| Longman & Eagle | |
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 Interactive map of Longman & Eagle | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Food type | Gastropub |
| Location | Chicago,Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41°55′48.3″N87°42′25.6″W / 41.930083°N 87.707111°W /41.930083; -87.707111 |
| Reservations | No |
Longman & Eagle is an American restaurant located in theLogan Square neighborhood ofChicago. It was founded in 2010.
The restaurant was founded in 2010 by Pete Toalson and Bruce Finkelman, who had previously founded the music venue theEmpty Bottle together.[1] Jared Wentworth, the restaurant's first chef, emphasized pork dishes.[1] The restaurant also features a six-room inn, which inspired food critic Alan Richman to refer to the restaurant as a "neo-flophouse". As of 2018,Bruce Finkelman andCraig Golde, through their firm16" on Center, own, co-own, operate, and/or co-operate several music venues, includingThe Empty Bottle,The Promontory,Evanston S.P.A.C.E., Sonotheque (which closed in 2009), andThalia Hall, all in and near Chicago. Finkeleman and Golde are similarly affiliated with several other restaurants and bars, both at those music venues and free-standing, includingBite Cafe,Dusek's, and Longman & Eagle.[2][3][4][5][1]
Longman & Eagle is agastropub,[6] focused on serving upscale versions of traditional bar fare. Early in the restaurant's history, some of its produce was sourced by Chicago-based urban forager Dave Odd; restaurants including Browntrout and Blackbird have also employed Odd.[7]
In particular, Longman emphasizes meat-based dishes.[8] The restaurant's tongue hash (beef tongue served with truffle hash) has been highlighted by several publications.[9][10]
TheMichelin Guide awarded it a 1-star ranking for seven sequential years from 2010,[11] but it lost its star and was moved to the less prestigiousBib Gourmand list in 2017.[12]