K’s Dugout

Amazing bartenders, great beer, cocktails… honestly, it’s my «cheers». So lucky to have this place a 30 second walk away. By FAR the best spot in the neighborhood… no contest. Way cleaner, way friendlier, and way more happening than any other joint. A go to for anyone looking to hang out, watch a game, play pool, trivia or all of the above.

Great «Old School» Tavern on the corner of Foster/​Winchester! Not a dive really as the name implies but actually been redone recently with a new bartop, floors, etc. Good selection of local beers, cold and they def clean the lines for a great tasting suds! Gets pretty crowded on the weekends so get there early to get a spot/​ask for Patty! Get Dat Did

This is hands down one of my favorite neighborhood bars. Over 50 beers, pool, pinball, sharp darts, 10 HDTV’s. The bartenders are cool, the drinks are reasonably priced and the atmosphere can’t be beat. Check out Bears games and trivia night for the most fun!

Wonderful corner joint! Pool table, dart boards, pinball, Ms. Pac-​man, & a juke all in one place?! Yes, please! P. S. Free popcorn… do you need anything else on a Friday night with friends? How about Turtle Races next door @ Joe’s?!

Always a great place to enjoy Da Bears, Da Cubbies, Da Bull and Da Blackhawks with a friendly crew from around the neighborhood. Used to be Cop Shop turned younger but not too rowdy crowd and still a great place to bring your buds. Plenty of space to grab a table, enjoy some brews, chat the night away or watch a thrilling game. The staff is always friendly and the patrons are, too. If you aren’t family when you walk in, you’re family by the time you walkout. …unless you’re an anti-​social pr*ck who doesn’t like to have fun.
If you’re from the neighborhood like I am, you’re only a few steps or blocks away from an enjoyable, inexpensive night of laughs, drinks and food.

Man, I love this bar. My friend and I decided to go watch the Super Bowl there last week and it was such a good call. The staff (Karen) was so nice! And the beer specials were awesome (Green Line Tap for $ 3.50!) Everyone there seemed like they went there a lot and were so friendly. They don’t serve food there (other than some chips and stuff) but the night we were there, they had decorated everything and had huge bowls of chips out on all the tables. And at half time they had Calo’s brought in for everyone– on the house. It was such a treat.
I can’t wait to go back!

This is a small neighborhood bar, no food (except the occasional pizza and popcorn), and great drink prices. $ 2 domestic drafts? Daily Specials to boot? Hell yeah.
There is definitely a crowd of regular patrons who are very friendly and have likely been going there for years. The staff is friendly and accomodating, and there are often local league sports teams here after their games. The TVs are also great for watching whatever sport you’re following. Good vibes all around here.

We live across the street from this bar and love to stop in at night. There are a lot of regulars and each night seems to bring a different crowd. Great place for cheap beer, but they also have a nice draft selection, friendly bartenders, games, and Tuesday trivia. Can’t beat this place for a neighborhood hang.

its a neighborhood bar… i wouldnt come here expecting much
theyve got pool and serve u snacks while u sit and watch tv
its always super empty when i walk past and when i stopped in the other nite it was no different
service is decent but i have enough problems of my own… i dont really need to walk into a bar and have to listen to the bartender complain the whole time im there
also got a grumpy look and a curt reply when i cashed out… sorry buddy 2 beers = 2 buck tip
ill give 3 stars and another chance for now…

I have to say that I have avoided this place for many years do its close proximity to what was then the local police station (it is now gone). Past experience in my early days taught me that cops+drinking=no good and I certainly wasn’t going to go and drink in «their» bar.
Well the cop shop closed and started seeing some upgrades and more «regular folk» from the neighborhood going in and out of there. Lots of tv’s playing a variety of sports, good and sizable draft beer selection and some snacks.
The bartender was very friendly and held her own as the bar was fairly full prior to our group stopping by.

Simple place. $ 8 pitchers of Lite. Chilled glasses and chiller core in pitcher. Football on TV. Free pool and darts. About as unpretentious as you can get.

Great hangout for sure especially during games and when bartender Jodi is working. Drinks are cold and quick to pour another. Check it out!

I love, love, love this place! This is coming from someone who would rather be on the dance floor than sitting at the bar. I live kitty corner from K’s so lets just say convenience gives it a major plus.
Really what makes it awesome is the atmosphere inside. Its laid back and has a real neighborhood feel. You feel as if you are at a friends place kicking a few back. I have been to K’s during a busy night and during a slow night and still had fun. On the slow night I was with a friend and out of now where the bartender asked, «Do you guys want hummus and chips?» Uh… yeah!
They have a juke box so the music is up to you and the bar peeps around.
The beer selection is great if you love microbrews but they also have the major players like Miller and Guinness. The mixed drink are great too!
I say you won’t know unless you try it out so stop on by!

The bartender is very attentive as well as hot. This place has very good reviews for basically being a dump on the North side away from all the other glitter bars of Chicago. Not much here but a bunch of drunk locals, though this bar seems like one of the few places where the bartender actually cares about their customers.

K’s Dugout is small, no frills neighborhood bar. The bartenders are friendly and sometimes prepare hot dogs and brats on their grill in the back for their patrons. K’s will play the game on their many TVs, but also have a pool table, a jukebox and Big Buck Hunter. K’s is a definite place for someone who just wants to relax, shoot the shit and drink a nice cold pint.

I recently had an unpleasant experience here, that while not the bar nor the bartender’s fault, I think could have been handled more tactfully. My dufus boyfriend insulted someone (or two, I still haven’t found out), though not loudly nor agressively.
I bartend as well, and when a similar situation occurs, I pull them aside and tell them to shut the fuck up or you’re outta here thing, without anyone else being the wiser, unless the offender is hammered, it’s habitual, or punches are thrown, in which case, buh-​bye. Instead, BF was asked to leave (he wasn’t hammered, he’s just an asshole sometimes, and we’ve been coming to K’s regularly for a year or two), which in turn humiliated him and me. It’s a fuckin’ bar. People act like assholes, learn to deal with it AND keep your customers.
I know it’s the bar and/​or bartender’s prerogative either way, and respect that. I just don’t know if I’ll return, despite loving the bartender and the place. That’s just me, though.

Dart quest 2010 continues…
Looking for the closest dart bar to me eastwards, I read K’s Dugout possessed cork dartboards for steel-​tipped darts. The thing about steel-​tipped darts is that they can’t land into electronic dartboards, but soft-​tipped darts can land into cork dartboards quite easily.
Dart setup:
Two dartboards all the way in the back of the bar. These dartboards are poorly maintained with large lumps in them. Because of the large lumps, the spider (metal wire frame) is raised and popping out of the board. They best call in replacements as this bar is useless for darts.
Drinks were cheap and there were TVs but it kind of felt like it was kind of an If I don’t know you, get the bleep out type of bar.

Great bartender and nice little spot. We were served a fresh basket of popcorn when we walked in and then were offered another basket only a little bit later. The music was a blast from the past, but was refreshing. They’ve got a pool table and darts, not much else you need…

K’s, K’s, K’s…I like K’s.
It is roughly 200 steps from my front door to K’s, and still don’t get to stop in as often as i want to. I like this bar. Very friendly bartenders, cheap strong drinks, and a juke box. and pool. I have been known to really put the lampshade on and start downing shots of Root Beer schnapps. They had a lot of bottles on the back bar but no RB. The bartender dug a bottle up from a cabinet behind the bar for me. then put it on ice for the next one! Can you say friendly service? I say «say hello to my good friend Alex Hamilton – you’ve earned him.»

K’s is great little local pub on the northside of the city. They are always sponsoring softball teams i play with and the bartenders could not ever be cooler. Drinks are pretty standard, although i always seem to be sucked in to their Lemonade/​vodkas for $ 2 a pop!
If you are going out for a long nite, stop by here first and get a couple drinks in ya for cheap, or stay and drink the whole night for $ 20-​$ 30! Cant go wrong…