Wild Onion Brewery & Banquets

About Us

Welcome to Wild Onion Brewery & Banquets:
A perfect place to relax with friends and family. Enjoy fresh handcrafted beers and hearty comfort food. Our timber framed bar and dining room, anchored by a massive stone fireplace, create a comfortable atmosphere that has made the Onion a local favorite since 2003.

Wild Onion Brewery & Banquets is a Full Service Restaurant and Brew Pub. We have a Banquet Facility accommodating from 25 up to 250.

A Beautiful & Unique Space:
As a family-owned business from Barrington, we recognized the need for a beautiful and unique space for people to meet and celebrate in our community. In response to many requests, we expanded our brewpub in 2006 to accommodate large gatherings. The Great Hall was built with a clear vision of unparalleled beauty that would invoke a sense of architectural awe and serenity.

Our Story:
We’re proud to be one of Chicagoland’s first craft breweries, firing up our first batch of Paddy Pale Ale back in 1996.

We chose the name Wild Onion in honor of the origins of Chicago’s name. “Che-cau-gua” was the phrase the original inhabitants of the region, the Potawatomi, used to describe the wild onions that grew throughout the area’s wetlands near the shores of Lake Michigan. We loved the imagery of the early French Canadian fur traders paddling their canoes down the Chicago River, surrounded by the distinctly aromatic wild onions as they approached the “big lake”. We believed it was the perfect name for a new brewery with old ties to the city.

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