Casey’s Corner

Friendly bartender and patrons. I was only there for 2 hours but by the time I left I was I knew the names of most of the people in the bar. Cheap beer and a pool table. Awesome place.

I was out with a friend who insisted we have a drink so since we were nearby I suggested this place since it’s one I’ve been eyeballing for a while. Upon entering I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that it was not nearly as dark inside as I’d anticipated from glancing in the door while passing by on foot on several occasions. The bartender was a friendly lady who didn’t seem the least bit unhappy to have a couple of non-​regulars popping in. We only stayed for one drink but it was a pleasant experience and it’s my kind of very low key bar so I can see myself stopping in from time to time for a drink or two. My first impression is that it’s a good little neighborhood bar. The beer prices here surprised both me and my friend as being very reasonable.
A few hours later when we walked by this place the bartender was outside getting a couple hits of nicotine and smiled and said hi as we passed by the place on our way someplace else. Yeah, that greeting wasn’t anything major, but since we weren’t stopping in I felt it was a nice personal touch that just reinforces that I’ll stop in again.

Casey’s Corner is a pretty outstanding local dive bar. With a long bar, several high tops on the right hand side of the bar, a smallish pool area out back and couple of TV’s above the bar. It is a small place with a license for a maximum of 38 patrons.
Beer range is very much domestic dive bar and cheap, do not expect craft beer here.
The crowd is very local (of the many generation in the US variety), super friendly (greeted by hello from the entire bar) and very male. A mix of veterans and blue collar workers finishing up for the day.
No food, however on a Saturday during the day there are plenty of bar snacks on the bar.
Service is outstanding, with a friendly and engaging old school bar woman — what a pleasant change.
Great place for a low key drink.

Hey, this is a neighborhood bar. If you’re not from the neighborhood, you just might not get it. The locals are: Jewish, Arabic, Hispanic, and African. But all seem to get along (try that in the Middle East). This is a bar one would not go out of their way to go to, however, on the right night, you
will have a blast. Good people.

Definitely a traditional dive bar. I think we may have been the first group of non-​locals to enter this place this decade. I must say they were polite as they could be with us invading their turf. Entering this place looking to be hip or ironic would probably earn you a pool cue upside the head, which is nice.
Others have mentioned the jukebox, I did really appreciate the rock selections. (I refuse to label anything I listened to in High School as «classic»)
After seeing the cleanliness of the restroom, I was really glad I was drinking bottled beer. I would be a little hesitant to ingest any mixers, ice or tap beer.

After 70 years Casey’s has turned the fine art of dive bar entertainment into more than art form, but a way of life.
From the framed pics posted on the wall of special moments that happened here which include the same 8 people that occupy the front stools and by the pool table, this bar is where you go to do a shot of jack, drink your miller lite and do your best barfly imitation.
No food, though they have an extensive menu list behind the bar for delivery, the jukebox is not all fancy schmancy high tech and connected to the matrix, but stock full of classics from Led Zeppelin, Rush and even some Elvis Crespo.
The pool table is constantly surrounded by locals who have spent many hours hovering about, deciding many life and money decisions.
If you ever wanted to meet a real life character that you think you would find in Quentin Tarantino’s next movie check out Casey’s, but come here with respect for the locals or expect to get schooled the Chicago way.