My, how the mighty have fallen. I've been to Old Chicago a couple of times with friends and the friends of my wife. The pizza has always been fair to good, though the service has never been top notch. On Saturday 01/10, we decided on doing take-out from Old Chicago to treat ourselves. For four entrees (two adult, two child) and an appetizer, our bill came out to just over $50. All things considered, this is not a terrible price to pay for a family of four to eat some quality food. The only thing missing here was the quality. My wife and I both got Stromboli of different types. Right away when we got them, we knew something was up -- the entire bottom of both sandwiches was sopping, dripping wet with grease. It wasn't pleasant to bite in to, but we figured it would make up for it for us with flavor. We were dead wrong, actually. My dish, which was some kind of specialty with a lot of good ingredients, ended up being a bland, greasy mess. Ingredients like onions, peppers, and olives along with cheese, tomato sauce, and sausage should make for a very flavorful dish. What I got instead of was an overwhelmingly bland taste of unseasoned animal fat with a few soggy bites of what I found were the vegetables. The sauce was almost non-existent as to barely color the top of the inside red, never mind provide any flavor. I ate half of it and declared myself done. But hey, you can't screw up fries, right? So I dug in to those. The fries that we got had a nice jerk seasoning which would have been much nicer had it been distributed throughout the dish. What happened instead is that the fries were piled somewhere, the requisite amount of the premixed spice was dumped on the top then left where it fell. This resulted in a few fries that were overwhelmingly peppery and salty with the remnant being completely bland and flavorless. Fries should be tossed in seasoning, not have it dumped upon them unceremoniously after being cooked. What I'm getting from this experience - given that the restaurant remains pretty full any time I see it - is that anyone who chooses to get takeout will be deemed second class. Food will be rushed and taste as if the busboy cooked it. This is the absolute last time I consider this restaurant. With two much more consistent and delicious options within very short walking distance (JJ's and Blackwood's), this place really has no excuse to put out barely edible food given that it is the most expensive of the trio.

Way Overpriced. You're going to pay ~$7 for a Fat Tire draft and I can't eat / drink without spending over $30... solo

I used to love going to Old Chicago and having a drink or two with my friends. It was a bit overpriced, especially if you didn't make it for Happy Hour, but whatever, the food was above average. Last week, I went with my girlfriend, got a meal and a couple drinks, the bill came out to around $25. I tipped to $32, a very generous tip on my bill. I was charged in my bank account for $42. It's just $10, but I was robbed by Old Chicago. I guess my waitress figured that if I had the money for a generous tip, I must be loaded and would not notice that she stole an extra $10 from me. I won't be returning for fear that this might happen again.

Been several times. Never been impressed. Expensive food and drinks. Go down the street for something better.

I like that the college crowd hangs here and there are always games on several big screens. However, it's always too crowded on the weekends and very loud. The food is greasy and over-priced. It's not the best place to go if you are serious about have a good meal and relaxing after a hard day's work.