O’Lanagan’s

This place smells like mildew, and so do the regulars! When I went, it was vagina heavy … They were LOUD! If I weren’t already gay, this experience would have definitely turned me.
This place doesn’t qualify to be called a neighborhood «dive bar.» It just doesn’t meet the already low standard.

If you want a dive bar go here. There is no food. Whine about it. There is a burrito place and GERI’S Near it on western and montrose. Geri’s is 24 hours. Beer is cheap staff is friendly. Sometimes sketchy but no one will bother you. Pool table.

Welcome to your average dive bar. However, $ 1 for pool this far away from the city core? Hmmm. Beers are reasonably cheap and the clientele seemed pretty chill. If it wasn’t so far, I would go back every weekend just for a calm place to retreat.

This place is absolutely great. Clean, friendly, neighborly. A very good friend lives across the street, so I popped in here to wait for her to get home, and ended up having an enthusiastic discussion about dogs and showing pictures of my dog all around. I had a blast.
PBRs are $ 3.25, but specials abound. A real neighborhood dive. Great place.

Great dive bar with good deals. I actually like Old Style, so I had no problem forking over $ 2.50 on a Monday night. The bartender was friendly and greeted me when I came in.
I came to meet up for a hashing event and was about 30 minutes early. My friend arrived shortly after and the bartender struck up a conversation with us. She was nothing but nice and I wouldn’t mind coming back.
We practically took over the bar after our hash and drained their taps. We were loud and rowdy, but not out of control. The other patrons were interested in our group and we didn’t get any dirty looks. I had a great time and look forward to another event here.
They are also dog-​friendly, so I might bring my pup around when the weather cools down again.
As far as I can tell, they are cash only. However, they have an ATM located right by the front door.

Olanagans is an old school Chicago bar, If you like Bar Louie, this is probably not the place for you. The clientele ranges from blue collar to professionals. I was sorry to read the one post wishing death on the
customers and staff.
First off yes they have a grill but they only serve lunch till 3, which is something a lot of establishments do. As far as the comment overheard from one of the customers, that does not represent the sort of place it is, there are people of all walks of life that go there from many different countries, but it is a bar and you will get customers that are ignorant and speak there mind about there racist views, that can happen anywhere. I have been in upper end downtown bars and have seen the same thing.
As an adult I realize that this is a bar not a church. I think to come into a place for a 40 minutes and then trash to a place that has been run by small business owners for over 19 years is a bit harsh.
If you want a reasonable place where you can talk and unwind this is the spot. By the way I have been a patron for over 5 years.

O’Lanagan’s is back open after the untimely death of Bobby O. Rest in peace, good sir.

Rest in Peace Bobby.

Three stars for a REAL old school bar, with old school prices… Good place to just do nothing but play pool or the juke box… on a Monday! The drinks are nice and strong and they accept CC. Don’t go if you are expecting to find any beaut.‘s…rather you and your girlfriend should go to catch up on the old schooler’s convo’s and or focus on eachother.

One star for the scum clientele and lack of food.
The misleading name on the outdoor sign is O’Lanagan’s Tavern and Grill. So, I thought, I’ll stop in here; it looks quaint. I had about forty minutes to kill.
The bartender informed me, however, that food is served at lunch only. She offered me peanuts, potato chips or beef jerky with my choice of Bud or Miller on tap.
Hillary Clinton was on the evening news when the toothless bigot next to me proclaimed: «Hillary, she’s my bitch! That N — – will never make it. It’s called the White House for a reason. King said he had dream, and baby, that’s all it’ll ever be.»
The bartender laughed, as did the obese white trash sitting next to this sewer rat. May they all die of diabetes or eye cancer.
I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.

O’Lanagan’s is a nice little neighborhood bar. They have the best bartender ever, Olga!!! She was great. The regular crowd was very nice. I was minding my business and drinking a beer when Olga brought over a little dixie cup and set it in front of me and said «Chuck just bought you a beer. Do you know Chuck?» No, Olga. Who is Chuck?
On the particular day that I was there, O’Lanagans had a free barbecue for the Bears game. It was just hot dogs (with all the Chicago fixin’s) and chips, but free food was a total score! I asked Olga if they have free food every Sunday for the Bears games and she said no. I just got lucky. Sweet!

Can’t believe I’m the first to review a bar in a nice neighborhood that I don’t live in. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I came in here, but what I found was quite a pleasant surprise; I thought I had happened upon a town pub in the backwoods of Michigan. No one in the bar was under 40, Johnny Cash was blaring on the jukebox, and a bunch of guys were playing pool. The bartender, a blonde German woman named Olga (probably about 40ish) was super nice.
This place is a serious pool player’s bar: they have a ton of trophies for the game above the bar. It’s also a serious old school bar: they have such awesome bumper stickers as «Real women don’t DRIVE hummers, they GIVE them» and other more politically correct tidbits of advice and wisdom. There are also no noticeable TVs which is a welcome change so that you can actually enjoy the company of fellow patrons. Also, they had a «no cigar smoking within 15 feet of the bar» sign and I thought it was mostly for show… nope, there were a few stogie-​smokers in here.
Beer’s cheap. $ 2.25 will get you your favorite swill, depending on the night. The food’s cheap too, burgers for about $ 3 and nothing over $ 5.
Bottom line: if you’re here to watch sports, don’t come. If you like the Dave Matthews Band or Nickelback, stay away. If you’re cruising for chicks, this isn’t the place for you. However, if you’re in the market for a cheap beer, no-​frills atmosphere, country music, with friendly service and some interesting characters, you’re in the right bar.