Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 61,530,416 checks across 284 restaurants through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
SnagRes tracks 3 hard-to-book Bucktown restaurants, including Armitage Alehouse, Chef's Special Cocktail Bar, Gavroche. Availability is rechecked throughout the day on the platforms represented here, and alerts can tell you when a table opens.
Platform split here: 3 on Resy. That matters because each platform releases tables differently, and watching only one of them leaves the rest of this list invisible.
1 of these had 10% or less of the booking window open at the last check: Armitage Alehouse.
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The restaurants tracked here cover British, American, French. Cuisine pages span every city we cover, so they are the better starting point when the food matters more than the location.
West Loop (12), River North (10), North Side (10), Northwest Side (9), Lincoln Park (8), Downtown and River North (6), South Side (4), West Town (3). Widening the search by a neighbourhood or two is usually the cheapest way to turn a fully booked night into an available one.
Across the 3 Bucktown restaurants SnagRes tracks in Chicago, an average of 57% of the bookable window is open at any given check. Even the hardest give tables back: Chef's Special Cocktail Bar had a table open up on 97% of its dates at some point. Hard tables go within minutes when they come back, so an alert matters more than refreshing.
Of the 1 with a confirmed drop time, 1 release at 9:00 AM, and the typical booking window is 21 days ahead. Release times are set per restaurant rather than per platform, so two places on the same platform can drop hours apart. The full table is on the release times page.
Of the 3, 3 book on Resy. Each platform releases tables on its own schedule. SnagRes rechecks the platforms represented in this city throughout the day.
Yes. Star any restaurant on this page and SnagRes emails you when a table opens. A free account watches two restaurants; Plus removes the limit, extends the window from 14 to 30 days and shows exact slot times. SnagRes alerts you, it does not book on your behalf.