Swift Tavern - Wrigleyville
Brian J · 164 Google reviewsSwift Tavern - Wrigleyville — american in Lakeview; the Mashed Potatoes is the highlight. Strong pours and a bartender who takes pride in the work. "The oysters were a real highlight — fresh, flavorful, and easily some of the best I’ve had" — Alex George [$$]
What 1,964 diners keep saying
What 1,964 diners keep saying
verbatim, from Google
“Great happy hour! Oysters are awesome and the steak salad and the cookie cake are delicious. I’m surprised some place this close to wrigley is this good!”
“Great lunch menu! The pimento cheese app is delish. The burger was also top notch. Service is a little slow, but still an enjoyable atmosphere and time”
“Overall the food is just ok, it's expensive for what you get but the location makes up for it if you have an event at Wrigley. Highly recommend the Pimento Cheese was great (5/5), it's covered in honey and was served with a ton of chips. I ordered the Tavern Burger (1/5) and it was just two frozen patty's that lacked any real flavor. For a $20 burger I would expect more, it also had these super tart pickles on it that completely took over the burger flavor. Also the Avocado Tartine should have been called the ricotta Tartine, it was 90% cheese with barely any avocado. It looked nice but was basically just cheese on a piece of bread. I def recommend the bloody Mary tho, it was spicy and really good. We probably ordered the wrong things as others have written great reviews for food, we just didn't love what we got.”
“We hosted a small party here. The staff was easy to work with and very accomodating and the food was great!”
“Olivia was amazing!!! She checked on us continually and was super nice. Loved her!”
“Liv is a great waiter and super personal. Cool environment especially on game day”
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