Dugan’s

Still a great place to hang out, But the not so courteous, More less than cordial mannered lackey said I had to move, Because of some unbilled band that was set to perform… Why can’t they have better announcement procedures… I mean, It’s NOT a costly thing to do. I Iiked sitting near the Xmas tree… I mean you could have blocked the seats or moved them when the bar opened, If the band was expected to perform that night… But the arrangement protocol was below amateur… And one stooge jamming the jukebox with some wanky, unfamiliar, unsavory tunes was also a minus…

Not coming back. I’m currently sitting at the bar waiting for the bartenders to acknowledge me after 15mins to get a drink. I know texting on her phone is important, but come on.

I’ve been here a couple times and it’s a pretty chill place. They have some great craft beers on tap and the prices are just a tad bit cheaper than the surrounding area.
They offer free popcorn and there are a few arcade machines: hockey, Mrs. Pacman (it only cost a quarter… seriously, a quarter), darts, a jukebox, bowling, and golf. It’s pretty spacious, though I’ve never witnessed it fill up. During the summer, they open the windows by the sidewalk.
The people seem pretty cool and the bartender was on top of it as soon as I had just a mouthful left.

Back off pretentious folks, you’re about to walk into a no frills, chill kind of pub that makes for a great evening out on any day of the week.
Dugan’s has become a go-​to spot when you need a cheap drink and some freebies to share with friends. The bar has multiple open areas including the front, where you can order from their daily specials (as low as $ 3.50 for a draft) and partake in some of their freebies.
While they don’t serve any food per se, they do offer FREE popcorn (plus your choice of seasoning including garlic parmesan, cheddar, etc.) and HOT DOGS. I certainly appreciate these especially after you’ve had a drink or two. I also learned that Chicago folks don’t add ketchup to their hot dogs. Pardon me for being out of state.
The free snacks and cheap drinks makes me come back. Only real issue I have is the extremely loud music in the back even when there aren’t a lot of people, and the inconsistency with their shots. One round we’ll be served in shot glasses. The next? 8oz cups. Get it together Dugan’s!
I still appreciate the chill environment and look forward to coming back again.

This place only servers drinks. There’s free popcorn from the popcorn machine. We had 2 summer ale, came out to be $ 5 each, great price for a good beer. But atmosphere and ambience was meh for a Saturday evening!

Good bar, it’s a bar — you go here to drink and enjoy the company you came with. You’re not here to wear your sunglasses at night or sport your skinny jeans. Sit down and drink up. Great prices and properly poured drinks.

This bar is as frustrating as it gets, and in my opinion it’s a problem with ownership and the overall setup. On the positive note, the beer is cheap, even seasonal crafts are only $ 4 on a Saturday. Now onto the negative. On a busy Saturday night, the place is staffed completely by two bartenders and a bar back. These bartenders have to service an entire 4 sided bar top in which every customer will have to stand at to get a drink (no waitresses and the second bar was not open). It would be difficult for even three or four bartenders to service that many customers in an acceptable frequency.
Hence my last visit, we had to stand at the bar for more than half an hour just to get a drink. We asked the bartenders if it would be easier for them if we started a tab, or paid cash as we went. They said it was better to start the tab, which we did. We were there for three hours, two of these hours involved waiting at the bar for the bartender to look up and hopefully seeing us. I even waved my arms around, remembering how movements attracted the Tyrannosauruss Rex in Jurassic Park. It actually never worked, she must not have had any dino DNA in her. We eventually gave up, closed our tabs and cut our losses. You may ask how we were able to get our tab if service was so bad. Let me tell you, it wasn’t easy. It took 45 minuts of standing at the bar leaning over and trying to make eye contact with a woman who was trying her best to count every floor tile behind the bar. Eventually I made a loud noise to get her attention and held something shiny up to hold that attention. Wasting no time, I got my gruop’s tabs and we made a slow dash for the door.
Our journey to the door would have been much quicker had it not been for the crowd of people standing around the bar taking up every inch from bar to wall. Now Dugans is a decent sized place, it makes up for it’s lack of girth by being extremely long (at least that’s what it tells it’s dates). The bar area is located in the front, with some tables and games further back. Unfortunately it was not bearable to stand near the back as they were blasting «Barbie Girl» and «Macarena» super loud in that area, so it was mostly empty. Everyone decided to migrate to the front where they could drown out the loud music with the sound of frustrated patrons.
With all of this said, I doubt I will ever return. Again I can’t blame it all on the bartenders, who were busy the entire time I was there. It’s the owner’s fault for not properly staffing their bar on a weekend.

Coat Hooks: yes

Awesome pub. Although beers from all the world, not too much. friendly people. free pop corn.

I’ve got to say the female bartender has got to be the rudest one I’ve come across. I love neighborhood pubs and dives but when I ask for a water with a round of drinks and the bartender replies «not now. I’ll get it when I have time» (literally) I will think twice about coming back. Good job dugans.

Around 8p last night I met 2 of my friends for a few beers. The bar at that point was basically empty with the exception of maybe 5 or 6 other patrons and (I think) an English Bulldog. We sat at the bar where we assumed it would be fairly easy to get served, but we were sadly mistaken.
First off, when I arrived the bartender watched me sit down. However, she didn’t feel obligated to ask me if I wanted a drink. She just stood there. FInally, after about 5 minutes we have to literally flag her down even though she was standing about 4 feet from us so that I could ask for a taste of the 5 Rabbits beer. She brought me the taste, set it on the bar nowhere near me so that one of my friends had to reach over and hand it to me, then walked away. She didn’t wait to see if I wanted a glass or if I wanted something different. After a few more minutes we had to literally flag her down again, even though she was still standing about 4 feet from us so I could actually order. Once again, she brought me the beer and set it where one of my friends had to reach over to get it and hand it to me.
Secondly, my friend ordered a Guinness. She poured a glass, set it down by the tap and walked away. Finally, about 5 minutes later we had to ask the other bartender what was going on. That bartender walked over to the other and asked if the Guinness sitting by the tap was ours. She indicated that is was and seemed to say something like «f*uck it» and walked away. The other bartender actually had to go retrieve the beer and bring it over.
Finally, two other friends arrived. She actually asked if they wanted something to drink and in the middle of my friend saying «yeah, I’ll have…» she walked away. Again, we had to literally flag her down even though she was standing about 4 feet form us.
I don’t know if this is typical of this place, but I assure you if it is my friends and I won’t be back. This bartender seemed more interested in staring off into space, eating her veggie tray, talking to one specific guy at the bar and taking smoke breaks than she was at serving us.
This bartender is a terrible advertisement for this place and I think the owners would have been embarrassed to witness this last night.

This is our favorite dive bar by the house. They’ve got a great beer selection, popcorn, and I can bring my pup? Sign me up! It’s chill and not crazy loud. They’ve got darts, Megatouch, and some other games in back. It’s the perfect place to just chill and have a few drinks.

Alright Dugans… every time I come here it’s a relaxing atmosphere, bartenders are friendly and reasonably attentive even when it’s crowded. There is a good variety of Craft Beers available as well as the standard big name beers. Drinks are priced reasonably for the city I suppose, we got two drinks — glass of 5 Lizards and a Tequila Sunrise for $ 10. Oh, and I dig the free popcorn. Fresh and tasty.
During summer the front is almost completely open allowing creating a nice flow of air throughout the whole place. Toward the back of the bar are some arcade games and a dart board. The mens room is clean and considering the small space, is pretty well ventilated too.
All in all, I like it and I’ll be back from time to time.

We came here for a «happy-​hour» event. I put the quotes around happy-​hour because we got there at around 9:30PM. It was a Thursday so not a whole lot of people were there. Since it was drinking paid for by a vendor, the liquor was flowing like the tears of a woman after watching the movie «The Notebook.» (I cried too).
Anywho, the place is more «divey» then trendy, which was cool. They have a section near the back where they setup some free food. Tonight was hotdogs and the popcorn machine was popping some delicious salty popcorn for those wanting to soak up the booze. Also in the back was an electronic dartboard and a jukebox. Overall, nothing special about the place that sets it apart. The crowd looked more like regular people, versus yuppies, which I wouldn’t find at a dive anyways.
BATHROOM REVIEW — the bathrooms are located near the jukebox at the back of the place. In the bathroom, there are two urinals, a sink, and a stall. Peering in the bathroom stall, it was dingy, but what you expect for a dive? The door look somewhat securely so no risk of someone walking in on you while your dropping a friend off. Overall, clean, the best part I like is that the door swung outward, meaning, once you’ve taken care of emptying your bladder, no real need to grab a paper towel and touch the handle to open it; You can just push the door open and be on your drunken way. SIT or SQUAT? This was a tough one — but like all bars, I would never place my bar ass on something that some other drunkard has. I’ll SQUAT.

Never used Unilocal before but felt compelled to due to the situation that i witnessed at Dugans Tavern today. A man entered during A busy Bear/​Packer game demanding that the bartender give him his credit card that he had left there on a previous day. The bar had constant drink orders and when not immediately serviced this man called the bartender by a derogatory and sexist name. When the bartender asked if he could please call her Megan the man became even more disrespectful towards the bartender. After receiving his card that was hidden between at least 20 others his girlfriend «Asley B» made a quick comment on the way out how they would be sure to post a negative comment on Unilocal.Sure enough, she did…
I usually only go to Dugans around football season for the big screen, free popcorn and hot dogs which usually get better as the season progresses. It’s a reasonable price sports bar in the downtown area. I give this bar 4 stars overall.

Dugan’s, you grungy amazing punk. This bar in Greektown is equally good on a summer or winter Sunday when you can’t imagine going back to work for another week. Its bar is in the middle of the room, which makes for great views and plenty of seating, and there are always good microbrews on tap.
The other important assets are worth mentioning, but I can’t describe to you how important it is that you choose just one or the other:
1. Free popcorn — yay, everybody loves this OR
2. Nudie photo hunt — sorry our high scores will ensure you never make it onto the board.
If you are wondering why you should not eat free popcorn out of a communal bowl while punching furiously into a shared screen displaying pictures of slightly different naked people, I recommend picking up some tums and chicken soup on your way home from the nude poisoning you are about to endure.
But, Dugan’s rules! Yay for Sunday fundays.

If two girls with accents are working the bar when you come, leave quickly. That’s the feeling they give you. Über b! tches who act like they’re doing you a favor by even taking your drink order.
No thanks.
I will never, ever come back here. Plenty of other dives in Chicago where they actually appreciate your business.

If you don’t have cab fare to take you to a neighborhood with better bars, and you’ve forgotten that cabs are now required to take credit cards, you could still do worse in the West Loop than a few pops at Dugan’s.
There’s nothing wrong with a laid back bar, and I like the idea more than most people, provided that I have some good company in tow. But there’s something suspect about any place serving alcohol that can’t draw a crowd at 9:00 p.m. on a Saturday night. The back room, where some friends were hosting a birthday party, was lively. The rest of the bar saw tumbleweed blowing across the floor.
Still, you have to weigh your options if you’re confined to the area. For a shot of normalcy – and none of that Protestant nonsense – you’ve got Dugan’s.

I/​we went to this bar LATE in the night after we saw one of the best bands ever! RUSH! :)
We really wanted a snack and drinks but being a Tuesday night almost everything was closed in Greektown. We walked in after freshening up in our hotel room across the street and it was somewhat empty which was fine after a fun/​loud concert. This is a great place to stop in if you are in the area. The bar staff was SUPER nice. They have free popcorn and they put out a table of free food toward the back. That night it was hot dogs so SCORE there were our munchies. LOL.
Great music selection in the jukebox. Good people watching spot as well. I find it a little funny that they stick an Irish pub in the middle of Greektown but hey a bar is a bar. Right?! We were informed of one sweet tip/​perk when we were getting our tab which I will keep for myself. :)
I will def check them out again next time I am down for drinks. It is not a far walk from Union Station so that is also a plus.
Cheers!

This little establishment is the anti Greek in Greek town… not that it is a bad thing because Dugan’s is an Irish Pub/Bar…I always get those confused.
I’ve passed by this place many times, but never went in until I was on a double date with another Unilocal couple… yikes…am I getting a bit too much into this Unilocal thing!!! Nah… We had a great dinner down the street and decided to have a few after dinner drinks.
This is an Irish pub/​bar with real Irish bartenders… at least that is what I thought I heard over the blaring music (hint…it’s a bit too loud… turn it down folks). Funny thing about the bar, they actually printed up little folded cards that say «Dugan’s on Halstead» on one side and on the other it has a penguin (like those shown on old Guinness Ads and is written, «Gone Puffin’ Be Right Back» which I assume allows one to walk away from their bar stool and drink without it getting taken or taken away.
The place was packed and I’ve heard through the grape vine this is a big place for folks in the industry to hang out. This particular evening was full with what appeared to be to me folks after work and lots of Chad’s…or something from the West Loop that looked similar?
No food, just liquor, but there is free popcorn at this location… which I STRONGLY recommend considering before eating… a past review tells a store about these machines. Not that they have this problem, but one never knows.
This is a nice break from the more casual Greek watering holes in the area and now that I’ve tried it, I’ll be back again.