Small bar on division

This past Sunday after the Bears pulled a win out of their hat, the family decided to go out to celebrate---and avoid shopping, dishes etc. We thought about the Hofbrauhaus in Rosemont, but went the other direction down Division to Small Bar. We had never heard of the place until coming upon a link on a website and thought why not.

Mrs. Johnnies and Johnnies Jr. enjoyed their appetizers of Scotch egg, pumpkin seeds and drop biscuits. The biscuits were in my opinion the best--cheesy, buttery, well baked and a generous portion for $6.

Moving on, we all enjoyed our entrees. I had the garlic sausage dish plopped on a cornbread base. Not doing injustice, but so tasty and absolutely hitting the spot on a Rainey Chicago evening.

Mrs. Had the veg tart which she thoroughly enjoyed. Jr. filled his appetite with a tower of burger including bacon, cheese and a fried egg. Sure, it is done all over town, but Small Bar's was definitely a competitor in this arena.

We washed it all down with a couple glasses of Zin, Green Flash La Freak (beer) and Jr's Sprite.

Finished off with Pot De Creme and a delicious slice of cheesecake, cheerfully comped by our super friendly waitress.

Overall experience was comfortable and delicious. We came in with now expectations and were very pleasantly surprised. We will be back. I think our experience benefited from the fact that Sunday night is not super busy.

Small Bar
2049 W Division St
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 772-2727

I've never thought of it as a culinary destination, though a very good choice to watch a game, especially soccer. Much better than the typical bar food, but that, too.

The food there is intriguing too. Here is what I think was a Shrimp Po-Boy.
Here is its Gumbo.

SmallBar Division To Close in November, Owner To Sell Building and Bar

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20141021 ... e-november

Yeah, it's too bad it's closing down. It's one of the few bearable places on that stretch of Division nowadays.

I've found both Small Bars to have above average bar food, and sometimes some really outstanding dishes.

I don't know if you are registered at Meetup, but either way, there is an assemblage there this upcoming Monday night.
I was bounced by Ticketmaster in the precious minutes regular patrons have to obtain Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers tickets before ticket scalpers with their T1 internet pipes scarf up all the ducats, so I will very likely spend a lot of its last week sipping all the barrel-aged beers it has in its cellar.
I just checked. I have 48 pictures of this venue. I might wind up dumping them all into this thread.