This place is a great value if you're looking for a place to fit a 4-5 person travel party comfortably and don't need to be downtown or in one of the trendier districts. You are well positioned to get to/fro O'Hare easily, as well Wrigleyville, etc. Thateu is a great host, very communicative and accommodating. I was a little worried that my group might be too loud, given the host and his family lives upstairs, but we never saw them and apparently they didn't hear much from us. The place is low frills, but had everything we needed. Having Smoque a few hundred feet away is a definite bonus, as it's some of the best bbq not in Texas or Kansas City.