Time Out readers have spoken, and below are the venues they named their absolute favorite in River West, Noble Square, Wicker Park, East Village, Ukrainian Village and Humboldt Park. So the next time you’re in West Town and in need of food, drink or retail therapy, make a beeline for these places and you won’t go wrong.
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Don't ever renovate. Don't you dare start brewing craft beer in the back. We better not walk in one day and see pressed tin tiles on the ceiling. Okay, fine, the floor needed to be redone, but we swear, if one Edison bulb goes in a sconce… Look, the pissy, sticky, PBR ambience is the main reason we—and so many underground bands—keep coming back.
The host of some of the city’s most dynamic and creative storefront troupes, Wicker Park’s Chopin is a resolutely funky venue that consistently draws young audiences. In addition to a rotating door for visiting European companies, many of them Polish, the Chopin is a regular host to innovative companies like the House Theatre of Chicago.
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