Best of 2015: Restaurants and bars we're looking forward to in 2015

The DryHop Brewers team is opening a second brewpub, Corridor, on Southport (3446 N Southport) in summer 2015. Expect sandwiches and flatbreads, with Belgian-inspired beer.

John Manion (La Sirena Clandestina) will be opening another South American-themed restaurant next year in the West Loop (845 W Washington Blvd).

Shin Thompson (Kabocha, Bonsoiree) will be opening a ramen bar in Wicker Park (1571 N Milwaukee Ave) early next year. The menu includes four types of ramen, gyoza and Japanese beers.

Giuseppe Tentori (GT Fish & Oyster) is at work on the meat-centric GT Prime, another restaurant from the Boka Group. 

Dirk Flanigan (The Gage) has been working on his forthcoming French-Italian restaurant for quite some time. Expect a late summer opening in the West Loop.

L2O closed to reconcept as Intro, a restaurant with rotating chefs, who will each offer their own concept. First up: C.J. Jacobson, an L.A. chef best known for several seasons on Top Chef. The ticketed restaurant is slated to open in February.

Sarah Grueneberg (Spiaggia) plans to open her new Italian restaurant at 1020 W Madison in spring 2015.

A new cocktail bar is coming to the old Bluebird space in Bucktown. Presidio, with drinks from Alex Renshaw (Drumbar) and Brian Sturgulewski (Fulton Market Kitchen), will open sometime in 2015.

Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas will be opening a new spot in 2015 in the old iNG space. The permit lists the name as "Roister Restaurant," and it will be much more casual than their other concepts, with an a la carte menu.

The group behind Scofflaw and Slippery Slope are planning to open a new tiki bar sometime next year.

Alpana Singh's (Boarding House) latest restaurant wll feature food from Chris Curren (now-closed Blue 13), along with American wines.