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This welcoming, female-owned tavern has been serving the city's craft beer scene since opening in 2011. The ever-rotating draft list focuses on local breweries from around Chicago like Spiteful Brewing and Half Acre, while also exposing patrons to more exotic beverages like the puckeringly sour Duchesse de Bourgogne from Belgium. A small array of wines and spirits supplement the drinks list, and patrons regularly pack the place for trivia nights and Euchre tournaments.
It's probably just our imaginations, but somehow the sunlight that streams over the vintage tiles and velvety banquettes in this easy-going Humboldt Park cocktail bar seems to glow. An equally dreamy side patio has a second bar and a brick fireplace flanked by lots of low seating for basking in the firelight once the sun sets. Dogs are very welcome here.
