Best Cocktail Bars for the Tragically Unhip

Post date: 2018-04-26 13:31:12

Chicago filter: Looking for a cocktail bar that would be decently chill on a Saturday night for a small group (not more than 4 or 5). Some friends are visiting from out of town and want to grab post-dinner drinks. I am An Old and I tend not to go out to bars on weekends anymore, and I do not know what is good. Halp!

Preferences:
- cocktails available (not just beer and/or wine)
- reservations fine - maybe even preferable
- they can get a table, or at least seats
- won't be a huge loud screaming packed mess with a line out the door on a Saturday.
- absolutely no fucking arcades
- not Hopleaf (insert sadface)

Ideally this would be a kind of cool fun good bar, but obviously all of the Important Cocktail Bars will be absolute madhouses, so it doesn't have to be that level of cool. Not a true true dive, though, as they really do want tasty cocktails. Sorry, Happy Village, maybe next time.

Location is fairly flexible but everyone has to get back to the North Side at the end of the night. So like, city proper for sure.

For possible reference: they used to really like Bar Deville, but alas it is no longer with us.

Thanks in advance! I shall attribute any cool points I am given with the greater Metafilter community.

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