Chop Shop
Chop Shop stands out as a compact Wicker Park restaurant and concert venue, with a classy upstairs dining room, downstairs bar, themed drinks, and notably tasty short-rib arancini, sticky buns, and biscuits with jam. Regulars praise brunch, bottomless mimosas, friendly server Nick, and excellent concert sound, but show nights can bring long entry lines, overcrowding, disorganized service, and inconsistent security.
What 584 diners keep saying
verbatim, from Google
“First and only time I've ever been here, and it was to go to the Heated Rivalry Rave. We had dinner beforehand, which was lovely, they have themed drinks, which were both very tasty, and overall the experience was a lot of fun. Restaurant had a really nice feel to it, but classy, and the staff was very nice.”
“The venue is on the smaller scale. It has a nice restaurant upstairs, bar downstairs next to the stage. The shortrib arancini was so delicious.”
“Chris the security manager made me feel so safe! i love this venue so much.”
“Food and drinks were just okay and kinda pricey, but it’s a nice convenient option if you have a show at this venue.”
“Nick was so awesome! A perfect catch up with friends with awesome service!!!”
“Nick our server upstairs was incredible for brunch; he was funny, fun and made sure we constantly Had bottomless mimosas. It I could Pick anyone to be our bartender for our next drink, it would be him”
“We were here for the venue and saw High Fade and had an amazing time. We would highly recommend the venue and look forward to eating here in the future.”
“FANTASTIC venue for a concert. great space for the crowd, and food and drink service was professional.”
“My family had brunch here on the last day of restaurant week and it was fabulous! The sticky buns and biscuits with jam were excellent, as was all the other breakfast foods. Our server was Nick and was especially great - very friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and fun! We will definitely be back, and on Saturday so we can see Nick again 🙂”
“Went to the hr rave/show. It was lit but they had no coat rack lmaoo. The staff is rlly nice tho”
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