A table for two was open on 43% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 106,883 checks of Moody Tongue through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
It publishes no release time. In our checks its SevenRooms calendar runs about 30 days ahead.
In our early checks, Thursday, with a table on 86% of checks. It has not opened a table on Sundays, Mondays or Tuesdays in our checks, which usually means it is closed then.
It is one of the tighter Chicago tables we track. At our latest reading (19 October 2026), it had a table for two on 43% of dates, from 106,883 checks. Chicago joined our tracker in late September 2026, so this will move.
Yes. SnagRes texts or emails you the moment one opens on a date you picked. It never books, holds or resells a table: you book it yourself on SevenRooms.
Moody Tongue publishes no release time. Its SevenRooms calendar runs about 30 days ahead in our checks, so the newest dates sit at the far end of that window.
Our latest reading, dated 19 October 2026, found a table for two on 43% of dates in the window and 33% for four, across 106,883 checks. It has not opened a table on Sundays, Mondays or Tuesdays in our checks, which usually means it is closed then.
Among the nights that do open, the gap is wide. Thursday showed a table on 86% of checks, and Saturday on 41%.
One caution on all of this: Chicago joined SnagRes in late September 2026. A few weeks of checks shows the shape of the calendar but does not settle it, so expect the figures to move. We follow 68 Chicago rooms.
Pick Thursday if your plans allow it, and compare the figures for two and for four above before planning a group. If you need a Saturday, start at the far edge of the window instead of the week before.
A tasting menu with a set number of seats loses a table whenever plans change, and that table goes back on SevenRooms. SnagRes checks Moody Tongue's calendar continuously and texts you the moment a table opens on a night you picked.
SnagRes never books, holds or resells a table. It tells you one is free, and you book it yourself on SevenRooms.
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Moody Tongue's calendar runs about 30 days deep. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 43% of the dates in that window, so book at the release for a weekend and watch the date for a weeknight.
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