Sweet Alice

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
I miss this place. Why the owner sold it, I don’t know. All I know is whatever is in the building now completely sucks.

Sunday, 11 p.m.
Sign says «Open Until 2 a.m.»
Door is locked
Lights are off
Chairs on tables
It must be 2 a.m. somewhere
Plan B it is

Based on the music pumping through sweet alice I thought I was going to be head over heels for the place. But if i wanted to go to a lincoln park bar, I would have gone to lincoln park. This place was free and pure from scummy hipsters. Everyone was showered and freshly put together, with no holes in thier clothes. The guys were wearing buttoned down shirts tucked in! The ladies were flaunting their lean tanned bodies, and flipping their just recently highlighted hair. It’s not like I am loving the hipster crowd either, don’t get me wrong… it just sucks feeling the dirtiest person at the bar.

I went to Sweet Alice 2 months ago. It was a good place. not too crowded, bartender and waitress seemed nice, etc… When we went to pay though-​i paid with a credit card. The waitress came back and said «our credit card machine isn’t working-​so sorry… we need cash». SO. we paid in cash. no big deal. Then 2 weeks later. on my credit card statement I was charged TWICE. We ended up paying triple for our 35.00 dollar tab. Ive called Sweet Alice and talked to their manager… then he told me to talk to the accountant after about a week and a half of phone calls. Its been 2 months and I still paid 105.00 dollars for my 35.00 tab. NO ONE has gotten back to me, NO ONE has told me anything about resolving the issue… Ive called almost every other day to see about getting this taken care of. Ive left SEVERAL messages, and I talked to the «manager» about it SEVERAL times with NO results/refund…THIS PLACE IS TERRIBLE! BE CAREFUL!!!

Small, dingy bar with lots of life and daily specials. Great open windows and the best bartender this side of Chicago. I recommend going for the beer and veggie burgers.

Not bad. Well lets see, I really like the place and the food is pronominal. Its always a good thing when you can sit at the bar eat a burger and sip on a PBR. Good specials and a decent crowd just like a neighborhood bar should be. Just people from around WP.

My favorite little place in Wicker Park for an adult beverage. You can actually hear the people you are with speak. Jalapeño poppers are probably TGIFriday’s frozen variety from Jewel but so what? I didn’t have to bake ‘em so I’m down with it. Funky/​cool dark décor which makes everyone look probably more glam then they actually are. Funny Betty Page movies on the screen sometimes so if conversation lags you can watch her get spanked 50’s-style. Hey, someone must like it or they wouldn’t be playing it. :-)
Bartenders are all friendly and will make your drink just as you like it, no questions asked. Order a snakebite, they’ll do it. Excellent!

listen up y’all:
I am the pickiest hamburger, eater, girl, kind of girl in the world. Not only that, but i only eat a hamburger about 3 times a year.
This damn little place has had me eating burgers the last 3 times I’ve been there! They are that freakin’ good. They are seasoned before placed on the grill, and then cooked to perfection. The fries are perfect too.
Yes the beer is a little pricey, but so what? I’d rather drink beer there than some tgi fridays or chilies or something of that sort.
Come on guys, support this little restaurant and feed your belly with good burgers and good beer.

having only ever been to 1056, i don’t have anything possitive or negative to say about this sweet alice vs. the old one.
that being said…
after the super-​fun-​birthday-​extravaganza-​2007 dan and i went to get lunch and since we wanted burgers, we thought we’d try sweet alice.
so, wow. great burger. very tasty… we were the only two in the place, but had good service and all that jazz. i would totally try it out on a different night!
it’s really small… and as of now, i am not sure of that’s a good or a bad thing.

I love Sweet Alice. It’s a great addition to the bars in the Wicker Park neighborhood. You don’t get the meat-​market crowd that you’d see on a normal Friday night at Cans or Pint. I’d agree that is isn’t a restaurant. But if you want a beer and a laid-​back vibe on the weekend, this is a great place to go. The first time we went to Sweet Alice, the bouncer bought shots for my friends and I. Really nice bartenders, too.

Sorry, but i have an issue with places calling themselves «Bar & Grills» when they’re just bars. We went for dinner. Please don’t make the same mistake. The food is a joke, they have plastic silverware and trays, and ketchup PACKETS. How hard is it to go to Costco and buy a few bottles of ketchup? I know I sound bratty but that really annoyed me. Also, their «specials» are like «4.50 pints of bass!» It’s Chicago, not New York. That ain’t a special. Skip this place, it pretty much sucks.

This is a great addition to the neighborhood. With all of the cool bars turning into carbon copy meat market tavern and grills or over priced lounges Sweet Alice is a sign that not all of Wicker Park’s style and soul has been drained by the drones of yuppies moving into the hood. The owners of 1056 (which unfortunately closed a while back) have opened this bar that is a tribute to all that 1056 was. They have hung much of the old memorabilia from the old bar in this new place, but also give it a unique style. Definitely a great place to hang out with friends and listen to some great music. DJ Mass Transit DJs on Saturday nights with song after song of nostalgic old hip-​hop. The bartenders are always nice and keep their patrons entertained.
Definitely a regular in my book.

Just been here once, will go back for food. But when we went we walked in and already knew everyone there. The bar has the old Ten56 sign and a newer but cozy feel. It’s far more appropriate for the area than Romeo Romeo. Drinks are around 3 – 5 dollars for bottles, a little more for better names, and a little more for booze. The menu looked good, lots of typical new style bar food — spinach dips, hummus plates, etc. Will be back.

I liked this place for none of the reasons I expected to…
It’s not like old sweet Alice but «you can never go back» can you? They have the fish on the wall, and the phone booth, but that’s all. The foosball table’s already gone– a small pool table sits up front now.
So I was worried it’d be loaded with people I would hate on a Saturday night and I was delighted to find the place wasn’t over-​crowded, and the folks drinking there were a-​OK. A nice new clean spot for a drink or two with friends that’s not some stupid scene on a Saturday night– I’ll be back.

this place is great. I have been here a couple times since they have been opened. Its a re-​invention of 1056. I went there on my second date with this guy and we sat at the bar and the bartender kept telling us to go have sex in the bathroom, it was kinda uncomfortable, but the guy turned out to be a real dud so I should be thanking the bartender for at least making him somewhat memorable otherwise he would be completely forgotten.– so what can I say — but they have a friendly staff

Yes the old stand by bar has been reincarnated in Wicker Park. Cool staff plays great variety of music and they have a foosball table to practice on. Projection screen and Plasma tv’s are usually playing some Xtreme Sport videos or Kung Fu Animé. Oh yeah they have great food too.

Okay, I’m really tired of the people who close at bars thinking it’s cheeky to blast the most offensive shit music at last call to clear the place out so they can skeet out early. I mean, why do you even OWN the Insane Clown Posse on CD? Also, might I remind you that I PAID for the drink I’m not done with — and even if my friend IS passed out next to me and his face is stuck to the vinyl booth, I’m not ready until the ice cubes are alone in this tumbler. We square? I SAID ARE WE SQUARE? I’ll kick your ass, Sweet Alice. I swear to God I will.