Business Description from the Web
For over 30 years, this has been a classic Loop watering hole for business people, students and the occasional tourist. Stop at the bar for a drink and salty popcorn, or stay for a satisfying lunch, which includes the usual selection of burgers, salads and steaks. Or skip all those, order a pitcher of beer, and split a pizza between you and your buddies. According to Exchequer, Roger Ebert,...
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Tips About This Business
Every weekend, Greek-style pork chops and lamb chops are available as a special. They're marinated in olive oil, lemon and oregano, then grilled to perfection.
Editorial Reviews from the web
In Short Patrons at this bar and restaurant grab stools at the bar or step into the rear to sit at booths and tables to watch the game on TV. The pub grub menu features burgers in four sizes, from quarter-pound up to a full one-pound monster, with the half-pound Greek version with feta cheese topping the list. Other options include grilled-to-order steaks and chops; thin- or pan-style...
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Posted by Contributor
on April 21, 2009, (Edited September 07, 2004)
In the Loop for more than 30 years, the Exchequer Pub is "student-friendly and nicely priced," which to manager Jim Mannos means $6 to $8 per meal without drink.
photo: Kate Schwartz A Loop-favorite of chilly tourists, beer-drinking SAIC students and hardened locals who rightly own the joint, it's the kind of place that makes you wonder how the aforementioned Bennigan's still exists. Open since 1969, the walls are clad in authentic Chicago memorabilia (heavy emphasis on the Bulls), the drinks are refilled quickly and the food is what bar food was...
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Other Reviews from the web
Arguably the best dish-dish I've ever had in my life. A 10-inch deep dish is more than enough for two people, especially with an appetizer. My favorite appetizer is the goat cheese and marinara with garlic bread. Good service and prompt seating, but don't order pizza if you are in a hurry. It's fresh and the server will warn you that it takes about 30 minutes to be cooked. There are always...
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Posted by shanmcf
on April 21, 2009, (Edited February 20, 2009)
I went o Chicago from Minnesota for the Graph Expo 2007, and that restaurant was conviniently close to my hotel. First day: Chicago Style Pizza (1 pizza small to share and is a lot), and like 4 beers $19.
Second day, I went there again: Sampler appetaizer platter (to share) and 6 beers $24. That day I was able to see in one TV the friendly soccer game between Mexico and Brazil, in Mexico,...
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I first set foot into this pub after our professor invited us to celebrate the end of the Winter quarter. Ever since, I come in whenever I feel like having a quick drink before heading on home for the night. the place itself is decored in displays of the Chicago Bulls and White Sox's Championship memrobelia that cover the walls of the bar area and old historic newspaper front pages all around...
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Posted by vegitoboi
on April 21, 2009, (Edited September 10, 2007)