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Foreign Exchange Brewing Co.

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Foreign Exchange Brewing Co.

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Aurora's premier craft brewery & scratch kitchen. 🏆
Serving innovative bites & brews daily in Downtown Aurora, IL.

11/05/2026

Tomorrow we debut our new house burger.

We've spent the better part of the last few months looking back at some of our favorite seasonal burgers, looking at our favorite burgers from our own favorite restaurants, alongside working with purveyors to source the absolute best quality ingredients that work together to make something that's truly great.

Savory American wagyu beef, crispy fried mandolined onions, rich black garlic aioli, double cheddar, all on a premium buttered & toasted sesame bun.
..and of course, what's a great burger without great fries? We now use 100% kennebec fries as our house fry. Kennebec fries are the gold standard for hand-cut fries, and ours are crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, and simply seasoned with salt & pepper. No weird coatings or additives, just rich, buttery, golden potato goodness.

Available tomorrow. Visit us tonight and have our double angus beef smashburger one last time, we're here until 9pm.

11/04/2026

Always tinkering. 🧑‍🔬

We spent today with our next door neighbors at Endiro Coffee tasting through various Ugandan coffees at various roast levels to see how they interact with our dry-hopped kolsch.

It's truly fascinating to see how even a 5 degree difference in temperature can affect how the coffee interacts with the southern hemisphere hops. We selected a bean grown in the Rwenzori mountains that lends milk chocolate & red berry characteristics, and amplifies the flavors of fresh baked bread that lie beneath the hops in Blanc.

Look out for it sometime in the next week or two, but in the meantime stop in and try the base b**r alongside our half pound double smashburger, available today on its own for only $10. Add a pint of Blanc and a generous serving of Waffle Fries for only $10 more.

Baker's 7yr Single Barrel is our $5 wh***ey of the day, with notes of toasted oak, peanut brittle, and brown sugar alongside a punchy bourbon bite. Try it today, we're here from 3-9pm.

11/03/2026

You've spent enough time outside, braving this crummy weather in line for the polls, now it's time to spend it inside, unwinding in our cozy taproom. 🙂‍↕️

Grab a Loteria card, a fistful of frijoles in one hand, and a cold drink in the other and relax after a day of exercising your civic duty. Chef Trilo of KILLER TASTEBUDS is in the kitchen cooking up his wella's very own Carne Guisada tacos. Available at 3pm until sellout.

Loteria kicks off promptly at 6:30pm. As always we encourage you to swing by early to lock down your seat and lock down your tacos. We're here until 9pm.

11/02/2026

Tomorrow: Loteria with Adriana, and Noe's wella's Carne Guisada. 🤠

It feels weird to type that, because WHERE DID OCTOBER GO?? But we're pumped for our favorite night of the month, that of course falls on our favorite night of the week. This week, Chef Trilo of KILLER TASTEBUDS dusted off his grandma's recipe for Carne Guisada, which he describes as "a warm hug in flour tortillas." 🥰

This South Texas staple centers around tender beef in a thick, spiced gravy, slow-cooked alongside yukon gold potatoes. These hearty tacos come correct with a salsa de chile morita, and a side of frijoles charros, dressed with cilantro, onion, and crispy bacon.

Available exclusively tomorrow, while they last. We open at 3pm, with Loteria kicking off at 6:30. As always, Loteria is free to play and fun for all ages. We hope to see you then!

10/31/2026

Our longtime fans & followers know the role this b**r plays in Foreign Exchange lore, and while we don't have it for you to enjoy (right now, anyway 👀) we did make a cocktail with it. 🥃

The Black Tuesday Old Fashioned is crafted atop a Buffalo Trace bourbon base layer, with Mexican chocolate bitters, and a reduced Black Tuesday brown sugar simple syrup made with 2015 vintage BT.

It's impressive how much bourbon barrel character came through in the syrup, with Mexican chocolate bitters accentuating the chocolate and dark fruit flavors of the b**r. Add Buffalo Trace and it's a match made in bourbon barrel heaven.

Available while the Black Tuesday simple lasts. Stop in and try one today. If you're trick or treating, we've got candy for the kiddos in the taproom! We're open for lunch & dinner service from 12-11pm.

10/30/2026

A week from today, the classic Foreign Exchange burger goes away forever. 💔

Since we opened our doors, the burger that almost didn't make the original menu, quickly became our best-selling menu item, and the variants it spawned have allowed us to be more creative in the kitchen than we ever thought possible. Next week we roll out our new house burger, but until then, we want to give our classic half pound double smashburger a proper farewell:

Today, through next Thursday: our Foreign Exchange Double Smashburger + Our Cross St. Waffle Fries + any pint of our core b**rs, for only $20.

Join us in giving our beloved double smash a proper farewell, we're open for lunch & dinner today from 12-11pm.

10/29/2026

As the leaves outside our patio fall, and the first rain drops of the day begin to fall here in Downtown Aurora, the time felt right to tell you about our soup du jour: Pozole Rojo. 🍂

This traditional Mexican stew is considered a celebratory and comforting communal meal, made to nourish the soul of both the living, and the visiting spirits of loved ones. Cooked low & slow as always, with tender pork and corn hominy in a rich red chile broth. Served alongside tostadas, with all the classic Pozole accoutrements.

Stop in for lunch, or wind down with a bowl during dinner service, we open at noon today, with service til 9pm.

10/28/2026

When we started doing Wh***ey & Wing Wednesday, it was about creating value for the community. As time went on, we've been grateful to meet so many groups of friends, families, and neighbors that stopped by to take advantage. We've had some sellout nights, but we've also seen Wednesdays full of empty seats. 🫤

As we change over to our new Masa Chicken Wings, the prep process becomes more labor intensive, the quality of the hand-battered Masa degrades over time, but our mission remains the same as it's always been: to serve you guys the freshest & highest quality food possible. That means never any frozen wings, and never any old wings leftover from a less-than-stellar Wing Wednesday.

So with that, we need to take care of ourselves, and today will be the final Wing Wednesday. The final batch of OG wings, prepared today, are $1 until sellout. Old Fitzgerald 7yr Bottled in Bond is our $5 wh***ey of the day.

Thank you to everyone that's supported Wing Wednesday up to this point, be on the lookout for new weekday specials in the coming weeks as we roll out new ways to create value here in Aurora. ♥️ We're open today from 3-9pm.

10/27/2026

Do you want to play a game? 😈

Grab some friends and take a crack at these Trick or Treat curds, available tonight through Saturday night. They might look like our ordinary Peri Peri Wisconsin white cheddar cheese curds, and some of them *are*, but lurking within are a handful of curds infused with Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Scorpion, Ghost, and Habanero pepper.... and they look identical. 🔥

Are you brave enough to dig in? 👀 Test your luck alongside tonight's Birria Bao Buns, we're here from 3-9pm.

10/26/2026

Suns out, Buns out. 🌞

Tomorrow we feature pillowy, folded bao buns, loaded up with 10-hour ancho & guajillo braised beef, diced onion & cilantro, served alongside rich beef consomme, lime wedges, and a fresh salsa cruda.

As our new menu continues to trickle out, we're pulling inspiration from the world over for fun new fusion dishes, and like the sun this time of year, they'll be gone before you know it.

Available Tuesday until sell out, we're open today and tomorrow from 3-9pm.

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Aurora, IL

Opening Hours

Monday	3pm - 9pm
Tuesday	3pm - 9pm
Wednesday	3pm - 9pm
Thursday	12pm - 9pm
Friday	12pm - 11pm
Saturday	12pm - 11pm
Sunday	12pm - 7pm

Website

http://www.foreignexchangebrewing.com/

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