Go to this bar

I know that I've pretty much told everyone I know about BAT 17, but I'm gonna say it again: this place is amazing. If I could only go to one restaurant OR bar, this would be it because it simply dominates at both. Let me count the ways:

Food: Huge sandwiches which are two meals. Sure they cost $10, but thats $5 for a meal and thats pretty cheap. They are the best sandwiches you can find in Evanston. I shit you not. The worst sandwich I've had there is better than any sandwich I've had in anywhere else in Evanston. Everyone whose gone there has been as impressed as I am.

Salads there are large and chopped well. None of this stuffing huge pieces of lettuce in your mouth. It's easy eating and good. Great sides that come with the sandwiches too.

Soups, I've only had one soup, a spicy corn chowder but it was pretty much amazing.

Their bread is specially baked for them from Bennison's bakery.

Oh, yeah, they have free coffee. Yeah, I shit you not, free freakin coffee.


Drink: They have the best drink specials in Evanston, let me list them for you:

Mondays - $4 glasses of wine
Tuesdays - $2.50 Blue moon pints (holy crap this one is pretty amazing)
Wednesdays - $2.50 Stella pints (amazing if you like stella)
Thursday - $2.50 cheap domestic bottles (this is the only one which is lacking)
Friday - $3.00 well drinks (a freakin deal)
Saturday - $4.00 martinis (cosmo, batini, peach martini thing, chocolate martini)
Sunday - $2.50 bloody marys with condiment bar

Now, first off who makes Saturday their martini special night? That's just amazing. Honestly, Koi's martini night is Tuesday. Granted Koi martinis are bigger, but I can say confidently that BAT 17 martini's are better.

Only disadvantage is that it can be relatively empty. I don't understand why. That's a lie, people just don't know about it. So here is what I suggest. Go there. Bring your friends. TELL EVERYONE. But not too many people, I hate overcrowded bars...