text: Born and raised in Chicagomy sisterinlaw was a Cafe BaBaReeBah employee so the wife and I hit all the Lettuce Entertain You joints if this sounds foreign to you you are not a Chicagoan so do not try to rebut Don and Charlie LEY should revoke your membership If you are going to advertise your Rogers Park heritage and tout all your North Side hangouts either be genuinely Chicago or suburbs or have food so great that everyone can ignore the lack of Decor is an attemp to knockoff a Loop Chop House mixed with Harry Carays baseball fanaticism Arrived at PM nobody took our order until Wait staff stood in the back and argued about who would take which sectionwe had to ask a busboy if we could get service Appetizer arrived at decent coconut shrimp The wife ordered the porkchopwhich arrived lukewarm dry and hard as a rock Her soup tasted like Campbells Homestyle from a can and the applesauce was like Motts from a baby food jar I had baby back ribs with chicken Gents do not tout your rib abiliitiesI have lived all over the US and these were some of the worst I have ever had I had to hack not cut these with a steak knife and what little meat was on them was unpalatable The chicken was pretty good The sauce was not Midwest style The creamed spinach was so hot that I had to wait until I had finished everything else to even start tasting it Final tally WITHOUT drinks In Chitown you would have been run out of businessshot in a driveby for prices such as theseie Scottsdale does not immediately equal Loop or Lake Forest in terms of price vs quality The gift card brought this bill down the correct level for the experience What surprised me was that by PM this place was packed to overflowing and what appeared to be regulars were all bellowing about how authentically Chicagoan they found it to be I never write reviews because I like to give places the benefit of the doubt but this was such an incredible letdown that I had to post something Seriously folksdo no waste your time If you want a Chicago experience go to Chicago If you want good food at a decent price there are plenty of places in Phoenix that put this joint to shame