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The Violet
The Violet
Hour
Door policy
The Violet Hour does not accept reservations. We operate on a first come first served basis.
Sunday - Friday
6pm - 2am
Saturday
6pm - 3am
1520 N. Damen
Chicago, IL 60622
Mobile, Push #
773.252.1500
The Violet Hour does not accept reservations. We operate on a first come first served basis.
Sunday - Friday
6pm - 2am
Saturday
6pm - 3am
1520 N. Damen
Chicago, IL 60622
Mobile, Push #
773.252.1500
SUSTENANCE
MENU
Roasted Nuts
assorted nuts tossed with cayenne, paprika, sugar and oregano
Frites and Aioli
crispy french fries, fines herbes, garlic aioli
Stuffed Dates
crispy stuffed dates with manchego cheese, smoked almond and basil, wrapped in bacon
Roasted Red Pepper Dip
red peppers whipped with walnuts and pomegranate served with seeded crackers and crispy pita
Smoked Shrimp Tea Sandwich
smoked shrimp mixed with celery, green onion and aioli on sourdough with fresh dill
Hot Ham and Cheese Slider
smoked ham, lorraine cheese, roasted onion and dijon mustard on a poppy seed roll
Pulled Pork Sliders
BBQ pork shoulder, creamy coleslaw and dill pickle on a baked bun
Truffled Ricotta Tartine
toasted hemp seed rye bread topped with ricotta cheese, truffle oil, fresh herbs, honey and arugula
Chicken Wing Tartine
toasted ciabatta topped with blue cheese, crispy buffalo style chicken thighs, shaved celery and carrot
Chocolate Bark from avec
dark chocolate with rice and milk chocolate with crushed almond
MENU
Roasted Nuts
assorted nuts tossed with cayenne, paprika, sugar and oregano
Frites and Aioli
crispy french fries, fines herbes, garlic aioli
Stuffed Dates
crispy stuffed dates with manchego cheese, smoked almond and basil, wrapped in bacon
Roasted Red Pepper Dip
red peppers whipped with walnuts and pomegranate served with seeded crackers and crispy pita
Smoked Shrimp Tea Sandwich
smoked shrimp mixed with celery, green onion and aioli on sourdough with fresh dill
Hot Ham and Cheese Slider
smoked ham, lorraine cheese, roasted onion and dijon mustard on a poppy seed roll
Pulled Pork Sliders
BBQ pork shoulder, creamy coleslaw and dill pickle on a baked bun
Truffled Ricotta Tartine
toasted hemp seed rye bread topped with ricotta cheese, truffle oil, fresh herbs, honey and arugula
Chicken Wing Tartine
toasted ciabatta topped with blue cheese, crispy buffalo style chicken thighs, shaved celery and carrot
Chocolate Bark from avec
dark chocolate with rice and milk chocolate with crushed almond
COCKTAILS
GIN
Juliet and Romeo
Beefeater, Mint, Cucumber, Rose Water
So Far, So Good
Letherbee, Lemon, Cherry Heering, J.P. Chenet Sparkling, Orange Flower Water
Much Obliged
Ford's Gin, Lemon, Raspberry Syrup, Ramazzotti
Saved by Zero
Citadelle, Lemon, Grenadine, Zucca Amaro
Or the Lash
Edinburgh, Lemon, Carrot Syrup, Lustau Manzanilla Sherry
Tremulous Things I Said
Dorothy Parker, Lemon, Cocchi Americano, Marie Brizard Cacao, Egg White, Underberg Bitters
Bargain Must Be Made
Chief Gowanus Genever, Vermouth del Professore, Luxardo Maraschino, Laphroaig 10yr
RUM
Ooh Diana
El Dorado 5yr, Grapefruit, Honey Syrup, Orange Bitters
Dark & Stormy
Brugal Añejo, Lime, Cruzan Black Strap, Fresh Ginger
Smiths in Charge
Smith & Cross, Lime, Ancho Reyes, Orgeat, Vida Mezcal
End of the Earth
Botran Reserva, Pineapple, Broadbent Madeira 5yr, Licor 43, Angostura Bitters
Look After This Bear
Plantation Dark, Lemon, Orange Marmalade, Egg White, Amaro Abano
Paddleless Raft
Flor de Caña 4yr, Lemon, Carrot Syrup, Egg Yolk, Clear Creek Blue Plum Brandy
Knee Slapper
Matusalem Classico, Lime, Cruzan Blackstrap, Strawberry Shrub, Pale Ale
WHISKEY
The Violet Hour Old Fashioned
Jim Beam Rye, Demerara Syrup, Angostura Bitters
Armageddon
Wild Turkey 101 Rye, Lemon, Saigon Cinnamon, Mole Bitters
Steeplechase
Old Forester Signature, Grapefruit, Raspberry Syrup, Cranberry Bitters
Sunday Best
George Dickel No. 12, Lemon, Strawberry Syrup, Coffee-Chicory Syrup, Egg White, Herbsaint
Hardest Walk
Famous Grouse, Lemon, Plantation Dark Rum, Fresh Ginger, Angostura di Amaro, Hibiscus
Postcards from the Edge
Buffalo Trace, La Caravedo Pisco, Broadbent Madeira 5yr, Cocchi Americano, House Cocktail Sauce
TEQUILA
Tommy Gun
Lunazul Blanco, Lime, Habanero Honey, Cucumber
Space Coyote
Ancho Reyes, Pineapple, Cabeza, Combier Kümmel, Angostura
Carmine & Crimson
Xicaru Mezcal, Lime, Campari, Dolin Blanc, Mint
Occasional Hurricane
Hacienda Vieja Reposado, Coffee-Chickory Syrup, Grapefruit Bitters
BRANDY
Stone Cold Fox
Encanto Pisco, Pineapple, Amaro Montenegro, Orgeat, Red Wine
Sideshow on the Mainstage
Encanto Pisco, Grapefruit, Egg White, Saigon Cinnamon
Mean Ol' Levee
Pierre Ferrand 1840, Cocchi di Torino, Jim Beam Rye, Cocchi Rosa, Tobacco Bitters
POTABLE BITTERS
Pimm's Cup Variation #15
Pimm's No. 1, Lime, Sweet Lucy, Blackberry, Mint
Total Eclipse
Campari, Lemon, Lemon Hart 151 Rum, Orange Marmalade, Coffee-Pecan Bitters
Hop Skip Jump
Punt e Mes, Lemon, Cynar, Pale Ale
Liquor Park Wicker Sour
Cynar, Luxardo Bitter, Dolin Genepy, Cocchi di Torino
The Rabbit Hole
Letherbee Fernet, Lemon, Strawberry Syrup, Fernet Branca
VODKA
Wrath of Grapes
Modest, Lemon, La Caravedo Pisco, St. Germain, Cucumber
American Vandal
Modest, Lemon, Egg White, House Cocktail Sauce
Teaches of Peaches
Modest, Lemon, Plymouth Sloe Gin, Egg Yolk, Crème de Pêche
Coattails
CH Aquavit, Cocchi Americano, Luxardo Maraschino, St. George Absinthe, Grapefruit Bitters
THE VIOLET HOUR PUNCH
The Violet Hour Punch
($60 - serves 5-6) Caña Brava Rum, Hamilton Black Jamaican Rum, Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao, Lemon, Orange Oleo Saccharum
GIN
Juliet and Romeo
Beefeater, Mint, Cucumber, Rose Water
So Far, So Good
Letherbee, Lemon, Cherry Heering, J.P. Chenet Sparkling, Orange Flower Water
Much Obliged
Ford's Gin, Lemon, Raspberry Syrup, Ramazzotti
Saved by Zero
Citadelle, Lemon, Grenadine, Zucca Amaro
Or the Lash
Edinburgh, Lemon, Carrot Syrup, Lustau Manzanilla Sherry
Tremulous Things I Said
Dorothy Parker, Lemon, Cocchi Americano, Marie Brizard Cacao, Egg White, Underberg Bitters
Bargain Must Be Made
Chief Gowanus Genever, Vermouth del Professore, Luxardo Maraschino, Laphroaig 10yr
RUM
Ooh Diana
El Dorado 5yr, Grapefruit, Honey Syrup, Orange Bitters
Dark & Stormy
Brugal Añejo, Lime, Cruzan Black Strap, Fresh Ginger
Smiths in Charge
Smith & Cross, Lime, Ancho Reyes, Orgeat, Vida Mezcal
End of the Earth
Botran Reserva, Pineapple, Broadbent Madeira 5yr, Licor 43, Angostura Bitters
Look After This Bear
Plantation Dark, Lemon, Orange Marmalade, Egg White, Amaro Abano
Paddleless Raft
Flor de Caña 4yr, Lemon, Carrot Syrup, Egg Yolk, Clear Creek Blue Plum Brandy
Knee Slapper
Matusalem Classico, Lime, Cruzan Blackstrap, Strawberry Shrub, Pale Ale
WHISKEY
The Violet Hour Old Fashioned
Jim Beam Rye, Demerara Syrup, Angostura Bitters
Armageddon
Wild Turkey 101 Rye, Lemon, Saigon Cinnamon, Mole Bitters
Steeplechase
Old Forester Signature, Grapefruit, Raspberry Syrup, Cranberry Bitters
Sunday Best
George Dickel No. 12, Lemon, Strawberry Syrup, Coffee-Chicory Syrup, Egg White, Herbsaint
Hardest Walk
Famous Grouse, Lemon, Plantation Dark Rum, Fresh Ginger, Angostura di Amaro, Hibiscus
Postcards from the Edge
Buffalo Trace, La Caravedo Pisco, Broadbent Madeira 5yr, Cocchi Americano, House Cocktail Sauce
TEQUILA
Tommy Gun
Lunazul Blanco, Lime, Habanero Honey, Cucumber
Space Coyote
Ancho Reyes, Pineapple, Cabeza, Combier Kümmel, Angostura
Carmine & Crimson
Xicaru Mezcal, Lime, Campari, Dolin Blanc, Mint
Occasional Hurricane
Hacienda Vieja Reposado, Coffee-Chickory Syrup, Grapefruit Bitters
BRANDY
Stone Cold Fox
Encanto Pisco, Pineapple, Amaro Montenegro, Orgeat, Red Wine
Sideshow on the Mainstage
Encanto Pisco, Grapefruit, Egg White, Saigon Cinnamon
Mean Ol' Levee
Pierre Ferrand 1840, Cocchi di Torino, Jim Beam Rye, Cocchi Rosa, Tobacco Bitters
POTABLE BITTERS
Pimm's Cup Variation #15
Pimm's No. 1, Lime, Sweet Lucy, Blackberry, Mint
Total Eclipse
Campari, Lemon, Lemon Hart 151 Rum, Orange Marmalade, Coffee-Pecan Bitters
Hop Skip Jump
Punt e Mes, Lemon, Cynar, Pale Ale
Liquor Park Wicker Sour
Cynar, Luxardo Bitter, Dolin Genepy, Cocchi di Torino
The Rabbit Hole
Letherbee Fernet, Lemon, Strawberry Syrup, Fernet Branca
VODKA
Wrath of Grapes
Modest, Lemon, La Caravedo Pisco, St. Germain, Cucumber
American Vandal
Modest, Lemon, Egg White, House Cocktail Sauce
Teaches of Peaches
Modest, Lemon, Plymouth Sloe Gin, Egg Yolk, Crème de Pêche
Coattails
CH Aquavit, Cocchi Americano, Luxardo Maraschino, St. George Absinthe, Grapefruit Bitters
THE VIOLET HOUR PUNCH
The Violet Hour Punch
($60 - serves 5-6) Caña Brava Rum, Hamilton Black Jamaican Rum, Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao, Lemon, Orange Oleo Saccharum
HOUSE RULES
No cell phone use inside lounge.
Proper attire is requested.
Please, no baseball hats.
Sorry, no reservations.
If you have a party of four, we'll give you four chairs. If your party is eight, we'll arrange eight chairs for you. No "party add-ons" without prior notification.
No O-Bombs. No Jager-Bombs. No bombs of any kind.
No Budweiser. No light beer. No Grey Goose. No Cosmopolitans.
And finally, please do not bring anyone to The Violet Hour that you wouldn't bring to your mother's house for Sunday dinner.
No cell phone use inside lounge.
Proper attire is requested.
Please, no baseball hats.
Sorry, no reservations.
If you have a party of four, we'll give you four chairs. If your party is eight, we'll arrange eight chairs for you. No "party add-ons" without prior notification.
No O-Bombs. No Jager-Bombs. No bombs of any kind.
No Budweiser. No light beer. No Grey Goose. No Cosmopolitans.
And finally, please do not bring anyone to The Violet Hour that you wouldn't bring to your mother's house for Sunday dinner.