Chris's Northland Tavern

This nondescript neighborhood bar, an unpretentious dive where older guys play pool and shoot the breeze while Aerosmith blasts on the jukebox and the always-irate bartender serves cold beers, seems almost out of place in Wicker Park. Some of the regulars are real characters, such as the guy donning a hat covered in foil-wrapped cigars, and they warm up to you once everyone's had a few drinks.