i was here a couple years ago for a date, of all things. havent been since, but i do remember the experience like it was yesterday. the food was great. really awesome. the joint wasnt terribly packed, though, and the waitstaff was no where to be found for half the time. maybe it was a fluke.. it would have been nice to have a waitress nearby when i nervously fumbled with my beer and spilled it all over the table and, more importantly, my date. needless to say, it didnt work out. i'd go back to the smoke daddy, though, and give it another try. read more

The Pulled Pork Sandwich is A-Mazing!! really really good. I think I can go and eat 2 or 3 of those, oh SO GOOD! I was able to try the ribs too. Good, but a little dry, but I think its just because they were smoked. Good, but I'm more of a Carson's rib fan I guess. The sauces are great and offer a nice twist to the traditional BBQ. Our server wasn't the greatest, didn't seem to care that she had tables to attend to, but I won't knock it. It was still good and the outdoor seating is pretty large. read more

Came here from LA to celebrate a birthday and SD didn't disappoint. Love the personal attention from our waiter and the ribs were some of the best I've eaten. read more

As someone that really loves his BBQ I was excited to try this place out. We did the meat platter (pulled pork and brisket) and where it was really good, I have to say that it was not outstanding by any manner. Their spicy sauce is real awesome and the spot itself is totally hip. Portions were not what you would expect from a BBQ spot where I have thoughts of piles of food. So overall, its good but I am still on my quest for the ultimate BBQ spot in Chicago. read more

This place was the perfect little sidewalk dining spot in Wicker Park. The food was great, from everything to the brisket, the pulled pork, the ribs, and yes even the mac 'n cheese. If you have a small group and you are looking for some good food before a night out, I highly recommend this place. Some of the best BBQ in the city. read more

I went here back in Febrauary I think. The wait staff was very friendly and the service was pretty good. I believe I ordered the chicken and beef tip ribs. The chicken was good and moist. On the other hand, the ribs were not really that good. I'm sure it was just bad timing for me. read more

I had a pulled pork sandwich from their tent at a street festival in my neighborhood - it tasted like a Sloppy Joe. The End.

For ribs, this is the place to go. Fall off the bone and the sauce is excellent. The ambiance is cool and they often have a blues band which is an awesome touch. Lots of food for a great price! read more

i hate giving a neighborhood place a bad review, but smoke daddy just isn't that great. when i used to go there last summer (as in summer 2010) their food was pretty good. it's steadily gotten worse. dry ribs, dry brisket, too much generic tasting sauce on everything, bland mac 'n cheese, extra watery coleslaw, dried out pork. my bf wanted bbq, so i agreed and we ordered from there tonight and i was excited when the veggie of the night was collard greens. i LOVE greens, but these weren't cooked long enough, they weren't washed well and were still gritty and they tasted like burnt garlic. fail smoke daddy, there are much better bbq places in the city read more

This place has great food and a good blues vibe. It's a bit small, but it has some outdoor seating. I suggest everyone get some of the corn bread, cause it can't be beat! read more

From the beer selection to the service to the tender meat and succulent BBQ sauce to the vintage music playing in the background, this is the best BBQ joint I've found in Chicago. Coming here on a Tuesday gave me an opportunity to take advantage of their $5 flights. The 2 Brooklyn beers and Bell's seasonal complimented the entree nicely. I got the "smoked" platter and chose the pork and brisket. Served on slices of white bread, both were cooked perfectly and coated with a good amount of sauce. Sometimes you get brisket that is thick and dry, but this was sliced just right. As for the sides, the hand-cut fries were pretty average, but the cornbread was original and generous in size. I plan on coming back for live music, mac n' cheese and more meat. read more

My brother took me here. It was great. This place was packed. I always say, if there are Chicago PD in there, you know it's good. There were 6 of them. I will go back when I return to the city. BBQ Chicken and Pork were fantastic. Beer was nice and cold!! read more

Wonderful, delicious barbecue with huge servings. I remember the wings being exceptionally good. The paella is just okay.

I've been here twice now. The first time I wasn't really impressed but this past time was pretty good. I tried a Bloody Mary for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed it. Also had the half chicken and Kansas City ribs. Both were pretty good. I LOVE their cole slaw and the Mac n cheese is pretty good as well. I'm sure we'll be back, as this is my bf's fav BBQ place... I'm not a fan of the BBQ sauce we've had and wish you got to choose your sauce instead of them choosing for you. Dah well! read more

Love this place! Went in, and certainly on a Friday there was a wait for a table....this place is great! Decided to sit at the bar and ate our meal there and sampled some of their great barbeque and craft beers while listening to a fantastic Blues band. Ambiance was lively, foood was good, and even the manager Doug came over and greeted us! Can't wait to go back and take friends with! read more

Smoke Daddy's ambience, live music and great ribs, make for the best Saturday night out!

Server Helena was helpful, recommendations were on point, and attentive. We eat outside on a nice day they have 2 areas, one in the sun and a shaded area with what looks like the opposite of a bar. I didn't have too good a look I was facing towards the street. Tried all their sauces, no preference to one they were all yummy , chicken was moist. The sides Mac & cheese and Beans were the best! Side parking on wood street and this place is worth repeating. read more

Outstanding food and service! We used Yelp to get on the waitlist which worked out perfectly. We had a party of three and each ordered separate items and everything was served fast and hot. I highly recommend the pimento cheese hush puppies with the jalapeño jelly! read more

As a Texan I can be picky when it comes to bbq, but I love this place. I typically get a sandwich because when I eat ribs it is a danger to self and others, but everything they have is good. The two things I highly recommend are the bbq nachos and the mac and cheese. read more

Well crafted blue-collar atmosphere, tasty food, good beer selection. I like all three of the BBQ sause flavors. Great place!

Enjoyed this low key casual spot on a warm summer evening. We were quickly seated on the front patio with a view of a flat screen in the restaurant's store front window allowing us to catch a few minutes of the Sox game. We had the smoked brisket and BBQ pulled pork sandwiches. Both were mouth watering with plenty of spicey/smokey sauce. We had plastic bottles on the table containing more. Good stuff! Meat was tender and plentiful. The side of baked beans was a great accompaniment. The mac/cheese side was a bit heavy. Service was good and we were in and out in an hour avoiding a heavy parking toll. read more

I ate here today and it was delicious!!!! I got the BBQ beef brisket sandwich and it was delicious. I am usually not a fan of BBQ either, but this was delicious. The hand cut french fries were amazing! Service was great. Price was awesome. I will definitely be back! read more

3:30 in the afternoon stopped to get a late lunch with a friend. ordered the rib sampler... the babybacks sucked. they were dry and tough as my work boots and they failed to even reheat them enough to take the cold out of the bones! the spareribs were better..still on the dry side ,but edible with a bit more meat on then. but still luke warm..the tips were actually edible/good. bean were interesting as was the mac&cheese. don't know what all the hipe is about this place is. just because a place get on tv doesn't make it good. theres much better places to go read more

Although this has a great location I just didn't like it as much as I had hoped. The food at Smoque was way better and worth the venture to its further location. I also don't like that everything seems to be a sandwich rather than just a dinner plate with sides. When I comes to BBQ I prefer it to come with sides. I will probably be back because it is convenient to meet friends there but I think it is way overrated. read more

Good BBQ but q in gold coast rocks all.

Very good pulled pork and chicken , love the sauce , could drink it by the cup.....

Okay I might be slightly "unamerican" because I don't exactly like BBQ (also not a fan of ketchup or fried chicken, so sue me!). BUT my fabulous 50-something mother wanted me to take her out for some southern food and blues. Dee's Place next door on Division St. just shut down, which was my original choice. So we wentto Smoke Daddy on a Friday night at 8:00, boy was it crowded! Bloody Mary's TO DIE FOR. Mmmm brisket. Pulled pork sandwich, delish and reasonably priced. The BBQ? Actually pretty good! You pay the price$$ for it though. Music? Great! Customer service? HORRRRIBLE! We had to wait over an hour for 3 people. Yes I realize that it was a Friday and they were busy but the two groups after us were served approximately 15 minutes before us. Our waiter literally came to our table (already looking unpleasant), asked for my boyfriend's and mothers drinks and skipped me! That is a pretty standard server rule. How do you miss someone at a 3 person table? The manager noticed at one point they we were looking unhappy and went to grab our drinks. We had to ignore the issues with the waiter to continue our birthday celebrations. Too bad, great food and music but the customer service puts a huge damper on the whole experience. read more

Awesome sauces. But don't tell them, they're pretentious enough at this good not great bbq joint.

i had the daddy sampler it was amazing the rips were so tender and one of the best i ever had, the brisket and the pulled pork were also really delicious, the plate its too much for one person you radar share it otherwise you can`t move anymore. the blues band was also great , its a cool atmosphere in there, read more

Smoke Daddy is a staple of the neighborhood. The pulled pork and sweet potato fries keep me coming back as well as the cold draft Daisy Cutter. It's busy on the weekends and there is probably a wait, but worth it. They are adding on what looks like an addition, which is awesome. read more

Great BBQ and all their sauces are gluten free!

Started with the smoked jalapeño beer cheese with nacho chips. We were very hungry and it was ok. I would have liked more of a kick to it. Next I had the Taste of Daddy with baby back ribs, chicken, and sausage link. Food came fast! Fall off the bone ribs and the shredded chicken were good. The link actually was really tasty! Sides were the Mac n cheese and sweet potato fries. The Mac was good and cheesy but the fries were over cooked and soggy too. They had a cinnamon taste but I'm not a fan of that. Had sangria which had no flavor. Sad. The guys had beers which is tough to wreck. Quantity of food was great. Many left overs and we were all stuffed! The ribs were really good and the choice of table sauces is nice. I liked the one that came with the ribs. Tried all three though. Mustard sauce good on the link. Didn't have dessert.!too full! Service was good but could have used a water refill. I think the food was a good value and the ambience was great! TVs to watch the game and still enjoy the outdoors. Go early to avoid a wait. read more

Its a nice place! I love the outdoor patio..great to watch a game. The barb b que Was pretty good. We ordered the assorted bbq to share. I prefer a sweeter sauce rather than one that is laced with cumin. The meat fell off the bone and was so delicious. Now the mac n cheese was not really good....they put a ton of oregano and totally over powered the whole dish. We also had the cole slaw...which has cilantro. I am not a fan of too much cilantro and that is what was in the coleslaw. But overall we enjoyed our meal and had plenty left over especial rib bones for my dog. ;-) read more

Burnt Tips Sandwich with pulled pork on top is some of the best BBQ I have had. Great beer selection, one of the few places I have been to multiple times since moving to the city... read more

Terrible Q. Better spots in the city, but they do have great service staff and music.

Went there on a Saturday afternoon to try out the barbecue and it was awesome!!! They have outside seating which makes this place a good spot to enjoy the sunshine in the summer but the inside has an old school charm that you need to check out first. They do have a good selection of beers on tap and and the music takes you back to the 60s rock days. We started off with beers and wings and while the wings were good they were not the dry rub type that the waitress described. I wold still order the wings but next time I'll go with a chilly cup to start off with. The main dish that we ordered was the ribs sampler, which was way more then what me and my wife could take care off... I would recommend splitting that dish between to dudes that an eat! All three styles of ribs were good but out of the three the Baby Back ribs were the best!!! If you want to split a plate do a full slab of the baby back ribs with two side and your good to go. We didn't make it to dessert but next time will have to leave some space to try theirs out. read more

Came here for the 1st time this past weekend. We had a group of 3 and ordered from the brunch and regular menus. The monkey bread was definitely a great choice! It was very warm and cinnamony and sweet. It comes in a skillet with 9 cut pieces. It was a good amount to share. But what was awful was that we waited 55 min for the rest of our food! The waitress kept trying to avoid us and when we asked, just said the kitchen was busy and our food will come out soon. We were pretty fed up since the party of 2 next to us came in after us, got their food, ate it, and paid their bill before our food even came! When the food finally come, a different waitress brought it to us and said that it was slow because we ordered from the brunch menu. We asked to speak to the manager because that didn't make sense. The manager was super nice and apologized right away instead of lying and making up excuses. He wasn't really able to give us an explanation of why it took them that long to cook, but he did reassure us that it usually only takes 9 min for the food to be ready. And then he proceeded to pay for our bill, which was nice. So all in all, the food (pulled pork Benedict and burnt ends sandwich) were good, but the long wait completely ruined our mood to enjoy the food. So basically, the waitresses at this restaurant should learn to not lie to customers and the managers are nice but could be more proactive and warn customers when their wait time for food is unusually long. read more

We went to Smoke Daddy because my boyfriend from Austin was craving some good BBQ. We got the brisket, sausage, chicken and St. Louis ribs. The chicken was the least dry of them all. I will say the sides were delicious - thus the 2 stars. I would recommend the mac n cheese, cornbread (sadly less dry than the ribs) and coleslaw. The server was friendly, attentive and great. She recommended a delicious grapefruit shandy from Traveler. Unfortunately, the search for good BBQ in Chicago continues. read more

First time there and we ate dinner out on the patio. Great pulled pork sandwich and sweet potato fries. Good atmosphere for a summer night in Chicago. Took a star off cause it didn't seem like the restaurant had enough waitresses working for a Saturday night and we had to stop our waitress in order to place our order. All in all, great fun place for BBQ and I'd come back. read more

Everything was decent. Nothing was great. Bloody Mary had pretty great garnishes but the drink itself was not great. Kinda had that watering tomato juice thing going on. Brisket was good but very thinly sliced and well done. I like my brisket sliced a bit thicker with a bit more pink. Mac n cheese was below average. Kinda watery and super rich. Patio was pretty great. Definitely one of the better patios in Chicagoland. Service was good. read more