Name: Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar
Address: 954 N California Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Telephone: (773) 292-1616
Price range: $$

Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar

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📍 954 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Three former employees of Webster's Wine Bar founded Rootstock in 2009, built around small-production, naturally farmed wine and beer -- grower-producer wines and craft beer without the pretension that usually comes with a serious natural-wine list.

The food leans gastropub, changing daily, though the cheese and charcuterie plate with housemade chicken liver pate is a standing order. The bar doesn't take reservations at all, which tracks with its stated identity as a walk-in neighborhood spot rather than a destination you book ahead for.

Weekday happy hour runs natural wine and craft beer specials; the kitchen is closed Sundays entirely, not just the dining room.

Hours

Mon-Thu5PM-10PM

Fri-Sat5PM-11PM

SunClosed

📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 292-1616

Amenities & accessibility

🚶Walk-in only, no reservations

❔Takeout: unverified

❔Wheelchair access: unverified

☀️Outdoor seating available

🅿️Street parking

🚇Near the CTA Blue Line

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Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar

Three former employees of Webster's Wine Bar founded Rootstock in 2009, built around small-production, naturally farmed wine and beer -- grower-producer wines and craft beer without the pretension that usually comes with a serious natural-wine list.

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