Peter Ranvestel

Views of the city and lake all year round, plus a new drink menu from bartender Allie Kim and food from Paul Virant, make this a step above your typical...

It was a little quiet there on Saturday night, though.

The new spot had a 45-minute wait on Saturday—and that was before 9 p.m.

Paul McGee's hot new bar on Diversey is a scaled down Three Dots and a Dash.

Borrow some skates and order some spiked coffee–the bar's new ice rink is the coolest place to be this winter.

It's a taste of Wicker Park just outside the city—lots of beer, plenty of flannel, and an all-vinyl soundtrack.

The two bars are connected by a secret passageway, but the newbie is meant for a slightly chiller crowd.

It's retro, it's cool, it's surrounded by industrial lots, it's got a bathtub punch bowl with a rubber duckie in it—this is not the kind of place we're used to...

This River North newbie is the kind of place where you can buy a whole bottle of high-end whiskey and store it there for your own personal use.

Cocktails, beers, comfy booths, and a grass-fed burger with gouda. What else does a Wicker Park spot need?