The best bars open on Thanksgiving Day in Chicago

With more than 800 whiskies to choose from, this Lincoln Park stalwart is a great place to blow off some steam. The bar will be open from 4pm to 2am on Thanksgiving.

This New York import is open year round so head over when you’ve had your fill of turkey to sip on a draft negroni or sbagliato in a low-key setting. Thanksgiving Day hours are from 11am-2am.

In need of a stiff drink following Thanksgiving dinner? Head to Logan Square favorite Longman & Eagle for an extensive collection of whiskeys.

Sidetrack, one of the best gay bars in the city, sports six big rooms and a gorgeous rooftop deck. The boozy slushies are a big hit as well, and perfect for unwinding after a long Thanksgiving meal with relatives. The holiday hours will be from 7pm-2am.

The Humboldt Park cocktail bar will offer half-priced glasses of wine and $2 High Life bottles on Thanksgiving.

Open on Turkey Day, this bar inside the Chicago Athletic Association offers interactive games, fall cocktails and warm cookies.

The River North sports bar will maintain its regular hours (11:30am–10:30pm) for Thanksgiving, making it an easy choice for grabbing a seat and a basket of wings while rooting for your team on the big screen.

Bring your four-legged best friend to dog-friendly Cody’s after dinner for football and drinks from 5pm-2am. The bar will be showing all the NFL action on 10 televisions throughout the space and if weather permits, you can bring your own meat to cook on the grills in the beer garden. Cody’s will also offer free turkey burgers and brats for guests to grill along with buns and fixins’, available on a first come, first served basis.

Open at 6pm on Thanksgiving, this Bucktown dive offers thin crust pizzas and a bevy of draft beers for those who haven't already consumed their weight in turkey.

A post-Turkey Day party will go down at this late-night mainstay in Logan Square.

The party never stops at this Ukrainian Village dive, which hosts DJ sets and has a dance floor for you to work off those Thanksgiving calories. Specials for the evening will include $2 Hamm's and $5 Chicago Handshakes.

Boasting dozens of arcade cabinets and pinball machines, Headquarters offers lots of ways for folks to entertain themselves. And on Thanksgiving Day, you can drop in starting at 4pm for endless fun.

Football fanatics can make a day of it by posting up at Timothy O'Toole's on Thanksgiving and watching games for hours. Doors will be open between 3pm-2am.

Starting at 5pm, The Rambler will broadcast the day’s slate of NFL games in a weatherproofed outdoor beer garden that can accommodate up to 68 guests and is outfitted with a full bar, six televisions and a sound system.

The Wrigleyville bar is hosting a watch party for the game between the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots. Drink specials will include $5 SKOL Bombs, $5 Jameson Orange, $6 Surly Furious IPA drafts, $6 Goose Island Hazy Beer Hug and $20 Miller Lite and Coors Light buckets. Graystone is also giving every guest in attendance a raffle ticket for a chance to win an end-of-the-season tailgate prize pack. Doors open at 5pm.

End the holiday with a nightcap at Easy Bar. Open from 9pm-2am, the Wicker Park establishment will offer $5 Fernet Branca shots, $6 Tito's cocktails and $9 beer-and-shot combos.

The fam stressing you out? Knock back a couple of beers and take out your frustrations on Mortal Kombat or other arcade games at Replay Andersonville.

Get away from the family for a few hours and hang out in the fancy and stylish bar located inside the Sofitel Chicago on Thanksgiving. Le Bar will invite guests in for dinner and drinks starting at 3pm.

Three floors of debauchery, two dozen beers on tap and late-night hours have made Burton Place a popular watering hole in Old Town. It’s also open every day of the year so stop by between 7pm-4am on Thanksgiving for a good time.

If turkey and sweet potatoes aren’t your jam, slip away to Dublin’s for corned beef, fish and chips and other Irish specialties. Oh, there will be plenty of Guinness flowing too, of course.