Blue 82 Bar & Grill

Nice casual outdoor patio with plenty of TV’S.
Wait staff is friendly. Good specials… jalapeño pepper jack is tasty.
Long islands for $ 3, cha– ching! $ 10 buckets… giddy up!
Have enjoyed the car shows on Tuesdays.

Something is up with the water in this place. My wife and I couldn’t remember why we didn’t eat there anymore but as soon as we got the iced tea, water and two lemonades for our kids we remembered. I don’t know what it is but the water tastes like crap, and what is strange is that it always has. We have the same St John water they do and we eat in town all the time, but only here does the water taste really bad. Food is your standard bar food with hardly any flair. The nachos were okay, the cheese was shredded and not completely melted, I prefer queso sauce, but it’s okay I guess. The buffalo chicken wrap was a pound of shredded chicken with a splash of seasoning, a piece of lettuce (if you want to call it that), and not much more. I was not impressed, kids food was cool, and the server was attentive. Not sure we will be hitting this place up again.

The place was decent and the beer was cold but the food wasn’t so great. It was cold and tasteless.

Went to a local pub to watch the Stanley Cup Finals and had the worst service ever! We then decided to leave and give Blue 82 a try. Our server, Becky, came over immediately and we explained that we had left the other establishment after waiting an hour and 40 minutes to get our food and that we were STARVING! We ordered the taco pizza and veggie burger. Becky must have put a rush on or order because it arrived in record time and was very good. A few minutes after we left, Becky called our home to let us know my husband had left his cell phone on the table. What great service! We will be back!

I’ve been twice and had a stuffed Burger both times. Highly recommend the «Black and Blue». They were so good I can’t see myself ordering anything else next time. Waffle fries were great too. All the sports you want on multiple screens. I was there for a lunch meeting and still quiet enough for a meeting/​conversation.

Went here to watch the bulls game and have a few drinks and dinner. The atmosphere was decent the service was average the meal however was awful… I had their «famous» wings boneless in hot and mild sauce
1. There was no distinguishable difference between the two sauces.
2. The chicken was extreme and I mean EXTREMELY dry!!!
3. They weren’t actual boneless wings they basically cut up chicken breasts coated them in sauce and fried the hell out of them.:
4. When they came out to the table they weren’t saucy at all they had a dry coat on them and had to order extra sauce but at that point once you ruin chicken there’s no saving it.
5. The cost of this crap was astonishing! Give me a break!

Terrible service. I’m from out of town and my mother decided to take me here for lunch because she’s been here many times.
I will not be back. My mother and I were forgotten twice. Once for our bloody marys and then our food. The place was not busy just a handful of customers. We must of waited about 40 minutes for our turkey wraps… seriously it takes 40 minutes to make a wrap? The people behind us received their hamburgers and they came 20 minutes AFTER we got there. How come they got their food first and we were forgotten AGAIN?
I couldn’t wait any longer. We never got our wraps. Our waitress (on the receipt it said her name was Joey, but she had curly hair with glasses) did not apologize for her mistakes for forgetting our drinks and food. I even had to go to the bartender to get a box for the appetizer we got. As we were packing our food, our waitress pushed me aside to get to get the check and said «oh you asked for a box?»
I will not recommend this to any of my Chicago friends when we come out and visit. Seriously fire her or at least give her proper customer service training.

I really like their burgers. Their wings are OK, a little pricy.

It’s a better bar than restaurant. But you better be ready for a Loud bar. I had the pizza with side of wings. The pizza was bland with not enough seasoning and no garlic. The wings came barely warm. I hear the burgers are good. But won’t be going for pizza, too many other good restaurants around.

We’ve been here a bunch of times but I never felt strongly enough either way to make me write a review.
Our waitress was great. We ordered the poppers after verifying with the waitress and the menu that they are made with cheddar cheese, as I have an unexplained fear of all things creamy and white. The poppers came out and of course they were cream cheese. The waitress said she had questioned the cook because she also thought they strangely looked like cream cheese and he had assured her that they only use cheddar. Wrong!
We sent back the poppers. The waitress was very apologetic to the point that when my wife’s order came out and the chips were burned she didn’t complain because she felt sorry for the waitress.
All in all the food was «meh», but to me it is inexcusable to send cream cheese poppers in lieu of cheddar poppers. Don’t tell me they just go to GFS and buy pre-​made poppers and don’t even know what they are serving!

2 stars
Cons: Rude staff, slow, loud, majority of the food
Pro: burger was decent
When we first arrived there was no hostess to be seen, so after waiting for awhile we decided to seat ourselves. When a waitress (finally) arrived it was obvious she was unhappy we had came in and continued to be short and rude with us throughout our dinner. The place was extremely loud– I realize it is a sports bar, however on a Monday it isn’t unreasonable to expect to be able to hear the person sitting next to you. Once our food (finally) arrived it was disappointing. The appetizer sampler is extremely small and consisted of some of the very plain/​bland nachos and a tiny serving of boneless wings, mozzarella sticks, jalapeño poppers and fried pickles that were mediocre at best. The only saving grace was that the burgers were very good! It’s unlikely I will dine there again, but if I did I would get a burger.

We have been to Blue 82 several times .it is a beautiful bar with lots of TVS everywhere .
Overall a great place to watch a game .
We went last time on a busy Friday night. It seems to have a very nice clientele. Everyone seemed very laid back and I didn’t see any loud raudy drunks. The service was excellent and all the waitresses and bar tenders were beautiful and dressed for the males to notice. Even the manager, that introduced herself to us and asked how our service and food was .
They have a excellent selection of beer and other drinks. They have a pretty good sized menu, but I have to agree with the other reviewers the prices are rather expensive for Indiana, but maybe this can be justified by the atmosphere. Which is one that if you wanted to take a guest somewhere nice for a few drinks. I would take them to Blue82
The food was good, not great .I had steak sandwich it just seemed like it was missing something a little bland. Next time I will try a burger, they really looked good and are huge. But for price they should be !

This was only our second time going to Blue 82, mostly because we weren’t blown away the first time we went and thought it was over priced, I think that was right after they opened. Going back today however I was much more impressed with the food and service. Our waitress was Allison and she was great, checking in on us quite frequently but not too much. I had the Cobb Salad with balsamic vinaigrette (I know, I ordered a salad at a sports bar??), was a little hesitant because it was $ 12.99 but it was HUGE and everything in it was really fresh and good quality. The chicken was freshly grilled and moist, the avocado was perfectly ripe, eggs perfectly hard boiled. It was delicious, I didn’t expect such a great salad from a sports bar. The only thing I found wrong was that a piece of my avocado still had the skin on it, not a big deal. My husband had the pulled pork and chips and he said it was very good as well. Our kids both had corn dogs which they enjoyed. All in all it was a little pricey but I didn’t find it outrageous if you compare it to other places like Boston’s.
It also wasn’t too crowded or noisy, even for a Friday evening at a sports bar, but there were not really any huge games on. My husband and I cold actually have a conversation across the table without yelling which was nice.
I also like that they support local sports teams by offering the 99cent kids meals for any kid wearing their uniform to the restaurant, it makes me feel like it’s very family friendly.
After tonight, we will definitely be back again! Maybe on Monday nights for their 99cent kids meals :)

Given all the crowds at this place every weekend, we decided to give it another go. Still just OK. Ordered bar food this time — wings were pretty good, but the pizza was rather awful. If you enjoy a spicy sauce over a sweeter sauce, then you may enjoy the pizza more than we did. It was crazy busy with people partying, but we didn’t particularly feel the vibe. I guess we should just enjoy it as a bar rather than trying to have dinner and it would be ok.

It was just alright. The service was good and the waitress was friendly. Place seemed pretty clean. I had an avocado chicken sandwich that was tasty and it came with a side of fries that looked like they were from the bottom of the bag but tasted decent none the less.
They had a band and it was really loud but it is a band in a small bar. After the music ended the music was really loud too, I get it, it’s a bar. It’s a sports bar with tons of television sets. Not really my scene. I think I would still come back on a weekday sometime to get another chicken avocado sandwich. It was tasty.

Ordered the guacamole appetizer. Chips were very greasy and the guacamole was just okay. Pretty bland…
Granted, I ordered the $ 6.99 burger lunch special and it was served in 15 minutes, as promised but… that’s was the only positive thing I can say. The burger was extremely dry, ¼″ thick and smaller in diameter than a McDonalds regular $ 1 burger. The bun however was large enough to accommodate ½lb burger! The fries were tepid, dry and over cooked. They must have been from the bottom tidbits of the bag as there wasn’t one fry much longer than an inch. I won’t return… Thinking a fast burger lunch for $ 5 at Dairy Queen beats this dried mess, hands down! And… You get a sundae to boot!

Nachos a real disappointment. Cheese really did not taste good. Tortilla soup excellent. Service good.

Great location. And if you don’t mind dropping at least $ 50 for a couple at a sports bar, this place is for you. Good food and appetizers. Perfect spot for any sports fan. They have a lot of large hi-​def tvs. Plenty of seating and parking. My one complaint about this place is they’re a little highfalutin. Almost everything (from apps to entrees to drinks) is overpriced. Bring it down (at least 25%) and I’d make this place a spot to visit more often. Remember, this is St. John… not the north side of Chicago.
One more suggestion, if you’re going to offer a Groupon (which is very good), please make it for a larger amount with greater savings to the customer. Paying $ 12.25 for a $ 20 Groupon (saving $ 7.75 on a bill that is guaranteed to be a lot higher than $ 20) is not going to entice me to come back.

Excellent selection of beers, pretty good food, not top quality, but extremely good for the price.
Totally packed for the Blackhawks Stanley Cup game #2, a great experience, very fun and energetic group.

I went there on a day during a bears game. Our server was really nice and she was good! However, when I got my food my food I ordered was wrong. I ordered a burger with just cheese and bacon. I told the girl who brought it out (who was not our server) she told me to just pick the stuff off. I said excuse me… she told me that they just tell people to pick the stuff off unless they order it without it. I wouldn’t be telling you it was wrong if I didn’t order it with just bacon and cheese.
This girl was so rude! she made me sit with the plate in front of me and said that she will get my waiter to take care of it because it isn’t her problem!
My server felt so bad. She took it back to the kitchen and said they were going to make me a new one.
15 min later my food was brought back out. It was the SAME basket with the same (now cold) fries and the stuff was just picked off of my burger. They use a shredded lettuce and there were little pieces still in my cheese.
They should have made a whole new burger and new fries. I don’t believe this was totally the servers fault. I think they just have a lazy kitchen staff and were more focused on getting food made for the free buffet at halftime then a paying customer.
I will not go back here.