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    The Uptown Tavern

    4.5 (8 reviews)

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    Great service, great bar food. Menu has some unusual but great-looking stuff on it. I had the basic cheeseburger and it was just right.

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    Good food. I like the shrimp tacos. Sometimes service is slow, but they work with a small staff. Best burger in Carlinville.

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    BG's Grub & Pub

    BG's Grub & Pub

    4.2(37 reviews)
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    We love BG's, they're a great addition to a small town. We always try to support them when we can…read morebecause they deserve it! The owners and staff are great people, and hard workers. The restaurant is beautiful! The tables are done beautifully, I love the lighting and decor throughout, it gives upscale but homey vibes. The food is always fantastic and authentic, I was stuck on the BG burger for a while, and I don't even like burgers too much but that's a 10/10 burger! I got the steak sandwich, and it was very tender and delicious. The sweet potato fries were seasoned perfectly, and the dessert nachos are homemade and always a hit! That hillbilly bread is also amazing! The cheesiest bread ever BG's is a must for a destination or local dining!

    I'm afraid I have to write an update. I don't want to leave a poor review. Not for a small business…read moreand not in my small-town area. But the woman owner/manager was AWFUL to me the last time I was in there. And I've heard she does that to folks. That my experience with her, though specific, isn't unusual. I'd been SO excited to meet her, but she thought I was making some political statement or Covid statement or something, because I was wearing a mask while having a drink and waiting for my to-go food. I was NOT making a political or Covid-statement. In fact, since I wear a mask, I'd purposely worn a goat-themed mask IN CASE I MET HER. Which I had hoped to do! But in any case, she didn't care why I was wearing it. Just went off on Covid, on vaccines, on what she does and doesn't do in terms of all kinds of things I hadn't asked about. And when I say "went off," I mean that in the middle of it, she turned to another customer and asked, "How much is she [me] going to take?" She knew what she was doing. Anyway, I got my food. I left crying. I cried all the way home. Usually, I just cry watching sappy TV/movies. The food was good. I'll never go back. It's not about the mask. I didn't bring it up, and I don't care what anyone thinks me wearing a mask. I don't comment on other people's appearances. There was no cause for her to comment on mine. Especially not for something smaller than a scarf that doesn't do anyone else any harm. No one needs to share their opinions or assumptions with me. Anyway, from 5 stars to something much two. And the two is for the quality of the food and Jim, I think, is his name. Whatever his opinions of me, he was kind, and the food was good. A real disappointment BG's turned out to be, though. I would have been there every week. Instead, I happily eat elsewhere.

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