Sheffield's Wine & Beer Garden

I've been to Sheffield's a few times, and each visit has been a pleasant experience. The atmosphere is always lively, where the indoor dining area is constantly active with people around. They also have a great outdoor section that's open during the summer and on those nice Chicago days.

They have multiple TV screens scattered around both the indoor and outdoor spaces, making it a great spot to catch a game while enjoying a meal.

When it comes to the food, I'm a big fan of their platter option, which lets you choose two types of meat. I usually go for the brisket and ribs, and both are tasty, especially with their barbecue sauces. The platter comes with fries, coleslaw, and cornbread for a great portion of food.

I would say the service is on the slower side at times. Since it's a "seat yourself" setup, and most people seem to stop by for a drink, it feels like the servers might have a hard time noticing when we want to order.

Overall, Sheffield's is definitely a reliable spot for decent barbecue in Chicago and definitely a hot spot for drinks and sports.

Holy smokes who would have guessed the best bbq sandwich would be from Sheffield's? Most my experiences here are alcohol-centric so I was SO delighted to try their food.

It did not disappoint. The meat was tender and the additional toppings are game changer. You must get "Sheffield's style".

Will be back, with family in tow

Aggressively average and probably a true 2.5 but as I only enjoyed the brisket and nothing else, I'm rounding down. The cornbread smelled like feet, the macaroni and cheese was a strange grainy texture and the chicken was soggy.

It's a decent place to go after a Cubs game but always mobbed and loud.

Showed us chest tattoo but refused to rip shirt off. Absolutely insane. Juanito do better.

Great spot with a great selection, both on tap and in the back.

The courtyard is the perfect place to sip on some beers with friends and to unwind/kick off a weekend. It's also very close to the Belmont stop, so it's very accessible via several rail lines.

No matter your taste in beers, they'll have something for you here.

Decent barbecue in large servings, but nothing really spectacular to recommend the food here.

Service was good, although I always wonder about places where the employees are complaining about other employees.

The outdoor dining area is really pleasant, but there are bees.

If you plan to come here early or late, be sure to check whether they're actually open. The times on Yelp, Google, and their website all disagreed, and none were correct.

Solid happy hour option. Came on a Friday around 5:30, and while it was busy, we were able to find a table with no issue in the front bar area. Our server (can't remember his name!) was great-super friendly, gave beer recommendations, and checked in every once in a while without hovering (we weren't in a rush so took our time with food orders; he'd check in every so often to be sure we weren't feeling neglected but always told us to take our time).

They use an online menu, which is fine, but it's not the easiest to navigate-even our server had trouble helping us find the beer. You have to filter the menu to get to the beer selections. Once we figured it out it was okay, but a little bit odd to start.

Their beer selection is great, which is to be expected. My friend tried a few different ones, but I found that I liked the Guava Gose Sour so I stuck with that.

For food we just did appetizers, and neither of us were impressed. I know this place focuses on BBQ, so perhaps if we had ordered entrees we would have felt differently. We started with the pickle chips, which were probably my favorite. They were fried well and had good flavor-a bit of a kick, but that could be lessened if you're wimp with spice (like me, lol) with the dipping sauce. We later got the sweet potato fries and the pretzel bites. The fries were fine, noting special about them but quite a hearty serving. The pretzel bites were weird as they were filled with cheese (guess we missed that on the menu). They too had a kick to them, so not my favorite.

The place did fill up as we sat there, and it did get quite loud and hard to talk. I get that'll happen in a bar; just pointing out that if you're going for a quite place to have conversation, this might not be it once it gets busy. Overall, a solid option for happy hour, though. I'd definitely come back and maybe give an entrée a try.

Wanted to find a place with outdoor seating and this was the place. Had some good BBQ that might have been a special. Overall very good.

Walked into Sheffield's before a rain delayed Cubs game. Glad that I did - this place has a warm, comfortable and traditional Chicago bar/restaurant that I love. I was attended to promptly and had excellent service throughout my meal.

I very much enjoyed the pulled pork platter. While the pork might have been a little dry, the taste was excellent and the dryness disappeared with their excellent selection of BBQ sauce.

Be like me - stop here before a Cubs game!

Traditionally a cuban sandwich has pickles that's what ties a Cuban sandwich together with the the crusty bbq pork the thick cut ham and Swiss cheese topped with crunch of the pickles once you replace the pickle with a jalapeño the juices and crunch are gone the entire taste is gone. You might as well call it a Mexican sandwich not a Cuban. Disappointing AF!!!