Double Bubble

My parents came to visit the city from Idaho and they had a hard time finding a BudLight when they wanted one… We stopped in here and they had the coldest BudLight yet! The bar was very clean and the bartender was friendly. We were only there in the early afternoon so it was quiet but the vibe was really nice.

Great neighborhood tavern with an outstanding selection of bottled beers. Very good for watching any sporting event or simply having a «cold one»

Friendly owner and staff. Great place to watch a Sox game on North Side. Wish there were more neighborhood «dive» (in the good sense) bars like this one.

My favorite neighborhood bar. Great bartenders and a great atmosphere. Not only is it great for sports but it’s great anytime of the week with very reasonable beer prices and huge selection of craft beers as well. Food is always top notch. The owner Larry Swoboda is one of the friendliest and courteous bar owners I have ever met.

The Double Bubble IMO is definitely a dive bar — they serve up cheap beer, they’ve been around forever, yet it is oddly kept nice and clean inside. The staff is friendly, the patrons are as well — everyone just seems to be there to have a good time and throw back a few. You’ll get your «regulars» sitting at the bar during the day and night, but then sometimes a younger (Loyola?) crowd on the weekend evenings. They also have a fairly large grassy patio area out back with some tables. A local gem in the Edgewater neighborhood.

We wandered in during a blizzard to watch a game but what we found was more than just a game today it was ever decided it was more than just a safe haven it was heaven we need to When Paul who might have been the ownercame to our table to greet us offered us free food and drink gave us a good deal for drinks and cut delicious meal or half time keeping real word forfries were not called unlike the pumping go gamble we enjoy gambling on the game and they did not stop at all once againonce again Paul was wonderful and I hope he is successful in all his endeavor we will return even if weather is clear thank you again to the double bubble we will cherish

Rethinking. This place is too loud (yes, Im aware its a bar), too many shouty old drunk men and a bit too sports obsessed. Still an okay place, and I do appreciate the absolutely spotless bathrooms. Maybe a better time to visit is weekend days when its a bit quieter and lower key.

This is my absolute favorite place on Sundays during football season. You can watch all games, any game, all at the same time. Larry is great about putting your fav time on the tv near where you are sitting.
Food on Sundays is on the grill. It’s good but there’s not a great selection. But do you need more than brats and cheeseburgers during football. No, no you don’t. You’ll be fine.
If you haven’t been there in a year, you’ll be impressed with the new lighting and bar.
Why wouldn’t you spend your Sundays at the double bubble? Fun people even if the occasional packer fan is there and I can’t freaking stand them.

The people are not very friendly, the bartender would rather use his laptop than serve you. An hour before last call the place starts closing down. Lights off, chairs up. Basically saying «I don’t want to be here and you shouldn’t either». I do like the frosty mugs and back porch in summer though.

This is my neighborhood bar and one of my favorite places to be. Food is great, company/​workers are great, and the drinks are cheap. One of the many reasons why I stay living in Edgewater.

Great name for a bar. Not a friendly place though. Horrible service with a rude staff and god forbid if you get tipsy or intoxicated while at the bar.

The Cambridge Dictionary defines a dive as «a cheap, unattractive bar or place for entertainment.» While The Double Bubble is indeed cheap, I would not describe it at all as unattractive, based upon a recent visit. I suppose to some, the definition of dive is relative, but my idea of a dive is more along the lines of L&L in Lakeview or a place which hasn’t been re-​done since the 1940’s. I did not witness the old DB, in spite of living two blocks away for a couple of years in the ‘80s’. But I find the new place pretty spiffy as neighborhood pubs go.
I was invited to a private event/​memorial for a gent who was a regular here. His family thought it appropriate to celebrate his life at his favorite haunt. So the place was full of older Edgewater Glen residents and their families, and it was not a usual night with usual customers. But I’m guessing the regulars here are not too different from this post-​funeral crowd. They are having a 36^th Anniversary partyon Saturday, November 30 from 6−9PM, where draft imports are $ 2.50, and domestic bottles $ 1.50. Sounds like good cheap fun to me. The first 50 attendees get a commemorative mug.
Expecting much less, I found the Double Bubble to be a clean and inviting Chicago neighborhood bar, and one I’d return to if I wanted to experience the old Edgewater Glen vibe, and chat up Larry the bartender who’s lived there since ’55. The beer choices may be limited for today’s hopmeisters, but the couple of Green Lines I had here suited me just fine.

Great neighborhood bar! Can’t beat $ 8 pitchers of Michelob every night of the week and the staff is really friendly. The crowd is about half older locals and half Loyola kids, and there’s a pretty good jukebox and a number of TVs with any local games on or college or pro football depending on the day of the week. Good quiet place to grab a few drinks with friends before heading out downtown or in Andersonville.

Pros:
–You’re sure to catch nearly any major sporting event here. I come regularly for NHL games
–Cheap!
–A true no-​frills dive bar
–The regulars can be fun to drink with…
Cons:
–Selection of beer is VERY limited — mostly popular domestics
–The bar can get a little sticky (?)

Fuckin’ A, I love this place. Despite the Northwestern bowl loss. They had all three bowl games going today, plus the NHL Winter Classic. We enjoyed front-​row-​center seats, with sound, for the NU game. Actually, we were the only ones there for most of the time. We did get some weird company, as always, this time in the form of a middle-​aged dude in pajama pants exclaiming repeatedly how the on-​field play was «pretty good for a white guy.» Just when I thought I was going to have to say something, he took off.
Larry the Bartender is awesome and took great care of us. He was cooking up a big 16-​pound ham and a 14-​pound beef roast for the bar’s New Year’s Day/​Rose Bowl festivities. That ham smelled amazing! Larry would ring the bell for every Northwestern score. When we ordered food, he gave us plates, napkins, and plastic ware. Great guy.
Settle in with some cheap $ 3.50 pitchers of Michelob (yeah, I can stop being a beer snob for one day – it’s 2010, a new beginning!), order some delivery (eff you, Apart, for being closed, but thank you to Villa Palermo for feeding us), watch the game, enjoy some fun times and great company and great service and interesting people-​watching. Come home in the afternoon with a nice buzz and a big smile. That’s a goddamn good day.

A decent «beer and a shot» joint. The drinks are cheap and the bartender is friendly enough. The back patio seemed nice enough, but it was night when I was back there and I was busy smoking and drinking… at the same time.
If I had a bitch, it would be the music. It’s kept at a deafening level to the point where you can’t hear the person sitting next to you.
Absolutely worth a return visit…

Not much to say about the Bubble but that it’s close to a few of my favorite things in Edgewater (the beach and Lori’s place).
It’s cheap, it’s full of interesting folks and while you may have to fetch the bartender’s attention more than once to get another beverage, it’s a great neighborhood bar that’s worth a visit.
I do however, recommend escaping before the last call siren. My ears are still ringing from the first and only time I heard it (three months ago).

This place was like a VFW basement. Wood paneling everywhere. It smelled like crap inside too. Bunch of older guys totally getting wasted at the bar and one of their wives playing the poker machine or something to that extent.
FOOD: They had chips I believe.
DRINK: The only superior tap was Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Michelob Ultra was on special for $ 3 and you get a large mug/​mini pitcher. Not much on tap, but IPA is OK by me.
ATMOSPHERE: I think we brought half the crowd. Maybe 12 people in the place. Not bad to have a beer or two. Its a dive. They had some good tunes on the juke. I put on Children of the Grave by Sabbath so I was happy.
Probably won’t go out of my way to go back, but it is everything it promises. Dive bar. If you find yourself doing the Edgewater circuit in one night, check it out.

Dubble Bubble Gum (5 facts):
1) Dubble Bubble was distributed in military rations during World War II until 1942
2) It was invented accidentally by an accountant at Fleer
3) It was introduced as the first five-​pack of gum in 1957
4) Dubble Bubble turned 80 in 2008
5) In 1954, the company began sponsoring bubble gum blowing contests – which grew in popularity and were eventually televised
Double Bubble Bar (5 facts):
1) No frills and no gimmicks, but plenty of wood paneling
2) Cash only
3) Friendly bartenders
4) Decent selection of tunes on the jukebox
5) Michelob on tap served in ice cold, frosted mugs for $ 1.75
I would take the Red Line up to Edgewater again to drink here on the cheap. It also means I wouldn’t have to bring a pair of binoculars to see the score of the MSU/​Illinois game, unlike another place down the street that shall remain nameless.

I love this dive bar. A real dive bar, not pseudo– do not expect any frills!
Perfectly located– right down the street, I can stumble home. The neighborhood even conveniently put in a stoplight so I do not have to worry about crossing Broadway. How considerate of them!
It does get smokey at times, but, with the new ordinance hanging over all of the smokers heads, that will not happen for long.
It features a old time bar, a couple of tables, and plenty of booze. What more can you ask for?
No name is featured on the outside. You can identify it by the Bud sign hanging above the door– that and the green tile. No name is needed for the regulars. In fact, it took me about a year before I learned it.