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Sunday, July 10, 2022Square Roots Streets Festival Returns to Lincoln Square This Weekend
by Nina Florez / NBC-5 Chicago / July 8, 2022 The 10th annual Square Roots Street Festival is back in person this weekend in Lincoln Square after a three year hiatus because of the pandemic. It will showcase over 12 breweries featuring 40 different craft beers from all over the Lincoln Square and the Chicagoland region along with dozens of bands, vendors, favorite local restaurants and breweries. Executive Director of the Lincoln Square/Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce Rudy Flores said this is an important
Thursday, June 23, 2022Beer till you say ‘Stop!’: Dovetail’s kolsch service returns, and other Chicago breweries are following suit
by Josh Noel / Chicago Tribune / June 23, 2022 The rules of kolsch serving are simple. Take a seat. A nice, cool kolsch beer will arrive in a 200-milliliter glass. (That’s a scant 6.7 ounces.) Your server will ink a small slash on your coaster. Drink the beer. Another will arrive. Your server will add another slash to your coaster. And so on. Don’t bother ordering anything. Certainly don’t try to order anything other than kolsch. The beers will keep coming until you say “stop,” in the form of placing
Tuesday, May 31, 2022Mayfestiversary Brings Beer, Sausage And Kriek Slushies To Ravenswood This Weekend
by Alex V. Hernandez / Block Club Chicago / May 27, 2022 Proceeds from the event benefit The Friendship Center food pantry in Lincoln Square. RAVENSWOOD — After going virtual for the past two years, Mayfestiversary will return to Ravenswood this weekend. The festival runs 12-10 p.m. Saturday and 12-9 p.m. Sunday at the corner of Ravenswood and Belle Plaine avenues. The festival is free to attend with a $5 suggested donation to benefit The Friendship Center food pantry, 2711 W. Lawrence Ave. “Food
Tuesday, May 31, 2022Mayfestiversary returns to Ravenswood
by Marcella Raymond / WGN-9 Chicago / May 29, 2022 CHICAGO — Cold beers on a hot day are on the menu at Mayfestiversary, which has returned to Ravenswood for the first time in two years. Dovetail and Begyle breweries are offering 40 beers on tap at the fest, with options for beer drinkers of every palate. The proceeds from the fest are for a good cause, as Mayfestiversary has raised over $1 million since 2018 for the Lincoln Square food pantry. Watch HERE
Friday, April 08, 2022Chicago's Best Brewery Tasting Rooms
by Ashok Selvam / Eater Chicago / April 5, 2022 Where to drink craft beer straight from the source. Chicago’s craft beer industry continues to grow, even in the face of hard seltzer, and many local breweries offer spacious taprooms that provide the ideal backdrop for group hangs, a friendly space for families with young children, and a place to offer experimental brews. This list is limited to breweries within the city limits without full kitchens and food menus. Customers at these taprooms rely on
Friday, February 18, 2022Lincoln Square Ravenswood Winter Brew This Weekend
by WGN-TV Daytime Chicago / February 18, 2022 t’s the 10th anniversary of Lincoln Square Ravenswood’s Winter Brew Fest. They’ve got something for everyone with more than more than 40 styles of craft brews. Here with the details and a preview of Feb 19 and 20 with owner Carly Katz of Bottles and Cans and Hagen Dost, owner of Dovetail Brewery. Watch HERE
Thursday, February 17, 2022Lincoln Square’s Winter Brew Event Moves Outside For First Time This Weekend
by Alex V. Hernandez / Block Club Chicago / February 16, 2022 Lincoln Square’s Winter Brew Event Moves Outside For First Time This Weekend LINCOLN SQUARE — Lincoln Square’s annual Winter Brew event will be held outside for the first time this weekend. Now in its 10th year, the festival will kick off noon Saturday on Lincoln Avenue between Eastwood and Wilson avenues. Presale tickets cost $5 and are available online. Tickets will cost $7 at the gate. Beers will cost $7-$12. Some of the featured
