Chicago · Bar seats
Chicago rooms where a cited page names a bar, a counter, a communal table, or a solo seat. Galit is on this page because the communal table is the walk-in, and because the FAQ says the bar is not a dining seat.
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Where a source prints a clock time and leaves off the time zone, the time is quoted that way. A seat count is quoted only when that page prints one.
Very tough 4/5 · Midnight Table estimate, not official Resy or OpenTable data · Monteverde · How to get a reservation
The Infatuation guide dated July 9, 2026 says Monteverde’s bar is first come, first served, and that it is an easier seat alone. The same guide says dinner is booked out for months and that lunch, Tuesday through Saturday, is the realistic reservation. It does not give a dinner release time.
Tough 3/5 · Midnight Table estimate, not official Resy or OpenTable data · Galit · How to get a reservation
Galit’s FAQ, checked October 17, 2026, says walk-ins are welcome. When the dining room is full, a nine-seat communal table is held first come, first served. The bar is only for guests waiting on a reservation. It is not a dining seat. The same FAQ says Resy books the dining room and the kitchen counter, up to 60 days ahead, and it does not print the hour.
Tough 3/5 · Midnight Table estimate, not official Resy or OpenTable data · Asador Bastian · How to get a reservation
Asador Bastian’s site, checked October 19, 2026, says the upstairs dining room is reservation only. The ground-floor bar room opens at 4 p.m., takes walk-ins, and serves the full menu. The site says the dining room is bookable 30 days ahead and does not print the hour.
Tough 3/5 · Midnight Table estimate, not official Resy or OpenTable data · Alla Vita · How to get a reservation
The Infatuation guide dated July 9, 2026 says Alla Vita’s bar and patio are first come, first served at opening. OpenTable reservations in that guide are released 60 days ahead at 12:01 a.m. The guide does not name a time zone.
Tough 3/5 · Midnight Table estimate, not official Resy or OpenTable data · Hooligan · How to get a reservation
Hooligan’s FAQ, checked October 19, 2026, says the bar is first come, first served. Reservations open 30 days ahead. The FAQ does not state the hour.
Very tough 4/5 · Midnight Table estimate, not official Resy or OpenTable data · Ciccio Mio · How to get a reservation
Ciccio Mio’s reservations page, checked October 19, 2026, says lounge seating is the walk-in. Walk-ins are not charged the $5-a-person fee that online reservations carry. Parties on the online book are capped at six.
Monteverde’s bar is first come, first served, in The Infatuation’s July 9, 2026 guide, which also calls it an easier seat alone. Galit holds a nine-seat communal table when the dining room is full, and the FAQ says the bar is only for guests waiting on a reservation. Asador Bastian’s bar room takes walk-ins from 4 p.m. and serves the full menu. Alla Vita’s bar and patio are first come at opening. Hooligan’s bar is first come. Ciccio Mio’s lounge is the walk-in.
No. Galit’s FAQ, checked October 17, 2026, says the bar is for guests waiting on a reservation. The walk-in seat is the nine-seat communal table. The kitchen counter is booked on Resy.
No. Midnight Table sends alerts and helps with planning and booking. Every reservation is made in your own name on the restaurant's own platform. Midnight Table does not buy, hold, or resell tables.
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