Lillie's Q Chicago

Lillie's Q Chicago Award winning competition BBQ and Southern favorites by chef/owner Charlie McKenna. Located at 417 N.
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Chef Charlie McKenna (formerly the sous chef at Tru and Avenues) opened Lillie’s Q restaurant in July 2010 specializing in award-winning competition BBQ, Southern favorites and sides in Bucktown as a homage to his family’s deep cooking roots. McKenna has competed on the competition BBQ circuit with his father and friends the last 10 years, and the team won the prestigious Memphis In May BBQ compet

ition in 2007 in the whole pork shoulder category and placed in Top Ten every year from 2006 through 2010 and finished 12th in 2011. McKenna opened an outpost of Lillie’s Q in Destin, FL, with his parents in 2008. At Lillie’s Q in Chicago, McKenna is smoking pork shoulder for pulled pork, tri-tip, baby back ribs, and chicken in two custom built smokers over peach wood and lump charcoal. McKenna began cooking Southern favorites and sides with grandma Lillie and his mother at an early age and those standouts make their way onto the Lillie’s Q menu via shrimp & grits, pimiento cheese, fried pickles, boiled peanuts, Brunswick stew, baked beans, macaroni & cheese and banana pudding.

If your weekend plans don’t involve chicken tenders, cancel everything else and reconsider. 🍗🔥
02/28/2025

If your weekend plans don’t involve chicken tenders, cancel everything else and reconsider. 🍗🔥

Valentine’s plans? Yeah, it’s just us and this wing. 🍗🔥 No regrets. ❤️‍🔥
02/14/2025

Valentine’s plans? Yeah, it’s just us and this wing. 🍗🔥 No regrets. ❤️‍🔥

The secret’s out: our sides hit just as hard as the mains. 🔥 Don’t sleep on the mac, beans, grits, and slaw—this is wher...
02/14/2025

The secret’s out: our sides hit just as hard as the mains. 🔥 Don’t sleep on the mac, beans, grits, and slaw—this is where the magic happens.

Winning move: Let us handle the wings. 🍗🔥 Buckets, bottles, and enough sauce to go around. Place your catering order now...
02/06/2025

Winning move: Let us handle the wings. 🍗🔥 Buckets, bottles, and enough sauce to go around. Place your catering order now—because, game day waits for no one.

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Game day rule: Don’t wing it. 🐔🏈 Grab a platter of our perfectly smoked wings for takeout or catering and win the Super ...
02/01/2025

Game day rule: Don’t wing it. 🐔🏈 Grab a platter of our perfectly smoked wings for takeout or catering and win the Super Bowl spread before kickoff.brewyards

Forks up, jaws down. 🐖🔥📸
01/28/2025

Forks up, jaws down. 🐖🔥

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01/24/2025

Any Ranch fans out there or is this a blue cheese kind of crowd?

The first rule of BBQ: If it doesn’t take two hands to carry your plate, you’re doing it wrong. 👐
01/21/2025

The first rule of BBQ: If it doesn’t take two hands to carry your plate, you’re doing it wrong. 👐

Day 17 of the New Year: Resolutions are fading, Brisket Fries are calling. 🐖🔥📷
01/17/2025

Day 17 of the New Year: Resolutions are fading, Brisket Fries are calling. 🐖🔥

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01/16/2025

Sunshine? Patio? Summer vibes? Not in January. But hey, watching Chef show us how to actually eat a chicken wing feels like a little escape. 🌞🔥 No further questions—just daydreams and wings. Let’s [party...inside ](party...inside "/linkBuilder_7FhwBwNcEHlRjQHeWO1Gt5") this time. 🐔✨

Address

417 N. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL
60622

Opening Hours

Tuesday 3pm - 9pm
Wednesday 3pm - 9pm
Thursday 3pm - 9pm
Friday 12pm - 11pm
Saturday 12pm - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 9pm

Telephone

+17732951270

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