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    The Frolic

    4.6 (12 reviews)
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    Closed 10:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Best appetizers in a while and drink specials everyday of the week!!! Plus the bartender Brittany is awesome!!!
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    I love this place!!! They make you feel like you're at home. Mixed relaxed crowd and their mini tacos appetizers are so good!!!

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    Great service, good music, clean restrooms, excellent burgers. A vintage gem in Waukegan!

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    Kinda of a Shameless (The Show) feel kind of bar! Came in for one drink and enjoyed it!

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    65 tacos, Thursday meat and potatoes which is prime rib or roast beef rotating every other Thursday, and Sunday is booze and breakfast with $5.

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    Booners Place

    Booners Place

    4.3
    (15 reviews)
    1.4 mi
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    45 years in business
    Free parking

    Checked out this local bar in Waukegan that apparently is a favorite. It has a pretty chill feeling…read morewhen there aren't any games playing. Booner's Place is better than it looks when entering. Kind of divey but cleaner inside. The prices are pretty cheap mostly. Basic looking bar. It's actually bigger than it appears from the outside. There's enough room for big groups and parties. Has basically just lots of drinks. There's some beers on tap and lots more in bottles and cans, so great variety. It's about $6 for a basic cocktail. There's a pretty okay choice of liquors. Has no food menu basically. They may have those frozen pizzas. For sure it's better than expected. It's located on Washington Street at Jefferson. This is mostly chill except when there's games or music on they have a few times.

    Tried this place on the suggestion of friends who were meeting there to hear a band…read more I was prepared for the worst based on the outside- but it probably was one of the BEST entertainment experiences I have had in some time. Here are some of the highlights. - The neighborhood is in transition but not a real problem. - Lots of parking, it's OK to park in the school lot across the street. - NO COVER CHARGE for a well-known blues band popular in the greater Chicagoland area performing on a weekend. Unheard of. - The female bartenders are HOT HOT HOT and they had very sexy and cute uniforms. Each one smiled a lot and took care of drink orders QUICK. They were even nice when my guest switched to drinking water later in the evening. - Drink prices were about what you'd pay for a place with no entertainment, but with the benefit of entertainment! - Not too crowded, a nice crowd for a Saturday night. - Classy decoration inside the bar and comfortable seating. - Diverse crowd from 20-somethings to over 40's. Seemed like lots of singles and by and large friendly mid to upscale people. I didn't observe a SINGLE negative about this place (OK - the band stand could be elevated a bit so people could see them better) and I would be happy to go back again sometime when they have a band or maybe just show up to watch a game. It's obvious by the attitude of the employees that management knows how to best treat customers and have people leave with a positive memory of their night out. Trust me- don't be intimidated by the rough exterior, give them a try and judge for yourself.

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    North Avenue Tap

    North Avenue Tap

    3.6
    (9 reviews)
    2.0 mi

    Found this bar in Waukegan with cheap beers. It has pretty much drinks and not really much good in…read morethe way of food. North Avenue Tap ironically has more beers in bottles and cans if one can believe that. Mostly there's a few regulars in here. The place may look kind of ramshackle, but it's charming in its own way you can say. A neighborhood watering hole is a good way to describe it. It's pretty basic with about what you expect as far as atmosphere and what people are ordering. There's pretty much the big brands, and they only have a few of these on tap. A lot more in bottles and cans. It's about $3 for a tallboy of Old Style. As for the food, it's basic greasy stuff if they even have anything. There's a fryer and grill, but we have never seen these used. I wouldn't trust eating anything here anyway. That's okay if they just keep it all off. Chill place to have beers. It's obviously located on North Avenue, with two entrances. They have things like taco nights, and outside there's fun things like cornhole when it gets warmer.

    We went to the North Avenue bar and grill in Waukegan because my wife did volunteer work with the…read morecook. Did not start off very good. I ordered a Miller Lite and barkeeper said she was having problems with the Miller handle and I said ok and ordered a Bud Light and she comes to the table with a bottle of Miller Lite. I asked her to please turn down the volume of the juke box which she did for one song. It was turned up to the original setting. Finally, we get our food and the volume was turned up about twice as loud. I took my sandwich and ate it outside. My wife told me that a lot of the patrons were complaining but the sound was not lowered. To the owners of this bar, we will not be back. This happened on Thursday, April 17 right at the shift change at about 6:00 pm.

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