Train Crawl

Please join us for the 29th UKG Train Crawl! We’ll return to Chicago’s West Loop and West Town neighborhoods this time:

• Start at the Metra BNSF (9:28am at Rt. 59, 9:33 at Naperville, etc.) to Union Station. Weekend parking is free. A Saturday-only pass is $7.
• Walk 3 blocks east on Jackson or Adams to Wells St for the Quincy El station.
• Take the Pink Line to Ashland, than walk 4 min to Kaiser Tiger.
• Kaiser Tiger, craft beer bar with lots of taps, 1415 W Randolph at Ogden. This is the lunch stop. At 1:45, walk 13 min to Great Central.
• Great Central Brewing, 221 N Wood, is a big contract brewery with a taproom that serves a few of their own branded beers plus some that they make for other breweries. At 3:15, walk 11 min to Midwest Coast.
• Midwest Coast Brewing, 2137 W Walnut, a brewery taproom serving around 17 draft and canned beers. At 4:45pm, walk 27 min to Forbidden Root.
• Forbidden Root Restaurant and Brewery, 1746 W Chicago Ave. This is a unique brewery specializing in beers with nontraditional ingredients, from fruits and spices to unusual grains, plus an eclectic food menu. This is the dinner stop. At 6:45, walk 16 min south on Wood St to Goose Island’s taproom.
• Goose Island Taproom, 1800 W Fulton, is the taproom alongside Goose’s production brewery (and huge warehouse full of BCS barrels).
• When you’re finished, walk 8 min back to the Ashland Pink Line station, then backtrack to Union Station. BNSF trains depart at 6:40pm, 8:40pm, 10:40pm, and 12:40am.

Join up with the Crawl at any point, leave whenever you like, and pay as you go. No reservations necessary, just show up! Transportation cost: $7 for a Saturday-only Metra day pass and $2.25 for each Pink Line ride.