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Bird's Nest

Dive Bar and Restaurant$$$$

North Side, Chicago

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Bird's Nest

8.3^/10

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Ranked #4 for chicken wings in Chicago
"fun staff and the best garlic fries in Chicago."(3 Tips)
"Wings and Beer deal on Thursday and Sunday is great."(27 Tips)
"Cheap drinks, great food, and the service is great."(3 Tips)
"Half Honey BBQ half Hot BBQ."(2 Tips)

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Serious EatsMay 21, 2013
Bird's Nest serves some incredibly solid wings: juicy, flavorful, and crisp. Even the celery and blue cheese were good. And at just 70 cents per wing, that's a serious deal.
Brynn ConnellyJuly 17, 2011
Best bar in the neighborhood! Cheap drinks, great food, and the service is great. Best tip: if you're a douche, you probably won't get great service here. take your fist pumping to wrigleyville.
Paul CatalanoJune 3, 2011
Perfect neighborhood dive. One or two good drafts, one good menu item -- wings, and a pool table with nary a wait. If you're going to critique the service or the food, you've missed the point. It's Read more
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Sandy HOctober 8, 2014
Wings are great and the garlic fries are the best...I come here just for those fries!
AngelaOctober 8, 2014
Awesome chicken wings, fun staff and the best garlic fries in Chicago. Great spot to watch football too.
Todd BernierMarch 7, 2015
Best wings in Chicago. Occasionally hard to find a seat, but otherwise my favorite dive bar in the city.
Emily HubbardApril 5, 2013
Great wings for 45 cents on Thursdays. $8 pitchers of miller or miller hi-life. Good place to watch the hawks game if you can snag a seat!
Matt KnustJune 15, 2014
Been here 25+ times
Best wings in LP and probably the city. Cash only.
Damon SununtnasukMay 1, 2017
Go for the wings - cheap beer on tap ($4 Green Line)
Brad KoppJanuary 3, 2016
Been here 25+ times
Wings and Beer deal on Thursday and Sunday is great. 50¢ wings and $9 pitchers
David HeiserAugust 2, 2015
Fantastic wings. Honey BBQ and buffalo flavors were both on point.
Linda FelterJanuary 14, 2014
Seriously best wings in Chicago. Seriously.
A NMarch 22, 2016
Great wings. 50 cent wing deal on Sunday's
KfunkyJuly 7, 2012
Been here 10+ times
Amazing wings. Get buffalo. Wash it down with house tequila or $2 PBRs.
Lindsay MFebruary 21, 2016
You must get the garlic fries!!!
John B.September 21, 2013
Tell the bartender "the bird is the word" to gain entry to the actual nest.
Ben PerezMarch 11, 2016
Half Honey BBQ half Hot BBQ. That's the way forward.
Jeff SolomonSeptember 4, 2016
Amazing wings coupled with below average service
Anthony JamesJanuary 17, 2013
If you come for dollar burgers you have to order a beer. Just a FYI since they don't tell you that beforehand
Karen NickersonFebruary 27, 2017
Wings are great
Will LonghiniNovember 11, 2012
The wings are pretty good but the music is amazing.
David TutinOctober 28, 2022
Been here 5+ times
Wings wings wings!
Shannon JeropkeJuly 15, 2013
Miles only on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday
Matthew TaubOctober 14, 2017
Good wings!
Matt LindnerNovember 27, 2012
Been here 10+ times
Teriyaki wings and chili cheese fries. Hell yes.
Melissa BrownOctober 5, 2014
Been here 5+ times
#BEARS #BEER #WINGS
Colleen DuncanSeptember 18, 2011
Look out for their draft beer...lines might not be clean...
Sean McEnteeFebruary 12, 2012
Been here 10+ times
Don't ever get the chili cheese fries
Ryan YepsenJanuary 3, 2010
Wings are delicious and make it worth coming to this otherwise lame bar with typically disappointing service.
Michelle MoneyOctober 24, 2012
Been here 100+ times
Tuesdays have been poppin lately
Jack DempseyAugust 22, 2014
Been here 5+ times
WINGSSSSSSSS.
Alison ShapOctober 9, 2011
Been here 5+ times
Get at the girl in the pink bandana!
Janelle BarteckiFebruary 23, 2012
Been here 10+ times
Stuffed mushrooms!
Mike SzymanskiMarch 30, 2011
Been here 25+ times
Tuesday is pub trivia night.
Mike SzymanskiMarch 30, 2011
Been here 25+ times
Tuesday is pub trivia night
Mike SzymanskiMarch 30, 2011
Been here 25+ times
Wings and Tuesday pub trivia
Chris PerritanoFebruary 15, 2011
Been here 50+ times
Do not make patty angry!
Shane LundeenDecember 24, 2011
Been here 100+ times
Someone didn't listen to CP and made Patty angry, now she's gone :(
Gardiner AllenNovember 28, 2009
Order wings!
Al LarcherNovember 20, 2010
I flew over this nest.
Chris PerritanoDecember 30, 2010
Been here 50+ times
Stay away from the fat man!

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