Tilted Kilt Chicago

[JolyStNicholas]

The "Tilted Kilt" is far from a Tacky Place. They are well know for the quality of their food. Now as far as the "Lassies"? They do wear a bit more that those at "Hooters" but not much, but they sure do a lot for those Mini Kilts they wear.

While I don't drink I don't hold that against those who do, I can truly enjoy any establishment w/o having a drink in my hand, especially when there are lovely lassies to look at, weather the Mrs./or girlfriend is there or not.

[Brewboy]

The "Tilted Kilt" is far from a Tacky Place. They are well know for the quality of their food. Now as far as the "Lassies"? They do wear a bit more that those at "Hooters" but not much, but they sure do a lot for those Mini Kilts they wear.

I should further define my use of tacky, since it is a pretty subjective term. Hooters and the Tilted Kilt have in common the objectification of women. Hooters states that, "The element of female sex appeal is prevalent in the restaurants," and defines itself as "Delightfully tacky, yet unrefined." The Tilted kilt says that their idea is a pub with waitresses in, "short, sexy plaid kilts with matching plaid halter tops under white shirts tantalizingly tied show off the midriff," and their tagline is, "A cold beer never looked so good." I should mention that I don't find this to be wrong or immoral. I personally believe that the objectification of the opposite sex is part of human nature, but I find myself less likely to engage in it than in my younger years. Perhaps I'm just becoming a curmudgeon as I get older. The point is, it's not somewhere I'm going to take my girlfriend's mother to impress her when we meet, the Tilted Kilt is a beast of a different color.

As for the uniform, here's a side by side comparison between Hooters and the Tilted Kilt (I edited aTilted Kilt photo provided by our own Zardoz and featuring Jack Daw):


One thing that did honestly annoy me was a sort of trained ditzyness from the waitstaff. They were all very friendly and bubbly (nothing wrong with that), but it rose to a, "We're just girls, don't ask us" level that was unpleasant. Several of the waitstaff asked if I was Irish (a typical question for the kilted in Chicago) to which I used a canned response about me being Irish, Welsh, Scottish and English, so basically my nationality is WASP. All of them claimed not to know what the term WASP was. Also, none of them had heard the word pejorative before (fair enough, it's a 50 cent word). Then one of them said she was jealous that my skirt was longer than her's...in a bar called the Tilted Kilt. Basically I got the impression that the ditzyness was feigned, and that annoyed me a bit.

It is for certain that if the Tilted Kilt is well know for the quality of their food, it is a reputation well deserved. My girlfriend and I expected Hooters level food, and what we got was far beyond the quality we anticipated. I look forward to a fully attended kilt night there...but I still want the bar to be open.