🍹 Best Bars & Cocktails in Chicago
335 bars & cocktails spots in Chicago, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Bars & Cocktails Spots
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The Aviary
Grant Achatz's cocktail bar where drinks arrive in custom vessels, some requiring tools to consume. The ice program alone is worth a PhD. This is the Alinea of cocktails — theatrical, technically obse...
95
2
Ever
Curtis Duffy's two-Michelin-star fine dining destination. Artfully plated, precisely choreographed New American tasting menus served on sleek black tables under museum-quality lighting. Adjacent cockt...
95
3
Bavette's Bar & Boeuf
The sexiest steakhouse in Chicago -- dim lighting, jazz on the speakers, and a clientele that looks like they stepped out of a prohibition-era film. The bone-in ribeye is perfectly crusted, the shrimp...
92
4
Bisous
Peter Vestinos — the Chicago cocktail veteran behind programs at Sepia, NoMI, The Betty, and Sparrow — opened Bisous in January 2024 as one of the West Loop's rare standalone cocktail lounges. Two tho...
92
5
Mi Tocaya Antojeria
Diana Davila creative Mexican in Logan Square with a Michelin Bib Gourmand on the wall and a cocktail program that earns the room. Esquites with bone marrow, mole that takes its time, cochinita pibil ...
91
6
Momotaro
Three-level West Loop Japanese with sushi, robata grill, and a subterranean cocktail lounge worth the detour on its own. The A5 wagyu is properly indulgent, the izakaya-style small plates are built fo...
91
7
Sepia
Andrew Zimmerman's seasonal American restaurant in a 1890s print shop in the West Loop — the room is architectural eye candy and it does half the work. The menu marries French technique with Midwester...
91
8
Obelix
Upscale French in River North from the team behind Bucktown stalwart Le Bouchon, rated 9.1 by the Infatuation. Steak frites, duck confit, a wine list worth lingering over. Formal but not stuffy — the ...
91
9
Hawksmoor Chicago
British steakhouse empire Hawksmoor's first US outpost, inside The Merchandise Mart. Dry-aged grass-fed beef from small UK-style producers, oysters pulled from both coasts, and a cocktail program that...
91
10
Winnie's Chicago
A sports bar on Wells St in the Old Town stretch of Chicago's Near North Side. There's little public detail beyond the address.
91
All 335 Bars & Cocktails Spots in Chicago
Golden Years
91
The Low Horse
91
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
90
The Drifter
90
Cariño
90
Chicago Cut Steakhouse
90
Green Mill Jazz Club
90
The Beer Temple
90
Penumbra
90
The Alderman
90
Chicago Magic Lounge
90
Bitter Pops
90
Whirlaway Lounge
90
Consignment Lounge
90
Barrelman Tavern
90
Apero
90
Lemon
90
Pete's Place
90
Gracie O'Malley's
90
Muse Spirits
90
Olive Black
90
Longman & Eagle
89
Dusek's
89
Billy Sunday
89
The Purple Pig
89
Swift & Sons
89
Andros Taverna
89
Kumiko
89
Shaw's Crab House
89
Sparrow
89
The Violet Hour
89
Big Star
88
Cindy's Rooftop
88
Three Dots and a Dash
88
Best Intentions
88
Untitled Supper Club
88
Bordel
88
Aba
88
Vajra
88
Alla Vita
88
Cabra
88
Elia
88
Cafe Yaya
88
John's Food and Wine
88
The Wolfhound Bar & Kitchen
88
Desert Hawk
88
Gaslight
88
Dearly Beloved
88
Long Room
88
DMen Tap
88
Pour Decisions Chicago
88
Reed's Local
88
Side Street Saloon
88
Larry's at The Lawrence House
88
Kite String
88
Whiskey Girl Tavern
88
Love Street
88
Elixir Chicago
88
Teddy Bear Lounge
88
The Double Urban Tavern
88
The Arrogant Frog Bar
88
La Pharmacie
88
The Hurley Tap
88
Wil’s Martini Lounge
88
Cara Cara Club
88
Tune-Up
88
Randall's Pub
88
Blue Leopard Lounge
88
Vitalogy on Dearborn
88
Nilda's Place
88
London House Rooftop
87
The Bassment
87
Owen & Engine
87
Gilt Bar
87
Superkhana International
87
Nadu
87
Mirra
87
Perilla
87
The Whistler
87
Gingie
87
Green Street Smoked Meats
87
Celeste
87
Kuma's Corner
87
Winter's Jazz Club
87
The Duck Inn
87
Bar Tutto
87
Osaka Nikkei
87
Gus' Sip & Dip
87
Hopleaf
87
Z Bar
87
The Gage
87
Gibsons Tavern
87
Swift & Sons Tavern
87
La Josie
87
The Radicle
87
Taxim
87
TAO Chicago
87
Bar Avec
87
Do-Rite Donuts & Chicken
86
The Signature Lounge
86
Bar Siena
86
Sochi
86
Ciccio Mio
86
Scofflaw
86
The J. Parker
86
Andy's Jazz Club
86
Duck Duck Goat
86
Chef's Special Cocktail Bar
86
Nettare
86
All Together Now
86
LH Rooftop
86
Pandan
86
Mordecai
86
Half Shell
86
The Whale
86
Bohemian House
86
La Lunita
86
The Dawson
86
Arbella
86
El Che Steakhouse & Bar
86
Sushi-San
86
Doughnut Vault
86
The Avondale Tap
86
Mother's Ruin
86
The Globe Pub
86
The Matchbox
86
Marty's Martini Bar
86
aliveOne
86
Sportsman's Club
86
Ludlow Liquors
86
Uvae Kitchen and Wine Bar
86
Weegee's Lounge
86
Vol. 39
86
The Native
86
The Welcome Back Lounge
86
Farragut's on Clark
86
Frank & Mary's Tavern
86
The Inner Town Pub
86
The Green Lady
86
Gannon's Pub
86
Meeting House Tavern
86
The Other Side Bar
86
Lemmings Tavern
86
Sky Ride Tap
86
Max's Place
86
Dram Shop
86
The Heavy Feather
86
Sovereign Liquors
86
The Charleston
86
Stella's Tap
86
Bar Pendry
86
Drink and Ink
86
Black Hole Bar
86
The Ravenswood Tavern
86
The Getaway
86
Pilsen Rooftop
85
Handlebar
85
Stan's Donuts & Coffee
85
Beatrix
85
Estelle's
85
Gavin's on Damen
85
Range
85
The Alley Cat
85
Lonesome Rose
85
Beatnik West Town
85
STK Steakhouse
85
Stetson's Modern Steak + Sushi
85
Cantina Loca
85
Bar Goa
85
Trivoli Tavern
85
Union
85
Smoke Daddy
84
The Oakville Grill & Cellar
84
Le Sud
84
La Licor Panamericana
84
Map Room
84
Five & Dime
84
Alulu Brewery and Pub
84
Reggies
84
Benchmark
84
First Draft
84
Rockwell's Neighborhood Grill
84
Cafe Mustache
84
Village Tap
84
Brownstone Tavern & Grill
84
Remedy
84
Richard's Bar
84
Easy Bar
84
SWIG
84
The Victor Bar
84
The Atlantic Bar & Grill
84
King of Cups
84
Central Park Bar
84
Shakers on Clark
84
L & L Tavern
84
Ricochet's Tavern
84
Cunneen's
84
Dialtone Coffee + Wine Bar
84
After
84
Valedor
84
Joe's On Broadway
84
Easy Does It
84
Fritzy's Tavern
84
Lange's Lounge
84
Oakwood 83
84
Inkwell
84
Sojourn Cocktail Lounge
84
Happy Camper Old Town
83
Common Decency
83
Bar Sótano
83
Sunda New Asian
83
Cork & Kerry
82
The Hampton Social
82
Drumbar
82
The Hi-Lo
82
TRUCE
82
Meadowlark
82
Soul & Smoke
82
Moneygun
82
2Twenty2 Tavern
82
Wild Goose Bar & Grill
82
Good Night John Boy
82
Blue Line Lounge & Grill
82
Daily Bar & Grill
82
The Revel Room
82
Grapes & Grains
82
double bubble
82
Carola’s Hansa Clipper
82
Lilly's Bar
82
Star Bar Chicago
82
Nick's Beer Garden
82
Memories
82
Clever Coyote
82
Will's Northwoods Inn
81
Federales
81
Old Crow Smokehouse
81
The Hideout
81
Nobody's Darling
81
Barney Callaghan's Pub
80
Old Town Ale House
80
Emporium Arcade Bar Logan Square
80
Logan Arcade
80
Headquarters Beercade River North
80
Replay Lincoln Park
80
Punch Bowl Social Chicago
80
WhirlyBall Chicago
80
AceBounce
80
Sluggers World Class Sports Bar
80
The Cubby Bear
80
Lottie's Pub
80
EZ Inn
80
The Hangge-Uppe
80
Sleeping Village
80
Queen Mary Tavern
80
Lazy Bird
80
Parachute HiFi
80
Simone's Bar
80
Bluestone Evanston
80
Kaiser Tiger
80
Fireside Restaurant & Lounge
80
Fatpour Tap Works McCormick
80
Lone Wolf Tavern
80
The Rabbit Hole
80
Revolver
80
The Anvil
80
Hook & Ladder
80
Loafers Bar
80
Uptown Taproom
80
Ola's Liquors
80
Zakopane
80
Broken Hearts
80
Utopian Tailgate
79
Punch House
79
Delilah's
79
Chateau Carbide
79
Output Wrigleyville
78
The Moonlighter
78
California Clipper
78
Iwan Ries & Co.
78
Charis Listening Bar
78
Zebra Lounge
78
Recess
78
Beauty Bar Chicago
78
Uptown Lounge
78
Platform 47
78
Halligan Bar
78
The Staley
78
Atmosphere
78
Lincoln Square Taproom
78
Metropol Grill & Saloon
78
Rainbo Club
77
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar
77
Nine Bar
77
Cody's Public House
76
The Owl
76
Simon's Tavern
76
Blind Barber
76
Pops for Champagne
76
The Up Room at The Robey
76
Biggs Mansion
76
Dorian's
76
Redhead Piano Bar
76
Monochrome Brewing
75
Cantina Rosa
75
Webster's Wine Bar
75
Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar
75
Upstairs at The Gwen
75
Estereo
75
Skylark
74
Big Chicks
74
Tetto
74
Le Mistral
74
Esmeralda's Lounge
73
Woodlawn Tap
73
The Press Room
73
Brando's Speakeasy
73
Howl at the Moon Chicago
73
Electric Funeral
72
Rose's Lounge
72
The Barrel
71
Fat Cat
71
House of Hookah
71
The Cove Lounge
70
My Hookah Cafe
70
Bernice's Tavern
68
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