The Beer Temple

"A renowned Chicago bar, originally a bottle shop, now famous for its unique Detroit-style pizza collaboration with Middle Brow, using Midwest-grown wheat and sourdough starter for a flavorful crust." - Serena Maria Daniels

"Renowned as one of Chicago’s best beer bars and stores, now offering Detroit-style pizza in collaboration with Middle Brow Brewing." - Ashok Selvam

"Your head will spin when you enter the Beer Temple’s interior bottle shop, which boasts an inventory of over 1,000 beers. If you make it out with some cash to spare, enter the Avondale destination’s taproom for an intelligent draft list broken up by temperature: Beers are served at primarily 35 and 44 degrees Fahrenheit." - Adam Rothbarth

"For the past 10 years, fans of hops and stouts have found common ground in Avondale at the Beer Temple. Chris and Margaret Quinn started their business solely as a retail operation before moving next door and adding a tavern where customers could banter about the latest beer releases and taste some of the staff’s favorite pours. The Beer Temple now serves food, a tidy assortment of dishes like the Beefy Boy, a thin-sliced beef sandwich." - Ashok Selvam

"The Beer Temple is one of Chicago’s most popular liquor stores. Craft beer fans know that the store will stock rare releases, special collaborations, and most anything they would possible interested. Ownership would move the store around the corner to a larger space with room for a bar, promising to leverage relationships with breweries to put unusual beers on tap. While the bar is closed, beer nerds should switch on Instagram notifications so they can preorder the latest concoction the store has to offer before the vultures gobble them up." - Naomi Waxman, Ashok Selvam, Eater Staff