Expansion Project Will Make The Long Room Wider

The Long Room will be getting, wait for it...wider.

For the past few months, construction workers have kept busy on an expansion project for the craft beer-centered tavern at Ashland and Irving Park. Part of the bar's west wall has a huge hole and is boarded up with plywood. Management is building a kitchen in the space neighboring the bar area.

There's no word when the expansion will be finished, as management didn't immediately return a call. But over the weekend, the Long Room posted a glimpse of the yet-to-be-completed service area. We'll update if anything new comes along, but in the meantime, take a look: