Famous Dave's Chicago
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West Jackson Boulevard
W Chicago Avenue
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W. Chicago Avenue
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N Halsted Street Unit C
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Authentic, slow-cooked, American BBQ.
03/17/2024
Now that's a pot of gold! 🍀 🌈💚
02/06/2024
👏👏👏👏Round of applause to our friends in the DMV for their SAUCESOME Football Feast display! 🏈🏈🏈
No ideas for Superbowl snacks this year? Why not try out some BBQ | WBFF We are all gearing up to watch the game of the year February 11th, so why not watch with a wing in hand?Robert Shaffner, General Manager for Famous Dave's, alon
12/11/2023
Be the Hero of the Office Holiday Party! 🎁🎄Let Famous Dave's Catering elevate your Holiday Gathering. Call or Click for a custom quote:
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10/31/2023
Happy Halloween!
10/10/2023
Where there's smoke, there's flavor! 🤩We're obsessed with these new SMOKED Chicken Wings.... and we know you will be too!
07/29/2023
Cluck yeah! 🐔 It's National Chicken Wing Day and our smokin' Traditional Wings are the perfect way to celebrate! Order Now: famousdaves.com/menu
07/20/2023
07/11/2023
Congratulations to B.S. Barbeque on your win at the All-Star BBQ Series in Addison!
Fox Valley BBQ team nearly sweeps weekend competition, earns golden ticket to World Food Championships ADDISON, Illi. (WFRV) – A Fox Valley competition BBQ team took home top honors at the Famous Dave’s All-Star BBQ Series in Illinois over the weekend. The event was held in the City of A…
07/10/2023
Thank 'Que WGN Morning News and Ji Suk Yi for joining us in Addison for the All-Star BBQ Series!
Weekend Break: Famous Dave's restaurant in Addison Check out this Weekend Break at Famous Dave's Restaurant in Addison.
07/10/2023
ICYMI - a little recap from the All-Star BBQ Series at Famous Dave's in Addison. 🏆🐷🔥
Weekend Break: Famous Dave's BBQ Competition Ji Suk Yi takes you on a barbecue-themed trip during this edition of Weekend Break.
07/08/2023
Today's the Day! Famous Dave's in Addison is throwing a PARTY!! 🥳🐷🤩🎉
Join us today as we host the All Star BBQ Series in partnership with the World Food Championships!
Tell your friends. Bring your family! Fun for BBQ lovers of all ages.
⭐️FREE Hog Sandwiches (while supplies last) 🐽
⭐️FREE BBQ Wing Samples from the competing Pitmasters
⭐️FREE Famous Dave's Award-Winning BBQ Samples
⭐️$1 Ice Cold Draft Beers 🍻
⭐️FREE Snow Cones and Popcorn 🍧🍿
⭐️FREE Games and Prizes for the whole family! 🏆
⭐️Meet Wilbur the Pig 🐷
⭐️FREE Samples from Kurvball Whiskey 🥃
⭐️Live entertainment and music 🎼🎤🎧
AND......
The chance to meet America's Rib King, Famous Dave Anderson.
Famous Dave's Addison
1631 W. Lake Street
Today, Saturday, July 8, 2023
12pm-4pm
See ya'll there!
07/08/2023
We're ready for you All-Stars! If you're looking for something fun to do with the family tomorrow, come to the All-Star BBQ Series, hosted by Famous Dave's in Addison.
07/08/2023
One more sleep until the Big All-Star BBQ Series!
'Something about weekend barbecue warriors': Famous Dave's hosting BBQ contest in Addison Dave Anderson, founder of Famous Dave's barbeque chain, talks about this weekend's All-Star Barbeque Championship Series event in Addison.
07/08/2023
It's almost time!! Did you catch Famous Dave Anderson and Dane Neal on WGN Radio?
07/03/2023
5 more days!
Famous Dave's All-Star BBQ Series comes to Addison this weekend Dave Anderson, founder of Famous Dave's, joins Good Day Chicago to preview this Saturday's Famous Dave's All-Star BBQ Series in Addison.
06/30/2023
INTRODUCING: NEW! Smoked Wings Choose from Kurvball™ Sweet Glaze, Kurvball™ Heat Glaze, or Memphis Dry Rub.
Try 'em today! famousdaves.com/menu
06/22/2023
Famous Dave's in Addison is throwing a PARTY!! 🥳🐷🤩🎉
Join us on July 8th as we host the All Star BBQ Series in partnership with the World Food Championships!
Tell your friends. Bring your family! Fun for BBQ lovers of all ages.
⭐️FREE Hog Sandwiches (while supplies last) 🐽
⭐️FREE BBQ Wing Samples from the competing Pitmasters
⭐️FREE Famous Dave's Award-Winning BBQ Samples
⭐️$1 Ice Cold Draft Beers 🍻
⭐️FREE Snow Cones and Popcorn 🍧🍿
⭐️FREE Games and Prizes for the whole family! 🏆
⭐️Meet Wilbur the Pig 🐷
⭐️FREE Samples from Kurvball Whiskey 🥃
⭐️Live entertainment and music 🎼🎤🎧
AND......
The chance to meet America's Rib King, Famous Dave Anderson.
Famous Dave's Addison
1631 W. Lake Street
Saturday, July 8, 2023
12pm-4pm
See ya'll there!
06/09/2023
Fuel up for the game tonight 🏀 Order your favorite finger foods now: famousdaves.com
05/31/2023
Want $10 FREE?!
Buy a $50 online gift card & get a free $10 ebonus card for a limited time only!
Restrictions apply. famousdaves.com/gift-cards
05/16/2023
It's National BBQ Day! What better way to celebrate than dinner from Dave's 🍖
05/14/2023
Can't go wrong with BBQ on Mother's Day 😍
05/04/2023
The best grad parties do BBQ! Choose from convenient pickup, delivery, or full-service options.
Info: famousdaves.com/catering
04/04/2023
Host a stress-free Easter with our Whole Hickory Smoked Ham Feast! 🐰
Just want the centerpiece? Order a Whole Hickory Smoked Ham A la Carte.
Order here: www.famousdaves.com/Menu/Category/easter
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03/28/2023
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Our Story
Famous Dave is the most awarded Pitmaster in history — a true originator blessed with a great sense of taste and a passion to create only the best of the best. Even among BBQ champions, Dave is recognized as the authority on the art of cooking with smoke and flame.
Dave Anderson, founder of Famous Dave’s, lives for barbeque. Growing up in Chicago, Dave’s passion for ribs began as a young boy when his dad would bring ribs home — the best tasting slow-smoked spareribs from street corner vendors who used 55-gallon smokers filled with charcoal and smoldering green hickory wood. They were the legendary ribs just like the champion pitmasters used to smoke way down in the Deep South.
Dave spent more than 25 years of his adult life searching all over the country for the best barbeque and feasting on a variety of smoked meats available from every barbeque joint he could find — from the neighborhood storefront BBQ shacks in Memphis, Kansas City, and Chicago, to the backwoods smokehouses found in the southern foothills of Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and finally, to the huge mesquite pits of Texas.
Dave discovered that there is no other way to smoke good “que” than to first hand-rub each slab with a blend of southern spices, then slow smoke ’em in a pit of smoldering hickory. This is the time-honored way, the traditional way used by champion pitmasters down in the Deep South. These were the kind of ribs Dave had grown to love as a boy in Chicago — the kind he knew, along with his barbeque sauce, would someday make his barbeque famous.
In 1994 Dave’s dream became a reality when he purchased a small resort on Big Round Lake in Hayward, Wisconsin. The resort, with eight cabins, had a restaurant and bar that was rebuilt in the style of a magnificent Adirondack Lodge. From the beginning, the first restaurant, named “Famous Dave’s BBQ Shack,” was a tremendous success — serving as many as 1,000 in a night.
In November 1995, Famous Dave’s was named 1st place winner for its Rich & Sassy® barbeque sauce at the American Royal Barbecue Sauce Contest in Kansas City, Missouri — the largest and most prestigious barbeque contest in the world! Since then, Famous Dave’s has won one award after another including Greatest Ribs in America, Greatest Sauce in America, Best New Restaurant and Best Dessert.
A Famous Dave’s rib is better from the start. Dave understands you can’t wind up with the best-tasting barbequed ribs if you don’t start with the best quality raw product — the St. Louis sparerib. Dave insists on a slab of ribs of more than 2-1/2 pounds. This large slab of ribs has gained Famous Dave’s the national distinction of being the “Home of the Big Slab!” It costs a bit more for this level of quality, but take one look, and especially one bite, and you’ll taste the difference of a Famous Dave’s rib.
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Opening Hours
| Monday | 11am - 10pm |
| Tuesday | 11am - 10pm |
| Wednesday | 11am - 10pm |
| Thursday | 11am - 10pm |
| Friday | 11am - 11pm |
| Saturday | 11am - 11pm |
| Sunday | 11am - 10pm |
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