Bars in Wicker Park/Bucktown

Recommended Bars in Wicker Park/Bucktown

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  Dive Bar
  Beachwood Inn Wicker Park/Bucktown
  A cheap and friendly dive that's easy to miss, the Beachwood is tucked away just off Milwaukee at the intersection of Beach and Wood. It's a happy respite from the glitzy circus that is "Six Corners"—and those who think the »
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  Music venue
  Bucktown Pub Wicker Park/Bucktown
  This neighborhood bar is comfortably middle-of-the-road, too upscale—with its polished wood, framed concert posters on the walls, and dozen craft beers on tap—to be a dive, but still mellow. Old-timers say that its character isn't what it once was, but »
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  Classic Bar
  The Charleston Wicker Park/Bucktown
  Some people still complain bitterly about the Charleston's remodeling a couple years ago: gone are the stuffed armadillo, the lamp made from a ram's head, the pool table, and some of the bar's signature quirkiness. But there's still a reel-to-reel »
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  Classic Bar
  Hideout Wicker Park/Bucktown  17
  The Hideout’s location, just off Elston in the middle of an industrial corridor, seems like an unlikely one for a bar. But that doesn’t stop lines from forming outside for the dance parties, live music shows, theatrical performances, and soup »
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  Music venue
  Map Room Wicker Park/Bucktown
  The Map Room honors its name with a huge relief map painted on the wall, flags of the world hanging from the ceiling, and an impressive draft list—24 taps and one firkin—that's roughly half imports, with regular appearances by Stiegl »
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  4 AM Bar
  Marie's Riptide Lounge Wicker Park/Bucktown
  Longtime owner Marie Wuczynski died in 2011, but not much else has changed in this old-school bar for quite a while now. The jukebox is still 25 cents a song; the bar, with its classic lights, must date back to »
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  Classic Bar
  Rite Liquors Wicker Park/Bucktown
  Rite Liquors isn't just an old-man bar—it's a place to hang out while you're growing old, as many regulars already have in the 90 years this neighborhood slashie has been in business. It’s got an impressive liquor selection, from Woodford »
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  Bar/Lounge
  SmallBar Division Wicker Park/Bucktown
  This cozy establishment was voted the country's best soccer bar in a 2010 U.S. Soccer Federation poll, and I'm voting it the only tolerable place to have a beer on the stretch of Division between Damen and Western. In fact, »
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  Bar/Lounge
  The Violet Hour Wicker Park/Bucktown
  Between its reputation as the cradle of modern mixology in Chicago, the painfully obscure pseudo-speakeasy exterior, and the weirdly funereal interior, there's a certain intimidation factor to overcome with the Violet Hour. It's worth getting over, though, because the craft »

Bars in Wicker Park/Bucktown

• • Ada St.

    1664 N. Ada Street

    Chicago, IL, 60642

    773-697-7069
  • Bangers & Lace

    1670 W. Division St.

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-252-6499
  • Big Star

    1531 N. Damen Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-235-4039
  • Danny's

    1951 W. Dickens

    Chicago, IL, 60647

    773-489-6457
  • Debonair Social Club

    1575 N. Milwaukee Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-227-7790
  • Estelle's

    2013 W. North Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60647

    773-782-0450
• • The Flat Iron

    1565 N. Milwaukee Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-489-0011
  • Gallery Cabaret

    2020 N. Oakley Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60647

    773-489-5471
  • Lottie's Pub

    1925 W. Cortland St.

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-489-0738
  • Nick's Beer Garden

    1516 N Milwaukee

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-252-1155
  • Rodan

    1530 N. Milwaukee Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60622-2008

    773-276-7036