The Green Mill
Reviews
This place in general is just a cool Chicago staple. But on Saturdays at 3:00 pm one of my favorite events takes place: the Paper Machete "live magazine." This blend of pop culture, news and political commentary, blended with straight comedy and fabulous live music is so, so fun and entertaining. Highly recommend. Top: Green Mill is cash only.
I would give this place no stars if I could. It's a overpriced, wanna be hipster joint, with sanitary issues... Where do I begin, it's a cash bar scam place, and they coincidentally have an ATM that will gladly rip you off with fees. They have mold on the beer tap, and I saw an employee digging (with their whole hand, wrist deep) into a cherry jar...ugh... I paid a 15 dollar cover charge to stand near the ATM in the corner, next to a mop bucket, with no view of the band and couldn't even talk to my friends.... WORST BAR I'VE EVER BEEN TO!!!!
Gorgeous interior and very welcoming atmosphere. will definitely be going again. One critique of the open mic slam night, it seemed odd that all the poets were white- at a jazz club- in Chicago. Perhaps these were the only people that signed up that night but maybe they should do more outreach to people of different races. Just a thought.
This opened up my eyes to big jazz bands. Include the friendly staff, old school decor and history, it's a worthwhile experience for tourists.
coming from the city where jazz was born, this place isn't crazy special. still had a good time listening to some good traditional jazz, new orleans style. I would have rated this higher but my complaint is about the bar and our waitress. She had a pretty limited knowledge about classic cocktails one would expect to order in a classic jazz club, so it was like speaking a different language to her. She got flustered, and kind of came off snotty from her lack of knowledge and had that mood the rest of the night. I just wish they had a wait staff who seemed like they enjoyed being there. One thing is for sure, though this is a jazz club, wait staff in new orleans are much less snotty, and a ton more knowledgable about anything classic, either drinks or jazz.
