Binny's Lincoln Park Tap Room

Yes. It is awesome. Do treat yourself and go.

 

It's awesome. Just remember that you can't tip on the receipt. So either have some cash at the ready or make sure to let the bartender know you'd like to tip $X before they run your card.

 

When I was there, I brought this up with the bartender, and she said she could ring my card up again, as a "delivery fee." That seemed to work fine, minus the awkwardness of telling her how much to put on the card.

But yeah, it's a great tap room. Huge, clean, in an awesome building, great tap list, and you can wander through Binny's while you're drinking (which might be bad for your wallet, but who cares?!?).

 

The taproom uses the same POS as the retail registers instead of a bar/restaurant POS?

 

Is a tap list maintained anywhere and can you open bottle purchases from the store in the taproom?

 

it is most beautimous!!! worth a stop.

 

http://www.beermenus.com/places/15584-binny-s-lincoln-park-tasting-room

 

At the moment, yeah, I think so. The bartender was complaining about it.

 

Go Tavern in my 'hood has this same issue.

 

Do they do growler fills?

 

THey don't allow samples, Vav wants them I hear, time to change it, WF does it across the street I love red star's selection or the other place in their lobby. Love shopping with a draft in hand.

 

no, because of IL's lame laws.

 

Gorgeous place to have a beer. Love it.

 

The place looks absolutely amazing and there are always some great beers on tap.

 

Why? Does the bartender at Binny's get paid less than the other staff in the store?

 

I'm sure you would be thrilled if people wanted to tip on a credit card and couldn't without advance notice.

 

Without the "tip on the card" mechanism, they may be earning less than bartenders at similar bars, like the Whole Foods across the street.

Edit: It's not uncommon in retail for specialty employees to earn a significantly different wage than other employees in the same store. For example, most employees at a grocery store get a pretty standard wage, but butchers and pharmacy workers are on completely different scales.

 

Whole foods lp has the same tupping method as binnys.

 

Regardless of who uses this system, it is bad.