a number of your typical Goose Island taps with two guest taps. pre-game it’s PACKED with baseball fans, as expected. no biggies. still worth a stop as most other bars in Wrigleyville are a waste of time.

May 2010. Damn, it was cold in Chicago on the May Saturday afternoon I dropped by .. what a warm respite! Right next door to Wrigley, I’m sure this place is mobbed on game day. Goose Island always has quality selections, and the food here was delish. And the servers were hot, too. What’s not to like. Brewery #512.

Certainly the inferior of thw two Goose island with a couple of beers less and all the others being offered at Clybourne. Also, it was particularly packed with Cubs fans and that’s not a crowd I especially enjoy. We could not get a seat on a wednesday. I’d come back only if Clybourne closes down - and then I would definitely come back from the awesome beer.

Very friendly place, and a nice place to walk about in daytime. The girls do not know their beers, and the beers are decent but not cutting edge. A few decent bottles. Prices very reasonable. Long bar, lots of tables.

Fairly neat building right across the street from Wriggley Field. The building is typical of the location but attended to well. Had around 12 taps plus 4 bottle selections. Food is typical brew pub fare, nothing special.

Stopped in before a Cubs game. Had 4 beers all were average. Had pretzels and Mini-burgers which were both good but expensive. Had Sofie and BCS on tap but everything else was average at best. No reason to come here instead of Clybourn unless you are going to a Cubs game.

Visited before a Cubs game. Didn’t eat, but did sample a number of beers. Kind of crowded, and the selection isn’t as extensive as the Clybourn location, but still - Goose Island beer in the shadow of Wrigley Field - not a bad thing.

I’ve never been to the Clybourn location, but this one is on a very busy block of Clark in Wrigleyville and still manages a nice atmosphere. About a dozen taps but not all were active when I went there, which meant they were short on the seasonals and harder-to-find GI brews. That was disappointing but hopefully next time this will be rectified. They also have a few other bottles of stuff that might not be on tap at the time. The food is relatively usual brewpub fare in terms of the menu, but is better quality than that in most other pubs. I was pleased with the buffalo chicken sandwich and the burgers looked good, too. Not the greatest brewpub out there, but if you’re in Chicago for a few days and hitting all the big spots, one of the Goose Island brewpubs deserves a visit.

I went her before a Cubs game. I’ve been to the LP local, which I prefer. The wrig locale is much bigger which is nice, but a little too much going on. The staff did not seem as knowledagle as the primary, a little disappointed in there suggestions. All upset they ran out of two beers and did not quickly replace them. At the primary when that happened I remember getting a new menu right away. The selection of beer was ok, nothing special. They had most of the GI staples only a 2 or 3 special beers and none of which were great. I understand this is different crowd then at the primary but its for sure a lessor experience. If you want GI go to the primary, if you’re drinking before the Cubs game, its ok.

Stopped in on a Saturday night a few weeks after regular season had ended since we knew the Cubs would not be playing (heh). Was a bit empty- surprisingly low for that time of night. The barmaid was quite nice and friendly. Beers were good with some nice, non-distrubuted to my area, beers pouring. Can’t say I was blown away by any of it but it was a nice space and if you are a GI fan then it wwould be a real enjoyable place to visit. I would ocme back if in the area again but only if I had the time and there weren’t other places I wanted to go.