Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap

Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap is a sports bar at 41 E. Superior St. in River North, at the corner of Wabash Avenue, with a menu built around jumbo chicken wings, smoked meats and beer. Wings come bone-in, boneless or as cauliflower in sauces that range from original Buffalo to a blend of habanero, ghost pepper, scorpion and reaper peppers, and a rotating wing of the month joins the standing lineup.

What to know

• A single-sauce order of jumbo wings costs $18.95 on the current menu.
• The Gameday Tower serves 42 wings with four sauces for $89.95.
• Time Out Chicago and The Infatuation both include the wings in their Chicago wing guides.
• The bar books private parties and takes catering orders.
• The Red Line’s Chicago station and the No. 3, 4 and 10 buses are the closest transit, according to Time Out Chicago.