Poor Boy’s Pub

not a fan. food kinda sucks. karaōke was just obnoxious. same people who cant sing, do the same songs every week. they need more servers because clearly they cant get to all their tables on busy nights

GO HERE! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! You would never think this place is as awesome as it is by looking at the outside! The inside is really nice for a bar/​sandwich place! Went for lunch yesterday with a friend. Had the mini steak sandwiches. PERFECT! 3 huge marinated steak medallions, I ordered med-​med rare. Smothered in melty cheese, grilled onions and the steak was SUPER tender and delicious! I highly recommend them! My friend had the southwest chicken wrap. She loved it so much, she ordered it for the second time ! Next time I’m going to try the Rueben. People brag about the burgers saying «it’s the best burger they’ve ever eaten out» They have one smothered in 2 cheeses, grilled mushrooms and grilled onions. Yum! The service was great as well! Very attentive and she was the ONLY ONE WORKING LUNCH! (besides the cook) A+++ QUALITY AND QUANTITY!

Such great food! Portion sizes are great for the price. Food is always hot.

Please turn up your heat.

The place isn’t the biggest so can get packed FAST. If you come when it’s packed then it’s either stand or leave which is what me and a lot of their potential customers do. Haven’t been there in a while which helps me find new places.

Stopped in one night before going to the haunted house next door. Had the $ 6 cheeseburger special and was pleasantly surprised by how large and fresh it was. They have great fries too! :) They have reasonable drink prices too. I would definitely go back if ever in the area,

This place is absolutely outstanding! It is the most friendliest atmosphere you will ever experienced. The food is made homemade. Not like other chain reastaurants that come in prepackaged and frozen. It’s a family owned. Good old fashioned soups made every day. You do not find family own or Restaurant quality in places like this anymore. The staff have been there for year’s And yes everyone knows your name when you go there. Family!

The food was good, we had the stuffed pepper soup and it was actually delicious! But it took 15 minutes before a waitress acknowledged we were there and asked if we wanted food or something to drink. The parking lot is a little chaotic and not lit very well so it’s kinda hard to get around. Overall a neat place for a laid back night

I’ve been meaning to try this place for a while, since it’s right down the street from where I work. On Friday I went with a co-​worker for lunch and I was really impressed. Please don’t let the outside of the place fool you, it’s in a dumpy strip mall with a Dollar General store and doesn’t look like the best place from the outside. Once inside however, things changed for the better. The place is clean and nice, nothing fancy, but a pretty decent bar and overall atmosphere.
The menu has all of the typical foods you would expect in a place like this and that always means I’m ordering a burger. Unless a place is famous for something in particular, I usually order the burger, because if you can’t make a decent burger I have no hope for the rest of the menu. I ordered the bacon cheeseburger and it was a huge burger and cooked perfectly. It also included a bowl of soup and fries. The only complaint about the burger (and it’s very minor) is that the bun wasn’t nearly sturdy enough to hold it all together. It did have plenty of cheese and bacon and overall I would say it was an awesome burger! The prices are great here too and the service was solid all the way around. I will be coming back here in the near future and I definitely recommend this place… don’t let the outside fool you.

We’ve tried Poorboy’s a few times over the past couple of years. Always the same experience. The waitress (Katie) is always in a deep conversation with one of the regulars at the bar as my husband and I are waiting for refills, extra napkins, or our check. The bar is usually dead. There is no excuse not to take care of your one and only table of customers.
It’s sad because their prices are great, the food is decent, we love the complimentary soup with burgers/​sandwiches, and we enjoy the small local bar atmosphere… the lack of customer service is what will eventually kill this business.

Stopped by last night and had chicken stops and a root beer. Only problem I had was the server gave me a Pepsi instead of a root beer when I wanted a refill.

I love this place and the fact that the owner is such a Blackhawks fan. It is a fun place to go to for their games. I’ve had their food a few times… the burgers are pretty good and their southwest tots are awesome. It’s not the best food you’ll ever have, but it is worth trying and the atmosphere of this bar alone makes it a great place to go!

This was my first time here and it will be my last. Stopped for their Monday Wing Special. Food was good but service is something they need to learn. Ordered wings and fries and the waitress completely forgot the fries. My wife mentioned that she needed to take them off the bill and the waitress asked if we still wanted them.
Beer was cold and the wings were good but this place will not make my come back to list. Ordered buffalo and wings and did not get any ranch or blue cheese to dip them into. Shame on this place.

Parking: Easy.
Atmosphere: Bright and fun. There were several televisions, gambling machines, and karaōke. The space was well-​lit (especially for a bar with no windows). It seemed like a place for locals to have a drink after work with friends and then to sometimes get an easy dinner. You could easily hold a conversation. These are the reasons why our friend chose Poor Boy’s for his birthday celebration.
Service: The service was decent. Our server had a friendly, familial disposition and broke up our checks. There were times when we wanted something and we had to wait a long time.
Food: We were part of a large group and nobody really LIKED their food. Mostly it was okay; however, there was a soup that was universally disliked. M also disliked her sandwich. I think one person liked the fried pickles due to the fact that she asked for a box to bring home everyone else’s pickle orders.
Drinks: The beer selection was kind of limited. They had very common drinks circa 2000. Think standard macrobrew beer and overly sweet cocktails made with brightly colored pucker.
Poor Boy’s was over an hour drive for me and it’s unlikely that I would ever return. Maybe it’d be my joint if I lived closer and all of my friends liked to go; however, that’s not the case and I’ve definitely experiencced better.

Great place to grab a beer and some good food. The food is reasonably price typically below 12 dollars. I decided to try the Walleye fish fry then had and it was less than par. It tasted more like a piece of salmon with a light batter on it. My colleague had the cod and it was much better The green pepper soup was very good.

After hearing great things about the burger here I had to try it out. Went with a couple of friends here for a Wednesday night dinner. First off this bar is kind of a dive. Had I not heard good reviews I wouldn’t have even gone in. It is hidden in a strip mall next to a dollar general. Not much curb apeal here. When you go inside though it is a nice sports bar atmosphere. Although I will say I got many looks when I walked in the door. Yes I get it I don’t normally come here but please people (Patrons not the staff) don’t give me a look like you never say a gay guy before. We went during the hawks game and I get it is a bar but it is very loud here also. If you want to talk with your friends it is very hard to hear them here. Once again though it is a bar so I can’t say this wasn’t expected… The service here was pretty good and friendly. We all ordered cokes and they left a pitcher so we didn’t have to wait for refills. For dinner we started with the cheese stix. They were good but just the normal ones you can get at any other restaurant. I was going to go with the cheese fries but I was told by the waitress they use a cheese sauce instead of melted cheese so I passed on those. I had the Cheese burger for dinner. The burger here is a nice size and was cooked well. You can tell the burgers are home made also. They aren’t frozen and are good quality. Over all I thought the food was pretty good here I would go back.

It’s your typical neighborhood bar. Though the first time I ever walked into a bar and the whole bar turned and gave us a look. I’ve never experienced there before and I’ve been in neighborhood bars from the southside of Chicago to South Boston. Kinda made us feel like outsiders. I’ll blame this on Hawks playoff fever but lord, tone it down a bit.
The service was great and the waitress was very attentive. The food was okay. The burger was good but not great. I was a little disappointed that the cheese on my burger wasn’t fully melted. It looked like someone just slabbed a slice of cheese on there. The fries were awesome though and I’m not much of a fries eater either.
I’ll give them another shot though. Hopefully we won’t get the evil eye from other patrons.

WE’RE DEFINITELY FANS OF POOR BOYS! We’ve never had a bad experience here. Great homemade food! Nice bar, happy & friendly service. Owner is on premises at all times and quite friendly, which probably accounts for the good quality and pride in ownership is apparent from every angle. We applaud his efforts and consistency.
This place is always busy, but if you weren’t looking it you might pass it by due to its remote strip mall location. But it’s definitely worth your time and money. You’ll be going back for more, as have we over the years.

I got the poor boy’s burger on grilled rye with bacon cheddar fries (additional $ 2) and it came with the soup of the day– cream of mushroom.
The patty itself was good but the grilled rye was very dry and hard. The fries were not that great either. The soup was basically like hot water and mushrooms.
It took a really long time for the food to get to us as well, even though it wasn’t that busy in there. The server was really nice though.
Overall ok experience but I probably wouldn’t go back… =/​
Update:
Turns out I did go back because my manager wanted to go, haha.
This time, I got the special Reuben with fries and chicken noodle soup. The soup was not bad. The Reuben was OK but the bread was completely burnt… you could see the whole crust was black… and the fries were too crispy… and my lemonade was watered down.
We had the same server as last time, she was nice. She was wearing shorts and it was 18 degrees out though…

Its a simple bar, with a passable menu.
The location is in a nondescript strip mall, with some shuttered stores; so the name fits the overall vibe of the place.
Plenty of flat screens on the wall and Sox fans all around.
We have been here twice for lunch and each time the food was avg at best and service somewhat spotty.
Not sure of any other local dives in the area, where you can grab a sandwich and a beer whiling watching a ball game and not be surrounded by Corp logos and trinkets of a national chain.