The Hot Ticket
Two smashed patties, American cheese, griddled onions, pickles and ticket sauce.
$10.50Most ordered
Smashed to order.
Fresh chuck pressed thin on a screaming-hot flat top, melted American, pickles and ticket sauce on a soft potato bun. Order ahead and it's on the pickup shelf in about eight minutes.
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Smashed when you orderNothing waits under a heat lamp.
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Ready in about 8 minutesOrder ahead and skip the line.
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Open late, every nightTill midnight, 2am on Friday and Saturday.
The menu
Order online for pickup, or come grab it at the counter.
Burgers
Every burger comes on a toasted potato bun. Ticket sauce is our house sauce: tangy, a little smoky, a lot of pickle.
Big Shoulders
Three patties, three slices of American, thick-cut bacon, crispy onion strings and smoky BBQ.
$14.25
Night Owl
Double smash, cheddar, a runny fried egg, bacon and maple-chili ketchup. Built for after midnight.
$12.75Late favorite
Giardiniera Melt
Double smash, provolone, hot giardiniera and garlic mayo. Chicago, in burger form.
$12.25Spicy
Bleu Line
Double smash, blue cheese crumbles, bourbon onions, arugula and black pepper aioli.
$12.50
Garden Plot
Crispy black bean and beet patty, pepper jack, avocado, pickled onions and chipotle mayo.
$11.25Vegetarian
Fries and sides
Fries are half price with any burger from 10pm to close.
Ticket Fries
Skin-on shoestrings, double fried and hit with our seasoned salt.
$4.50
Loaded Cheese Fries
Ticket fries under cheddar sauce, bacon, jalapeños and scallions.
$7.25
Onion Rings
Thick-cut sweet onions in a crackly beer batter, with ticket sauce.
$5.75
Mac and Cheese
Elbows in sharp cheddar sauce under a buttery cracker crust.
$5.50
Shakes
Spun to order with frozen custard we make every morning.
Vanilla Malt
Vanilla bean custard and malt powder, spun thick enough for a spoon.
$6.75
Chocolate Fudge
Dark chocolate custard with hot fudge swirled through and down the glass.
$7.25
Strawberry Field
Real strawberries blended into vanilla custard. Pink, not neon.
$7.25
Cookies and Cream
Vanilla custard packed with crushed chocolate sandwich cookies.
$7.25
Drinks
Fountain refills are free while you're here.
Fountain Soda
Cola, diet cola, lemon-lime or root beer, over plenty of ice.
$2.75
Fresh Lemonade
Squeezed in-house every morning. Ask for a splash of strawberry.
$3.75
Iced Tea
Black tea brewed every few hours, sweet or unsweet, with a lime wedge.
$3.25
Root Beer Float
Craft root beer poured over two scoops of vanilla custard.
$5.50
Late shift
Half-price fries with every burger, from 10pm to close, every night. It comes off your total on its own, no code needed.
Starts tonight in
Two minutes on the flat top
No heat lamps and no holding trays. This is what happens after you place your order.
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Smash
A ball of fresh 80/20 chuck hits a 450° flat top and gets pressed thin with a steel smasher.
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Crust
The edges go lacy and dark brown. That crust is where all the flavor lives.
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Flip and melt
One flip, a slice of American and a splash of water under a dome. The cheese goes molten in seconds.
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Order up
Toasted potato bun, ticket sauce, pickles and onions. Wrapped, bagged and on the pickup shelf.
Order like a regular
Everybody who comes in twice a week has a usual. Borrow one next time you order.
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Dana, Logan Square
Every Thursday after spin class
- 1The Hot Ticket12.50+ Thick-cut bacon
No pickles - 1Loaded Cheese Fries7.25
- 1Chocolate Fudge7.25
Comes to$27.00 - 1The Hot Ticket12.50+ Thick-cut bacon
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Marcus, ER night shift
Walks in still wearing scrubs
- 1Night Owl12.75
- 1Ticket Fries4.50
- 1Root Beer Float5.50
Comes to$22.75 -
Priya, Avondale
Monday lunch, never misses
- 1Garden Plot11.25No onions
- 1Onion Rings5.75
- 1Fresh Lemonade4.75Large
Comes to$21.75 -
Big Lou, Hermosa
Has never once shared the fries
- 1Big Shoulders15.75+ Fried egg
- 2Ticket Fries9.00
- 1Vanilla Malt6.75
Comes to$31.50
Come grab it
Open now
1857 N Ashby AveChicago, IL 60647
Logan Square, a four-minute walk from the California Blue Line stop.
| Monday | 11am to midnight |
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| Tuesday | 11am to midnight |
| Wednesday | 11am to midnight |
| Thursday | 11am to midnight |
| Friday | 11am to 2am |
| Saturday | 11am to 2am |
| Sunday | 11am to midnight |
- Pickup
- Your bag waits on the shelf left of the register, name facing out.
- Parking
- Street parking on Ashby, plus a free lot behind the building after 6pm.