Six Penny Bit

Well I’ve known Erin C for 16 years now and the reason she really hates this bar is because her brother and I used to patron it multiple times during the week. The bar sponsors 2 men’s and one women’s softball teams and the young Irish gents and ladies from neighborhood like to come and get nice and drunk without intolerance. Multiple tv’s. great to come watch all the games possible on a Saturday and drunk for cheap. Don’t mind the old guys in the corner. They don’t bother anyone and even if you tried to talk to them you wouldn’t understand what they’re saying anyways. The bar tenders are granddaughters and grandsons of the owners or a wonderful lady who lived down the street from me and they aim to please. It’s a safe place to be seeing that some of the cities public safety workers patron there. if you’re looking for more than a shot and and beer then you’re in the wrong place. But if you’re down with a real corner Irish hole in the wall with a neighborhood feel, then you’re in the right place. Oh, and there’s no food so eat something at home and save room for andll the cheap beer you’ll be drinking.

Cash only bar. The prices aren’t bad but the crowd really kills this place.
I’ve seen three dudes crammed into a bathroom stall «not doing drugs» as well as fights over the pool table and old drunks passed out on tables and at the bar.
It amazes me that an old school dive bar like this can still survive today.

I lived in this neighborhood about 15 years ago. Now every time i fly into Chicago for business i make it my business to stop in for a pint of Guinness then a bottle of Old Style (chi-​town seems be the only place in the USA I can find Old Style) Anyhooo! I love Chicago and I’m a native New Yaaaka. I get a kick from the Irish crowd who mistake my NYC accent for a British one. The dirty looks i’ve gotten make my day.

Great place to stop in for a pint during the day. Gets busy in the evening on weekends if you like that.

They are cash only which is annoying — they have an ATM though.
Their beer lines I don’t think have EVER been cleaned… They are so corroded you can taste the mildew in your beer — so gross stay away!
They don’t serve food and the place smells awful.
Side note: The owner is a lunatic — if you have the unlucky pleasure of being there when he storms in — its best to stay out of his way.
All in all there are much better establishments to go to.

I’ve been sporadically coming to the Six Penny for about four years now due to a good friend being a regular there and just love the whole atmosphere there. I have a soft spot for local camaraderie type bars and the Six Penny definitely fits into that type.
It is a smaller and authentic irish neighborhood bar with the sweetest owners and bartenders. They don’t serve any food there but are more than willing to hand you over some menus for delivery from local restaurants. Plus, I have eaten a delicious, homemade sandwich on more than one occasion that was given to me by the bartender because someone in the family likes to make a whole platter of them for the patrons.
There is also a pool table, bags set, and a darts board if you’re interested in throwing in some games into your night too.
Also, I would advise against the «house shot» — I’ve never tried it but heard its pretty intense!

I’ve got a soft spot for bars that are equal parts blue-​collar Chicago and Ireland. Six Penny Bit pulls this off with ease. Attentive and playfully surly young women deliver a proper pint and a generous shot of Jameson or Bushmill’s. The mark of a great neighborhood bar is an age distribution from 21 to retirement age and there may very well have been 20-​somethings sharing a pint with their grandparents in here. Irish offerings like several varieties of ‘Tayto’ crisps and advertisements for weekend sports on Setanta inspire me to return and spend a good chunk of the day when the place is quieter and less crowded. A bona fide diamond in the rough.

I went into this bar because my Mexican friend brought me there. I am Irish citizen of foreign birth. The bar is fine, but I had an experience that I can only describe as being disgustingly racist and repugnantly pathetic. There was an Irish man in his waning years, old enough to understand that Ireland is occupied by the British Military, and England has done centuries of harm to the Irish people. He told me he was from Meath, just outside Du_​lin (Sorry the correct letter is malfunctioning). I asked him what he thought a_​out the Queen visiting the Garden of Remem_​erances and Croke Park. He said «I think it is a good thing. It is time to bury the ax., but that fucking nigger…» And he almost had a heat stroke. I said to him, «Oh, it is OK for the Queen of England, who occupies Irish soil at the point of 20,000 bayonets to visit, but because our president is Black, you get indignant and angry?» My friend dragged me out before things got out of control.
This fool is not unusual in the Irish. They suck up to their oppressor, but find a person who has never done the Irish harm to curse. I do not know who this guy is but he is a disgrace to the Irish.

Loved all the dart boards along the wall. (Except, it doesn’t work very well if you want to play bags indoors since you have to play both in the same area)
They have plenty of tables in the front and off to the side and decent drink specials.
There was a DJ when we went and other than the music being a little too loud — The night was filled with numerous drinks and dart games!
A-​Ok in my book =]

Just a plain bar that’s out in the middle of nowhere. The place might as well be Middle Earth to me. The bar is pretty simple, nothing fancy, a back room with additional tables. A couple of beers on tap, plenty more in botttles and packaged chips and stuff you’d find in any dive.
I have no idea why I came here-​oh wait, that’s right it’s because my cop buddy knew about this place. I don’t think I would come again, not without my cop buddy (s) but I paid for 4 beers and the tab came up to be 9 bucks. Twelve when you count the 3 dollar lukewarm Gatorade that I got before heading out.

The Six Penny Bit is a clogged artery in an otherwise healthy area of the shitty heart that is the Northwest side of Chicago. They have something here called the «house shot», this the the epitome of gut wrenching alcoholic speed. They take all the bottoms of the liquor bottles and dump them into one special bottle. You ask for it. You take the shot. You IMMEDIATELY regret doing so because you will be drunk much quicker than you have ever anticipated. This is a good thing. The atmosphere is the avoidable section of this here bar.
I vehemently hate country music. I have no comparable source of disdain. Country is the fucking kicker. Whatever. If you want to get completely slam drunk and probably get into a fight about nothing, come here. Cheap beer on Thursday, High Life is the right choice. Unfortunately there is not coat check, darn.

Decent prices, fun atmosphere.

Been going here for years. Great place, cheap drinks, and a change from Lincoln Park and Wrigleyville. The other reviews are pretty dead on and while I’ve seen fights happen in the past I can’t remember when the last one was in years.

I agree w. John, it’s a REAL Irish pub. They remodeled it a bit and it’s lovely. The only downside is that they don’t take credit cards so make sure you have cash or your atm card handy. The staff is great and the beer is cold. What more could you ask for?

so far as i know, this is the irish-​est bar in the city, horse racing on monitors, darts, appropriate beers on tap, and genuine people who were born on the emerald isle and don’t drink green beer… ever. others in Unilocal and friends of mine have told me they have witnessed fights here, but isn’t that part of what makes it real???

Me being Irish and all, I love it. The prices are cheap. I just felt like I was sitting in someones basement getting drunk. Theres nothing wrong with that anyways.
*******UPDATE**********************************
Since my last review they have remodeled, It is a very nice place and they even have bean bag tornaments.

If you aren’t an Irish brick layer you probably don’t know about this bar. No, it’s not the cheesy Irish bar you see in Wrigleyville with Miller Lite Shamrock neons and drunken frat boys wearing backwards Notre Dame hats, this is the place you go if your visa has expired and you spent all day laying a mile of concrete. Let’s put it this way, above the bar there is a picture of the bar tender shaking hands with Gerry Adams, the leader of Sein Fein. They pour the Guinness like they do back in the old country and since he obviously knows the leader of the IRA, I wouldn’t bug him about speeding it up.
Walking into this bar feels like what it must felt like for the first black guys who tried to sit at the counter at Woolworths back in the 1950s. You definitely get a sense that you don’t belong and may end up with a car bomb under your hood if you piss off the wrong guy.
That being said, I usually go right to the back to play darts. If you like Irish music, the juke box won’t disappoint and neither will the Guinness.

The Six Penny Bit isn’t the kind of Irish bar where you’ll find polish Cubs fans drinking car bombs. If you don’t speak with a bit of a brogue you might be in the minority, but that being said, the staff, and for that matter, the regulars, are all extremely friendly people. The tavern is decorated with all sorts of knick knacks form Ireland, and the TVs always have a rugby match on. They have a pool table and a couple dart boards (be sure to bring your own metal tipped darts) and live music in the weekend. The music is usually a one man band who preforms a mix of pop classics (the Beatles, Elvis, Johnny Cash, etc) and traditional Irish folk songs. The drinks are cheap, especially on Sunday and Monday when they offer draft specials, and Thursday nights are Ladies Nights, where the strawberry daiquiri’s are flowing at a price that won’t cut into your Friday night budget (but might cut into your Friday morning productivity).