The frozen mango margarita was a huge disappointment and the lack of attentive service was a big non-​starter. Not to mention Greek olive and mushroom pizza instead of the Pizza Margharita and the barbecue sauce accompaniment. I wouldn’t go here again unless, like last night, it seemed like the only possible option.

If you’re into overpriced watered down drinks, this is the place for you! The service was really friendly though. I ordered a vodka orange juice, the drink came out in a rocks glass with mostly rocks in it and all I tasted was orange juice! I was slightly upset by this but became LIVID when I saw that I was charged $ 9 for this tiny glass of ORANGE JUICE! Unacceptable, do yourself a favor and just go to the Glenwood around the corner, Or if you want a trendy cocktail lounge in the area Roger’s Park Social around the other corner!

This place has a beautiful exterior and really appealing ambiance. However, it is dirty, and the service is horrible, which is why it was empty on a Friday night And every time we walk by. The coke was flat and the bartender was outside drinking for over ten minutes at a time leaving the bar completely unattended. He talked on the phone and splashed the grey goose but quickly switched to the cheaper vodka when requested for the expensive vodka. When the patron called him out for it, he literally said the words, «sorry I’m on a phone call.» To finish our experience he up charged us for our drinks and didn’t itemize our drinks so we wouldn’t notice.

Someone else already wrote what I was thinking, money laundering. The bartender had never heard of Red Zinfandel, couldn’t really tell me if they were serving food or not, yes he seemed confused. This confusion was confirmed, when after waiting outside for our drinks, we went back inside and he had forgotten the whole conversation. At this point we left while he was making excuses about being busy. We were the only people there. It was truly a twilight zone experience.

Worst margarita I’ve ever had…
It was made with rum (not tequila) and the entire cocktail tasted like salt.
The staff was friendly, but I didn’t have the heart to tell them the drink was so bad.
I had to finish my friend’s for her.
Good specials but don’t order the cocktails

EXCELLENT brick oven style pizza. Decent cocktails as well. My Latte tasted weak though. The mixed drinks and pizza are definitely worth checking out

So I came here for an art class and I was not a huge fan. As the class progressed, the manager dimmed the lights down. Guess what, you need to see to paint. I had to use my phone for light.
Also their «regulars» were absolutely horrible. They spent the whole time heckling the girls with inappropriate comments. It took 4 of us complaining, separately, for the manager to finally make him sit outside.
It was generally a bad environment, the mixed drinks sucked and their pizza was cruddy. I am the furthest thing from impressed.

I am updating my review because I tried their pizza. It was terrible

How this place is still open vs how many licks does it take to get to the end of a tootsie roll pop… both answers, the world will never know.

I had pizza here about 2 months ago and it was decent to almost bad. I could have (and have, actually) probably made a better pizza myself.
It’s a shame that such a gorgeous space gets such bad reviews. I love those chandeliers, but pretty décor and fancy lighting should NOT replace good food.

The place has a human trafficking vibe, you know what I mean?

Well for starters I would like to thank this establishment for giving me a reason to start a Unilocal account.
After driving around for about an hour searching or a place that had a television to watch the World Cup and served drinks and food, I recalled «Chuckies» which I’ve passed by that looked amazing.
It was 2:45 pm and the place was empty. (Always a bad sign). I asked if they served food and Alexis who I just found out was the owner responded, «yeah we do». He was the only person I’m the place and to see the television my friend and I sat at the bar. I ordered a «frozen drink» and I asked what alcohol would taste better and e responded rum. The only available frozen drink was raspberry. I watched him as he poured Svedka Vodka into a playful margarita glass. Because I’ve bartender before, I noticed he eyed about a 3oz shot which I’m not complaining about as it turned out to at least be worth what it costs but not blended well at all. He told me, «the alcohol is at the bottom, give it a swirl.» My friend tasted mine but asked for the same with less alcohol.
The menu looked great. Specialty pizza, fancy sounding sandwiches and pastas. My friend ordered Gnocchi. Alexi said that would take twenty minutes. She then ordered the White Pizza, Alexi said he didn’t have any truffle oil. I ordered the margherita pizza which we decided to share. I then asked to use the bathroom. It was wet, no tissue. Upon returning to my seat we waited for our pizza and I had finished my drink. alexi never asked anything and stood off to the side on his phone.
Finally the pizza came. It was a plane old cheese pizza. No basil, no mozzarella, no olive oil. I said to alexi I didn’t order a cheese pizza, he said that’s the margherita. Why I didn’t leave and ask for my money back I don’t know. The pizza was greasy, he had no Parmesan cheese and the dough was chewy and uncooked. I asked Alexi if he wanted to give us something else since we were eating a cheese pizza we didn’t order. He said sure and have us the hot lava cake with ice cream. That was terrible and he gave us forks. My friend ordered spiked coffee for the road. Half of it was baileys and he asked us what alcohol it a me with. My friend had to direct him to his own menu which said baileys. Asking for the check, he had included the dessert which was on the house.
I wish I could give this place half a star. alexi should be ashamed. He’s the guy in the picture by the way. He had nothing on his own menu and didn’t know how to mix drinks at all. He laughed at most our questions an I can’t tell if he was on something or just slow. I’m never going back and I only wish I read the reviews here before going. This place is terrible but lures you in with its modern décor. What a waste of time and money. His response to the food by the way was, «basically you oh to any bar and everything is frozen and we just heat it up for you.» And then he laughed. I seriously want my money back. I’m calling the BBB and posting this on google and Facebook. I’ll probably tweet about it in hopes people don’t go through what I did. Ew.

Pizza is OK. A bit greesy. The prices on their beer/​mixed drinks are through the roof! My wife ordered a vodka and coke, it came in a super small glass, filled to the top with ice. The vodka was a nasty off brand, and the price was $ 9.00. No Thanks. No wonder this place is always empty when I walk by.
As the previous review said, the original staff was good. This new staff, nope. Saturday night, had one guy stand and play music from his laptop, the bartender left at least 4 times out the front door to smoke. Then she went in the back to smoke. When I went to the rest room, it smelled like weed. I think I got a high just by going to the men’s room. HOW this place stays in business is beyond me. Saturday night, 1030pm, and empty.

I remember this place when it first opened. Great bartenders, great service and decent pizza. what ever happened! Now, all we get are bartenders who spend their entire shift outside smoking cigarettes talking to their friends or family and ignore the costumers. Not welcoming at all. Went for a couple of times and still feel the same way.
Even decided to have breakfast at 6:30am that was a joke. It was never open. Oh well.
I won’t be stepping in that place again.

Everyone calm down.
Yes, the service is mediocre. In fact, I recently ordered a salad, and got something completely different – a «salad» was misconstrued with a «sandwich.» Another gentlemen, who happened to be friends with the bartenders, ordered bacon with his sandwich, and got cold prosciutto. So, with maybe 6 people in the bar, the poor service was not attributable to bandwidth, customer hate (see friend), or anything else I observed.
The reason is that the owner, Alex, who is of Eastern European descent, hires Eastern European girls who don’t have a commanding expertise of English, or of American beer (e.g., not knowing what an IPA is).
But it’s admirable, and they try their damnedest – and are very sweet in doing so. So don’t fault the workers at least.

Horrible experience.
I went here with a few friends on a weekday at 4. Walking in, we were the only people in the place, we sat at one of the tables, and waited for the waitress/​bartender to come up to us and take our drink order. I ordered an apple martini, my friends ordered a beer and a cider. Our drinks came out quickly, and then the waitress/​bartender disappeared.
My martini was gross. Not even the slightest taste of anything apple, just vodka. And the glass (or the mixer) was dirty, there were little black pieces of fuzz in my drink. I would have sent it back, but the server was nowhere in sight. So I kind of sipped on it until it grossed me out too much.
No one else was inside the bar, and my friends drinks became empty.
We were going to order another round, but decided against it because the waitress/​bartender was outside for 20 minutes, smoking and chitchatting with other people, while we sat inside with empty glasses. So we decided that because of the service we were receiving it would be better to close the tab rather than order another round of drinks.
The waitress/​bartender finally comes back inside, and walks behind the bar. My friend asks her for the check as she walks to the bathroom. The waitress/​bartender brings the check to the table, and I ask if it’s possible for separate checks. She responds with a no, because the other girl asked for one check so she couldn’t split them (which wasn’t true, my friend said no such thing!). So I walk up to the bar and pay the tab…
Never again.