Beautiful Rind
Restaurant · Logan Square ·
Cheese shop & restaurant with cheese boards, sandwiches, & classes
Cheese shop & restaurant with cheese boards, sandwiches, & classes
"Specialty food shops, like Beautiful Rind — which specialize in gourmet cheese — aren’t abundant in Chicago, which is disappointing for a city this size. Beyond a great selection of cheeses, meats, and snacks, Beautiful Rind has a menu of wonderful sandwiches, wines, and cocktails. This gives it a wine bar feel, and an escape from Milwaukee Avenue’s hustle and bustle." - Eater Staff
"This new cheese shop and cafe in Logan Square has (of course) a fantastic selection of cheeses, and offers a variety of different wines too. Send someone a charcuterie spread with a bottle of wine, one of the curated “treat boxes,” or better yet, their “cheese for dinner” plate, which is exactly what it sounds like. Either way, more cheese is a good thing." - adrian kane
"Renowned as one of the city’s best cheese shops, this venue offers dine-in and takeout cheese boards with imaginative, housemade accompaniments, gooey grilled cheese-style sandwiches, charcuterie, and fried cheese curds. Their playful chevre sundae—three scoops of fresh Wisconsin goat cheese topped with seasonal sauces and crushed Marcona almonds, with options like salted stout chocolate ganache, strawberry amaro jam, or pineapple jam spiked with Aleppo chiles—exemplifies owner Randall Felts’s goal of making the shop feel like a grown-up candy store of cheese treats." - Lisa Futterman
"A Chicago-based cheesemonger that supplied a wedge of Dalmatinac (made from cow’s and sheep’s milk) used in the tyromancy session; the rind produced a vivid goat image that shaped an interpretive reading advising tenacity and adaptability, and the shop serves as a local source for specialty European cheeses." - Kristin Vuković
"Cheeses. Such beautiful cheeses. There’s no simpler way to pair wine than with a host of the best artisan cheeses from around the world. Beautiful Rind, situated in Logan Square, features rotating pours each week and will open any bottle from the retail section for a $5 corkage fee. Pairing classes and tastings are held regularly and $15 half-bottles of wine and $10 cheese boards are available during happy hour from 3-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Make a reservation through Tock." - Ashok Selvam
