New Bar to Check Out

You know I'm a fan of Rocks. It's a perfect neighborhood bar: great food, good beer and whiskey selection, good prices, friendly staff, and good jukebox. Well, the guys from Rocks just opened up a third bar (their second is Rocks Lakeview), which is called The Pitch. It's at 2142 N. Clybourn in Lincoln Park, where Cagney's was most recently and, in the past, Jack Sullivan's and one of the Barleycorn locations. Apparently, joining the guys from Rocks is the technical director of the Chicago Fire -- the Major League Soccer team, not Mrs. O'Leary's cow. Hence, in addition to much of the standard Bears, Bulls, Hawks, Cubs, and Sox stuff, there is a bunch of Fire memorabilia. The space is pretty much the same -- tons of TVs, a huge open space with many hi-top tables and booths along the south wall.

Jester, Daughter, and I were out walking around, asking homeless people for money and taunting birds, when we walked past The Pitch and decided to stop in for a bite to eat. The menu has some of the same items as the two Rocks locations, but it has a lot of new stuff. We decided to try some of the new items. As expected, the food was great. For an appetizer, we got pulled pork sliders with gouda and some other kind of cheese. They were awesome. Unlike the two Rocks locations, The Pitch has pizza. We got a buffalo chicken pizza, which was also awesome. And our waitress was expectedly friendly. All in all, it was a pleasant experience, and I recommend you check it ou, especially if you want to go somewhere to watch a soccer game.