Small plates. Great cocktails. Late-night food. A cozy, trendy Korean bar tucked into a lower unit on Baldwin — the kind of place you come solo for one and a snack, and stay till last call with a table full of friends.
Down a set of stairs off Baldwin St, Tiger Den is small, warm, and easy to fall into. Wood tables, a full bar you can sit at, and a kitchen turning out sharing plates that lean Korean — Korean fried chicken with pickled radish and chili, gochujang loaded fries under a snowfall of grated cheese, marinated pork with olives and greens.
It's the kind of place that shows up cozy on a Tuesday and trendy on a Friday — Google reviewers have quietly given it a perfect 5.0 average across 87 counts, and no one running it seems to have made a big deal of it.
All the little questions — parking, payments, who's welcome, what's on the plate — sorted before you head out.
Fried chicken with chili and radish. Gochujang loaded fries. Sliced pork with pickles. Cucumber banchan. Cocktail in the other hand. Repeat.
Tucked below street level in Baldwin Village, a short walk from Kensington and the AGO. Follow us on Instagram for tonight's hours, drops and the day's specials.
Come solo. Bring six friends. Show up when everywhere else is closed. Reserve, or just come down the steps.
