Bar Exam

Best of the Best

• Scofflaw
• Big Star
• The Aviary
• Maria's Packaged Goods and Community Bar
• The Whistler
• Rootstock
• Drumbar
• Half Acre Tap Room
• Delilah's
• Joie de Vine

Best Hotel Lounges

• Allium at the Four Seasons
• The Bar at the Peninsula Chicago
• Crimson Lounge at Hotel Sax
• The J. Parker at Hotel Lincoln
• The Library at the Public Chicago
• Lockwood Bar at the Palmer House
• Rebar at Trump International Hotel & Tower
• Roof at theWit

Best Game Day Bars

• Anthem
• Lincoln Tap Room
• Schaller's Pump
• Tripoli Tap
• Will’s Northwoods Inn

Best Bars for Music

• Empty Bottle
• The Green Mill
• The Hideout
• Honky Tonk BBQ
• Hungry Brain

Best Drink-Time Diversions

• Alice’s Lounge
• The Globe Pub
• Guthries Tavern
• Headquarters
• Mary’s Attic

Best Cocktail Spots

• Bar Deville
• The Barrelhouse Flat
• The Drawing Room
• The Grafton
• Longman & Eagle
• The Matchbox
• Maude's Liquor Bar
• Sable
• Tiny Lounge
• The Violet Hour
• Watershed
• Weegee's Lounge

Best Bars for Grub

• Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf
• Cortland’s Garage
• Dancen
• McGill’s
• Moody’s Pub
• Old Town Social
• Simone’s
• SmallBar
• Three Aces
• Tuman’s Tap & Grill

Best Craft Beer Havens

• Fischman Liquors & Tavern
• Fountainhead
• Hopleaf
• Map Room
• Quenchers Saloon
• Sheffield’s

Best Neighborhood Spots

• Aberdeen Tap
• Bernice’s Tavern
• California Clipper
• Charleston
• City Tavern
• Cork and Kerry
• Danny’s Tavern
• Edgewater Lounge
• Emmit’s
• Floyd’s Pub
• GMan Tavern
• Glascott’s
• Green Door Tavern
• Hüettenbar
• Marty’s
• Ñ
• Twisted Spoke
• Wabash Tap

Best LGBT Bars

• Big Chicks
• Elixir
• Second Story
• Sidetrack
• T’s Bar & Restaurant

Best Wine Bars

• Ada St.
• Bar Pastoral
• The Bluebird
• RM Champagne Salon
• Telegraph
• Vera

Best Dives

• Archie’s Iowa Rockwell Tavern
• Carol’s Pub
• Cole’s
• Galway Bay
• Happy Village
• Monk’s
• The Old Town Ale House
• Simon’s Tavern
• Skylark
• Woodlawn Tap