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00:00 Action and welcome back to the bars. It's season three. We're still in Wrigleyville.
00:04 And as you guys know, season three, I want to explore the boundaries of Chicago bars.
00:08 And this is a very specific theme I have picked out for HVAC here, Pizza Pub and Stage, outside Wrigleyville.
00:14 Everyone knows in Wrigleyville there's chaos. If you come with a group, you're gonna lose your group.
00:19 What we can do at HVAC though, it's one of the best places to meet up after the game, grab a pizza before your chaos starts.
00:27 What we're looking for here with HVAC is a place to start the rally post-Cubs games.
00:32 Cubs just came out, beat the shit out of the Cardinals. We're gonna stop in, get a good pizza.
00:36 We've got live music on stage, a ton of friends inside, a little upstairs/outside combo.
00:41 A ton of history and tradition at this location. Let's go inside and have some fun. This is HVAC.
00:46 You are my fire, the one desire.
00:55 Okay, right away when you're coming to HVAC, you're gonna notice the stage.
00:58 Now today we've got Chris Peters. He's a single artist out of Berkeley, California.
01:02 A beautiful acoustic musician, and he's gonna explore the whole stage.
01:07 You could come in after a Grateful Dead concert. We're gonna have a Six Piece up here ready to jam all night.
01:11 You could come out after Lady Gaga. We've got another cover.
01:14 My point is this, you crave live music, we've got it here at HVAC.
01:19 What's up, Chris? You're doing great! Woo!
01:22 You played great music. Was there one song you like the crowd to sing along more than the others?
01:27 Yeah, I mean honestly whenever they sing it's great, but it feels great when they sing along doing "I Want It That Way."
01:33 Tell me why it ain't nothing but a hard time.
01:38 It's just jams. It's just a jam. All we do is jam here. It's HVAC.
01:42 Can I buy you a Miller Lite for all that great music you gave us?
01:45 Hell yeah, man. You want a Miller Lite, some pizza? Let's go.
01:47 And when I'm crushing a tall boy, I like to keep a bowed wrist like a golfer.
01:51 We got the golf on behind me right now. I keep a bowed wrist for a better flow.
01:57 Get you a fresh beer. I'll get you a fresh cold one. What's your name?
02:01 Mike. How you doing, buddy? I'm Mike. Are you a big Harley Davidson guy?
02:04 Yeah, absolutely. Yes.
02:06 More loyalty to Harley Davidson or Miller Lite?
02:08 I would say equal.
02:10 Equal? Yes.
02:11 What brings you to the bar? Tell me about your crew of friends.
02:13 Well, we took the day off of work for sure, and here we are.
02:16 What do you do for work?
02:17 I fucking retired, man.
02:19 Let's fucking go. That's my guy taking a day off. He didn't even fuck today.
02:24 A couple cold ones. Cheers.
02:26 We got old guys hanging out, reunions.
02:29 We got some young cute girls walking around, handing out cold ones.
02:32 Good to see you.
02:35 I went to high school with that guy.
02:38 Love that guy.
02:39 It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
02:43 We'll give it a shot.
02:47 I don't even fucking like this guy. I don't even like this fucking guy.
02:51 I love fucking, fucking love you.
02:53 I'm wet.
02:53 Hey, one bite, everybody knows the rules.
02:56 One beer, everybody knows the rules.
02:58 This is the best. When you see like older Cardinals fans up here,
03:01 they're like, yeah, we hate your team, but we love your bars.
03:03 That's what it's all about.
03:04 Post game, Cubs win.
03:05 Obviously, you're trying to get a drink.
03:06 A big factor when we talk about bars in Wrigleyville.
03:09 How much square footage do we have?
03:11 How much service is going on behind the bar?
03:13 So I'm going to show you here right now, if you could see over here.
03:16 Guys, we're talking about a clear 100 feet, a 100 foot bar.
03:21 And I have seven bartenders counted right now.
03:24 You don't want to be caught in that shuffle shoulder to shoulder.
03:27 Am I at the right bar or wrong bar?
03:28 Bars upstairs, bars in the back.
03:29 Where'd you get the drink? I got the drink downstairs.
03:32 It can be very confusing, overwhelming.
03:34 HVAC has simplified it.
03:36 Just a great setup here.
03:38 How many bartenders do you have working right now?
03:40 Right now, we got six.
03:43 Yeah, full house. They help out on the floor too.
03:46 As we say, crowded bar, but easy to get a drink.
03:49 We got to get salesmen.
03:50 I haven't seen this guy in like six fucking years.
03:52 I haven't seen you in forever.
03:55 We've talked to a lot of girls in Wrigleyville that keep going.
03:58 They go, where are all the cute guys at?
03:59 Look at this guy drinking a Miller Lite.
04:02 Come find this guy.
04:03 Is that a one piece?
04:05 It is a one piece.
04:06 OK, take me through the one piece trend.
04:08 I'm old. I don't understand it.
04:10 One piece trend.
04:11 It's just one simple outfit you wear with sneakers and a hat and a purse.
04:15 It's beautiful. It just works.
04:17 I'm a one piece guy.
04:19 One piece guy.
04:20 We had a classic beer battle.
04:22 I think I can take him on if I have to.
04:24 How much were those beer bats?
04:27 Enough.
04:27 If you were a Jedi, which Jedi would you be?
04:32 I wouldn't be a Jedi.
04:35 I'd be a Sith Lord.
04:36 No.
04:38 Cardinals fan.
04:39 Yeah.
04:40 How much?
04:42 Rose, how much for 20?
04:44 Thank you very much ladies.
04:46 Little negotiation.
04:47 Had to play hardball with them.
04:49 Didn't want to, but at the end of the day, you got to do what you got to do.
04:52 I have three roses here for only $20.
04:56 Outside HVAC guys, you can just get roses and hand them out to a pretty girl.
04:59 Let's see how this goes.
05:00 Thanks for the pizza.
05:01 You get a rose.
05:02 We got roses.
05:04 We got a fresh pizza.
05:05 We got buffalo chicken.
05:06 We got heavy pepperoni.
05:07 Look at the size of this.
05:09 This is why we cut it the way we do.
05:11 This is why we cut it the way we do.
05:13 Guys, come up, grab, pick and pop a slice.
05:17 Breaking bread with Cardinals fans, that's what it's all about.
05:19 I want you to get a slice.
05:21 Put that fucking camera down and go get some pizza.
05:23 Everybody's getting a piece of pizza right now.
05:24 We're getting pies.
05:25 Pies are for the table.
05:26 Pies are for our friends.
05:27 Come and get a piece.
05:28 And when you talk HVAC, how am I not going to bring up the mural?
05:31 A famous mural, some would say the most famous mural in Chicago.
05:34 It's clear that the eye black, that's a tear drip,
05:36 because he'd rather be in Chicago.
05:38 Now a lot of people give us flack about still keeping the mural up in Chicago.
05:41 Why do you still have Chris Bryant?
05:42 Guys, how many World Series championships do we have?
05:46 How many MVPs do we have with World Series champions?
05:49 One.
05:49 It's Chris Bryant.
05:51 That mural will fucking come down when somebody else wants to go over there
05:54 and win another World Series championship and a near unanimous MVP
05:56 in the same season.
05:57 Until then, fucking mural stays.
05:59 I love you, Chris.
06:00 Sorry, last thing.
06:01 I know I've talked a lot about the mural just last thing.
06:04 They nailed the fucking eye shade.
06:06 They really did.
06:07 That's how blue they are if you look at them in person.
06:09 They are that piercing.
06:11 You don't know the good days till they're gone, man.
06:13 You don't know.
06:13 I'll take this thing down.
06:14 I'll be so mad if they take this down.
06:17 I mean, not even some of the best years.
06:18 They were the best years.
06:20 Not some of, the absolute best.
06:22 I love you, 17.
06:30 I miss you, 17.
06:30 Guys, this is DeVars, season three.
06:35 We're inside HVAC.
06:37 Thanks for tuning in and subscribe to the YouTube page.
06:39 Thank you, Miller Lite.
06:40 Hey, how you doing?
06:43 [WHOOSH]
06:45 (whooshing)