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Dizzy Horse Local "dive" bar and grill featuring creative, FUN, chef-inspired Midwest Americana.

This week's coming weather shift has motivated me to go all in on the comfort food.Gonna spend all day and night preppin...
10/14/2026

This week's coming weather shift has motivated me to go all in on the comfort food.

Gonna spend all day and night prepping up some of your favorites for Thursday-Saturday. (closed Wednesday, this is gonna take some time)

Chicken Pot Pie, Meatloaf Grilled Cheese with tomato bisque & Chicken Dumpling Soup featured below.

There'll be few other favorites available too.

Back to channeling the inner Grandma.

Oh, and Dallas will be rolling out some new fall cocktails as well.

See ya' tomorrow.

Not even sure what to say anymore. I used to speak just from my heart, so I guess will just go with that. Despite most...
10/14/2026

Not even sure what to say anymore. I used to speak just from my heart, so I guess will just go with that. Despite most social media platforms are quashing anything of substance. Look it up. True story.

"I expect maybe 1 like/love/care interaction, these days. F*ck it. It's 2026. Nothin' still makin' any sense.

Haven't posted anything lately." Intentionally.

Not lookin' for relevance, never was. So throttle my posts FB, You'll only prove my point.

Think about it. 🤷‍♂️

Random "Tavern Tuesday". No post. No food p**n. Just good people, peoplin'. Still showin' up. I saw it. Actually got to be part of it for a moment.

I have to call out goodness, random, yet meaningful moments when they fatefully occur. It can't be by accident, right? IDK.

Despite my social traction is down 100's of percents on this platform. Intentionally. I throttled myself. Sorry, beat you to the punch FB. Killed my own hype.

Didn't post anything early this week. Yet. People still here peoplin'. I know, it's not a word, prolly. 🤷‍♂️. There was a vibe tonight though. With or without you, FB.

So thank you ALL for still showin' up, I know why you do. Same. And for that I'll keep fightin'. I do know why you're here. *tips tattered ford trucker hat. You get it. Us too.

Got to make new relationships, in the raw, and also develop some that have been there for years, just waiting and lingering in the background to finally connect, whether I knew it or not.

We're all closer than we think, not that much different, just need a conversation, situation or two, and then it happens, sometimes even when words aren't spoken, yet bonds are formed.

Thank you for reminding me why I f*ckin' do this.

Let's keep it makin' sense.

Speechless. Thank you. IYKYK. I do. And thank you. This Dizzy Community thanks you. All of us.

I needed it. Maybe you too.

"Enjoy the ride."

Laddies night. Cheese pulls. Regulars, still regularin'.

"Cheers Bar"

We're gettin' there.

Time's fleeting.

"enjoy the ride"

10/10/2026

Last Saturday's audible was a fun call & nice change of pace......I think we'll go it again tonight.

Opening tonight @ 7:00pm for cocktails & limited appetizers.

See ya' then.

"Prolly more than you need to know, but maybe should"..........First of all thanks to all the parents, still parenting. ...
10/09/2026

"Prolly more than you need to know, but maybe should"..........

First of all thanks to all the parents, still parenting. Lemme get that outta the way. Truly, thank you. Maybe it'll pay off, prolly not, but maybe. 🤣. Cross your fingers. Right?

Anyhoo, 49 years ago, unbeknownst to me at the time, I was adopted. October 8th. "your doordash delivery has arrived".

Wasn't born that day. Had no idea what was about to unfold. Do any of us? But my parents received their delivery. Apparently, back in the day, it took a lot of paperwork and vetting. For what I wonder? Why would you do that?

Fast forward, almost half a century later and here I am, reflecting and posting my thoughts. Who knew?

I'm wholeheartedly compelled to just say "thank you", Mom and Dad (R.I.P.) dad, for everything you did to create THIS. It wasn't me.

I currently wear a black apron, have an asian mullet and can't see that well anymore, but what I do see is some goodness happening STILL, HERE, in 2026. And that is not because of me. I mean it.

Had they not done what they did, unconditionally loved, disciplined, all the while giving freedom (yah, there was a lot of freedom in the 80's growin' up), IYKYK. 🤣 I may have endulged. However, none of this would be here. And I know that.

So, in my transparent and more-raw-than-you-want style, just wanna send out a big thank you to the parents still, PARENTING. Eventually, big eventually, it might land.

Sorry that I still f*ck up, plenty, don't make the right decisions always, still learning, but thanks for creating something you didn't even see on your radar.

Because you were YOU.

Mad shout out to my momma and late father. I'll take my blunders as my own, but the goodness here, that's on you.

Thanks for October 8th. I coulda been ricing in a rice patty in Korea, or maybe spending money like water if I were in the line of the thrown at samsung or kia. IDK?

But thanks mom, when we didn't have a lot of money, you stretched it, made it work. I saw it, appreciate it and won't ever forget.

That's why I think this one is still my favorite. Or maybe your lasagna with possibly ketchup in the sauce. No judgement. 🤣

Available tomorrow, this. For my mom. We all thank you!

"Enjoy the ride."

As long as I'm here prepping late, figured might-as-well...............let's just cut some more and make some soup. Jus...
10/06/2026

As long as I'm here prepping late, figured might-as-well...............let's just cut some more and make some soup.

Just onions for now, but with the luscious weather, colors, harvest, all the stuff, why not turn them into French Onion Soup. (my mom's favorite, true story. I feel guilty if I don't make it for her when I go home to MN. It's been a minute, sorry Mom).

For all those that have been requesting it, and for those of you that just wanna see it on the menu and then not order it, despite you requested it, same same, maybe, 🤷‍♂️. I don't have time to filter it out. Here's your chance.

Available Thursday - Saturday.

That pain-in-my-ass-soup-that-everyone-says-they-want-and-my-mom-loves-and-apparently-some-of-you, coming Thursday. 🤣

And if you don't order it, I don't care. Did my chores. 🤣

Your "insta pic" comes later. That's up to you.

"Enjoy the ride."

It's an absolutely gorgeous day!Anyone wanna down a few busch lattes and go fishin', maybe play a round a golf?I'm in. ...
10/05/2026

It's an absolutely gorgeous day!

Anyone wanna down a few busch lattes and go fishin', maybe play a round a golf?

I'm in. Let's go touch some grass.

Just kiddin'. 🤣 Did you WANT me to be closed tomorrow? This sh*t doesn't prep itself.

I'm double timing it today alone, so no grass touchin' for me.

But you should get out, enjoy the BEST time of the year.

I'll be here smokin' meat all day and slicing philly meat for tomorrow.

Available tomorrow for Tavern Days, in addition to our Chicago Tavern Style Thin Crust Pizzas, the Philly Cheesesteak & Drunken Smoked Pork Mac 'n Cheese.

Enjoy the day!

"Enjoy the ride."

See ya' tomorrow.

"oh' btw, there will be wings. yes, there will be wings."

10/03/2026

Calling an audible for Saturday.

I used to be a quarterback. True story.

"While standing under center, starring at a defensive formation that's stacked against me, I gotta switch it up."

Tonight we're runnin' cocktails and b**r with a limited appetizer selection starting @ 7:00pm. We're a bar after all. Right?

Let's just chill, toss a few back and enjoy some good company and conversations. I could use a bit of that. Maybe you too.

I'll go back to schlepping out phillies and noodles next week.

Sometimes you gotta call and audible.

Skol Vikings. 😉

Thanks ALL for another epic night. Special shout out to the late nighter's for the convo and connection. Means more th...
10/03/2026

Thanks ALL for another epic night.

Special shout out to the late nighter's for the convo and connection.

Means more than you know.

In 2026, that's priceless.

Thank you.

IYKYK.

*also, thanks for deciding to come here and landing the saying on our first merch ever, coming soon. Hoodies. "enjoy the ride, yah, no. You nailed it. I didn't forget. Wrote it down on a napkin. That's the mantra.

"Wen the world is upside down, let's just "get dizzy".

I get it.

It's why we're here.

Saw it coming.

And thank you.

Prepping for tomorrow, waiting for bread to rise and meat to roast, but also thinkin' about what my profile pic would be...
10/02/2026

Prepping for tomorrow, waiting for bread to rise and meat to roast, but also thinkin' about what my profile pic would be on a dating website. 🤣

Don't think I nailed it.

🤷‍♂️

Guess I'll stay the course.

It's all making sense now.

Stick to food.

"Enjoy the ride."

*however, random ocular control is not as easy as it looks.

"Knock, knock. Hey, can I borrow a cup of sugar?"...........A fleeting phrase not many are familiar with, nor the meani...
10/01/2026

"Knock, knock. Hey, can I borrow a cup of sugar?"...........

A fleeting phrase not many are familiar with, nor the meaning.

The true meaning.

It wasn't the sugar.

Back in the day, ya', I'm that guy now sitting on the porch screaming at clouds, yellin' at you to get off my lawn.

Tracks, right? 🤣

Guess we all get there inevitably.

But when you walked uphill both ways to school wearing wonderbread sandwich loaf bags in your moonboots just to make the bus, somethin' lands on you in 2026.

When community was community, you looked out for your neighbors kids like they were your own, sat with your relatives through a brutally boring holiday with no nuclear-political-discussion. Maybe broke a laffytaffy in half to give it to your friend after a long day of just cruisin' the neigborhood on bikes drinkin outta garden hoses.

Things were different. Times have changed.

We're more tribal now, less communal.

I've seen this coming for quite some time. Ugh.

So here we are in MIlan.

This wasn't an accident.

It was a conscious choice.

Despite the fact I kinda curse my choices out on the daily. 🤣

But ya' know what, I see the "cup-of-sugar" exchange on the daily. Some days more, some days none. Some days "meh".

There's still a genuine exchange.

And thank you for making that happen.

Let's all just keep borrowing/lending "a cup of sugar" from each other, keep the energy balanced. In harmony.

Thanks for "borrowing the sugar, I'll do my best to do the same."

IYKYK.

*personal sidebar, the first time someone has gifted me a "cup of sugar" in graphic t-shirt form, in a ziplock bag. 🤣 I'm sure when I put it on, I will feel the freshness. Already do.

Thanks to all for keepin' COMMUNITY.

"keep lending sugar/borrowing sugar. it'll all come out in the wash."

*I hope my remains will decompose next to a capybarra. . IYKYK. 🤣

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432 1st Avenue West
Milan, IL
61264

Opening Hours

Tuesday 4pm - 10pm
Wednesday 4pm - 10pm
Thursday 4pm - 10pm
Friday 4pm - 10pm
Saturday 4pm - 10pm

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