Diced Vegetable Salad
Four Star Lounge

Four Star Lounge

2666 N Halsted St, Chicago, United States

Pub • Tapas • Drinks • Cocktail


"Went on a weekday for dinner, probably 15 people in the whole place, it's small. Claims to be a lounge, with dim lighting and clever cocktail names, but the atmosphere is not especially comfortable. The slightly loud 90's rock music contrasts weirdly with what was clearly designed to be a cool, slightly sophisticated, modern looking space. Also weird was that they had bar trivia going, which normally I like, but seemed very out of place here. Service was slow. As far as I could tell, there was one guy running the bar, tending the tables, and cooking the food. It's not like he was running from table to table though, mostly standing behind the bar chatting. From the reviews/website I assumed it was a dinner spot, but they only have sandwiches for the entree. Fine, except that it took two hours between being seated and finally deciding that we couldn't wait any longer for the food. So, maybe it's just a place for drinks? Our server apologized that it had taken much longer to defrost the chicken than he expected and gave it to us for free in a to-go bag. That was nice, thanks for that. I will say that the next day when I heated up the sandwich in the microwave, it was pretty good. In the end it seemed to me like a guy who really wanted to open a bar and decided that it should have everything he likes about every bar. It's kind of a lounge and kind of a neighborhood bar, and it's not good at being either one. Then again, maybe we just caught it on a bad night. Check it out while it's still open."