Happy International Beer Day!
August 4th is International Beer Day! Isn’t that every day? Stop by Billy Goat and choose from our international selection of 2 beers.
What goes best with a Billy Goat Lager or Billy Goat Dark? A Cheezborger and chips!
Billy Goat is at Wicker Park Fest!
Be sure to catch this act. Billy Goat is at Wicker Park Fest this weekend!
Saturday, July 29th, Noon – 10 p.m.
Sunday, July 30th, Noon – 10 p.m.
On Milwaukee Ave., from North Ave. to Paulina St.
Try the award-winning “Curse-breaker” Burger at Wicker Park Fest this weekend!
Wicker Park Fest reflects the neighborhood’s rich musical heritage, vibrant nightlife and acclaimed restaurants. Click here for details!
Catch Billy Goat at Pokemon Go Fest!
Going to Pokemon Go Fest? Catch the Ultra Rare Cheezborger pokemon at #PokemonGoFest. We are flipping burgers at Grant Park so catch em all! CLICK HERE for all the details!
“Curse-Breaker” Burger Wins Critic’s Choice Award at Burger Fest
Roscoe Village knows a great burger when they taste one! Our “Curse-Breaker” received the Critics Choice Award at Roscoe Village Burger Fest. The “Curse-Breaker” is our legendary double cheezborger topped with bacon, grilled onions, pickles and jalapeño. Now you can find the “Curse-Breaker” at any of our restaurant locations. You can also make one for yourself by bringing home NEW Billy Goat Burgers from Jewel-Osco!
The Wall of Fame
In 1967, three years after opening on Hubbard Street, Billy expands into an adjoining space that used to be a parking ramp. He hires workmen to put up wood paneling on the walls, and for one day at least, as Sun-Times columnist Tom Fitzpatrick describes it, the place “looked like your classic suburban recreation room.”
In this new room, with a champagne and caviar party, Billy unveils the Wall of Fame, dominated at its center by a at its center by a hand-drawn portrait of Billy that dwarfs the photos on either side. These are the faces of 37 men and one woman who were once top-ranking newspaper editors, reporters, and columnists; a couple of television personalities and one newspaper publisher; one mayor and a man who was the chauffeur for a Tribune editor.
There is probably not a person alive who can identify all of these faces.
Learn more Billy Goat history in the book A Chicago Tavern a Goat, a Curse, and the American Dream by Rick Kogan: https://www.billygoattavern.com/product/book-a-chicago-tavern/
