Broken Shaker
The Chicago outpost of Broken Shaker (whose Miami location won 2015 Tales of the Cocktail award for "Best Hotel Bar") boasts "Chicago-style mixology" in the form of old-school classics, new offerings…
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Pops For Champagne
This Chicago mainstay has been around for more than 30 years, and for good reason. With five full pages dedicated to sparkling wine Pops is, well, for champagne. While the…
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The Boarding House
Master Sommelier Alpana Singh’s multi-level behemoth of a restaurant has a little something for everyone. The first floor features a more casual wine bar where you can enjoy cocktails and…
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Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf
Step up to the bar in the decadent main room at Bavette’s and it's not difficult to imagine what Chicago might have been like in the 1920s or '30s. Most…
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Sable Kitchen & Bar
Located in the same building as the Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar, Sable has been owning the craft cocktail game downtown for years. The staff, led by Mike Ryan (who may be sporting…
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Bottlefork
As its name hints, Bottlefork's food and drink are deeply intertwined. Take, for example, the “Smoke of the Day” cocktail, which features drippings from the day’s roast, or the seasonal house…
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Celeste
Celeste is a split personality, two-story operation. Start on the dark, lounge-like ground level for easygoing sours, bottled cocktails and loud music. Then hit the second floor Deco Room to…
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Three Dots and a Dash
One of the country’s premiere modern tiki bars, Three Dots and a Dash is an underground tropical oasis with a fine-tuned focus on all things rum. The bar has become…
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Berkshire Room
Located on the first floor of downtown’s Acme Hotel, the hip Berkshire Room oozes a cool, modern ambiance that hints at exclusivity. But while the interior décor is lush, the…
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Rossi’s Liquors
Rossi’s isn’t a cocktail bar. It’s not even a beer bar. It’s a bar-bar—a perfectly sinister, open-all-day dive for those days when work simply won’t do. (It’s also technically a…
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