601 Bar and Grill

Came here on a whim. Dollar slider specials on Sunday. The pork was so so. The burgers were pretty decent. I’d recommend them. I really liked the breading on the fried pickles. Wish the pickles were sliced just a bit thicker. Bar tender was very friendly. I liked the relaxed atmosphere.

Great atmosphere, layout and staff. Lots of tvs to watch sports and the food is good. Jose’s pork sandwich is my number 1 item but many of the wraps are great too. They have also switched up their menu recently so I’m excited to try some new items. We go to this place almost every week because the staff is so great and its always a great experience. Our usual waitress even knows our drink orders. We always feel welcome there and their drink specials are reasonable.

I am not really sure what else to give this place. The truth is that I quite enjoy the food here and would come back on occasion during lunchtime. However, the service is, to be blunt, terrible. Usually whoever we get as a waitress is very nice but the amount of time it takes to get food is just unacceptable! We have 45 lunch breaks and tell the waitress that we need to rush everything and she says no problem. 20 – 25 mins later, she returns with the food. I don’t get it. It’s never busy during lunch and yet it has been consistently slow as hell. I’d like to return here because, like I said, the food is pretty good… but I won’t because I just can’t wait that long for a salad or a burger.

We just moved to Addison in April and have been here a couple of times. The bar is a good size and has a large beer garden. The food here is quite good but they have a very small menu. Will definitely go back!

I hate this place. I know it may seem really strong but it’s true. I’ve given it 3 visits (didn’t want to go back after the first time but friends dragged me there) and will never go back to this dump.
1^st visit was bland
2^nd visit. I was with a group of friends who knew the bartender that was working. She was very attentive to them and completely ignored me several times. I had to wait a 10 minutes before she took my drink order and another 10 minutes to get it. The place wasn’t even packed. At the end of the night she gives all of us our bills and tells the three guys I’m with that she was giving each of them a beer on the house and completely left me hanging even though it was I that got the terrible service.
3^rd visit was even worse. I met up a friend for his cousin’s birthday party. He was the odd man out so I thought I’d swing by to keep him company. I sat next you the group in an adjacent table and asked the server (who took forever again!) if I personally could have a separate check because I 1. Didn’t know any of those people and 2. Didn’t have cash to throw in. She preceded to condescendingly tell me that I was with the group and couldn’t be separate and I should get cash because they have a atm there. So I obliged, went to the atm, took out $ 20 only the machine didn’t spit out money or a receipt: NOTHING! I checked my bank account with an app on my phone and the charge went through, I walked over to the server and explained the situation. She then said that it wasn’t their machine and she couldn’t do anything about it. I asked to speak to the manager who eventually ended up giving me $ 20. They then put an «out of order» sign on then ATM. The whole situation was uncomfortable and the server was super rude the rest of the time I was there. With such a shoddy establishment I was worried she would do something unsanitary to my drink. I don’t know why I didn’t leave, I’m an idiot for not.
I wouldn’t come back here if you paid me.
There used to be a place that made fresh bagels there before this place was ever built. I want that place back! Bring back the bagels!

Excited to head over to 601 on Saturday but guess they close at 11 on weekends. WEAK!!!

I love 601 Bar and Grill. There is nothing like a local bar to get a good burger. But a good burger is not all they have. Even though they changed from Solace 601 to 601 Bar and Grill, they kept some of their favorites. The soups are homemade, and you have to try the tortilla soup and the bisque. They have good wings, and you can’t beat Taco Tuesday. They serve tacos for a buck, and they are pretty much the real deal. When you’re in Addison, you have to compete with some real taquerias, so you’d better have real tacos. These are good.
For beer, they have been limited to mostly American lager, and some Mexican lagers. They have had Spaten and Guiness on tap since opening, and there is always that bottle of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, my go-​to beer at 601, but recently 601 has brought in some beer from Revolution Brewery in Chicago, and a Church Street Brewery in Itasca. It’s nice seeing 601 get some variety.
I like to hang out at 601 to watch the Hawks or the Sox, get a burger or wings, and down a couple of beers. The staff is very nice, and the owners are friendly.

Had you asked me what I would rate 601 the first time I came here, it probably would have been 2.5 stars. The food was mediocre, the service wasn’t great, and the atmosphere was boring.
However, we ended up coming here really randomly for New Years, and we had a lot of fun. There was live music, a free appetizer bar, and a fun crowd. The average age is probably 35 – 50. The service was really great, and the drinks were exceptional. I don’t know if this would be a «regular» place for me since it’s not a younger crowd, but if you are looking for a good local «towny» bar with a chill atmosphere, this would be it.

If there is a such thing as an Addison ‘townie’ bar, this is it. I stopped in with some Addisonians for a burger and to watch the Hawks on a Sunday evening. About $ 10 for a pretty good burger and fries. The burger was a half pound of hand formed meat, no frozen business here. The fries were of the waffle variety. YeES.
The tables were pretty full and it had a good sports-​bar feel with new furniture. Lots of TVs including one HD projector on a 6′ screen. The sound was loud, but hey… it’s a sports bar.

This place used to be a fine-​dining French-​Italian restaurant.
Honestly, I don’t see it, they must have done a major renovation. The owners decided that blue collar Addison needed more wings and fewer foofy restaurants in strip malls. So now it’s got a big bar, lots of tables and high tops, and a dozen or more TVs.
We were seated promptly next to a picture of the Stanley Cup-​winning Blackhawks and the most popular people in the restaurant. Half a dozen or more people squeezed themselves in next to my husband just to say hello to them. And yes, on a Friday evening around 5:30 the bar was crowded with middle-​age dudes on their fourth beer with no inside voice.
But 601 saved itself. Because the food was quite good and the service was excellent. The menu is heavy on burgers and wings, but also includes other sandwiches, pizza and a few entrees for giggles.
We started with nachos, which were very good chips, covered in beans and taco meat, slathered in convenience store cheese sauce and dotted with tomatoes, scallions and sour cream. Not bad, but would’ve been better with real cheese and pico de gallo.
We both ordered burgers: I had the California burger (avocado, green chiles, jack cheese, hold the mayo); the husband had the pizza burger.
Pretzel buns are awesome. The burger patties were juicy and cooked well (but not well-​done). And the toppings were mighty tasty. We also both had waffle fries, which were sufficiently good though not seriously outstanding.
Service was very, very good — seemed like nobody walked by our table without grabbing a used napkin, refilling the water, asking how the food was or *something*. Extremely attentive and friendly.
I just wish for a few more booths (I only spotted one) and a few less loud-​mouthed dudes…

I went to this bar/​restaurant on the recommendation of friends who had previously eaten there. First off, there was a restaurant full of customers with one server who seemed extremely rushed and overwhelmed and second, our food took FOREVER to come out– both aspects which could be EASILY gotten over when good food is placed in front of you… that unfortunately was not the end of it. My food finally came, I had ordered a veggie burger with cheddar cheese, added avocado, and fries as a side. The avocado was luckily on the side of the burger, so as soon as my plate was put down I spotted the gross, inedible addition to my burger with black streaks throughout it. That avocado shouldn’t have still been in their kitchen, let alone placed by the chef on my plate and it astounds me that the server didn’t even glance down at my plate as she was carrying it out because if she had, I would hope she’d never serve something that disgusting to a customer. The icing on the cake, I proceeded to take a bite out of my «veggie burger» only to discover I was in fact served a TURKEY burger. And as someone who has strict dietary restrictions that prohibit her from eating meat, one could imagine how upset I was. The server was mildly apologetic. All around horrible experience.