Climb the stairs above Beaumont’s on Halsted Street and the noise of Lincoln Park falls away. The Bull Moose is a dim, wood-paneled steakhouse with two fireplaces, big tufted booths and a little bar, tucked into the second floor of an 1890 building at 2020 N. Halsted St. The kitchen dry-ages and butchers whole sides of beef in house, and every steak and chop arrives as a complete dinner: your choice of soup or salad, plus a dish of silky Robuchon potatoes.
It opened on July 1, 2026. With the clocks falling back and fireplace season here, it is the cozy steak dinner to book in November, and a happy hour that starts at 3 p.m. makes an early night of it easy.
Dry-aged steaks for two, with dinner built in
Steaks roast over charcoal until they carry a dark, crackling crust, and the big dry-aged cuts are made for sharing. Choose a 23-ounce bone-in New York strip ($125.95), a 26-ounce bone-in ribeye ($135.95), an 18-ounce center-cut ribeye ($105.95) or the house specialty, a 32-ounce bone-in porterhouse ($155.95). Each guest gets a soup or salad, and the table gets a generous dish of Robuchon potatoes, the butter-rich purée made famous by the French chef Joël Robuchon.
That bundle is what makes the room such a good deal. Split the 26-ounce ribeye with a friend and each of you is in for about $68 before drinks, for steak, soup or salad and potatoes. Add a sauce or butter ($5.95), from au poivre and béarnaise to black truffle bordelaise. The ribeye comes sliced with a side of tangy Hungarian peppers that cut right through the dry-aged richness. Dining solo or keeping it lighter, order the 10-ounce flat iron ($48.95), the 8-ounce filet mignon ($65.95), lamb chops ($63.95) or, for a splurge, an 8-ounce dry-aged Stone Axe wagyu New York strip ($95.95).
French onion, clam chowder and the starters worth saving room for
The soup or salad course is a real decision. Johnny’s French onion is built on veal stock with caramelized onion, Gruyère and a crostini, and the New England clam chowder gets bacon, grilled corn and Hatch chile with oyster crackers. On the salad side, choose the Caesar with baby gem lettuce, a savory bonito dressing and Parmigiano-Reggiano, or the supper club salad. Ordered on their own, soups are $8.95 a cup and $15.95 a bowl, and the blue cheese wedge with maple-glazed bacon is $14.95.
Starters lean classic with a few modern turns. Escargot ($18.95) bakes under puff pastry hats with hôtel butter and charred lemon, and the Dungeness crab cake ($29.95) comes with remoulade and a petite salad. Steak tartare ($23.95) is made with dry-aged beef, egg yolk and wholegrain mustard on sourdough, the shrimp cocktail ($21.95) gets a michelada cocktail sauce and atomic horseradish, and oysters on the half shell from both coasts arrive with Champagne mignonette and verdita. Parker House rolls ($11.95) come warm from the stone oven with salted honey and house-cultured butter.
Chicken, striped bass and a double cheeseburger for the rest of the table
The menu keeps everyone happy. The Amish chicken ($29.95) sits on fondant fingerlings and sautéed spinach in a deep pool of black truffle bordelaise, and pan-roasted striped bass ($42.95) gets a golden tomato beurre blanc and grilled scallions. The griddled double cheeseburger ($22.95) comes with grilled onions, American cheese and beef fat fries, and the vodka radiatore ($24.95), a favorite from Beaumont’s downstairs, is the one pasta on the list.
Sides are steakhouse standards done with care: creamed spinach ($15.95), mac and cheese ($15.95), mushrooms au jus ($15.95), broccolini ($14.95) and potatoes au gratin ($17.95) for a bigger table.
Two fireplaces, tufted booths and a building with a past
The Bull Moose is the second act of a nearly three-year restoration. For decades the building was home to The Beaumont, a late-night Lincoln Park bar that closed in 2023. The Abu-Taleb family, the team behind Pilsen Yards and The Alderman, bought the building in 2024, took it down to the shell and rebuilt it with millwork, crackled tile, dimpled glass and opaline lighting. Beaumont’s American Tavern opened on the ground floor in late May 2026, with a 33-seat square bar and more than 200 seats, and The Bull Moose followed upstairs in July.
The second floor once held two apartments. Today the main dining room is dark, brooding and comfortable, lined with wood paneling and lamp-lit booths, while the Halsted Room has bay windows over the street and a fireplace at each end. Together they seat about 75 guests. Executive chef Johnny Besch runs the kitchen for both restaurants, and his name is on the French onion soup.
The name belongs to the family’s grandfather, Bill Burns, a Chicago guy who earned the nickname The Bull Moose and liked his steak rare and his bourbon neat.
A steakhouse the critics keep putting on lists
On Oct. 29, 2026, The Infatuation rated The Bull Moose 8.5 in a full review that praised its coal-roasted steaks and the value of the combo-style dinners, and the restaurant also sits on that site’s Hit List of the best new restaurants in Chicago. Earlier, the Chicago Tribune ranked it No. 5 on its list of the 10 hottest restaurants in Chicago for September 2026, and Fine Dining Lovers included it among the best restaurant openings in Chicago for July 2026.
It is a good season for steak lovers. Fulton Market is getting Gibsons Tavern this fall, and John Manion is building Palomino, a live-fire steakhouse in the West Loop, for early 2027. Closer to home, Lincoln Park also has the handmade pasta at Osteria Gilberto.
Martinis, Burgundy and a happy hour that starts at 3
The bar pours classics from $15.95 to $17.95: a dirty martini with Grey Goose and blue cheese olives, an Old Fashioned with Woodford Reserve, a Last Word, a Hemingway daiquiri, a Lion’s Tail and a Hotel Nacional with apricot, amaro and kokuto. Beer comes by the proper pint, including Guinness, Spaten and Paulaner, and two spirit-free cocktails are $15.95.
The wine list leans French, Italian and value-minded. Glasses run from $14 for Jean-Marc Burgaud’s Beaujolais gamay or Dr. Konstantin Frank’s Finger Lakes riesling to $21 for Chablis, and bottles start at $52, climbing through Sancerre, white Burgundy and grower Champagne.
Happy hour is the sweetest deal upstairs. Every menu cocktail and wine by the glass is $9.95 and draft beer is $4.95, Monday and Tuesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Friday from 3 to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Martini Mondays bring $5 tini martinis, and on Wine Tuesdays every bottle is half off, except a few limited-allocation wines.
Sticky toffee pudding by the fire
Save room for the sticky toffee pudding ($13.95) with dulce de leche and malted milk brittle, a recipe shared with Beaumont’s. The Basque cheesecake comes with blueberry shrub ($13.95), the German chocolate cake gets coconut pecan frosting and coquito ($15.95), and the profiteroles are filled with pistachio gelato under fernet fudge ($12.95). A Vieux Carré with saffron ($18.95) or Warre’s 2011 late bottled vintage port ($15.95) closes the night.
How to get a table at The Bull Moose
Reservations are on OpenTable, released on a rolling 21-day window for parties of up to six, and every table and bar stool can be booked. Walk-ins are welcome when space allows, which is limited in a room this small. Phones are answered only during business hours. Since Oct. 19, 2026, the restaurant serves seven nights a week, so a Monday or Tuesday booth by the fire is now on the table.
Valet is $20, cash only, at the door on Halsted. A 3.5% surcharge is added to every check, and it comes off on request. For a celebration, the whole second floor can be reserved for up to 75 seated or 80 standing guests through the Beaumont’s events team.
Plan your visit
- Address: 2020 N. Halsted St., second floor (above Beaumont’s), Chicago, IL 60614, Lincoln Park
- Hours: Monday and Tuesday 5 to 10 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday 4 to 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 3 to 11 p.m.; Sunday 3 to 10 p.m.
- Reservations: OpenTable, 21 days out, parties of 1 to 6
- Price: steaks with soup or salad and potatoes from $48.95 (flat iron) to $155.95 (32-ounce porterhouse for two); cocktails $15.95 to $17.95
- Happy hour: $9.95 cocktails and wines by the glass, $4.95 draft beer, daily (times vary)
- Dress: business casual
- Parking: valet, $20 cash
The Bull Moose Chicago FAQ
How much does dinner at The Bull Moose Chicago cost?
Expect roughly $50 to $90 per person before drinks at The Bull Moose Chicago. The 10-ounce flat iron is $48.95 with soup or salad and Robuchon potatoes, and the 26-ounce dry-aged bone-in ribeye for two is $135.95. Cocktails run $15.95 to $17.95, and a removable 3.5% surcharge is added to every check.
How do I get a reservation at The Bull Moose in Lincoln Park?
Book The Bull Moose on OpenTable, where tables open on a rolling 21-day window for parties of up to six. Every table and bar stool at the Lincoln Park steakhouse is reservable, and walk-ins are welcome when space allows. Groups planning a private event can reach the Beaumont’s events team at events@beaumontschicago.com.
What should I order at The Bull Moose Chicago?
Share a house dry-aged steak, such as the 26-ounce bone-in ribeye ($135.95) or the 32-ounce porterhouse ($155.95), each served with soup or salad and Robuchon potatoes. At The Bull Moose, start with escargot under puff pastry or the Dungeness crab cake, add mushrooms au jus, and finish with sticky toffee pudding.
Does The Bull Moose have a happy hour?
Yes. The Bull Moose pours every menu cocktail and wine by the glass for $9.95 and draft beer for $4.95 at happy hour: Monday and Tuesday 5 to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 4 to 5:30 p.m., Friday 3 to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wine Tuesdays bring half-off bottles.
Where is The Bull Moose and how is it connected to Beaumont’s?
The Bull Moose is on the second floor of 2020 N. Halsted St. in Lincoln Park, directly above Beaumont’s American Tavern. Both restaurants come from the Abu-Taleb family, the team behind Pilsen Yards and The Alderman, and share executive chef Johnny Besch. The steakhouse opened July 1, 2026, about five weeks after Beaumont’s.
What are The Bull Moose Chicago’s hours?
The Bull Moose Chicago is open seven nights a week: Monday and Tuesday 5 to 10 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 4 to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday 3 to 11 p.m., and Sunday 3 to 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday dinner service began on Oct. 19, 2026.
Further reading
- The Bull Moose official site
- The Bull Moose reservations policy
- The Bull Moose dinner menu (PDF)
- The Bull Moose on OpenTable
- @thebullmoosechicago on Instagram
- The Infatuation: The Bull Moose review (Oct. 29, 2026)
- Chicago Tribune: The 10 hottest restaurants in Chicago, September 2026
- Block Club Chicago: Beaumont’s nears reopening after massive restoration (May 18, 2026)
- Eater Chicago: 15 Chicago restaurant and bar openings to know in July 2026
- Fine Dining Lovers: The best restaurant openings in Chicago, July 2026
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