The Best Wine Bars in Chicago
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The best wine bars in Chicago, according to the experts: AAA and Eater have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant - Burr Ridge, IL comes out on top.
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Taan and Frank’s hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with AAA next.
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Rank 1. Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant - Burr Ridge, IL
American Wine Bar
Barrels and wine bottles line the walls here, and the shop and tasting bar out front make clear that wine is the whole point. Cooper's Hawk is a full-service American restaurant with a globally roaming menu, the kind of place suburban date-nighters discover and then return to every few weeks. The food swings from Asian-inflected starters to churrasco and braised short ribs, with pasta filling the middle ground for anyone who can't decide.
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Rank 2. Taan
Thai Wine Bar
Taan is a Thai restaurant and wine bar on West Augusta in Humboldt Park, where the menu rotates with whatever produce shows up and noodles are conspicuously absent. Fish, meat, and vegetables get cooked in traditional Thai sauces instead, with wings glazed in fish sauce caramel and a small, shifting wine list that includes bottles from Logan Square's Middle Brow. Expect the kind of neighborhood spot where nobody asks you to dress up.
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Rank 3. Frank’s
Wine Bar
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Rank 4. Pompette
Wine Bar
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