Chicago
Randolph and Fulton Market trade old meatpacking warehouses for the most ambitious drinking in the city, from a plated-cocktail lab to a Japanese bar, a wine room and a beer hall. Here are the West Loop bars our editors send people to first.
Cocktail Bar · West Loop
Grant Achatz's experimental cocktail lab in Fulton Market, where drinks arrive as multi-course, plated compositions. Book well ahead and treat it as a tasting menu.
Cocktail Bar · West Loop
An acclaimed Japanese cocktail bar on West Lake Street, precise and quiet, from the team behind Oriole. Sit at the counter for the omakase pour.
Cocktail Bar · West Loop
A tiny reservation-only speakeasy hidden beneath The Aviary, pouring rare spirits and bespoke cocktails for a handful of seats. One of the hardest tables in town.
Wine Bar · West Loop
A narrow, cedar-lined room on West Randolph that taught the West Loop to eat shoulder to shoulder, wine first and small plates after.
Craft Beer · West Loop
A beer-focused hall on West Fulton Market with long communal tables, oysters and pork, and a deep European and craft list.
Tequila Bar · West Loop
A Fulton Market cantina built around a big open-air patio with a retractable roof, a central bar and margaritas by the pitcher.
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