Falcon Inn

This is the best Bar in Hyde Park hands down. Cheap beer. Nice bartenders that will help any way they can. Great for Friday nights starring «Funky Fingers» karaōke and live mic. And on Sunday night with live mic and an other dope dj. My go to with just a relaxing night after work to let loose or to have a few friends come and drink. But when drinks are cheap you can’t go wrong. It’s my regular bar. Love the Falcon. Amazing spot.

Writing this during the first intermission of Stanley Cup Finals Game 5, which I’m watching from home because I was just kicked out for asking to open a tab. I’m not exaggerating.
Hey, barkeep, I’ve been here for every game of the series. We talked about how the last bar you worked at went out of business and how you got to Falcon Inn. I always tip — point is, you know me, I was just asking because I figured I’d be drinking more than a few.
«This is cash only.» Okay, but what if I leave you my ID or card? «This is cash only.» Okay, fine. Here’s cash, I have cash. Fine, I’ll leave after this beer. Great I have to miss some of the first period.
But there wasn’t really a need to remind me that «This is cash only. You pay as you go.» Okay, fine. I understand, I was wondering if you could write down my drinks because I was just going to get 3 or 4 of the same pint.
That’s when «Well, you can just finish THIS beer but – » No thanks, I’ll leave now.
«That’s it! Get out of MY BAR!»
I left with the bartender yelling at the bouncers not to let me back in. It’s okay, I don’t need to come back. I don’t need to talk to the 4 people that are there. It’s sad because I really thought I could go here regularly. I mean I caught 4 of the last 5 Blackhawks games here. I figured I would be welcome, but this is a little ridiculous.

As far as dive bars go, this is a pretty awesome place. Plenty of TVs for watching sports. Funky Finger Karaōke on Friday nights is a blast. The Falcon Inn is a welcoming oasis for anyone with an open mind.

One of hyde park’s several divey bars, but this one has fast access to pizza from chole’s pizza next door through the ‘chole-​hole’ in the wall. I prefer bringing take out to the Cove, but the Falcon Inn is also a good option.

This place is CHEAP, and it is a true dive. They don’t serve food, BUT there is a hole in the wall through which you can order pizza from neighboring Cholie’s — greasy, delicious pizza.
The beer selection isn’t great, but it honestly doesn’t feel like it matters what you are drinking when you are paying ten bucks for a pitcher. The bartenders are nice, the fellow patrons are chill (agreed with some of the other reviews here — definitely seems like there are more people not affiliated with UofC who come here than to the other Hyde Park bars). There are tvs usually playing some sort of game, and a jukebox, and I’ve heard awesome things about karaōke nights (but those rumors have as yet been unsubstantiated).
Walking by this place at night can be a little bit off-​putting since there is often a group of men hanging out who often shout at you when you are walking by. For a long reason that intimidated me from coming into this place. But, I eventually did, and among Hyde Park’s 4 bars, I’ll rank it a solid 3^rd place. Come here when you just want to drink with your friends.

3 stars because Its been in the neighborhood for sooooo long, it is now a staple so I’m guessing their doing something right. Definitely not my kinda place, run down and overpriced drinks. It seems to attract the wrong type if people. I will NEVER return ever again… don’t know why thus place is around but again, I’m guessing they have something right.

This is a proper dive bar. The ONLY thing I’d change is the volume of the music, it makes talking hard. Cheap beer on tap, tons of the to watch games, and greasy food next door /​through the windows.
As a plus, the woman’s bathroom is always clean.

Hands down my favorite Hyde Park bar. They have $ 7 pitchers of beer. They got ball on TV. They play rap/r&b, and sometimes people dance in here even though it’s a dive bar. They only take cash though. There is also a pizza place next door that is connected. This bar is more neighborhood locals than University of Chicago students.

Went hear to grab a couple of beers and watch the NCAA tourney. The bartender told us we needed to buy 1 beer and 2 shots each for $ 20 or we need to leave. WTF? Now, I’ve been to plenty of bars (dive bars included) and I have never been told that from a bartender. We promptly left and hit a different bar that gave us wayyyyy better service. I’ve hung out here a number of times with various friends and have never been treated that way. Needless to say I’ll never be back.
I’d also like to mention that MOST of the 4 & 5 star reviews for this place were over two years ago. As Jonathan P. mentioned ‘Alas, even the best things obsolesce.’

It *was* perfect, once. Alas, even the best things obsolesce.
Time makes fools of us all.

My fav neighborhood dive, low key, good drinks, Cholies next door was a big plus. I used to bartend at the Falcon for a couple of years and met some awesome people here and heard some amazing life stories. Friendly Hyde Parker’s and uofc kids who just want a place to hang out. The funny thing is I lived behind the bar for a number of years and they always kept the backdoor open so my chocolate lab mocha would always take off when she saw the bar door open and go inside to say hi to the patrons, could never keep her away from saying hi and she would go by each person and greet them with her puppy dog kisses. Haven’t been there in years but glad to see its still around.

Loudspeakers are installed in the smallest of night clubs to amplify the sound until it becomes literally unbearable: everything is to sound like radio, like the echo of mass culture in all its might.

The main thing the falcon inn has going for it is that it is one of the few cheap dive bars with nice regulars that you you can go hide out in Hyde Park. I know they have liquor, but I have never had anything other than a bottle of beer here. Nothing special, just a nice friendly old-​school tavern you can go watch a game or just hang out for a while. And even if you have had to much to drink, I would not personally recommend ordering any food from the hole in the wall.

This is one of the nicer dive bars in Hyde Park. The drink specials are comparable to other neighborhood bars.
There is no kitchen, but they have a service window inside the bar that allows you to order food from Cholie’s. This is a great partnership!
However, the noise level in this bar is terrible. The music is turned up so loud that you can’t hear the person sitting next to you… even if the bar is empty. Ask the bartender to turn it down… answer is always no.

I come here often with my girls have our lil get togethers here. And being that I live up the street awesome cause I can always walk home afte a great time
The beer and alcohol is cheap the atmostphere is nice you never have drama or situations people look out for you if you know them from frequent visits lol.
all in all it’s a really nice place u can grab something to eat relax watch a game listen to great music I love The Falcon Inn come join us meet some new ppl.

Yes the beer is good and cheap. But the music is ridiculously loud and my friend found a centipede in her drink. (A rum and coke.)
YES.
A CENTIPEDE.

I would have liked this place better had it not smelled like puke. Although after awhile you do get used to the smell… or after enough pitchers of beer. Music was good but the people watching was even better! My friend who lives a few blocks away described it as a good, cheap dive bar with a very mixed crowd and that’s exactly what it was. I’ll stop in for a pitcher or two the next time I’m in the hood… but I might bring a clothespin for my nose :)

Great sports bar and good for good juke box songs and Ray the bartendar with dreads makes the best drinks.

I’ve been in here twice now, and I absolutely love it. They have sports on the tvs, a great bartender who remembered our beer preference from the first trip, and friendly people all around. It’s a very laid back bar with locals who all seem to know each other.
There’s also a window in the wall to Cholie’s Pizza, where you can order anything from pizza to salad to fried chicken to sub sandwiches. The drinks are reasonably priced, and the jukebox has the best selection I have ever heard.

This place is, in one word, hilarious.
First and foremost, the cigarette machine is stocked in its entirety with menthol cigarettes. Newports, Kools and Salems, to be exact. I thought I was safe when I spotted some Camels in the bottom corner, but alas, they were Camel Lights Menthols. That’s just fine, I can buy my cigarettes elsewhere in order to have that kind of chuckle.
One night, my friend Emi and I took a couple of her friends from her hometown on a «Hyde Park bar crawl», and anyone who’s lived in Hyde Park knows how hilarious that idea is.
Our first stop was the Falcon. Picture this: Four white girls in their early twenties sitting around, sharing a pitcher of High Life (which I believe was six dollars, and definitely came with literally frosted mugs, which is fantastic). We see the silly old man in the pimp hat eyeballing us from the bar, but we ignore it. Eventually he saunters over and says to one of Emi’s friends «what’s a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this?»
Her response, deadpan, point blank: «Feeling uncomfortable.»
HA!