Piggyback Tavern

We love it here!!! Second time and the food is fab. Not sure why everyone doesn’t give them 5stars. The pulled pork, tacos and burgers are superb!

I’m not sure if management has changed, but this was a very bad experience! We should have known that something was off, because we showed up around dinner time and the place was empty! Service was fine, and the beer was pretty decent ($ 4 special on Wednesdays), but the food was terrible! We ordered ribs, pulled pork sandwich, and peach cobbler for dessert. I recognize that my standards for bbq may be a little high (I’m from Memphis, TN home of the Int’l BBQ Festival) but this was well below par. The meat was dry, and lacked any hint of a smoked flavor. The sauces were «off» for lack of a better description. The coup de gras was the peach cobbler that the waiter swore by. It was basically canned peaches and dry cornbread; perhaps they popped it in the microwave for a few seconds. Whatever it was had no business calling itself peach cobbler. To add insult to injury, this place is grossly overpriced. Avoid at all costs, there are plenty of other quality spots located nearby.

One of our new favorites. Great barbecue, great atmosphere, great prices. We have been here a few times now and haven’t had anything that we didn’t like. If you are new to the joint, definitely try the tacos!

Came here on my first day in Chicago, my husband and I were in mood for BBQ food and this looked decent enough and it was closer to our place.
We sit down and order our food, we started off with hush puppies which came out really quickly but were really good so one star for that. Then came our meal, I had ordered half slab of ribs with sweet potatoes tater tots. And my husband ordered a beef brisket sandwich with French fries. He really liked his sandwich so one point for that but my ribs were awful. They were so dry, and barely had any meat on them and whatever meat they did have on them, was almost burnt so it was really hard to eat. However the tater tots were probably the best thing there, I think I gained 5 pounds just by eating them alone.
If you happen to go there, don’t order their ribs but MUST try their sweet potatoes tater tots

A friend and I went on Wednesday, Oct 14, around 7PM. The place was not very busy. The hostess was on the phone when we arrived, and I will give a pass in the time it took her with the customer on the phone. I would have asked the caller if I could put them on hold and then taken care of 2 customers standing there… but not too bad of a wait.
When seated, Kevin, came around to get our drinks and order. Things were going pretty well. As for the food, this is a BBQ place, so I ordered a ½ slab. The ribs were dry and not very good. My friend got the pulled chicken, which he said was good.
I would have commented to Kevin, but he never came back. In fact, as I looked around we noted none of the servers were around. At this point there were about 5 tables and I noticed others were looking for their server as well. Not sure where they all went, but definitely poor service.
In any event, maybe just sit at the bar to get some bar food and a drink. I would definitely not bring some there for BBQ.

Went there Sunday around 4 pm it was not much people and have to be served by the careless waitress ever, she took our order and everything was served on time but once we order she forgott about us I ordered and additional fries and took her more than ten min. to realize that they were ready and besides everything she said I void them from the bill. And at the end the fries were there! Did not complain with no one and I might comeback the food after all was good it was the server that did not care about costumers.