Name: Chief O'Neill's Pub Restaurant Beer Garden
Address: 3471 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618
Telephone: (773) 583-3066

Chief O'Neill's Pub Restaurant Beer Garden

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📍 3471 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Chief O'Neill's opened in fall 1999, founded by All-Ireland musicians Brendan and Siobhan McKinney in a former dart bar called Oinker's, and has run at Elston and Roscoe since December 2000.

★★★★★ 4.6 (1,900 reviews) via Google

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The beer garden alone is worth the trip out, but show up for the Sunday brunch buffet and you'll understand why people build entire weekends around it.

📈 Scores in the top 19% of Chicago Exclusive Gems on ChicagoSpecials.com

It's named for Francis O'Neill, Chicago's police chief from 1901 to 1905, an Irish immigrant piper who recruited traditional musicians onto the force and transcribed nearly 2,000 tunes in O'Neill's Music of Ireland -- credited with preserving Irish traditional music that had only ever been passed down by ear. The pub honors that legacy with live traditional Irish sessions most nights (Sundays run 5-7pm specifically), a 300-seat beer garden shaded by real trees, and its own private-label pub ale on tap.

The real reason to plan a Sunday around it: an indoor brunch buffet, 10am-2pm, $32 (drinks not included), bookable through Tock -- soda bread comes complimentary with meals either way.

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4.6 stars, 1,900+ reviews — also a real wedding venue; complimentary soda bread with meals.

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Mon-TueClosed

Wed-Thu 4-11PM

Fri 4PM-1AM

Sat Closed

Sun 10AM-11PM

📅 Reserve on Tock 📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 583-3066

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📅Reservations accepted

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❔Wheelchair access: unverified

☀️Outdoor seating available

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Chief O'Neill's Pub Restaurant Beer Garden

Chief O'Neill's opened in fall 1999, founded by All-Ireland musicians Brendan and Siobhan McKinney in a former dart bar called Oinker's, and has run at Elston and Roscoe since December 2000.

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