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Green Mill |
 4802 N. Broadway St., Chicago
Tel: (773) 878-5552
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25 Review(s) Total
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Robert Schaefer Jr. says:
On Sunday 8/23/09 2:57 AM
Most nights the same old house band playing the same old sets over & over again. Cheap drinks,rude bartenders, disgusting bathrooms.
Don't even think about drinking and driving, the cops watch the place like hawks.
Originally from New York City says:
On Thursday 2/5/09 5:54 PM
THIS is the best Jazz club Chicago has to offer? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME! This place COULD be great but it's mediocre and vastly over-rated. It's basically a yuppie hang where they ignore the mediocre music. The service is TERRIBLE and rude and so are the bouncers. For what you get the cover is exorbitant. Most of the bands (except for the occasional national act) aren't that good and besides that,how can you enjoy the music when the yuppies are gabbing. Andy's on Hubbard is a hell of a lot better venue.
Susan says:
On Sunday 1/4/09 1:07 PM
My husband and I came to Chicago for the 1st time and was really looking forward to checking out the Green Mill. As a jazz musician, my husband always looks for the best wherever we travel. Unfortunately, we were extremely disappointed in our experience here. We came to hear great music, the music was great, but it was apparent the majority of the folks were not there to listen but to socialize. Their quote as you walk in the door was, 'when the music gets soft, the talking gets soft'. That was ridiculous! They should not have allowed such a quote to be their guidelines for behavior. We will probably never come back to visit the green mill again when we get to Chicago next. It wasn't worth the effort and price it took to get up there.
We've been to nyc numerous times and have never been disappointed in the level of attention given to the musicians during their performances. If you want to visit the Mill to see the place for the history etc, visit during the day, but not during the evening. If you want to see the musicians and even hope to hear them, come earlier to get a seat in the front otherwise, it's a worthless venture.
Ron says:
On Saturday 6/28/08 11:26 AM
Sometimes the place has a good act but otherwise the place is pretty overrated. The neighborhood isn't that good and panhandlers and crime abounds. The doormen-bouncers are racist (read the other reviews I agree) the bartenders and wait staff are surely at best and the service is terrible. Saturday nights tend to be overcrowded with people who don't really care about the music and tend to talk loudly disturbing those who actually want to hear whoever the band is that night. The band they used to have latenight Saturdays when I used to go there often in the late 80s was far better than who they have now. I prefer Andy's at least you can see and hear the band from every vantage point there. Not so at the Green Mill. On crowded nights you stand to pay an inflated cover to stand in the back of the club and have your view and your hearing obstructed.
lester says:
On Monday 6/16/08 2:43 PM
Around the corner from the place I got hit on for money by an aggressive panhandler. The doorman was nasty . The place was too crowded to hear the band,who wasn't that good anyway. The drinks were overpriced. When I left I caught them in the act of TOWING MY CAR and I WAS IN A LEGAL SPACE! The "MIll "USED to be a cool hang...it ain't no more! It's now just another yuppie joint.
Truth says:
On Sunday 5/25/08 11:47 AM
My ears stung and my head pounded. I looked around to see if anyone else heard these disgusting words of hate spew from this man’s lips. I quickly asked my partner, “Did you hear that doorman/bouncer call that guy a chink?” He wasn’t sure. So we listened long enough hear the doorman/bouncer say it again, only this time to an interracial couple (the woman slightly uncomfortable as she clutched hear clothing and twisted in her seat) and to another employee who smirked at the comment. I was done. We grabbed our things to leave, but I felt the need to say something…anything. Once outside, I stated to the doorman/bouncer that I would like to speak with him briefly. He said, “ Go ahead.” I informed him that I heard him call the man a “chink,” hoping that he would at least show some sign of embarrassment, remorse or shameful guilt for indulging in such a violent act of white supremacy. He immediately told me that it was none of my business. He continued to make incendiary comments, mockingly saying that I should “pray for him or light a candle or something.” I retorted that it this was not an issue of religious morale upstanding, but one of basic human rights. My words feel deaf upon his ears. I became mute and walked away from the scene of the crime just fast enough to catch the tears rolling down my face in the privacy of my car. I assume everyone else continued to enjoy the spectacle of experimental jazz, but I couldn’t. I can’t. I won’t.
Truth says:
On Sunday 5/25/08 11:42 AM
Last night I went to the Green Mill in Chicago to hear some awesome jazz, unfortunately I heard nothing more than biting words of hatred. Upon entering the dimly lit lounge, my husband and I immediately recognized that the doorman/bouncer was unusually abrasive. We had only been sitting in the filled-to-capacity lounge for fifteen minutes when a young man walked in. He scanned the entire room until he found one barstool that was unoccupied. It was the doorman/bouncer’s seat. He grabbed the stool and relocated to the front of the bar. The doorman/bouncer walked up to the young man, said a few words and had him return the stool to his post at the door. After the chair was returned, I thought I heard the doorman/bouncer blurt, “Don’t you ever take my chair you chink.”
musician says:
On Friday 12/14/07 1:36 PM
I got treated like dirt by the jerk that runs the green Mill jam session! He's not that great of a musician and has a lot of nerve treating the guests the way he does. I got treated a lot nicer at the Wednesday night jam at Bills Blues in Evanston and I sugest musicians go there instead!
monica from seattle says:
On Saturday 11/17/07 12:20 PM
Whenever I am in Chicago, I go to the Green Mill. This is the way I love to hear jazz and I have never been disappointed. First time I was there the house band that plays around midnight was better than the main act that preceded it. Usually packed, but eventually you can find a seat somewhere. Never had bad service at the bar, which is usually where we sit. It is a smoky place but the Manhattans are great and the train that takes you there is the only one in Chicago that runs all night. So far, we've been lucky- probably better to take a cab home. If you like jazz, come here.
david saigh says:
On Tuesday 11/6/07 3:33 AM
tonight @10:55 pm november 5 2007 i took my guests to green mill to see the show, unfortunately we were disappointed with the staff attitude from the door man to the waitress to the band.al of them reeeeeeeeealy succcccccks.i mean it and my advice to anyone who want to go please do'nt,if you looking for a miserable time,take your chance.i thouhgt i want to show my gusets chicago culture at green mill alas we were treated like shit.7734577623 limo driver david. ask me
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