As a wintry chill descends on Chicagoland, those looking to warm up with a tasty tipple have three new high-profile options in the center of the city.
The cocktail lounge, which opened in late October, touts a sleek list of classic drinks such as Old-Fashioneds, a Toki highball and a Sipsmith dry negroni, most for around $20. Beneath a cascading installation evoking rainfall against an inky night sky, the bar stocks an impressive range of fine spirits, with an emphasis on whiskey, agave spirits and wine.
It’s not the first urban winery in Chicago — the similarly named City Winery has been crushing grapes at Randolph Street and Racine Avenue in the West Loop since 2012 — but Chicago Winery looks to distinguish itself with an adjoining restaurant, Liva, fronted by an alum of Alinea, The Promontory and Dusek’s Tavern.
“It’s like taking something a little exotic and unfamiliar to a lot of people and making it very local or homegrown, that you’d find at a steakhouse,” Graves said. “That’s one of our bestselling dishes.” From classic buttermilk biscuits made fresh every 20 minutes to nuanced whiskey-focused spirits like a bacon-washed Jim Beam, everything at Yardbird is made from scratch.
Brush it with your fork, “and it just falls apart,” Rebholz said. “Porchetta is probably one of our best dishes.”
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