The Aberdeen Tap

This was the first time I came to this bar. It was open on Christmas Day so I thought it would be a nice experience. Their menu is filled with nearby brewery’s which I love. They also had interesting beers as well. They also carry Crown Royal which is rare in Chicago. It was a cute small spot to a late night drink with a friend or you can bring a date to. They are not country friendly. They did skip a few of my songs I paid to play. However, overall a nice spot to visit for a nice night out.

Discriminatory and racist towards black people. Most reviews are made by “friends”. Yelp reviews have more insight on the tactic this small bar/restaurant uses to get business. They are steadily declining in sales due to poor or (selective) customer service and use third party apps like GrubHub, UberEats,Postmates but their racist ways get projected onto minority pick up drivers

Racist facility. Came here at 11:05 June 14,2022. Employee snatched my phone,my property, from my hand during a food pickup without asking permission to even touch it and then proceeded to cuss at me UNPROVOKED to leave for not “physically handing him my phone so he can see it better” when he was verbally told the order information and shown the order from a safe 1 feet relatively close social distance. I never raised my voice or cussed at him but he was extremely hostile and aggressive with me,pointing at me to go away and yelling profanity after profanity. This facility promotes (Black Lives Matter) but on more than one occasion (other reviewers have stated they were treated poorly due to being black) they have been openly discriminatory towards African American individuals who step foot in The Aberdeen Tap. Will be reporting this incident to the Better Business Bureau and a police report for verbal assault and emotional distress was created for any future civil proceedings.I was alienated, verbally abused, and treated as if I was a second class citizen all because an employee named Scott Staples felt he was entitled to snatch my phone out my hand. A police report had to also be made for documentation purposes for any potential future civil proceedings. I advise that any African American individual stay as far away from this establishment or you will intentionally receive poor treatment. I also notice a pattern of no people of color dining with The Aberdeen Tap. This is a small bar that caters to “friends” and I wouldn’t put it past them that most of the good reviews on Google for The Aberdeen Tap were created by such friends.