A short fuse and a close call…read more After Emily and I checked in to our hotel room, we wanted to stretch our legs and see if there was anything nearby for some beer and some food. Turns out, Short Fuse was right up the road and a 5 minute walk got us there. For a Sunday, it wasn't too busy but not dead, so we got seated right away. We ordered some beer and took a look at the menu. While nothing really struck our fancy, our waitress made a comment that if we did want any food, it might be slim pickings as they were running out of stuff. Turns out, this day was the last day they were open. Talk about timing! After she mentioned that, I started to notice that people were buying bar signs and various other things. Emily started off with a Guava Gose and I grabbed a Krankshaft kolsch. We sampled each other beers and we both really liked what the other ordered. I don't really know what a gose is but, damn, was that good! I've had Krankshaft before so I knew what I was getting myself in to. We ended up ordering a second round of the same beers and let each other sample the other's beer a little more liberally this time. While we were kind of hungry, nothing on the menu really struck our fancy, especially considering they might've been out of it. Room service took care of those hunger pangs later after a few more beers in the hotel bar. Online reviews for this place seemed hit and miss but I really enjoyed my time there and really enjoyed the artwork on the walls and the vibe of the place. We did contemplate buying some bar signs on our way out but declined as we don't know what we would exactly do with them. It sucks to see a small business close but they did say they may try to open up a new place in a new location in the future.

I sat at the bar and it took almost 20 minutes to get served. There were only two ladies working…read morethe front so I was patient. I ended up getting a flight of 7 and my favorite was the Bear-ie White. Plenty of parking. There was food available but I did not order. Big space which was nice.

very friendly people very friendly atmosphere…read morenew place to be will be recommended to all

4++ this brewery is located in kind of an industrial area out in the suburbs of Chicago. I paid a…read morevisit here when I was in town for a beer festival going on in the area. Prior to my visit, I've had their beers at shares and festivals. Lots of solid beers or had. When I was in town, they had a limited release which I came for. The line system was pretty organized and they gave us ponchos for the rain which I thought was really great. After my purchase, I stuck around for a few more beers. I really like the music theme or motif they have going on here.

This is my NW side hangout. A club house and a refuge…read more Always a good time. It closes in few days, it's the community's loss. Thanks, guys.

1st timer here! Cool place, great staff & awesome beer! I highly recommend this please! I'll…read moredefinitely come back!

Garage looking type of brewery in Niles in some industrial type of building. It seems there's a lot…read moreof these, but this is among the good ones. Une Annee is one of the reasons to go to this pretty boring looking suburb. Hit up the bar for some cold ones plus on site made food. The prices aren't bad for craft beers and kitchens. A pretty impressive looking building. It's big and can fit hundreds. This is like a massive garage with a bar and a kitchen. First though it's a brewery. It's about $6 a pint. The one I liked the most was the Twist Of Wit. It's a wheat beer with Cara Cara oranges, coriander, and Meyer lemon. Tasted fruity but not too much. Also we got some food, which was actually good for a brewery. Vegan options are limited but there's a few. It's $6 for the Veggie Chili. This is vegan without the sour cream sauce. Also there's barbecue. There's pork belly and that kind of stuff. Beers are the best things to get here. It also has food from an on site kitchen. There's meaty options like pork and there's chili for vegetarians.

I've been coming here for years and have always enjoyed the food + beers. You can't go wrong with…read moreany of their bbq offerings and the additions of tavern style pizzas to the menu was a pleasant surprise. The wait staff has always been friendly and the kitchen staff really churns out consistently delicious options. Food You can never go wrong with the brisket and all of their sandwiches we've tried have a great smoky flavor. The pizzas are the kind you want while drinking a beer and watching a game; light, but great toppings options, including various bbq if you want something a bit more substantial. The topped mac & cheese is great too, and my partner & I both love the chili. Drinks Murder Hornet is the kind of summer beer you want on a hot day. Their rotation of flavors, such as blackberry, passion fruit, mango, etc, are a lovely, crisp option when you're looking for a lighter beer. Their stouts do not disappoint either, with flavors ranging from vanilla to hot pepper, each one provides a unique twist to my favorite style of beer. And they have most of their beers in to go packs and available in flights, making it very convenient to try all the styles. The Staff I can't speak highly enough about my experience with both the wait and kitchen staff. You do all of your ordering through QR codes on the table, but that doesn't stop the folks serving you food and drink from being extremely friendly and welcoming. They are all very down to earth and quick to help if you need anything. The kitchen staff are truly the magicians. The food is always so consistent and I honeslty don't know how they put together some of these meals so quickly, but keep them looking so presentable. The Bad Tonight was the first time I was truly disappointed in Une Année as a business. During dinner right after the soccer match finished, a member of the staff (or maybe an owner?) came in yelling at the kitchen staff, and I mean screaming, in front of all the indoor customers. Although we were unsure what he was saying, the contents of his tantrum were not important. It is NEVER acceptable to treat any staff member that way, in front of customers or not, and multiple times throughout the night. The kitchen staff did not raise their voice, except one time to ask this man to stop yelling at them. Several of the kitchen staff seemed to have walked out from the abuse by the time we paid up and left, and rightly so. Even as they were leaving, he was still taking jabs at them. I'm extremely bummed that I will likely not be returning after years of patronage as I feel gross supporting a business that is willing to be so disrespectful towards their staff.

I recently visited for my friends wedding and the location was so beautiful. There is ample parking…read morespace to the side of the building and seating both inside and outside. The staff is very friendly and helpful and the sherry cider was decent.

Very cool, chill spot. Yes it has a patio similar to the one in Dallas and Austin has. So if your…read morefrom Texas and your missing a bit of home. This patio is the spot. Sorta similar to Katy ice house in Plano mix with Manhattan Project in Oakcliff, but not all of it. Staff is super friendly. There is alcohol, alcoholic and non-alcoholic.. also, there is a taco truck out if you want to get food. Every Tuesday evening at 6pm there is a run and walk group. Cool people and very friendly.

The food was okay but good service and great beer makes up for it…read more The French Dip was passable but the Kupfer Amber ale washed it all down very well. The los Pollos lager was a great finishing touch.

We visited on Father's Day and had a nice overall experience, largely because of the service…read more Everyone we interacted with was friendly, attentive, and helpful throughout the meal. The food was okay but did not really stand out. The cheese curd portion felt a little small, and the burger was fine but not particularly memorable. One thing that was hard to overlook was the strong air freshener scent when walking in. The same smell was in the bathrooms so it was just a bit off putting. I personally do not love that in a restaurant setting since it can compete with the smell of the food. Beer was also good! Overall, the service was the highlight of our visit. While the food did not wow us, we still had a pleasant experience.

Emerson's Ale House has one enormous advantage over half the restaurants in the northwest suburbs:…read more You can sit outside without feeling like you've been sentenced to a patio behind a dumpster. The outdoor seating is genuinely great. Comfortable, open, lively, and full of enough attractive people to send the P.O.A. Index into encouraging territory. This is not a place where you sit down, stare at your phone, and contemplate mortality. There's scenery. Then Alex showed up. Alex brought me an iced tea. With a lemon. A lemon. Do you understand how rare this is now? Restaurants have all decided that iced tea should arrive naked, joyless, and unaccompanied, like it just lost a custody battle. Alex, however, understood civilization. She brought the lemon. At that moment, I decided we were getting married. I don't know her political views, credit score, family history, or whether she even likes me. None of that matters. She brought the lemon without being asked. That's wifey material. The menu is a little more yuppie than I normally tolerate. Hot honey this, roasted garlic aioli that, truffle fries lurking around the corner waiting to add seven dollars to your bill. There are enough sauces and modifiers on this menu to make a simple man feel like he accidentally enrolled in culinary graduate school. But here's the irritating part: The food is actually good. The burgers are solid. The sandwiches make sense. The prices are reasonable enough that you don't feel like somebody mugged you with a brioche bun. Even the slightly over-engineered stuff mostly works. That puts Emerson's in a rare category: a place that flirts with yuppie bulls$&@ without disappearing completely up its own @55. Good food. Fair prices. Excellent patio. Strong P.O.A. Index. And Alex brought the lemon. Five stars. I'll be back as soon as I can find out where we're registered.

I have been to this location twice with high hopes and been disappointed both times. The first time…read morewe dined in and we got our appetizers after our main meal and we had to remind the server multiple times what we ordered. There was no sense of urgency from the staff and kept walking by us knowing we had waited quite long for our food. This time I ordered to go and the order was supposed to be ready in 15 minutes. I waited over 30 for my order and it came out wrong so they had to renamed a plain burger. I want to support some business s but I feel like there's this lack of care from the staff and as if customers are annoying the servers. Many teams come here after games but we will be seeking food elsewhere.

In the world of breweries, this is as good as it gets! You want it to be casual, approachable, and…read morefriendly. CHECK! You want it to be open when you want to visit. They have a daytime area (The Steeple) and a nighttime area (The Biergarten). One is air conditioned / fully indoor while the other is more outdoor, production area vibes. CHECK! Many breweries aren't big enough to offer food. Not an issue here! They have a nice menu and I really liked the BBQ chicken flatbread (perfect size for two). They have close to two dozen beers, seltzers, etc. and out of the 10 we had, they were all pretty darn good. The maibock was our favorite! Be sure to give yourself plenty of time here, you won't want it to be a quick visit. Live music, trivia, etc. offered - check their socials for more info. Thanks to Amanda and Corey for a great reintroduction to Church Street after not visiting for a few years! We can't wait to come back and try more from your beer and food menus. P.S. Yelp found a bunch of photos from our last visit before this one...circa 2019! Holy Water isn't green anymore...

Happy New Year 2026! My first review of this year. Cheers!…read more Church Street is a spacious, but intimate feeling brewery with a relaxed vibe, tucked away in an Industrial area of Itasca. The on-site parking lot is quite small, but other business lots and street parking is available nearby, especially during events. I tried a sample of their light pilsner and purchased a 12 ounce prickly pear sour. It had a unique flavor to it and wasn't too tart or sour, as I find some to be. I would like to return and try the cranberry sour and German, dry pilsner. Perhaps after "Dry January!" (Hello Mocktails). I did not order any food but I do plan to return and would like to try some of their menu items. I enjoyed sitting at the bar with others and our server was delightful. I have also had their wheat beers which are tasty. Inside the brewery there is a cozy feel and the singing cook in the kitchen was fun to listen to, as he had a nice voice. Check out their fun fan merch for sale too. Happy "Brew Year" all!

This casual neighborhood watering hole is great for families and celebrations. The warm Thursday…read moreevening of our group's visit was perfect for dining on the patio. Indoors, the presence of a deejay made conversation a challenge, but a live singer/guitarist provided mellow background music for alfresco diners. The extensive list of beers on tap includes several selections brewed in-house. 4 oz. pours ($2.50) give hopheads plenty of latitude to create their own flight. On Thursdays, Red Barn drafts are $5. I enjoyed their Big Red Tractor IPA, a hearty thirst-quencher. Admittedly, the chow - heavy on American comfort foods, deep-fried or whatever - doesn't rival Michelin-starred eateries, but we enjoyed everything we ordered. For the health-conscious, the menu lists 7 entrée-size salads. Generous portions of food are served BBQ-shack style on paper-lined trays. We shared a fried green beans app (it was a bit heavy on the breading). Another Thursday deal that draws crowds is half-priced 16" pizzas. We weren't planning to order pizza, but how could we pass up their above-average tavern-style pizza with toppings for $14? Also earning enthusiastic thumbs-ups from our group were BBQ (pulled pork) quesadillas, various burger permutations including sliders, fish & chips, and a fried chicken sandwich. We waited long for our food to arrive, but our orders were accurate and everything was served at the right temperature.

The service was very good. I don't know what happened to…read morethis place, it used to be our go to when traveling through Mount Prospect. The food was awful. I ordered the "kick ass grilled cheese with bacon" and the bacon was so rancid and fatty and undercooked that I gagged and choked on it! My husband ordered a club sandwich and it came with no mayonnaise and the sandwich or on the side. The waffle fries tasted like the grease they were cooked in was old. I ordered a Long Island iced tea, and I could not even drink it, there must've been a half a bottle of gin in the drink. There was no way anybody could stomach that amount of liquor. Unfortunately, we will never be back.

Service great!…read more Ambiance great (music and vibe) Beer was all good we loved the pilsner Food was bomb pretzels and cheese dip ... chicken appetizers so good and the apple Cole slaw was a perfect meal

A lot of times nowadays you come to breweries not just for the beer but for something to eat. This…read moreis one of those places. Beer is VERY GOOD and food is VERY GOOD! The only bummer was that they did not have any dark beers which is one of our favorites. We went with a lager and a marzen. As dark as we could get but still very good. The food side had quite the variety. We went with a lot of appetizers & a beet salad. We also had a cup of apple slaw (delicious) and a cup of Tuscan Kale & Asparagus (VERY delicious) and then a pleasurable unexpected bonus of potato pierogis. (SOO VERY delicious). Our waitress, Xiomara was extremely nice and always smiling! Although Xiomara was pretty busy and she forgot about the pierogis. She was very kind to not charge us for them. Greatly appreicated. We sat by the bar which was nice with a lot of natural daylight but the place is quite big with different rooms each with their own vibe.