Great food, great service, and the ambiance of an iconic bar, which it is. The vine covered…read moreexterior is neat, downtown landmark location. This is the place to eat or drink in Mount Olive. You will like or love this well run spot..

Had a delightful weekday lunch here on a recent road trip. I went with the pork tenderloin "shoe."…read more If you aren't familiar with the "shoe" it's a mid Illinois thing with Texas toast, topped with your choice of protein, fries, and your choice of sausage gravy or cheese sauce. Each element of the plate was great, good tenderloin, lightly battered, crispy fries, and outstanding cheese sauce. They were very busy with the local crowd, including a couple of tables of card players. Just one employee and a cook holding down the fort, but they managed well. Wish I knew what was in that cheese sauce.

The food was good. The prices are reasonable. The service was great! Nice little small town…read morehang-out.

Found this place for a lunch meeting outside the Decatur/Mt Zion area. Great food and services…read more Loved the fried mushrooms and the tenderloin.

Very busy when we entered. Great service from Betty with additional help from Sib. The staff worked…read morewell together and took care of our group with efficiency and excellent service. Good hot food with friendly service. Highly recommend!

Great food, wonderful service, very clean atmosphere. the music is always playing or if there is a…read moresports game or racing on always on 1 of the 5 televisions. great place.

We had great service! We ordered wings with buffalo sauce and a buffalo chicken wrap , the wings…read morewere perfectly cooked and the buffalo sauce was amazing ! The chicken wrap was delicious , prices were good too . Definitely will be our go to for wings.

The atmosphere was cool. I loved that I could watch sports while I ate. The service was good, but…read morecould have been better. You can get you name on the wall if you complete the challenge. You have to eat 15 of their Wall wings. I didn't want that many so I didn't do the challenge. I did try the Wall wong and one of their dry rubs. The Wall wings were hot. I can easily complete the challenge. But the Wall wings sauce wasn't very good but it wasn't bad. They were just okay. My dry rub was good. So we're the fries. Yelpers should hive this place a try.

I have been slow to come around to this place. The lady has always liked the place more than me,…read moreever since we first ventured in to try their wings shortly after they opened years ago. They've always had good wings with creative sauces but at the time the beer selection was pretty lame, the decor and wait staff not particularly impressive and nothing we tried food-wise besides the wings impressed us. Cut to the visits I've made since PopUp lost their (3rd party) liquor license 6-8 weeks ago. It drove me back and I e since found the beer selection has improved immensely, the hired help seems a bit friendlier and the summer special chicken salad sammich (all by itself) is my new obsession! How times have changed. Not sure if joining UnTapped had anything to do with it, but they now have 16 taps - mostly craft beer always incl a cider and Guinness. They have a plethora of sports, etc. on a plethora of TVs, darts and gaming, an expansive food menu. And while the wings still rock, it's the chicken salad on warm cibatta bread is one of the best true sandwiches, and best deals at $8 with homemade potato chips, in town. Eyes opened.

I have been a regular patron at DR McKay's for the past 6+ years. It had been a go-to spot for…read moregrabbing beer and wings while watching the game. Yesterday, I went there with a few friends for dinner, drinks, and a friendly game of euchre with no money wagered. The waitress was friendly and polite and joked about our card game. When the manager saw us playing euchre, however, she screamed at us from across the bar that euchre was "illegal" and not allowed. She demanded that we stop immediately and made clear that we were not welcome at the establishment. Playing a friendly, non-cash game of cards is not illegal, and the manager said she also would have kicked us out for playing Uno. As a private business, McKay's is free to enforce whatever rules it wants. However, in addition to being forced to leave, the way the manager handled the situation was unnecessarily aggressive and belittling. She could have quietly come to our table and explained the policy, but instead chose to yell at us from across the bar. There are plenty of great businesses in Blo-No worth supporting that do not treat their patrons this way. I will take my future business elsewhere and encourage anyone reading this to do the same.

OMG! I just happened to visit the Wooden Duck for my first time, during Blackburn Colleges…read moreHomecoming. The restaurant was packed and the staff hustled to provide good service. Lucky for me, I was able to get a seat at the bar. My adult beverage was a draft Flight by Yuengling. For lunch, I went with a Pork Tenderloin Sandwich with a side of Fries. The tenderloin was crisp and had good flavor. However, it had a perfect shape, so I could tell it came from a bag and was not done in house. I enjoyed the thin crisp fries. A roll of Paper Towels served as your napkin. Typically I prefer linen, but for a dive bar, paper towels do the trick. I also liked that the Wooden Duck has hooks under the bar. Hooks provide a safe place for purses and jackets. I got a giggle when I used the mens room and the owner showed his political views by having a caricature of the governor in the urinal. They even had a witty disclaimer, so you shouldn't be offended. I got a second giggle when I looked around the bar and realized, about 60% of the guest were an alternative lifestyle. So everyone is welcome at the Wooden Duck.

How did I get here. We retired to a small town that doesn't have a DMV office. So we drove the 20…read moremiles to the thriving metropolis of Carlinville (not really,charming for sure, but just big enough to have cheap plaza office space for a state govt. office). So of course although my wife had done extensive research on all the documentation we would need to pay a state to drive our car...we had missed one. So we went to the Wood Duck for lunch while we waited for our credit union to send us a lien release form. We had talked to the kind soul at the DMV and she was "all-in" on this place. She was so right. It is an intimate space, with a small bar out front, and then a few more tables in a back area. We took a booth right in front of the kitchen. It is a very "locals" place. There were some police having lunch (likely the entire force, at least by weight)...and one of them stared me down as if he had never seen a veteran, former DoD executive, in a collared shirt, and khakis in a public restaurant before. [Yes I was the only pepper in the salt]. The actual restaurant staff was excellent, and welcoming. Our server was a whirlwind of effecient hospitality. I got a pork tenderloin sandwich (and later the same day was invited to join a pork tenderloin sandwich group on FB)... ordered the fries, not clear if that came with them, didn't keep the reciept. My wife got a cheesburger that she was very happy with. My tenderloin was crispy, juicy and a bit too salty in a good way. This place is a definite keeper on the list of places we will be willing to travel to over time. Perhaps if I come back often enough, Barney will get used to "others" visiting his little fiefdom.

I really enjoyed my visit to Schooner's Friday night. Set up in a house with outdoor seating in…read morethe back yard, with lots of greenery and ivied trees to enjoy. A beautiful wood bar greets you when you walk in, with some booth seating off to the side. We sat outside for dinner and enjoyed the space. Waitress was attentive with our beers and our dinners were great. We had to order the pork tenderloin, which was incredible. Moist pork within a beautiful fried coating. This kitchen knows how to fry their food. My chicken was a deep golden brown with a moist chicken breast within. YUM! I will definitely stop back in when in Bloomington. Thanks Schooners!

If you like (and can eat breaded (and fried) foods, then this is the place for you! That King…read moresandwich (breaded steak, I believe) is ginormous and looked AMAZING! It was HUGE! As a celiac, my options were limited to the Grilled Chicken Salad and the Chicken Wings. I went with the healthier option and enjoyed my salad! Service was friendly and informative and everything you expect from small-ish town in the Midwest! I also am not able to enjoy beer any longer, so I was grateful that they offered some cider options. Delish! Would I go back? This place would be a dream if I did not have a restricted diet. So yes, if this is where my group wanted to go, I would... and I would try the wings and get another salad. Gluten-free rating: **TWO STARS** Overall rating: ****FOUR STARS****

Exactly what I was looking for on my way back to Lake Mattoon. Grabbed a half order of wings…read more(delicious), 2 beers, & a big order of fries all for $12 on a nice Saturday afternoon. Laughed at least 10-20 times listening to the good ole boys in camo joke with the very savvy bartender. She made em laugh & got em drunk. I'll definitely be coming back here. Airy & big place with inside, outside, & covered seating. Makes for a damn fun afternoon or night. See y'all soon!

Descent wings, good prices; even cheaper beers. If you go in expecting bar food and a very country…read morebar like atmosphere, you will not be disappointed. Never the less I will be back because of the wings and easy going atmosphere. Per the previous reviewer, definitely a good choice if your looking to find a non-chain type eatery. Wing nights are Wednesday; that is the day to go!

Best chicken I've had in a long time!!!!…read more Located in Florissant Mo in a strip shopping center. I was sitting at a red light and saw the Top Wings sign . I'm so glad I stopped. Black owned franchise! Building is small and quaint. No indoor dining. Waiting room only. Pricey but worth it. (FYI- Wings are not whole ) I ordered an 8 pc wing combo, reg Cajun fries hot lemon pepper and mango habanero (seasoning) fried green tomatoes. OMG so freaking delicious. Seasoned to perfection, fried green tomatoes fried golden and plump. Cajun fries seasoned in every bite. I will definitely be joining their rewards program, so I can start getting more items on this delicious menu. Staff were welcoming. Wait time was around 15 min and I posted times below for days and hrs of operation ! Overall this visit was an 10/10!

Good price, clean good service and great wings! What more can you ask for.We will be back!read more

Exellecent taco pizza, service is good, and ambiance is good. On the main street on Lincoln averead more

First time here, not from the area. The pics looked…read more absolutely delicious so we tried Chubby's. A MUST GO! Fresh crust, toppings and sauce!