August 3, 2009
Used to go here all the time, but I live about 45 minutes away and stopped making the trip after awhile. The ambiance is fine, but better during the day. At night the restaurant side eventually closes and the bar side fills up with loud, crazy, drunk regulars. Fun, but not for everyone. The service is usually fine, but better on the restaurant side. Usually on weekdays at night there aren’t enough servers or bartenders around. If you become a regular, though, you will be set. The beer selection, both draft and bottle/can, is large and varied, but it almost never changes. Once you get through your beer tour, you’ve had it all and you get tired of going. The food is typical, but good. Thick pizza, good sandwiches, and I love the Italian Nachos. The value is probably the worst part of this place and the reason I stopped going. The beers are very expensive unless you stick around for the dollar off happy hour prices at night. This fact combined with the fact that they barely ever get anything new is why I’ve stopped going. Overall, it’s a decent place with good food and a lot of beer, but once you’ve had it, you’ve had it.

August 15, 2006
Stopped in for drinks and food back in late July with some family and friends. Was pleased to see that they had local beers from Bent River (Moline) and Blue Cat (Rock Island) along with many other good choices.

March 15, 2006
Stopped in to check on their beer menu. Checking to see what local micros were on hand. Not a bad selection, food is typical Old Chicago. Overall a decent place to find a local beer and dinner.

February 3, 2006 [ Updated April 18, 2006 ]
I’ll admit up front that I don’t like OC pizzas. They don’t even closely resemble a true Chicago stuffed deep pizza and this chain can be expensive, 2 appetizers and a pizza can run easily over $30 and that’s without drinks. The " World Beer Tour" also I don’t think is worth taking, you have to drink and PAY for a lot of mediocre beer to complete the tour. OC does have lunch and happy hour specials that help reduce meal cost, but the quality is hit or miss. This OC has the worst overall beer selection of all the OC’s I’ve been to, and while this OC has all typical bar games that the chain has to offer, if you’re a nonsmoker, by 8pm the smoke level in the bar can get too much to take. If you have a chance , go to Bier Stube instead of here, the food and air is better than here at this OC. No Millstream in bottle or tap when I was there, an Iowa brewery. There is no real reason to go here unless you want a pizza slightly better than Domino’s.

October 16, 2005
Visited here during a weekday night for an early dinner. It wasn’t too busy when I was there. Same general beer selection as every other Old Chicago, a few regional micros, some common micros, and a bunch of macros. I got a burger, and it was good. Very large portions.

September 24, 2005
this place has a good beer selection for a pizza restaurant, but nothing exciting.....the food and service were good...i had to ask for a glass for my bottle of beer

June 28, 2005
pretty much what duane said. the selection is nice. i wish they featured more iowa beers. place is always packed, but i think the food is pretty good

February 3, 2005
Like all of the Old Chicago’s, great beer selection. But this place is always loud and smokey