Crocodile (CLOSED)

The upstairs of this Wicker Park lounge doesn’t look loungey at all—it has more of a restaurant feel (something the pizza oven churning out pies in the back contributes to). But it doesn’t take long to pick up on the bar aura. There's a typical jukebox setup, but, more important, there are almost always house beats bubbling up from the basement, where the bar hosts DJs on weekends.