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Twisted Spoke

501 N Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL | Map it  

60622 41.891200 -87.658700

(312) 666-1500

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Features

Neighborhoods:
West Side, Goose Island
Price:
$
Cuisine:
Californian, Traditional American, Hamburgers
Categories:
Barbecue Restaurants, Restaurants

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Restaurant Special Features:
Cheap Eats, Dine At The Bar, Group Dining, People Watching, Local Favorite, Outdoor Dining, Late Night Dining, Brunch, Happy Hour, Romantic Dining
General Info:
Open 7 Days
Payment Methods:
MasterCard, Visa, American Express

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Review Highlights

ambiance
83%
“Good parking and good service!”
drinks
50%
“This is my favorite place to sit outside and drink a spicy red bloody mary.”
food quality
69%
“good food im over 60 years old and i loved it the atmosphere was so fun!”
overall
100%
“All in all, a great place for a burger and when you come in, ask for Ray Ray.”
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return potential
100%
“The patio is nice, some of the staff is attentive, but I will never return after my last experience.”
service
50%
“Wait staff with attitudes as big as their tattoos, close-minded ownership and lousy food - why bother!”
value
40%
“Definitely worth it and a great price!”
wait time
0%
“The service can be a bit slow during the busier times and waiting on a Saturday or Sunday morning brunch can be pretty long.” View Less

Reviews for Twisted Spoke

1035kissfm

Member since Apr, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
5.0
April 19, 2010

Best of Chi!!!!!. Twisted Spoke was voted Best Beer Garden / Patio Hang Out in Chicago! Check out what else was voted the Best of Chi-Town with 1035 KISS FM! Check out the 1035 KISS FM Website for DreX's Best of Chi!!!

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RRRRRD

Member since Jun, 2009 View Profile
1Review
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Joined 3 years ago
1.0
June 20, 2009

TERRIBLE SERVICE!. HORRIBLE, ABYSMAL SERVICE! Arrived at 9:30AM, ordered steak/eggs & chilla-killas (chilequiles) & coffee. By 10:15AM all we had been served was the coffee, no sign of our breakfast. People that had been seated after us were already finishing THEIR food. Asked for the check and they had the nerve to charge me $5.73 for two cups of coffee; no apology for the horrendous service, no offer to comp the coffee, no attempt to make amends. Totally spoiled my Saturday morning, avoid this dump! Left one star because I couldn't leave LESS.

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JackMeoff

Member since Mar, 2009 View Profile
2Reviews
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Joined 3 years ago
1.0
March 23, 2009

HORRIBLE. This is simply one of the most horrible restaurants that I've ever been to. The service is absolutely sub par. If I wanted to hang out with a bunch of phoney suburban-grown "punks rockers" (notice the quotes), I'd go to Schaumburg and eat at the food court-it's very obvious that this place recruits its staff from there.

After a long wait (and there wasn't more than 3 other tables occupied), my burger arrived late and cold. Yet, for some odd reason, my fries were hot. The food was barely edible, and not just because the burger was cold. You can get a MUCH better burger elsewhere for quite a bit less.

They do have a decent beer selection, but what place doesn't nowadays? The patio was nice, but would have been a more pleasant place to eat if it weren't so damned filthy.

Overall, I will never be back to this phoney theme park. The service is horrible, the food isn't even average and both drinks and grub are terribly overpriced....horrible, horrible, horrible.

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misschristian

Member since Aug, 2008 View Profile
1Review
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Joined 4 years ago
1.0
August 03, 2008

rude management, poor service. I have been here many times and always wonder why I come back each time I do. The patio is nice, some of the staff is attentive, but I will never return after my last experience. My friends and I went to brunch and it was busy. I have worked brunches and they are tough. The place was dirty, under staffed, there was no method or organization. We had no silverware, when we asked for it (5 minutes after our food arrived), they said they had to wash it.

The coffee and food was cold, food came before drinks, when I spoke to the manager, he yelled at me and told me we seated ourselves. This was not true, the host brought us to a table by the bar.

We were charged full price for cold food and the rudest service I have ever received.

I suggest the Breakfast Club or Flo for Brunch in the neighborhood. As for a patio, Cafe Fresco's is lovely and they don't give any attitude.

Twisted Spoke is a disappointment.

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PattyOfurniture

Member since Apr, 2008 View Profile
3Reviews
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Joined 4 years ago
1.0
April 30, 2008

Horrible at best........ The burgers are mediocre at best. The service is decent enough, but I can't get over how pretentious these wanna be bad-asses are. I guess it keeps with the clientele who think that wearing fingerless gloves and bandannas makes them bikers. There's no bikers here. Lots of frat boys with their hats turned backwards, though. I saw one guy pull up on a bike, and the manager ran outside to shoo him away from parking near the door (how stupid is that). This place was decent when it first opened (I lived in the area before relocating to San Francisco) but it's really gone downhill. The bloody marys here come with some sort of meat salad thrown in and are absolutely undrinkable. They should concentrate more on the poor food than gimmicky concoctions that'll be sure to give you heartburn. I wouldn't recommend this awful place to my worst enemy.

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