This all-day bar from Heisler Hospitality won us over instantly, wooing us with garage doors letting in a breeze, coffee drinks in the morning and spirit-focused drinks to take us into the evening. Latin American tunes spin over a record player, keeping us at the triangle-shaped bar with Estereo's signature cocktail—the Breezy (with gin or tequila, please)—in our hands. While bars in Logan Square may feel a dime a dozen—and believe us, we know there are certainly a ton of bars in the neighborhood we simply couldn't live without—Estereo's one we expect to be headed back to time and time again.
Agave spirits made a big splash at the beginning of 2016, while a handful of new breweries rounded out the year. We saw plenty of fancy cocktails we simply can't get enough of from industry favorites (looking at you, Fat Rice and the Fifty/50 Group). And Heisler Hospitality continued to wow us with yet another bar in another great neighborhood (we can't wait to see what's up your sleeve for 2017). Here's to the new bars that kept the booze flowing in 2016.
RECOMMENDED: The best of 2016