Bridge House Tavern, Chicago, Illinois Restaurant Details

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Having flown into town earlier in the day I was a little tired, but excited to have a beer, some cocktails, some decent food and watch SNF.

I know BHT is known for their view and that by me coming at night I lost out in that amenity, I didn’t care that much. I was cold, tired and needed liquid decompression.

I was interested in their Beer & Whiskey selection. $10 Bubblin Dublin had champagne, ginger beer and 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey, not bad, but everything else was well squash like Hendricks. And no a Sazerac does not use Buffalo Trace (as much as I love BT).

A solid selection of scotch’s, all a decent prices. No Lagavulin, really? I chose 14 year Caribbean cask Balvenie and Ri because although I’m a bourbon man, many of their whiskies were out of touch . How is Eagle Rare and Four roses and Blantons $12, but basil Haydens and Laphroaig $10? Each neat and in a lowball.

Décor is really quite nice, comfortable, relaxed, but classy. Both private and semi private indoor and outdoor areas. Staff is nice and not overbearing the way some regions can me. I came to Chicago for a good steak later in the week and didn’t want to overdo it on the meats so I went light. Mussels, tavern fries, avo rolls. I was half expecting something like BJ’s avo rolls, but these were a little more thought out, but slightly less consistently executed. Still very good, just messy and not dense. Fries were good, but I stuck with the béarnaise as a mother sauce is better than any bacon aioli or ketchup you can come up with. Mussels were quite large, though not shareable for me. Loved the saffron sauce, thought about ordering a side of rice to sop it up as the baguette was not enough. An excellent dish. Soft Pretzels

Great crowd was a good mix of casual, business, sports fans, younger crowd. Bartenders were good, but less than friendly. I can imagine this place is popping in the summer with the view right on the river.

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Great selection of Bourbon, and excellent service from our waiter Tony. We ordered a bunch of appetizers ("shareables" as they call them) and everything was delicious. Excellent view of the river, and very nice ambience!

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The food was huge portions and delicious, the atmosphere was great. We were here for an engagement party. Katie was our waitress she was great. The owner got us free shots for the party ($150 worth ) . view was great

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The location is great and the prices are reasonable. I had a bloody mary and we also ordered ceviche - both were delicious!

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I visited for the first time today. Service was outstanding. Food was even better. Had the vegetable pate with creme fresh. That was to dye for. The rest of the lunch was as good. We will be back.