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For three star Belgian, try Hopleaf Bar in Chicago. This restaurant is situated in the Andersonville neighborhood. The menu is nearly flawless and sufficiently varied. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a casual atmosphere. This restaurant features a full bar. This place is open late.
Neighborhood regulars discuss current events (well-thumbed encyclopedias help settle disputes) among the booths, barstools and dining room of this spacious bar. There are no mass-marketed American...
citysearch.com - expert review - 10/11/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf is pretty great but it's always, always super packed and waitstaff always seem frazzled. Bartenders seem a bit pretentious. If it came head to head I'd prefer to go to the Map Room but alas, I…
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is terrible for large party dinners, especially on the weekend. It can take hours, if you actually get a seat, and reservations are basically worthless. There - I got the bad part out of…
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is unfair, amazing beer amazing staff (anyone who had a bad experience with staff must have been putting out dumb vibes). Their food is addicting and crav-able. MUST GO NOW.
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Amazing beer selection: the bottles and draft selection will blow your mind. The sandwiches and other entrees are good, but overpriced - I would stick to appetizers. Waitstaff and bar tenders often…
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you want an absolutely staggering selection of great beers, this place is for you. Everything from epic IPAs to mead (although not so much anymore) can be had at Hopleaf. I'm pretty sure that if…
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I went here with the impression that this was some sort of "gastro pub", which is exciting since it is kinda the new restaurant trend especially in the UK. The beer was amazing, but they are not…
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yum!!! One of the only places to have mead on draft and a very extensive list of GOOD beers. I had the cashew butter and fig jam sandwich (with a mild cheese, pan sauteed to crisp the sourdough…
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very enjoyable bar with an extensive Belgian beer selection. The CB&J sandwich and the fries were extremely tasty and I loved that all the beer was served in proper glasses. This would have been a…
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I think the beer was good, selection amazing. Kinda like a bar environ, this place would be better with more servers, and more bartenders. We basically had to bus our own table. The existing staff…
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I searched and searched for White beer and have found it here. Great beer selection. Will have to go back to try the fries and mussels everyone keeps raving about.
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
One word: unimpressed. We went here on a semi-busy weekday night to check out the famous beer selection. The card-checker was rude, and then nobody came to take our order. Maybe that's the way it is at…
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Do get the mussels, and make sure you examine the contents before inserting in mouth. There was a baby crab hiding inside of my friend's mussel- a little cute, a little creepy. Pomme frites are a…
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I have been to Hopleaf few times, unfortunately everytime it seems to be not as good. Evidently Hopleaf has become a cool place to work and customers have taken a secondary role. I agree with one…
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great beer selection. How do they get all those glasses straight!?! I just ate appetizers but they were all very yummy. The goat cheese pie was very tasty. Mussels delicious and plentiful. The…
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best beer selection in the city. Great decor- awesome now that you have a choice to sit in the back where its less crowded!!! the food is good- kind of a strange menu though. Mainly its an…
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Whenver old friends come to visit, my wife and I like to take them here (except on the weekends nights!). It can get quite crowded on the weekends. Love their beer selection, as I'm a big Belgian…
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
food and brew can't be beat. it gets really crowded and some people give you the snake eye when you show up in the family way (even when you're not drinking). take the #22 or the foster bus and…
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great beer selection. They have Three Floyds Gumballhead on tap which is enough to make me happy but lots of other good beers too. I'm usually here to drink but had dinner once and the food was…
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is where I was taken by a bunch of gay guys for my 21st birthday (a straight bar, because of its close vicinity to where we were at the time--and it wasn't the rainbow banana Porn Shop down the…
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh, Hopleaf. My dear little booze spot. How I do enjoy thee. If you have a pining for a beer and you don't know where to find it, this is your place. Their selection is astounding - so long as you…
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
amazing beer selection, unique food--get the mussels, and its within walking distance from my place (so i can fully enjoy the 9% belgian beers). only downfall is how crowded it is.
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great, great, great beer selection! Even greater? The ham sandwich. I have dreams about this sandwich. Actually, I have never had anything here that was less than delicious. Not often do you find…
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is really neat, but the overcrowding was a vibe killer for me. I had some garlic fries which were tops. They also have the best selection of beer I can remember seeing since I've been in…
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have a love/hate relationship with Hopleaf. love: the CB J sandwich (possibly the best sandwich in Chicago). the beet salad. the amazing beer selection. the atmosphere (when it's not too crowded).…
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you give less stars for having a popular business, you must be a jerk. I cannot hold them back for the popularity, and the wait is always worth it. Food is great, beer list is impressive, always a…
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I usually don't take stars off for things that are out of the management's control, but the Hopleaf is simply too crowded these days (every night of the week). That being said, it's worth coming early…
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
For me personally, this is not a fun hanging out kind of bar. I actually like it more as a weeknight dinner place. The beer list is quite good. My boyfriend really did dig the selection and proceeded…
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a friggin' sweet bar. As everyone else has mentioned, the extensive beer list is the reason to drop in. It is crowded on the weekends; however, if you venture out at 12:00am on a Tuesday…
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've wanted to go to Hopleaf for the longest time, but the crowds would always be too much of a burden. I finally came here on a Sunday afternoon and we found an open table at the front lounge next to…
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I like Hopleaf for the beer selection. The food is OK. Mussels are the best item on the menu it seems like. But I don't think the food is worth the 1.5 hour wait that seems to always come with it…
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is #1. Ignore all the negative reviews, where else can you find so much top shelf high gravity Belgian goodness in one place? When all the taps are French, of course it's going to be a…
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
always a great place to relax with friends and drink BIG bottle of belgian beer...and the food is good too. great atmosphere. just gets alittle too crowded...almost always
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This was such a let down. We'd been hearing about this bar for so long and we were really excited to go, but once we got in it was all kinda downhill. The wait for a table was pretty long, considering…
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not a big beer drinker. A Pacifico with a spicy Mexican meal, perhaps. So why did I want to go to Hopleaf so badly? 1) I'm a lame suburbanite who saw it on "Check Please."
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A friend and I stumbled on Hopleaf while looking for a dinner place on a late Sunday evening. The place was packed, and we were surprised that such a large crowd was out drinking on a Sunday night...…
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ahhh...the rare five stars. Cool, unassuming crowd, staff, and environment. More beer than you can comprehend. Food that smelled fantastic, though I didn't eat. you betchyour ass they get five…
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After finally flagging down a bartender, I was served something strange and delicious. I just pointed at the taps and hoped I hit something good. It isn't hard to do, they have a wide and fancy…
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I have wanted to try their food but have yet to get there early enough to get a table or a place at the bar. Sure, I like beer but I am also fond of drinking it without people bumping into me and…
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you are a avid beer connoisseur (beer snob), you should love this place. Large selection of specialty and international beers, each with the appropriate serving glass. Beer prices are on the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been coming to the 'Leaf since before they had food, and were just a Belgian beer hall and the back room was non-smoking. It does hold a special place in my heart; I developed a taste for…
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great beer bar. Food is ok as well.
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh happy day! Blinking in the sunlight after stumbling out of the movie theater, we decided to head north to Hopleaf, and it made my day! The wait for a table was a solid hour, but the upstairs bar…
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good beer selection. Yummy mussels. I was with two friends, but could have eaten the whole bucket myself. The broth was the best part. Dip the bread in the broth at the end....mmmmm. I'm not sure…
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
beer......Fries.....beer......hoppy west coast beer...mussles....more beer that's pretty much all i have to say about you hopleaf....you've made me speachless...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I was so so so disappointed in this place. I have been hearing great things about it for so long.
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great beer selecton! Enough said!
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
so i'll be straight with you upfront and tell you that my brother is a sous chef at the Hopleaf, so regardless of how good or bad our experience here could have been, i'm giving this place 5 stars. and…
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I know that this is contrary to the common opinion of Hopleaf, but I think this place sucks. I'm giving it 2 stars for the amazing beer selection. I'm deducting three for the pretentious arseholes who…
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf ranks #2 in my list of Bars to go to. Given that my list of bars I have been to would number @least 50, thats saying something! I have traveled 10 miles from work, jus to satisfy my craving…
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf is currently my favorite restaurant in Chicago. Once i came here and ate duck crepes, rabbit legs, and lamb stew. I literally ate a petting zoo. If the idea of making a meal out of what some…
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Well, thank god my friend was waiting at the bar for us because the wait for a table is insane- even though when we walked around there were a few open tables. Their speciality is the mussels but…
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Cool place, lots of yummy beers, and decent food. My biggest gripe is the price... I got some sort of chunky beef stew - which was tasty - but too expensive for what it was. I mean, I can open a can…
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I SING YOUR PRAISES HOPLEAF! Great Beer. Amazing food. Perfect atmosphere. Mellow music. Chill, pleasant crowd; both staff and patrons.
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I hate this stupid head bar. They have so many beers that my brain goes into overload and I don't know what to do. Cut it out with the insane amount of choices!
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I know most people come here for beer but that's never a draw for me. I came here for the first time rather against my will but I found that the mussels are really quite exceptional. The only…
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The Hopleaf is kind of like the Coldplay of bars. It's really not so bad, but I have no idea why so many people buy into it. A visit during off-peak hours (you can grab a dinner table on late-night…
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What a great place - if only it weren't so dang crowded! My boyfriend and I showed up at 5:30 on Saturday and had a 20 minute wait for a table....at least there was a little room to shoehorn ourselves…
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Took a cab up to hopleaf on a suggestion from a coworker, being late sunday night we thought it would be a quite place to grab a beer and a late dinner. We were pleasantly surprised to see the place…
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
A large selection of beers means nothing to me if there is nowhere for me to enjoy them. It makes no difference how early or what day of the week you get here, there is never, ever a place to sit,…
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Enough said here. I'm from Milwaukee and moved a couple blocks away from Hopleaf. It was recomended to me from an ex-Hopleaf-Bartender who owns (now 2) great beer bars in Milwaukee that emulate…
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf is easily my favorite bar in Chicago. Best belgian beer selection in the City besides Map Room, and the wood work in the front bar area is beautiful. Beer prices are reasonable for the…
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The beer list at this bar is only matched by one or two other bars in the city (which is where all of those stars are coming from), however the service leaves a lot to be desired. The last time I was…
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Friday Night, 8pm. "Table for 4, please"
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is different and on a whim; with a recommendation from an old friend, I chose Hopleaf to celebrate my 24th birthday. I reaaaaally like different. After eating a glorious thai dinner (at Yes…
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm glad, after hearing lengthy ramblings, sermons, odes and testaments regarding the amazing righteousness of the Hopleaf-- be it about their pomme frites (that's french fries for those who didn't…
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf has a great selection of beers (mainly Belgians) and wonderful food. They also have a sign that says "absolutely no children" or something like that. That is my favorite part about it. Sorry…
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wow. Reading these other reviews, I am psyched that I discovered this place pre-Check, Please! (it loses something if you can't hear the lilt of "Check") because crowds make me crazy and crazy makes…
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I almost gave this 4 stars because of the crowds but the crowds are there for a reason - amazing beer selection and good food. We've had our best experiences biking there for some daytime beer and…
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wonderful place, though it's always so packed I seldom even bother trying. Much nicer now that the whole "I smoke: You smoke" era has ended. Good food (the cheese plate is worth it) and the beers and…
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This bar doesn't need another positive review, but I'm reviewing it anyway. It's just so good. My favorite beer list in the city, and you don't have to like Belgian-style beers to find something…
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Obviously the place has a beer list that knocks your socks off. Their food is very tasty too... they've got super yummy mussels and the frites are just like I remember from the netherlands with that…
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
CB& J = amazing Cashew butter and fig jam with cheese and great chips.
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf used to be one of my favorite restaurants, and I visited at least monthly if not more often. But the overcrowding is a huge problem, and management doesn't seem that interested in addressing…
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf never ceases to amaze me. Its wide range of beer and its delectable selection of food are top-notch. And you never get tired of the menu as they frequently change the entries.…
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Everyone pretty much said everything I wanted to say already--so this is just going to be another endorsement. You need to go! Also, a few people took stars off for it being crowded--but you know…
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm psyched that I'll be moving into Andersonville at the end of next month, this place will be visited often. This place will ensure that I'm broke by the end of the summer, so many good beers I…
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is an awesome bar that pretty much has every beer ever made. Seriously. However, I hate the fact that it tends to be really crowded.
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fries & beer. 2 of my most favorite things. After a short stint working in Belgium, I fell in love in with Leffe Brune and could not find it anywhere stateside (the Blonde seems to be more popular).…
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf is one of my fave restaurants in the city. Some of the best mussels, belgium fries and a nueske ham sandwich that prob would feed a family of 7 but I always try and eat the whole thing myself…
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You know those annoying reviews, where the person is reviewing a steakhouse and say they're a vegetarian? Well that's me on this one... I hate beer. And this is a beer lovers bar.
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This joint has over like 500 different bewers. I mean it has lots of beers to choose from. But fellows if your like me and you play straight, don't go there to hook up with a chick. Ten out of ten it…
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The words pleasant surprise come to mind here. I really like this place a lot. The size is deceptively big because of the upstairs bar (which is cash only though, and no drafts) The beer list is very…
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It can be aggravating to be indecisive and spend 20 minutes or so flipping through the endless beer lists trying to make a decision. go with something you've never tried-- hop leaf has dozens of beers…
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
How in the world have I not reviewed Hopleaf?? Madness, I tell you. So, I generally don't like beer. Like, I REALLY don't like beer (which is funny because it's all over my damn house since Justin is…
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great looking bar, good mix of different kinds of people. I love the selection of beers and can't believe they have a specific brand name glass for each one 99% of the time. Belgian beer is strong…
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A bunch of us came down from Evanston to celebrate a birthday here. I'd never been before and I liked the atmosphere and selection. It was crowded (as usual I hear) so we did get jostled a bit but we…
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf is incredible. I had never been and after asking around I was very excited to make my first trip all the way up there. I was not disappointed. First of all, the beer selection was fantastic,…
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place deserves four stars for its lengthy list of beers, albeit the food needs help. I know everyone raves about how the mussels are fantastic, but they should also put some effort to the other…
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Well you know this place strikes a cord with customers given the number of reviews. This place rocks. A laundry list of beers, a festive atmosphere, super knowledgeable wait staff and great food.
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's a bar in Anderson that has alot of beer. It's good if that's your thing. My friend likes the selection of Belgium ales. Me? I'm more of a wine/whiskey person.
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Back in the day, before I decided I liked a neat martini best, this was my favorite North-y spot to grab a few brews, bicker with the best of friends, ignore the grungier aspect of the place on an…
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hopleaf mussels (steamed beer or white wine) are flat out amazing. The beer selection is amazing. Wine, too, is great. The entrees taste heavy and heavyhanded for my partner's and mine own tastes.…
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I told my fiance if we are to return to this establishment, he needs to buy some cooler/not really trying to be cool plastic glasses and a big puffy scarf not adorned for the Chicago weather but for…
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hi, yeah, what a night. I lost my wallet in a cab and missed my Metra train (I was living in the suburbs at the time). What a wonderful place though! I went for a friends birthday and although we…
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Belgium Beer at its Best On the hoppin' strip of Clark in Andersonville, the Hopleaf bar serves up a bevy of beers. Always packed (be it weekend or weekday), hordes of people treat their taste buds to…
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
amazing beer selection and good comfort food. it is impossible to go here on the weekends, and increasingly during the week it seems. i have been told that the wait for a table is an hour and a half,…
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Oh, I DON'T KNOW. After hearing my boyfriend wax orgasmic on this place for the past eight months, I was game to give it a try any day.
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
All the "it was better before 'Check Please'" bs is amusing to me. This place exists because Andersonville yuppified, and as such it makes perfect sense that its popularity has increased as…
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars. Julia W. and her husband have raved about this place for yeeaarrss so on their last Friday night in tow
