(530) 894-3463 Located at 1250 Esplanade, Chico CA 95926
Mon: 5pm-8pm | Tues - Thurs: 4:30pm - 8:30pm | Fri - Sat: 4:30pm - 9pm
Sunday Dinner: 5pm-8pm

The Perfect Dining Destination in Chico

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Contemporary New American Cuisine

In an Upscale and Comfortable Atmosphere

Thank you for visiting our website. We are a family-owned and operated, locally-sourced restaurant. Our style of cuisine can be described as Contemporary New American with very strong European influences. We incorporate flavors from Italy, France, Spain and Portugal but we do not limit ourselves. Our owners as well as Chef and Sous Chef are professional, highly-trained and very experienced.

We serve delicious artisanal cocktails. Our cocktail menu has a great balance of classic Prohibition-Style cocktails as well as seasonal cocktails developed by our talented mixologists. Our wine list certainly has popular vineyards and wineries you will be familiar with but it also has many boutique wineries from California and other states. We normally have over 100 bottles of wine to choose from. We serve wines from Italy, France, Portugal, Spain, Austria and Israel, as well as many other countries. We are proud to have received awards for our wine list from Wine Spectator Magazine.

Being a family business we place a very strong emphasis on customer service and we believe it shows. We invite you to come experience Red Tavern as we are currently open seven nights a week. We also offer delivery through Chico Entrée Express. If you would like to make a reservation please do so on our website or by calling us at 530-894-3463.

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Red Tavern now accepts reservations for 8 or less online. If you would like to make a reservation for over 8 people, please call us at (530) 894-3463. PLEASE NOTE: This feature is not available for holidays or special event evenings. Please make your reservation by calling (530) 894-3463.

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Happy Hour

Happy Tapas Hour is back at Red Tavern. Join us Monday thru Thursday from opening until 6pm for delicious tapas and happy hour beverages. Through the month of April we will serve our tapas and happy hour drinks all night long, every night in our bar.

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Monday Night Music

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Every Monday Night we have live music out on our beautiful patio from 6 to 8pm. Reservations are highly recommended as we do sell out.

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Nightly Specials

Each night is special at Red Tavern.

Each night we feature exciting and fresh dinner and bar specials.

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Sunday Brunch

10am - 1pm

We are currently closed for Brunch. We do hope to re-open our brunch soon.

“Hands down the best place in town. Service is consistently good, and so is the food. We brought our family in and they were able to make something special for our vegan family member. So accommodating! The service is always great. The owners are always present and always such a joy. This place has the best food in town, with a menu that changes seasonally there's always something different. The short ribs and beer salad are to die for. My husband always gets whatever pork they have, right now it's the pork chop. Only place I like to recommend for a great night.”
Janet S. Submitted via Yelp
“Whether we choose to dine indoor or out, as a couple or with friends, the atmosphere, food and wine of this restaurant has been drawing my husband and I back again and again for a number of years. The owner and servers are friendly and welcoming. Especially important to us is Lisa who knows wines that we like, understands our palette, is attentive to timing our meals so there is no rush and no waiting.”
Maryanne Submitted via Trip Advisor
“Always eat here when in Chico. Awesome food, service and very nice people! Year or so ago, my wife ended up in the hospital in Chico from a bicycle accident, and they insisted on sending over a dessert on the house! Atmosphere is great inside, at the bar and on the patio. Had dinner during the holidays, and they were slammed, but the service did not suffer and the food was spectacular. Highly recommend you stop here if you are in the area.”
Ladd S. Submitted via Yelp
“This place is amazing. Ambiance is beautiful, intimate and relaxed, they patio is beautiful, a little something for everyone; service was a 10. The owners were phenomenal, very personable and you can tell they love what they do! The menu selection was great, and food was unbelievable. I definitely recommend it and will be back again!”
Sina H. Submitted via Yelp