Twisted Spoke
Chicago, IL 60622-6422
Phone: (312) 666-1500
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Grand Avenue
- Directions:
- Bus: 65 to Ogden Ave
- Best of Citysearch:
- Bloody Mary 2007, Bloody Mary 2004
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 11am-2am, Sat 9am-3am, Sun 9am-2am
Editorial Review for Twisted Spoke – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
Helmets, license plates and photos of locals and their beloved bikes adorn the walls. The crowd is a friendly mix of tattooed punks and River West yuppies. The menu includes barbecue, meat loaf, jalapeno poppers and the 1/2-pound Fatboy. For Saturday and Sunday brunch, there's French toast, banana-buckwheat pancakes, corned beef hash and the Road Rash Mary--a hot, spicy bloody mary accompanied by a beer chaser.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThough the Spoke gets rowdy in the evenings, it hosts a family-friendly crowd at weekend brunch and lunch.
Where to SitThe rooftop deck is a great place to hang out--but don't expect quiet, as trucks frequently rumble by on Ogden Avenue.
The ExtrasSaturdays at midnight, it's "Smut 'n Eggs," featuring the breakfast menu and bad '70s porn.
Save MoneyOn Tuesdays, most beers--domestic and import, draft and bottled--are just $2.50
User Reviews for Twisted Spoke
04/30/2008 Posted by PattyOfurniture
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.
Pros: there's much better places to eat nearby
Cons: just about everything here
09/10/2007 Posted by riverwestie
Went to this place on a Sunday for Brunch. Service was mediocre at best, food was good until three of the four people in our party noticed there was HAIR IN OUR FOOD. We tried to blame it on the fact that we were sitting on the roof top deck and it must have blown into to 75% of our meals. Will not go to again. I gave it two stars soley because I want to believe had we sat inside there would have not been any hair in our food.
Pros: Nice roof top deck, good drinks, food when it is hairless
Cons: service, hair in food, pretentious attitudes
