First Draft Grayslake

My first time in thebar,Very nice experience wasGreeted by Barmaid Stephanie,what a great young lady,she put on my steelers,oh by the way my steeler nation fans,this is the bar for us!!half price pizza on sundays and it good,also Maddie the hostess at the front desk is so sweet,And full of energyMet her at her mother's garage sale over the summer and she told me about the bar so I thought I'd take a chance,I will be back again for sure,keep up the great work??????Parking: May take some time to find a spot but you'll always find one open

Had lunch at First Draft today, first time there. They offer a great selection of cocktails, beers, Ciders wine. I enjoyed Vander Mill Hard Apple Cider Cider Traditional 6.5% ABV from Grand Rapids, MI, a Hard Apple Cider, semi sweet using a unique blend of Michigan apples to balance acidity and fresh fruit flavors. For lunch I went with the Grilled Cheese 11.95 on white bread, cheddar, gruyere, boursin. Very tasty, although the bread could have been toasted a bit more, very little coloring.Grace is a great bartender!

I had been speaking and emailing with Tom to reserve the arcade room for my rehearsal dinner. We had been communicating for over a month. Everything was confirmed for the date needed, the price, the food, the time, etc. I should have listened to my gut from the beginning as Tom sometimes would take several days to over a week to respond. However, I continued to book and had everything confirmed. The day of, when I had people starting to show up as I (the bride) was finishing at our rehearsal, they told the guests they had no record of our reservation. I had multiple emails of confirmation of this reservation. The hostess said Tom was out sick but wouldn't get the manage for the night on the phone. The customer service was horrible and there was nothing they were trying to do to accommodate this. Here I was, a bride, the night of her rehearsal with 40 people to feed and now nowhere to go. DO NOT plan a party here.Quite frankly, the food is not great. The reason we were doing our dinner here was because we enjoy the atmosphere as the rooftop is nice and it was casual and close to our dinner and home. I will never return nor will anyone associated with us that night will return. Very upsetting and caused a very stressful night the day before my wedding.

I had dinner with a friend at First Draft one Sunday evening while visiting the area from out of town. I really enjoyed the Italian beef sandwich. The server was very good and kept our drinks full.The place wasn't too busy when I was there. The atmosphere was alright; it would probably have been better if the Bears hadn't just been spanked, but you might never go if you wait for that to change. I'll go back again if the opportunity presents itself.

Everyone at our table thought the cheese curds were the best we've ever had! Got the **** Mary which has an all you can add toppings bar and that was fantastic and the Italian beef was gigantic and full of flavor! We'll certainly come back when we visit the area again. The only minor complaint was that the outdoor patio had quite a few bees/ ground hornets and my mom actually did get stung, so a few more traps would probably help as we saw a lot of the other tables having similar issues.