A Very Chicago Watering Hole Has Landed in River North

A Very Chicago Watering Hole Has Landed in River North
Meanwhile, Someone Is About to Offer You Some Scotch and a Shoeshine
By Sam Eichner

Wednesday

FROM PERKS

            A Celebration-Worthy Bottle of Champagne

Times you’ll want a fine bottle of champagne on hand to celebrate: when landing a new client… when
christening a boat… when scoring a bottle of 2005 Bollinger “La Grande Année” Brut Champagne. Luckily, we got you the inside
track on this highly sought-after bottle courtesy of Wired For Wine. How serendipitous.

Thursday

HOWDY, TEX

            For Breakfast: Tex-Mex. For Lunch: Also Tex-Mex.

There’s a casual new Tex-Mex joint on the Near North Side. It’s called Texican, and here’s your
tentative plan of action…
Before work: Swing by for a green chorizo breakfast sandwich.
During work: Pick up some garlicky Gulf shrimp tacos.
After work: Cool it on the Tex-Mex.

MOTHER’S DAY

            Burgers, Beers and Blues. Simple yet Effective.

Nachos. Beer. Burgers. Live blues. Such are the essential elements of Mom’s Place, a new bi-level River
North watering hole that laughs in the face of the neighborhood’s other, swankier establishments. And then
stops laughing just long enough to serve you a bunch of nachos.

Friday

SHINE ON

            Scotch and a Shoeshine

If there’s a better way to end the long workweek than at Revival Food Hall’s comely bar, sampling three
different expressions of scotch, listening to a DJ do his thing and receiving a gratis shoeshine, please let
us know. Seriously, though.

Saturday

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME

            A Winning Trifecta of Bourbon, Salty Snacks and Playing Cards

Sure, you could host a poker night. Or you could head to Amy Morton’s meat-forward hideout, the Barn. See,
after 10pm on Saturdays, they’ll bring you some special apothecary-bottled bourbon drinks, salty snacks
and playing cards. Which seems better than hosting a poker night.

Sunday

DESSERTED

            It’s a Dessert Tasting, Plus Beer

Yes, there’s a dessert tasting happening on Sunday. It’s where you’ll eat things like Osteria
Langhe’s panna cotta and Cookie Spin’s salted caramel Oreo brownies. It’s where you’ll drink DryHop
beer and get a chair massage. It’s where your happy place is. If only for one fleeting, beautiful
afternoon.

Sam Eichner likes literature, reality television and his twin cats equally. He has consistently been told he needs a shave since he started growing facial hair.

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