The Yard
Categories: Pubs, Sports Bars [Edit]
Neighborhood: Lakeview3441 N Sheffield
(between Clark St & Cornelia Ave)
Chicago, IL 60657 (773) 477-9273
- Nearest Transit:
Addison (Red)
Belmont (Purple Express, Brown, Red)
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 5:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.
Sat 11:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m.
Sun 11:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m. - Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Street
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: Yes
- Music: Juke Box
- Best Nights: Mon, Thu, Sat
- Alcohol: Full Bar
43 reviews
Neighborhood: Lincoln Park
"LOVED this place!!! It was laid back, the service was very friendly and the owners sat at the bar with the regular patrons! And great…" read more »
12 Reviews for The Yard
This place is GREAT !! Planned a 40th Birthday Bash here recently and they were nothing but helpful in every way. Donny and the waitresses were very pleasant and the service was awesome. All the guests were commenting on how great the food was. And don't forget out back in the beer garden there are old stables set up as cozy little nooks.
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I can see the future..... and it does NOT include this bar.
Went after the Cubs home opener, after a stop at a couple other spots on Clark. When we rolled in, there were maybe 6 people in the bar and the doorman litterally jumped in front of us to get our IDs. I get it, they have to check, but it is not like this place is the hottest spot in town. Take it easy big fella!
I was served a Guinness in about 45 seconds. Not the way to pour it, any bar with this on tap should know this.... I can see if it was busy or they were shortstaffed, but we werent going anywhere. WTF?
There were no paper towels in the bathroom, and I let them know. Later when my buddy went in they were still not refilled. WTF?
Again, there were 6 people in the bar.
The music was brutal as well, but it was largely because some jackhole insisted on playing Creed and Michael Jackson.
Food was OK, the menu was very limited. The mini burgers were nothing special. The mac and cheese bites were the same as every other bar.
The other review say that this is a great place "to go to not be around people". Hmmmm. Wonder why that is?
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Love this place, though I doubt it'll stay open for long since it's always pretty dead when we go in.
They do 10 cent wings on Mondays, which makes it a nice place to go watch MNF. They also have an amazing beer selection.
It's very hole in the wall-ish for Wrigleyville, which is great. It'd be a perfect place to watch a game if they had Sunday ticket (which makes no sense, since they already have DirecTV).
Basically, it seems to lack an identity. It's psuedo high end male-oriented with the dark wood interior, classic rock, and selection of beers, but it doesn't really cater enough to that particular crowd to fully grab that niche. Then it seems to cater downmarket as a sports bar a bit with its specials and sports flags everywhere, but then it doesn't have Sunday TIcket.
I'm sure they'll get it sorted out at some point. For now, though, it earns four stars on the basis of beer selection and service (the people are great) alone.
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I've been coming in on Thursdays for $2 burgers and $8 pitchers of Blue Moon and have had good service and good food every time. It was a pleasant suprise to find a nice bar with open tables, good food, and decent beer specials that wasn't neck-deep in dudes and bar sluts. I'll definitely be back!
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This is a good place to go to not be around people. If you want to go out, get a table, and watch a game well then YARD can do that for you. Can't say I know how it gets on a Fri/Sat but it's small and offers nothing more than beer, food and tv.
The last time the bar was full (full=5) of people watching a game...a friend and I had a table and off in the corner the only other occupied table was some couple making out...strange
I will be back to try out that $2 burger special sometime.
This new spot, next to Dark Horse, is a great alternative to Wrigleyville bars. I checked out this place on a Sunday for a Bears game (after every other bar was jam packed). There was plenty of seating up front and in the back beer garden. They had great beer specials ($6 YARD of beer, can't beat that!). The staff was nice, but could have been a bit friendlier (we were there for 3+ hours and although the server was attentive, they weren't much of a conversationalist).
Only down side: very limited food menu (we actually left to get something to eat elsewhere). But a friend had their Asian wings and loved them!
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Stopped in for a quick drink on a wed. night with a friend of mine. The bartenders were very fun. I was giving my friend grief because she didn't want a second beer (I wanted to stay out, she had to work the next day) and the guy behind the counter found her a "mini-guinness" glass (which ended up being about a half a beer) to poor for her.
We both thought it was pretty funny and the guy made sure we had a good time.
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What a great place to warm up and enjoy a beer on a chilly Sunday night! Stopped here after seeing a movie at Century Cinema since we were actually able to score a parking spot nearby. Great selection of beers, especially the Belgians! Sundays they have half price beer specials. Wings were 25 cents a piece. They went great with the cold beers. For $18 we had two beers a piece and a dozen bbq and asian wings (asian were not as tasty) but wings were very crispy and hot out of the fryer. Bartender was knowledgeable about the beer choices and was helpful without being intrusive.
I'm sure the atmosphere would be very different during Cubs season but I wouldn't be in Wrigleyville then anyway (go Sox!)
BEST SELECTION OF IMPORT AND DOMESTIC MACRO BREW BEER IN WRIGLEYVILLE. ive been going since they opened up on the first day and got hooked, they have almost every type of unibroue beer straight from montreal canada. my fav! try the maudite on tap and la fin du monde in a bottle.
good job guys.
The only good thing about this place is the beer garden...beautiful! Other than that, food sucks, service is ok and yes, they have a decent selection of beer, but that's not enough
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I like their beer list and the lack of douche bags... probably why it won't last a year.
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I went to this bar recently and had high expectations for the place. I had heard that they had a very large list of beers and wanted to try some of them out. It was not crowded at all being that its a new place, which didn't bother me a bit.
However, my waitress didn't name any of the numerous beers that they serve. Additionally, they did not have a menu for food because the place just opened. She then named each of the menu options to my GF and I. Yet, she Mentioned Mac and Cheese, when in reality it was Mac and cheese bites. Huge, disappointment when the food arrives and its bites instead of Mac and Cheese. The chicken wings I ordered were not seasoned or sauced in any particular way and had a not very good blue cheese paired with them.
Food Rating - F
Service - D
Beer List - A (or I think but wouldn't know)
I hope the bar is able to get it together because the beer garden and its private cabana's appeared to be a good place to have a birthday party and drinks. The bar is pretty tiny and needs to juice up its service and food in order to survive once summer is over.
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