Days: Daily
Times: All Night
Long
Food Deals: None.
Boo.
Drink Deals: $7-$12
cocktails
Parking:
Complimentary Valet
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Drink Up! There’s
a good variety of daily cocktail specials.
Spill the Wine: A
great restaurant with no food deals? Come on!
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A few weeks ago, Happy Hour Tour regular, Tamika got a tip
that Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse is the place to be on Friday nights,
particularly the patio. It didn’t
take long for us to set a
Happy Hour date and grab a pair of seats on the patio at the Oak Brook location for their “Absolut Friday” special.
Gibsons
Steakhouse is a well known Chicago bar & steakhouse that has been serving
not only locals but actors, singers, and athletes as well for over 20
years. The restaurant’s walls are
lined with autographed photos and magazine covers of famous folks who have
dined, but certainly not dashed, over the years. The other two locations are in
Chicago’s Gold Coast, tucked away in what some locals refer to as The Viagra Triangle,
and the other in suburban Rosemont.
Knowing
that I was headed to one of the most popular steak houses in the Chicagoland
area, I ate light all day to make room for all the food I was planning to
enjoy. However, I was disappointed
to learn that there were no food specials. The closest that Gibsons comes to a
food special is that side dishes can be ordered as a half portion. While that
may be nice for some, I’m not exactly looking to split orders of mashed
potatoes and creamed spinach. As with most Happy Hours, I was looking for
appetizers specials, especially when I had saved myself during the day and wanted to experience at least a few of them.
Since
the prices would add up on full priced appetizers, Tamika & I decided we
might as well go all out for entrees. The Petit Filet Mignon with Mashed
Potatoes ($30.75) filled my belly, while Tamika opted for the Gold Coast Filet
Sliders ($14.25) and Creamed Spinach ($8.75). The meat & potatoes satisfied my Midwest appetite, and
I’d still love to know what is the secret ingredient is in the gravy and mash
potatoes because thinking of it makes my mouth water.
For
“Absolut Friday,” Gibsons features $7 Absolut Cocktails and $9 Absolut
Martinis. After JB’s too sweet tea cocktail at Heaven on Seven,
I suspected the featured cocktail, John Dalys ($7), mixed with Absolut Wild
Tea, Lemonade, & Iced Tea may be too sweet for me so we opted for Cosmos
martinis ($9). I wish there were something to say
about the Cosmo, but a Cosmo is just a Cosmo most of the time. It would have
been nice to see more cocktail concoctions listed for such a bougie place.
If vodka isn’t your thing, there were also Avion Skinny Margaritas and
Malibu cocktails, both priced at $7 each.
As
for the being the place to be on Friday night, it certainly was… however,
Tamika & I are about 15-20 years younger than their average after work
crowd. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! Around 9pm, the entertainment
switches from a grand piano performance to a DJ so maybe that’s when my
demographic comes out to play. All in all, Gibsons is good, but it’s not quite
the place you go for a Happy Hour experience. Plan on going for
an after work drink or as a stop on your own Happy Hour Tour through the Oak
Brook shopping area.
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Gibsons Bar &
Steakhouse
2015
Spring Rd.
Oak
Brook, IL 60523
630.954.0000
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