Boss Bar

poppin music, not much dancing, but good for watching sports! also very important: they have a pool table

Employee got super aggressive when I asked if there was a kitchen connected to the restaurant and got defensive for some reason causing a bad experience....

I’ve been here a couple times since they stay open late. But they are racist. I experienced it recently. I was told they were done for the night. I saw 4 white girls approach the door seconds after me. Security immediately checked their IDs. I asked “why are you checking their IDs if you’re done?” He said “idk why.” The white women were then let in. I addressed with security and they lied to my face as If I didn’t just watch it happen. They need to gone head and shut this place down.

Ehhhhhh, why do I keep coming back here? I used to live in town and Boss Bar was close to my office. Friends would often go there after work on Fridays....

This is a review for one of the bouncers, Ben. He deserves a raise/promotion! I witnessed a very scary situation when, visiting the Boss Bar a little after 10:00pm on Thursday, June 2nd 2022 with my mom for a nightcap before heading back to my hotel and Ben handled it so perfectly! We were sitting outside enjoying drinks when a man (late 50s) and his wife stood up from a table near us to leave and a handgun fell out of the man's pocket. Thankfully it did not disarm, but if it had, it was pointed directly at my right ankle!!! Both he and his wife were very flustered and the man attempted to play it off like nothing happened, put it back in his pants, and scurried away. One of the bouncers (Ben) ran after the man and his wife and spent quite a long time around the corner where I couldn't see what was going on. Ben eventually came back and when he did, I thanked him for acting so quickly and bravely by following the man and his wife around the corner. The man had a gun, the bouncer was unarmed, and had NO idea how the man would have reacted to Ben confronting him. Ben told me the man did have papers to carry, but that carrying within 300 feet of an institution that serves alcohol in Chicago is illegal and Ben got the man's information and permit number (he kept in confidential of course and did not disclose anything to me) and reported the man for the incident. Given the times we are in, irresponsible gun ownership is truly unforgivable in my opinion and I appreciate Ben's bravery in chasing the man down. Thank you , Ben, and thank you, Boss Bar, for hiring bouncers that are there to empowered to do more than just check IDs.