Fizz Bar & Grill

Nice bartenders, good food and drinks and the BEST patio I have seen around here. They have tvs, Jenga, ping pong, a ring game, nice large space to sit, and bags! Love it!

Watched the Hawks lose game 7 on the Fizz patio yesterday. Our server (thank you!) was so kind and gave a great impression of the place. I could see she was kind of slammed when I first arrived with my friend, but another server/​mgr (?) came over to give us menus in the meantime. All these little details of customer service are so impressive to me. It started to hail during the game and our gal helped us move under a roof overhang. Wine, excellent. Poutine fries, amazing. Hopefully my very-​anxious dog will be ready to join me on the Fizz patio this summer! I’ll be there, for sure.

My cousin had his DJ school graduation here. He also played a set there last night. Nice draft selection! The food… WAS AMAZING! We had the Grilled Calamari, it was so fresh, not too spicy, and delicious! Then we had he Bison Sloppy Joe, it’s was ok, and the Steak House Burger with a side of Fried Potato Salad! Fried Potato Salad?!! I would eat it everyday if I could! Will definitely be back soon!

Great local bar! The beer garden in the summer is great and the food is spot on for pub food!

Worst cyclone bar in the city. Three other people in the bar and they still wouldn’t even turn one TV on the Iowa state game.
Been here for a concert once, that was nice. Overall place is to dirty and has dirty bartenders. Glasses and plates at all the empty tables.

Monday nights Fizz Bar has swing dancing events upstairs. The swing dancing is for all levels. They have an hour long tutorial for beginners from 8 to 9pm. It’s honestly like a high school dance where there are chairs to the side and you will ask or be asked to dance. It’s very friendly and everyone is having a blast including myself.
The main bar downstairs is nice and spacious, huge main bar. John, the bartender/​manager, is the best. I honestly would return just to shoot the shit with him. Great service and great stories. Food looked pretty good as well.

Still no POS system but Gumballhead is back along with several other craft selections. They also brought back the food specials and the new staff are all very friendly. Happy to say that Fizz is once again my «go to» neighborhood bar.

The patio takes this bar from one star to two but there’s no way to overcome the unfriendly staff and technology issues. A nice sized bar with a large, amazing patio should have more than one credit card machine. Service is extremely slow and the bartenders and servers are mostly unfriendly. My sisters and I got yelled at for being too loud in the bathroom — so weird.
I’ve been brought here twice in the past two months and really hope I do not have to go back. I think others feel the same way and that’s why it hasn’t been busy the two beautiful nights I’ve been there. Go south to Belmont Ave if you’re looking for good, efficient service.

Fizz is a pretty big place. There’s an upstairs where they host concerts and events, a main floor bar /​seating area, and a rather large outdoor patio complete with rear gaming area (big Jenga, darts, ping pong or something else, can’t remember).
We stopped by recently for dinner and sat outside. We both ordered burgers, and I had the turkey burger with sauteed spinach and swiss on brioche bun. The warm potato salad was delicious. I’ve never had that before, but it was very tasty — warm, crispy potatoes in some kind of southwest mayo sauce + some small chopped veg. Yummmm.
Service was a little pokey, but the food and the patio was great.

I don’t make it a point to write reviews often but I just have to for Fizz. My boyfriend and I hosted our birthday get together in the beer garden last night and everything was beyond perfect. We definitely aren’t regulars but make it a point to visit fizz a frequently in the summer because the patio is great. They reserved a bigger than necessary section for us and the owner made sure it was where we wanted to be. Our friends had a great time playing jenga and table tennis! Def something different than just sitting around and drinking. However, the best part was the service. I highly recommend asking for Laura! She was our waitress and is soo attentive and also very patient. We opted to open multiple tabs instead of one and she never once complained. I can’t say enough good things about Fizz and we will be back soon.

This place has a great outdoor beer garden. Service was consistently good all night. Drinks were great (I am a big fan of the cucumber mule). I wasn’t expecting the food to be as good as it was, but I split a BBQ chicken pizza with a friend and it was great. I’d definitely go back here.

Rad restaurant and bar with music venue/​rental space upstairs! First off the food was great, it helped that one of the waiters was vegan so he could give me the ultimate tip! I ended up having a house salad in a wrap and I added some portabello mushroom. it was fantastic and big and came with house made chips!
The servers/​bartenders were great downstairs and it would be a fun place to watch a game cause there are lots of tvs, lots of drink, and food options, and a good space!
Now for the upstairs, I could see people having wedding here! But tonight it was a rock n roll club, they do shows put on the guys at MP Shows which are great to work with and total pro’s.
Andy who rad sound was incredible did a great job! The space is big and beautiful with nice hard wood floors for dancing! The stage is big, and even has a screen tucked behind the curtain for visuals, perfect for the baby photos at a wedding or a band that plays with video!
If I lived in Chicago, I would keep my eye on the schedrule to this place cause it was a really fun vibe and good place to go watch a show!

Let’s all take a few minutes of silence in memorium of Township. …ready? OK.
For those of you new in town, Fizz has reached out and grabbed hands with the bookers (MP3) of some of the most fun, roucous and crazy small label bands to come through Chicago. Very smart (or extremely stupid plan) on the part of Fizz. So why does this matter? Because Fizz might become a very different bar this year than it was a year ago.
The first floor is your standard neighborhood Chicago bar. Nice woodwork, a dozen or so tables to sit at and a menu of decent, but not amazing pub grub. Good weekday specials, if you check their site. Then the music venue stairs split off like Sub T — but with less air circulation. The sound is great, the space even seems a little bigger than Township. My only gripe is that the bars took FOREVER to get service. I know it was a sold out show, but their weekends could use a speed bartender or two bartenders upstairs.

Not sure what happened to this place. I’ve come here a few times on Saturday nights — it’s usually a great spot for drinks, fun music, and even a little dancing. Came here last weekend and was sorely disappointed. Music was muffled/​barely on in the background and some TVs had their audio playing. I get it — it’s playoff season for Chicago sports, but make a choice — music or TVs. If you were doing one, you at least would please one crowd instead of half-​heartedly (or mistakenly) doing both and pleasing no one.
Service was terrible. While two bartenders can manage some busy bars, the two working this Saturday night were not those kind of bartenders. They were slow, not trying to hurry/​hustle. They also were not taking people at the bar in the order they’ve been sitting/​waiting. I was thankful I had a wristband deal because their credit card/​tab system looked like an absolute disorganized mess!
I learned management recently changed and, while that usually means some bad was expunged from the establishment, it seems some bad (or very inexperienced) still remains. I hope this place gets their act together and returns to some of its former glory — it’s a good pace in a nice location. If they continue as they did last weekend, they won’t be frequented much again.

Wow certainly the wrong time to turnover your management.
Came here for a friend’s 30^th BDay party. Upon arrival the two barkeeps informed us that the person who agreed to the wristband terms was fired recently and wasn’t going to honor the deal. After some negotiating they finally agreed to the plan.
After that execution the evening was completely horrible for all those involved. The bar keeps were overwhelmed, extremely slow in service, and gave me four pours of neat whiskey for free which was not included in the deal. It would’ve only be cool if they did it on purpose, but upon further questioning, they told us that it was included in the deal (when it shouldn’t have been)
This place NEEDS bar rescue like an albino needs sunscreen.

Honestly, bad food and bad atmosphere. It’s so dark and feels like a dirty college bar.

Came here to watch basketball with friends, is a nice bar. The drinks are reasonable and the staff were nice. My fiancé lost his phone in the bar and when we went back to look for it, someone actually turned it in. I think that says a lot about the bar and the kind of customers it draws. I will recommend to any one looking for a chill place to hangout.

Fine by me! Used to frequent the place a lot, then our meetings moved to a different location. But we are back now! We really enjoy their beer selection. It was really great a few years ago, the past week we went we felt the list a bit weak, but may it just the time of year. Time to stock up on new brews! They did have the Root Beer, so good, just be careful with this 10% brew! The bar service on the Wed. we were there was not the best. Seemed partial to the men. When our meeting upstairs let out it seem non of us women could get a beer outta the bartender. We sent the men, and viola! Beers! Was she doing us a favor? Or just liked men better? We will never know.

Came here late Saturday night. There was a few people sitting at the bar. The place smelled terrible so we moved ourselves over to their large janga.

Somewhere in the north side of Chicago lies a place where all swing dancers come. I had the opportunity to attend one of the swinging Monday’s. First floor is the main bar where they have food and drinks. Order the Korean tacos, nice twist of fusion.
This is a weekly event hosted upstairs of a bar. The crowd here is pretty mixed from 20s to 40s. Most of the locals are pretty laid back and very approachable. They even welcomed me with a lindy circle which was more then generous welcoming to any visitor. Although it felt like I did an improv showcase.
Interior of this spot is mostly bricked walls with hard wooden floors. A stage lies at the end where the dj is jamming out some cool tunes. Overall it was a great night and quite enjoyed my visit to the swing dance community in Chi-​town. Will see you again on my next visit and to the pretty girl that danced with me, thank you.

I’m going to go out on a limb and call Fizz the most underrated bar in Lakeview. It’s been a staple for years and is perfect for a lot of things.
For one, it has one the best patio around. Big. Ping pong. Outdoor bar. Music. The works.
Next, it has a fantastic space upstairs with plenty of room for a private event or one of Fizz’s own events.
Add to that a terrific draft list, homemade thin crust pizza, drink specials, games and a great staff… it’s my new go to spot in Lakeview.

We spent 8 hours at this bar on the Saturday of St. Patrick’s Day weekend this year and it was awesome! They had a mega deal for the holiday: $ 30 wristband for any drink but shots for 3 hours… and we were double-​fisting! They even poured me strong Long Islands. Legitimate.
Also, their food is divine. Gourmet chili nachos, saucy pizza, bold wings, and zesty quesadillas. Everything they brought out of that kitchen was perfect and we tried one of everything! And it wasn’t overcrowded, loved it!

Fizz is the Shizz. A group of friends and I spent St. Patricks Day (Saturday) there for 6 hours and had a blast.
The beer selection was awesome with one of my favorites on tap, GumballHead. We had a wristband deal and the bartenders were great about keeping up with the masses of people and drink orders.
Then came the food! From nachos to pizza and everything in between. I couldn’t keep my fingers out of all the food swirling around our table.
Nice layout, cool patio, good selection and food. Could work on the bathrooms but I don’t really care that much.