Name: The Fireplace Inn
Address: 1448 N Wells St, Chicago, IL, 60610
Telephone: (312) 664-5264
Price range: $$$

The Fireplace Inn

Old Town · BBQ/American Community-sourced, unverified

📍 1448 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610

The Fireplace Inn has been an Old Town fixture since the late 1960s, built around exactly the two things its name and menu promise: a real wood-burning fireplace as the room's centerpiece, and baby back ribs that have anchored its reputation for decades.

$$$

Deep-fried chicken finished under the broiler

The kitchen's other signature is a deep-fried chicken finished under the broiler and glazed with the house barbecue sauce — a genuinely odd-sounding but well-loved combination that's kept regulars coming back as long as the ribs have. Come summer, the real transformation happens outside: a beer garden under a retractable canopy roughly doubles the restaurant's footprint, turning it into one of the neighborhood's go-to spots for Bears games and a reliable stop during the annual Wells Street Art Festival.

It's the kind of place that's survived on consistency rather than reinvention — the same ribs, the same fireplace, the same beer garden energy that's made it a fixture for multiple generations of Old Town regulars.

Hours

Tue4:30PM-11PM

Wed-Thu4:30PM-12AM

Fri11AM-2AM

Sat11AM-3AM

Sun11AM-11PM

MonClosed

📅 Reservations 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (312) 664-5264

Amenities & accessibility

📅Reservations accepted

❔Takeout: unverified

❔Wheelchair access: unverified

☀️Outdoor seating available

🅿️Valet $10; Brown Line to Sedgwick

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The Fireplace Inn

The Fireplace Inn has been an Old Town fixture since the late 1960s, built around exactly the two things its name and menu promise: a real wood-burning fireplace as the room's centerpiece, and baby back ribs that have anchored its reputation for decades.

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