Sheffield’s Beer & Wine Garden
Down the road from Wrigley Field, Sheffield’s may boast more points of entry than any bar in town: skilled and attentive bartenders, barbecue smoked in house daily, a cottonwood-shaded beer…
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Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar
This heroic slashie (half liquor store, half bar) sells a decent number of bottled brews in the smart liquor store up front, and offers more than 475 artisanal beers in…
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Map Room
Some bars offer 36 beers, and we call them serious. The beers at the Map Room—a modest cash-only corner tavern full of old National Geographic issues—represent 36 different styles, ranging…
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Local Option
One hundred-plus bottles and 30 taps—many locally produced specifically for this rowdy bar—liven up an otherwise quiet neighborhood stretch. The skull-centric heavy metal details and bearded craft beer geeks make…
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Longman & Eagle
Come for brunch, stay for the booze. This mahogany-retrofitted, Michelin-starred gastropub is one of Chicago’s best causal restaurants. But its array of bar seating (don’t miss Off Site Bar hiding…
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Analogue
Newer to Logan Square’s booming bar and restaurant landscape, Analogue is a stripped-down spot that marries delicious craft cocktails with casual New Orleans-inspired fare. Helmed by two veterans of The…
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a.kitchen
This chic restaurant off Rittenhouse Square occupies one of the choicest locations in Philly, below a luxury hotel across from Center City’s busiest public park. Power lunchers and wine professionals…
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Vedge
This pioneering vegan restaurant was not only among the first upscale restaurants to showcase a small, focused wine list, but owner and wine director Kate Jacoby was also one of…
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petruce et al.
Wine director Tim Kweeder is one of the city’s most outspoken proponents of natural wine. As such, the list here is an ever-changing carousel of off-the-beaten path naturalists that would…
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Panorama
While a Guinness World Record for most wines by the glass (150, priced from $8.50 to $50 per glass) is worth a visit to Panorama alone, the real draw here is the reserve…
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