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The Chicago tavern guide

Eat & Drink Updated Sept 2026 Next review Mar 2027 Suggest a correction

Corner bars, dive bars and the taverns that have outlasted everything.

Old Style on tap: the classics

Neighborhood bars by side of town

Sports bars that are not chains

Bars with a kitchen

What a Chicago tavern is, and is not

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