No More Arguments: The Best Pizza In Wrgielyville Is At HVAC

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Carl | Barstool Chicago

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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)

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