The Drunken Pig

A friend of mine had his birthday get together here and I was pretty excited since I’ve heard of The Drunken Pig and never been. I wasn’t sure what to expect. DP is small, cozy, and comfy. They serve small plates and locally craft beer. By the time our entire party arrived we pretty much took over the restaurant.
Saturday night around 10pm and they ran out of pork belly sliders! *Sadness* I opted for the Ghetto Burger (
) and Truffle Fries (
). The burger is standard, it didn’t stand out or blew my mind away, but anything top with a sunny side egg and I’m a happy girl. Loved the truffle fries, but I mean who doesn’t?
Our waiter service was slow, there was only one server and he was running around quite a bit, we even almost forgot to pay our food bill until we remembered and reminded him to give us the check. And when we got the check, he forgot our Unilocal discount, which didn’t take too long to fix, but he wasn’t very tentative the whole night.
On the other hand our bartender service was awesome! She was tentative, friendly and kept the drinks rolling. Also the awesome deals for checking into Unilocal (15% off meal) or FourSquare (Free draft beer)! Score! Wait I can’t forget the $ 4 Jamo shots! Yep, that’s right, $ 4 on a FRIDAY NIGHT!
Fun little joint with a unique name. I’ll have to come back and try the pork belly sliders!

A comfortable yet gorgeous establishment in West Rogers Park.
This is the perfect place to mingle with new friends and meet up with old. Hell, you can even come alone because the staff is super friendly and they won’t make you feel like a loser sitting at the bar… alone.
You can expect, inexpensive, small plates and delicious craft beer. If you’re not into beer, they WILL have something for you that you WILL love. Trust me.
My all time favorite when I come here is to let the bartender pick my craft beer and order the garlic parm TRUFFLE fries and bacon wrapped dates.
(Mind you, I refused to eat bacon for about 12+ years until I came across Drunken Pig’s bacon wrapped dates. I’ve also converted a few non bacon eaters into bacon lovers because of this dish.)
There are plenty of street parking. You can’t miss this restaurant because there’s a huge black awning with the Drunken Pig label and logo on it.
A convenient location off of 94, fun people, great energy, attractive AND friendly staff. The first thing you may think of this place is that it looks pretentious but don’t let that scare you because once you are greeted by the staff, you will think otherwise. ;)
I’ve been here a handful of times and will continue to come back for more!

I really had my hopes up for this place. What a disappointment. I came here with three other friends on a Saturday night. The place was pretty trendy and packed. However, the food was mediocre and the service was probably the worst service I’ve ever had.
Food:
We ordered the bacon wrapped dates, chicken wings, chicken skewers, truffle fries, sweet potato fries, not your average pig, scallops, and mango flan. The portions were TINY and WAY over priced. $ 9 for 3 pieces of bland scallops. I think not. The chicken wings were average, the sauce wasn’t amazing or anything. The bacon wrapped dates, truffle fries, and flan were pretty good though!
Service:
I don’t even know where to begin. After our waiter poured my friends’ beers, I looked at the glass and it was ALL FOAM. Then he thew away the half-​full bottle. That was a red flag for me, but I just reassured myself that he was a new worker or wasn’t thinking. As the night progressed, he rarely came to our table other than to deliver our food.
Once we got our mango flan, we realized that we haven’t received our chicken skewers yet. We brought it to the waiter’s attention. He ran to the kitchen and then back to our tables and slowly asked «you mean, you haven’t received those things on the sticks right?»… WE KNOW WHAT SKEWERS ARE!!! Did he think we ate them without knowing they were the skewers that we ordered? After 10 minutes, the skewers came out. The chicken wasn’t fully cooked.
-.-