Old Chicago - Lakewood

This is a pretty typical chain restaurant. It’s like Applebees with a good beer selection. They had quality taps mixed in with the garbage. Myrcenary, Stone Enjoy By, Firestone IPA, Caution Card Your Mom Saison, Boulevard Pop Up and Tank 7, to name a few. I went with the Myrcenary which was a little past its prime, but not completely faded. The beer prices were slightly below average for the area, of course World of Beer is really the only other major tap house in the area. I found that sitting on the patio at dusk was the best place to be. Our server was fantastic and enthusiastic about expanding his beer knowledge. I got a Thai Pizza during my visit. Their thick crust is basically just bread and the meat is most likely previously packaged and frozen. That being said, it was a decently tasty pizza with loads of toppings and very filling. I don’t count Old Chicago as a real craft destination, but you can depend on grabbing some efficient grub and having a quality beer.

If Applebees ran a beer bar, it would look a lot like Old Chicago. They claim to have 110 beers except that 95 of them are absolute crap. The serve most everything in a pint glass except for their "imports", I guess this is 1982, which they serve in special glasses. Of course import here means Stella Artois and Nookie Brown. The pizza was average cooked on one of those conveyer belt pizza ovens. If a friend recommends this place as a good beer bar, you have my permission to punch them in the face.

This location has one of the better beer selections: North Coast Old Rasputain bottles, Dales pale cans, New Belguim, Odell, Great Divide, and many other Western brews. I got really drunk here the last time i was at this location!