Cortland's Garage

Cortland's Garage is a friendly neighborhood bar in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood. The beer is cold. The drinks are strong. The burgers are killer. The staff is hot (and friendly, what a combination!) Plus, Cortland's Garage has the best customers! Come be one!

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  • Phone

    (847) 942-1364

  • Website

    cortlandsgarage.com

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  • Type

    Bar

Address

1645 W Cortland St (btwn Marshfield Ave & Paulina St) Chicago , IL 60622 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express)
Outdoor Seating Yes
TouchTunes Jukebox Yes
Drinks Beer, Wine, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 63


Keywords:

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Mike

My favorite bar in Bucktown. It's THE place to catch a Marquette game. Awesome beer list , good food, and $5 make-your-own Bloodies on the weekend. A block away from the 606.

David Geary

Voted best place in Bucktown by me to eat tasty burgers and watch the Chicago Blackhawks make big plays. The two best items on the menu are the 18th Street burger and Vanilla Bean French Toast .

Alex Muench

Burgers are amazing! Get the Merkts cheddar cheese on it, it's the best! Also, if you come in on a Monday, burgers are 5 bucks and all beers are a dollar off. Definitely give this place a visit

Tara

Ridiculous burgers . 18th Street is topped with carne asada , Taylor Street is topped with a deep fried Parmesan crusted hard boiled egg . Several different fry choices too. Always impressed by the food!

Heather Folsom

You really can't go wrong with any of the food here. Half price wine bottles, salads , & appetizers on Tuesdays!

Kate Thompson

We have ESPN Game Plan & NFL Sunday Ticket . We always play sound for our fave teams (bears, iowa). We have 14 tvs so if you arrive early, we will take requests for the tvs . Watch your fave team here!!

Kate Thompson

Along with our $5 burgers tonight we also have Live Trivia . $25 gift certificates go to the winning teams(s). $25 can go a long way with $5 burgers & $3 beers . Come test your smarts..it could pay off!

Global Highlander

The BBQ Chicken Salad is huge, the bar is a Blackhawks bar with audio, and they play loud and annoying music on commercials ????.

Kate Thompson

Every Wednesday (and only one Wednesdays) we serve baby back ribs slow cooked in our homemade Chipotle BBQ sauce with coleslaw and a side of your choosing. They're delish. Come try them.

Kate Thompson

Tonight's Deals: Buy 1 Get 1 Appetizers from 2-6pm AND $20 gets you 2 burgers (your street) and 2 beers (anything by Miller) from 4-11pm. Stop in, check in, eat, drink, save money.

Kate Thompson

New Menu items available now! Try: the Paulina St. burger with cheese fries (or garlic or truffle fries ), 4 new chicken sandwiches , pulled pork sandwich ....so much to try!! Get started today!

Joey Nowak

Delicious burgers . And the $5 build your own Bloody Mary deal is hard to beat in Chicago

Evelyn Feliciano

Holy freakin burger ! Best burger I've had in a long time. Monday night trivia and $5 burger special ...we shall return!

Kim

Super busy on a Monday night when there's trivia , $5 burgers , and a Bulls game. We had a long wait , but the staff was really great.

Matt Kennedy

Decent craft beer list and the Cortland Street burger was delicious, although a bit of a mouthful.

Andy Perez

Great burgers . Great service. The Ranchero burger has carne asada on top of the patty. Order it.

Liz Lemon

best burgers ever, and the trivia on Monday nights is actually doable, did it alone and got a decent amount right

Morgan Grimes

???????????????????? wings !! Buffalo wings are so good , would travel miles to eat them !

Jaclyn Ortiz

Can't go wrong with the Cortland or Taylor street burger . Worth the steep price for one of Chicago's best burger

Zach Smith

Really enjoyed this small sports bar nestled in more chicagos unknown areas.

Daniela Vinesar

The Cortland Burger is amazing! Great beer selection !

Pranas Naujokaitis

Still have $5 burgers on Monday, but apparently they no longer come with fries . Huge bummer. Still a great burger , just not AS good a deal as it used to be. Can't blame them though.

George Dozier

Try the Cortland!!! One of the best burgers I've ever tasted!!

Glen Veed

The Crab and Roasted Artichoke Dip might be the best thing that I've ever eaten! :)

Bob DeGraff

Nice place. Good drinks. Inattentive bar service .

Natalie Gubman

Don't bother paying to play good music like Phish here, because they reserve the right to skip songs. Cool bros!

Dragos Stancu

Great place to etch the Hawks. Decent food too.

Andy Dreyer

Monday: $5 burger and fries , best value in the city !

Oscar Guevara

The food was great as well as the service.

Jade Noelle

That Vanilla Bean French Toast is digustingly amazing! Probably the best breakfast/brunch plate I've ever had.

Steve

$10 margarita pitchers on Thursdays.

Natalie Gubman

Don't use touch tunes here. Unless it's Flux or Skrillex they will skip your song. Drop the bro hammer.

Corey McFarland

Tonight come and enjoy some great stand up and 20 dollars in the back gets you an open bar for 2 hours

Jennifer Hirsh

the bbq chicken salad is HUGE and more than enough to share. Tuesdays are half-price appetizer and salad night

Rebekah Graham

really really good!

Rubayat Zahir

Great Place to Eat

Rubayat Zahir

Some of the food is amazing looking!

Julia Barrott

Best veggie burger in the city !

cohave w

love this place!

Na Young Lee

awesome burger

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boyce kun

very nice..........

Matthew J Bettes

The burgers here are outstanding

Ole Voron

love deals on Monday;)

Rebekah Graham

amazing!!!!

Tony Campagnolo

The BUSCH LIGHT tallboys are excellent

Joe Baez

18th street burger

Manbque

Good place to watch the game. Does get packed though.

antoine Jeffs

good.........

Levi Shultz

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