Here's what you should know if you go to The World Famous Poplar Lounge (their words, not mine). No matter what you were going to order, whether it be a beverage or an entree or a side item, you just need to put it out of your mind. Because they don't have it.The beer you wanted? They don't have that. The cheese on your burger? Not that, either. And also, they do not have liquor, which I discovered when I tried to order a vodka and soda. The waitress, very apologetic, offered me a coupon that I could use across the street at MidTown Wines and Liquors. A coupon that I could use to buy vodka and bring it back to the Poplar Lounge. Since I couldn't think of why I was even AT the Poplar Lounge in the first place except to drink, I decided that leaving to purchase alcohol might tempt me too much to just never come back. So I ordered a beer.
But hey, a coupon! Can't hate on you for trying to look out for my fiscal well-being.
The patio is an interesting place, with about 27 different kinds of furniture, five kinds of Christmas lights and at least one barbeque smoker that left us wondering if one could throw one's own BYOM (bring your own meat) soiree right here at the Poplar Lounge. There was a TV, but it only showed one channel, and that channel had the Cubs game on. People drifted in and out, most of them either employees or regulars, all of them giving us a breed of the stink eye that rivaled even the stink eye you get at The Buccaneer. And that is a SERIOUS stink eye.
The basic message was that we did not belong there, but I don't imagine that any of us would've argued the point.
In the name of tradition, here goes:
What I Loved: According to Andrea and Mike, who both ordered food, it was DEE-lish. I hypothesized that this was because it is easier to make tasty food when only one person orders at a time.
Why You Should Get Drunk There: Because if you're drunk, you might forget you're at the Poplar Lounge. Or you might get hungry, and order some of that tasty food.
cheers,
elizabeth
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