Every other Wednesday, or thereabouts, our taproom manager Ben hosts Music Bingo from 6-8pm. The premise is fun and simple—each round is variations of a theme, and you must match snippets of songs to your squares. Say, for example, the theme is Umlauts. You better brush up on your Björk, Mötorhead, and Blue Öyster Cult.

Learn the art of bonsai in a fun, social setting with expert instructors while enjoying a Dovetail! Attendees will pot, prune, and shape their own bonsai tree to take home, with all materials provided. Purchase your tickets here.

Polombia will join us at the taproom to serve their homestyle Polish-Colombian food!

Good Omen Gyoza will offer their Japanese-style dumplings and other inspired small bites.

​Bumbu Roux is a unique culinary venture by chef Chris Reed, blending his Indonesian and Creole heritage into a harmonious menu, with the likes of the pork sambal po’boy and seafood gumbo.

Joining us in the taproom is MAGIC BY BRIELLE, bringing “How’d she do that?!” table-side illusions straight to your bar seat. A Chicago-based magician and “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” alum, Brielle is helping revive tavern magic, a close-up style born right here in Chicago, with performances at spots like Beard & Belly and Long Room.

Belgium’s beloved beer bars—known as brown cafés for their cozy wood paneling (and perhaps the patina of decades past)—are neighborhood spots where people gather for a beer, a snack, and conversation across the bar. We’re bringing a bit of that spirit to Ravenswood and Belle Plaine with special pours of our Tripel, Saison, and Gin Barrel-Aged Saison.

Since no brown café is complete without snacks, we’ve invited the Cheese Maven to serve cheese plates (2-5pm), including a Belgian favorite: young cheese sprinkled with celery salt. The Chicago Chapter of the Pink Boots Society will also be on site raffling off prizes to raise funds for scholarships to send members to Germany next year. To support the cause, we’ll be doubling our donation from Tripel pours—$2 from every pour will go directly to the scholarship fund.

Dolin' Out joins us for a special, seasonal shrimp boil and their small-batch, made-from-scratch gumbo.

Tamara and crew from Tacos Las Manitas joins us to serve her delicious homestyle tacos.

Even before Dovetail opened its doors, it started making spontaneously-fermented beers in the Senne Valley tradition. It's something we think doesn't get enough love around here: Grain bills of unmalted wheat and barley; aged hops; turbid mashes; coolshipping; aging in barrels for years, and then blending—we try to honor the process of those Belgian producers in our spon beer, which is why we don't call these Lambics.

All Friday, we'll tap spons from our cellar -- from unfruited blends, to fruits, and maybe a spirit barrel or two ... And Blind Bottles. We brewed and bottled these beers years ago, annnnd we never labeled them. Annnnnd then we lost the notes as to what was in the bottles. So, we have no idea what's in them. But, Blind Boxes are cool right? It's like a Lambic-style Labubu! You don't know what you'll get til you open it. Available for a very low and special price to enjoy at the taproom or take to go.

Talk to a brewer in Chicago, and you’d be hard-pressed to find one that has not been influenced in some way by Michael and Louise’s Hopleaf. Since 1992, Michael has introduced generations to Belgian beer by way of his tavern-cum-institution at the near-corner of Clark and Foster Aves. Michael will be on-hand to tap a gravity keg of our Tripel at 5pm—our collaboration with the Chicago chapter of the Pink Boots Society. Tripel is just one of the ways that we’ve been able to showcase our love for Belgian beers (That’s right, we’re not just a German-style brewery) and we’re proud to support PBS with each pour, with $1 going towards scholarships for local women in brewing.

Every other Wednesday, or thereabouts, our taproom manager Ben hosts Music Bingo from 6-8pm. The premise is fun and simple—each round is variations of a theme, and you must match snippets of songs to your squares. Say, for example, the theme is Umlauts. You better brush up on your Björk, Mötorhead, and Blue Öyster Cult.

-Festiversary favorites The Happy Lobster roll up to serve their Chicago-style lobster rolls made with Maine lobsters. Folks are encouraged to preorder here.

The Limoni Belli food truck rolls up to serve Neapolitan-style pizza to kick off the weekend!

Let’s welcome Pizza Dom and his Neapolitan-style pies to the the taproom!

We welcome Chicago’s Indigenous-inspired taqueria, Pinatta, back to the taproom!

Good Omen Gyoza will offer their Japanese-style dumplings and other inspired small bites.

Way back in 2023, we brewed a Berliner Weisse that we released that August. But being that we like to brew things the old-fashioned way, we brewed this beer with Brettanomyces, which was traditionally found in the Berliners of yore. It takes some time for Brett to make itself known, so we’re re-releasing it and serving it Berlin-style, with syrups by Bitter Ex. Beard & Belly will bring the currywurst.

Ready to feel strong, energized, and empowered? Join us for a low-impact, high energy class blends strength training, cardio and mobility work to give you a full-body workout that's as fun as it is effective. We'll use resistance bands, sliders, and bodyweight exercises (calisthenics) to build your strength and cardiovascular health.

Whether you are a beginner or getting back into a routine, this 45 minute all-level class is designed to meet you where you are. Come move, sweat, and kick off your weekend with us!

Bonus: Your first drink is included with your ticket (non-alcoholic options available) — Get your ticket here!

Bring: A mat, water bottle, and good vibes

Led by Jamie Greensphan, Paco Garay and guest teacher.

Our North Center neighbors bring some of their diner menu favorites.

Curbside Bicycles comes to Dovetail for a bike repair pop-up. Get your bike ride-ready for the rest of the season! $95 includes same-day service and a .5L of Dovetail beer. RSVP for your slot here!

Our North Center neighbors bring some of their diner menu favorites.