Published April 4, 2023
77 of the Best BYOB Restaurants in Chicago
by Chicago Bucket List
Sometimes you just have to have your favorite bottle or 6-pack. These spots won’t make you compromise your go-to drink to dine at their highly-rated venues. See below for a list of some of Chicago’s best restaurants that are pro-BYOB.
ACTIVITIES
Hours: Tuesday - Friday: Times vary
Location: 4999 Old Orchard Rd Unit K11, Skokie, IL 60077
Chicago Kedzie Plaza
Hours: Wednesday - Sunday
Location: 800 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Humboldt Park
Hours: Dates vary: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Location: 2620 W North Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Logan Square
Hours: Dates and hours vary
Location: 2825 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Lakeview
Hours: Monday - Friday: 10 am - 8 pm; Saturday: 10 am - 7 pm; Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm
Location: 3011 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657
North Avenue Beach
Hours: Dates and times vary
Location: 1601 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
New Eastside
Hours: Monday - Sunday: Times vary
Location: 400 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603
North Side
Hours: Monday - Friday: 10 am - 7 pm; Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm; Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm
Location: 7 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611
SOUTHERN
Lincoln Square
Hours: Wednesday - Friday: 5 pm - 9 pm; Saturday - Sunday: 10 am - 3 pm; 5 pm - 9 pm
Location: 4609 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
MEDITERRANEAN
Lincoln Park
Hours: Tuesday - Friday: 11 am - 3 pm; 4 pm - 9 pm; Saturday - Sunday: 12 pm - 3 pm; 4 pm - 9 pm
Location: 655 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Old Town
Hours: 11 am - 10:30 pm
Location: 1411 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610
LATIN
Pilsen
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 11 am - 9 pm; Friday: 11 am - 10 pm; Saturday: 9 am - 10 pm; Sunday: 9 am - 9 pm
Location: 1758 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Logan Square
Hours: Monday - Thursday 11 am - 10 pm; Friday: 11 am - 11 pm; Saturday: 10 am - 11 pm; Sunday: 10 am - 10 pm
Location: 2540 W Armitage Ave, Chicago IL 60647
West Town
Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 11 am - 10 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11 am - 11 pm
Location: 1024 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Lakeview
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 11 am - 9 pm; Sunday: 4 pm - 9 pm
Location: 3147 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657
Roscoe Village
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 12 pm - 8 pm; Friday - Sunday: 11 am - 9 pm
Location: 3400 N Ashland Ave Ste 5, Chicago, IL 60657
Logan Square
Hours: Wednesday - Friday: 12 pm - 8 pm; Saturday - Sunday: 9:30 am - 2 pm; 3 pm - 8 pm
Location: 3268 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Lakeview
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 5 pm - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 5 pm - 10 pm
Location: 3023 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
Lincoln Park
Hours: 9 am - 9 pm
Location: 2558 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Bucktown
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 11:30 am - 9 pm
Location: 1865 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Little Village
Hours: Sunday - Monday: 11 am - 9 pm; Wednesday - Thursday: 11 am - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11 am - 10 pm
Location: 2880 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60623
River North
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 10 am - 8 pm
Location: 230 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654
Lakeview
Hours: 2913 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Location: Sunday - Monday, Wednesday - Thursday: 9 am - 8 pm; Tuesday: 9 am - 5 pm; Friday - Saturday: 9 am - 9 pm
Lakeview
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 5 pm - 10:30 pm; Friday: 5 pm - 11:30 pm; Saturday: 3 pm - 11:30 pm; Sunday: 12 pm - 10:30 pm
Location: 3763 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
ITALIAN
Pilsen
Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 11 am - 10 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11 am - 11pm
Location: 1659 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Lincoln Square
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 4 pm - 10 pm; Sunday: 3 pm - 9 pm; Monday: 4 pm - 10 pm
Location: 4603 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
West Town
Hours: Deli: Monday - Saturday: 11 am - 9 pm; Dining Room: Monday - Friday: 5 pm - 10 pm; Saturday: 5 pm - 11 pm
Location: 1825 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
West Loop
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 3 pm - 10 pm; Friday - Saturday: 3 pm - 11 pm; Sunday: 3 pm - 8 pm
Location: 1235 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Lincoln Park
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 4:30 pm - 9:30 pm; Friday: 4:30 pm - 10 pm; Saturday: 4 pm - 10 pm; Sunday: 3 pm - 9 pm
Location: 2701 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Mount Greenwood
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday, Sunday: 4 pm - 8 pm; Friday - Saturday: 3:30 pm - 9 pm
Location: 3019 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Lakeview
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 12 pm - 10 pm; Sunday: 12 pm - 9 pm
Location: 3037 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
INDIAN
Lincoln Park
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 11 am - 10 pm
Location: 2412-15 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Logan Square
Hours: Wednesday - Monday: 4 pm - 10 pm
Location: 2906 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
CAJUN | CREOLE
West Rogers Park
Hours: Monday - Friday: 5 pm - 10 pm; Saturday: 2 pm - 10 pm; Sunday: 2 pm - 9 pm
Location: 5665 N Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60659
Milwaukee
Hours: Monday - Friday: 5 pm - 10 pm; Saturday: 3 pm - 10 pm; Sunday: 3 pm - 9 pm
Location: 2529 N Milwaukee Ave #1, Chicago, IL 60647
West Town
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 1 pm - 9 pm
Location: 1931 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
BRUNCH
Lincoln Park
Hours: Thursday: 9 am - 2 pm; Friday - Monday: 8 am - 3 pm; Tuesday - Wednesday: Delivery and takeout only 9 am - 2 pm
Location: 2748 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Rogers Park
Hours: 8 am - 2:30 pm
Location: 7036 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Lincoln Park
Hours: Monday - Friday: 8 am - 9 pm; Saturday - Sunday: 8 am - 3 pm
Location: 958 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
South Loop
Hours: 7 am - 2:30 pm
Location: 1120 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
ASIAN
Lakeview
Hours: Monday - Friday: 11 am - 9:30 pm; Saturday - Sunday: 12 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: 950 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60614
Lakeview
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 11:30 am - 2 pm; 5 pm - 10 pm
Location: 1810 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
West Loop
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 11 am - 10 pm; Friday: 11 am - 11 pm; Saturday: 12 pm - 11 pm; Sunday: 12 pm - 10 pm
Location: 1139 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Old Town
Hours: Wednesday - Thursday: 5 pm - 10 pm; Friday - Saturday: 5 pm - 11 pm; Sunday: 4 pm - 9 pm; Monday: 5 pm - 10 pm
Location: 1342 N Wells St. Chicago, IL 60610
Lincoln Square
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10:30 am - 10:10 pm; Sunday: 10:30 am - 9:40 pm
Location: 4200 North lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Bucktown
Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 4 pm - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 4 pm - 10 pm
Location: 2045 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Lincoln Park
Hours: 10 am - 10 pm
Location: 2723 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
West Town
Hours: 3 pm - 10 pm
Location: 1613 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Ravenswood
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 11:30 am - 3:30 pm; 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11:30 am - 10 pm; Sunday: 11:30 am - 3:30 pm; 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: 1742 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Old Town
Hours: 11 am - 9 pm
Location: 449 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
Bridgeport
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 5 pm - 10 pm; Friday - Saturday: 5 pm - 11 pm; Sunday: 5 pm - 10 pm
Location: 605 W 31 St, Chicago, IL 60616
Lakeview
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 4 pm - 9:30 pm; Friday - Saturday: 4 pm - 10 pm; Sunday: 4 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: 3257 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657
Lakeview
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 4 pm - 10 pm; Friday - Sunday: 12 pm - 11 pm
Location: 3819 N Southport, Chicago, IL 60613
West Town
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 4:30 pm - 10:30 pm; Friday - Saturday: 4:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Location: 1324 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
North Center
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 11:30 am - 3 pm; 4 pm - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11:30 am - 3 pm; 4 pm - 9:30 pm; Sunday: 11:30 am - 3 pm; 4 pm - 9 pm
Location: 4022 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Lincoln Park
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 4 pm - 9:30 pm; Friday - Saturday: 4 pm - 10 pm; Sunday: 4 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: 2453 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Lakeview
Hours: Wednesday - Monday: 11 am - 3:45 pm; 5 pm - 9:45 pm; Tuesday: 5 - 9:45 pm
Location: 1393 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Lincoln Park
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 12 pm - 10:30 pm; Sunday: 4 pm - 10:30 pm
Location: 2441 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Chinatown
Hours: 11:30 am - 9 pm
Location: 2002 S Wentworth Ave Ste 103, Chicago, IL 60616
Lincoln Park
Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 11:30 am - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11:30 am - 9:30 pm
Location: 2187 N Clybourn, Chicago, IL
Wicker Park
Hours: Wednesday - Monday: 4:30 pm - 10 pm
Location: 1500 W Division St #3344, Chicago, IL 60642
Uptown
Hours: Friday - Wednesday: 10 am - 8:30 pm
Location: 5039 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Lincoln Park
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 5 pm - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11 am - 9:30 pm; Sunday: 4 pm - 9 pm
Location: 2441 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Logan Square
Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 12 pm - 3:30 pm; 4:30 pm - 10 pm; Friday - Saturday: 12 pm - 3:30 pm; 4:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Location: 2283 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
West Town
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 11 am - 2 pm; 5 pm - 10 pm; Friday: 11 am - 2 pm; 5 pm - 11 pm; Saturday: 5 pm - 11 pm; Sunday: 5 pm - 10 pm
Location: 1136 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Bucktown
Hours: Monday - Saturday: 11:30 am - 3:00 pm; 3:30 pm - 9 pm
Location: 1904 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Bucktown
Hours: Monday, Wednesday - Thursday: 5:30 pm - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 5:30 pm - 10 pm
Location: 2246 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Wicker Park
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 4:30 pm - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 4:30 pm - 10 pm; Sunday: 4:30 pm - 9 pm
Location: 1742 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Lakeview
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 4 pm - 10:30 pm; Friday - Saturday: 4 pm - 11:30 pm; Sunday: 4 pm - 10 pm
Location: 3136 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657
AMERICAN
Lakeview
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 11 am - 9 pm
Location: 1034 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Lincoln Park
Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 11 am - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11 am - 10 pm
Location: 1021 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Lincoln Square
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 5:30 pm - 11 pm
Location: 2656 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
West Town
Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 11 am - 9 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11 am - 10 pm
Location: 1141 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Pilsen
Hours: Monday - Friday: 5 - 10 pm; Saturday - Sunday: 10 am - 2 pm; 5 pm - 10 pm
Location: 1239 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Wicker Park
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 5:30 pm - 9 pm
Location: 1466 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Old Irving Park
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 11 am - 8 pm; Friday - Saturday: 11 am - 9 pm; Sunday: 11 am - 8 pm
Location: 3800 N Pulaski, Chicago, IL 60641
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