Road Trippin': Flossmoor Station Brewpub and Restaurant

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Feb 10, 2009 8:00PM

The Little Brewpub That Could, framed against a picture perfect sky.

The view from behind the bar inside the brewpub. It\'s amazing the breadth of beer styles Van Wyk and Anthony Mason create in such a small space

The draft list, including specials.

One of the highlights of Flossmoor Station\'s interior is the fully operational model train set operating above patrons heads, complete with track switching.

Flossmoor Station\'s \"Obama-Brau\" is a spicy roasted brown ale that has a lot of character.

This is Flossmoor Station\'s \"Organic Woody,\" a barrel-aged organic ale that is great for sipping.

Flossmoor Station\'s \"Gandy Dancer\" is a honey rye and one of the brewpub\'s best sellers.

A visit to Flossmoor Station isn\'t complete without sampling a cup od their kettle chili, with the works.

Flossmoor Station\'s six-cheese pasta, with added chicken breast, was an underwhleming mess of an entree.

Outgoing brewmaster Matt Van Wyk auctions off a bottle each of the now-collectors item brews, Wooden Hell and Collaborative Evil.

We headed down to Flossmoor Station Brewpub and Restaurant last Saturday for their "Killer Kapowski" launch party. It wasn't our first visit to the south suburban brewpub. In fact, it's the trip down to Flossmoor that's one of our favorite aspects about visiting.

Located steps (literally) from the Flossmoor Metra Electric line, Flossmoor Station is a 45 minute train ride from Millennium Park. Restaurant management embraces the train motif, with antique railroad memorabilia throughout the bar and restaurant and a running model train set over the bar, complete with switching tracks. The food is classic pub grub; you can't go wrong with anything off Flossmoor's deli sandwich menu. A cup of Flossmoor's kettle chili is a necessity.

But the honey that draws flies to Flossmoor Station is the beer. Outgoing brewmaster Matt Van Wyk and his assistant Andrew Mason (who's also a frequent visitor to this site) brew an amazing breadth of beer styles for such a small brewpub, and the quality behind the beer is always top notch, one of many reasons Flossmoor Station won brewpub of the year at the 2006 Great American Beer Festival.