Tiny Tavern

Famous For: Making great craft cocktails and featuring a comfort food menu in a pub-style location.

Founded By: Owners of Tiny Lounge in Ravenswood, a local favorite.

Fun Foodie Facts:

• Nearly half of the drafts come from local, Chicago breweries.
• We know Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey, but what are curds exactly?
  • To make cheese, milk is pasteurized and cooked until the whey separates from the curd. Then the curd is put into a mold and pressed to create a wheel or block of cheese.
  • Any curd that doesn’t make it into the mold are “cheese curds,” the by-product of cheese making, and are a snack unto themselves.
• Wisconsin is the leading producer of cheese in the United States, with much of Wisconsin’s cheese made at small, family-owned and operated cheese factories.
• Cheese making began in Wisconsin around 1840, when word of Wisconsin’s rich farmland spread throughout Europe and the United States.
• By 1922, there were more than 2,800 cheese factories in the state. Wisconsin produces over 2 billion pounds of cheese per year, and it’s cheese is considered among the best in the world.

Learn how to make your own cheese curds:

Our Recos:

• Come back and enjoy, the Big Sounds at Tiny Tavern jazz event that is held regularly featuring up and coming artists in the Chicago Jazz scene.  
• 21 and over? Taste The Subourbon (old forester bourbon, averna amaro, solerno blood orange liqueur, lemon juice, topped with ginger beer, orange bitters) – perfect to sip on and enjoy jazz!