The true Bucktown dive bar we need. Came here with my wife and a couple friends on my birthday and drank cheap beer and played some free pool. You could call it a sports bar, but it’s not wall to wall with TVs. Instead, there are enough and you can have an intelligent conversation with a bartender who’s genuinely a fan of the game. Unfortunately the Warriors Thunder game had ended by the time we showed up, but I’ll definitely be back to watch hoops.
Mike o.
Classificação do local: 5 Chicago, IL
This place is the best every time I’m here the crowd is cool and Cheap drinks free pool
Brent C.
Classificação do local: 5 Bucktown, Chicago, IL
Just a solid dive. Hamm’s for cheap. Definitely not a place to come for cocktails or mixed drinks. Darts and pool. Usually really chill.
Lainie R.
Classificação do local: 5 Chicago, IL
I love a good dive: cheap drinks, good jukebox, down to earth people. Ed and Jean’s is it. Oh, and of course: THEAPPLEPIESHOTS for $ 1!!! Jan(the creator of the famed apple pie shot) is behind the bar most nights and is always good for some conversation(if you want it!) She’s a sweetheart: she even offered to lend me a DVD of one of her favorite movies! No frills, just neighborhood people having some beers. There’s a dartboard, pool table, and Malort. What more could a Chicago gal want?
Martha C.
Classificação do local: 4 Cincinnati, OH
Stopped by Ed and Jean’s one night in the midst of a Ugly Xmas Sweater Trolley ride. Gotta say, I love the place! Divey, but clean and VERY well priced. The bartenders were nice and the space was relatively empty, which was great coming from the place before, which was overly crowded. As my friend so excellently said, «how can you not like a place that has Slim Jim’s, Doritos and booze?!». I couldn’t have said it better!
Abe R.
Classificação do local: 4 Chicago, IL
This place is great as it has a country feel right smack dab in Bucktown. They have cheap beer and strong pours, so that is a compelling argument when talking to my peeps as this place is definitely not a hook up spot.
Ross H.
Classificação do local: 4 Chicago, IL
Great dive bar and middle ground between me in Lakeview and blue line buddies. The place just cracks me up in a good way. Florescent lighting makes it feel like a sciene lab. Order a beer, they pull it out of a case bought at the corner store. Want to fit more than 12 people? Nope. I like to go with a group of 6 – 10 people and«take over» the bar. We play a billiards/playing card game that I have never experienced elsewhere. The bar tenders even joined in when it was only our gang left in the place. PBR and shots of Jack Daniels flow freely; goods times are bound to be had by all.
Rachel C.
Classificação do local: 4 Pittsburgh, PA
The perfect dive bar for cheap drinks and delicious apple pie shots! You really can’t ask for much more! Three guys greeted us, who I assumed where workers. Took our ID’s and sent us on our merry way. Come to find out they were actually regulars at the bar who were just looking to screw around with us. Okay, I like this place! Add in the friendly bartenders and a pretty awesome choo choo train that transports little mini bottles of alcohol above you and I’m set for the night! Oh, add the jukebox with some sweet tunes and I’m set for the night!
Julie J.
Classificação do local: 4 Chicago, IL
I know that once, I was here, but I can’t remember when or with whom. There might have been a secret handshake involved. I can’t say any more… you never know who might be listening.
Jim K.
Classificação do local: 4 Chicago, IL
Imagine a bar in your older aunt and uncle’s living room. That’s what this place is like.
Laura R.
Classificação do local: 5 Chicago, IL
I almost hate writing a review because I don’t want anyone but my crew to know about our favorite little bar in Bucktown! If you are respectful, not a douche bag and looking for a comfy place to gather and catch up this is perfect. It’s a mind your own business sort of spot and has a kick ass jukebox. We celebrate all our special events here and since the remodel it is a lot more organized(but I sure do miss the christmas village year round let me tell you!) Wonderful spot.
Danny W.
Classificação do local: 5 Chicago, IL
As far as I’m concerned, there are two types of people in Chicago– those who know about the magic of Ed and Jean’s, and everybody else. Oh, and they have free pool, pretzels, and their jukebox has The Killers in it. Eat your heart out, Marie’s.
Kristin S.
Classificação do local: 3 Chicago, IL
Don’t let the lack of a sign fool you, just follow the neon signs next to the carwash on Armitage and you’re in for some snacks and cheap bear.(Ask for the butter pretzels from Menard’s!) Upon first glance, this bar is pretty unremarkable, but I stopped by here for a friend’s birthday and were graciously let in to take over the place. The beer is all bottled and pretty standard, but the prices are cheap and the juke box and pool table are usually open. The highlight of the place is Ed and Jean themselves. They waited on everyone patiently all night and even gave me back some cash I hadn’t noticed I’d overpaid. They also kept our snack bowl full of pretzels that were the perfect buttery, salty match to the cold beer. If I lived closer, I could see ending many nights here when you want to avoid the crowds and hang with a few friends.
Tim S.
Classificação do local: 3 Chicago, IL
It feels like you are in someone’s suburban basement with the wood paneling and drop ceiling. Flashbacks to some hazy moments in High School, what a fun place. This place is a is a drinking establishment, no fancy crap. Thats it, a place to drink. Nice staff, friendly patrons and cheap drinks.
Nicolas H.
Classificação do local: 3 San Francisco, CA
Reasonably priced drinks, smallest pool table I’ve ever seen and a really random jukebox make this a decent spot(despite the odd lingering odors). The flashing fake cans and bottles are quite mesmerizing as well…
Pete V.
Classificação do local: 4 Alexandria, VA
Ed and Jeans seems like it belongs in some small town in Arkansas. You know, where you know everybody you went to high school with and after you all get drunk at the bar, you go over to the water tower, smoke a little, and reminisce about the good olé days playing jv football. Now, Ed and Jeans is a welcome relief from the pseudo hipster scene that pervades bucktown(not that I have anything against the hipster populace), but it’s a welcome relief to waddle on into a laid back spot with some real people(but not real enough that you actually want to get to know them) sitting at the bar. The beers are cold, they have $ 1.00 lemon drop shooters, a decent juke box, and an undersized pool table. What more can you ask for outside of Arkansas?
Luke S.
Classificação do local: 5 Chicago, IL
Jean you are a totally sweetheart!!! This was stop #3 on our dive bar tour and it was probably my favorite. This place keeps it very simple, but it has everything you need. They have cheap drinks, pool, and darts. I’m really glad we discovered this place and I’m pretty sure I’ll be heading back.
Kristin C.
Classificação do local: 5 Chicago, IL
Seriously, Ed and Jean’s is always a good idea. Of course as the night goes on, it becomes a better and better idea(admit it, not a bad idea after Cleo’s and before Riptide). Great jukebox, laid back crowd, nice«homey»(like this could be your grandma’s garage-homey) feel — I love it! A word of advice — stick to beer or other bottled /canned items. The mixed drinks are sometimes off. Oh, and never make a face if you get a vodka soda and the soda is flat — this will not win you points. Just suck it up and suck back a cheap flavored shot(prepared earlier in an old liquor bottle by Ed and/or Jean). Sick of Cleo’s? Wweandjd?
Alyssa V.
Classificação do local: 3 Chicago, IL
You know, I thought I would love Ed and Jeans, so I just kept coming back until finally I had to admit that I don’t love Ed and Jeans. The bartenders spend an awful lot of time standing at the end of the bar, not talking, but just watching you. I know it’s Bucktown, and they don’t get that much business in there as far as I can tell, but it’s not as cheap as I think a dive bar should be. Meaning, a PBR should be a couple bucks, you know? I’ve gone in there with work friends, because we work around the corner, many a time, and I’ve been there on my own, and no experience has worked for me. Oh, well, I’ll stick with the corner.
Janna V.
Classificação do local: 4 Ridgewood, NJ
I agree that Ed and Jeans is kinda like hanging at my Grandma Hay’s house in Speedway(that’s in Indianapolis for you non Hoosiers). There is lots of cheap beers, soda in a can, a TV with shitty picture. I describe the level of cleanliness as kinda trailer park clean– Shabby but as clean as its going to get. The level of service probably depends on the bartenders mood that day– but at least its honest and genuine. You dont take someone here to impress them… you go to have a drink and chill out