Drinks & A Light Bite

Middle Brow is an all-day brew pub that specializes in pizza and bread.

The Beer Temple is an Avondale taproom with an attached bottle shop.

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Lockal Bar & Pizzeria is a small dive in Albany Park that makes solid tavern-style pizzas with Balkan toppings like cevapi and sudzuk.

Heffer BBQ is a great BBQ pop-up inside Duneyrr Winery And Brewery in the South Loop.

The Good Wolf is an American restaurant and bar in Andersonville that's good for drinks and small bites.

Taco Sublime is a pop-up inside of Marz Brewery in McKinley Park with great fried cheese tacos and smashburgers.

Izakaya Shinya is a Japanese restaurant in Wicker Park that's open late.

Parachute HiFi is a listening bar in Avondale with great Korean dishes and an eclectic vinyl collection.

Smash Jibarito is a pop-up inside of Desert Hawk in Wicker Park that serves smashburgers with tostones.

Patty Please is a great burger pop-up inside of Small Bar in Avondale.

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Small Bar is a divey Avondale bar with good, affordable drinks and delicious burgers from their resident pop-up, Patty Please.

Lillie's Q is a BBQ stall inside of District Brew Yards in West Town.

Ramova Grill & Taproom is a restaurant and bar attached to the Ramova Theater with tasty sandwiches and excellent chili.

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Get some work done with coffee or a cocktail at this semi-hidden all-day cafe.

Desert Hawk is a bar in Wicker Park with burgers from their resident pop-up Smash Jibarito.

Nobody's Darling is a great cocktail bar in Andersonville.

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Beer buckets, build-your-own margaritas, and tacos await at this street-level Riverwalk Mexican restaurant.

Prepare to fight the crowds for solid drinks and barbacoa nachos by the river.