Ward Eight | New bar

Anne Carlson and Cody Modeer’s Evanston cocktail bar is stocked with small-batch spirits, snacks from consulting chef Marianne Sundquist (who, like Carlson and Modeer, is an alum of the now-shuttered In Fine Spirits) and seats built from refurbished church pews. Hear that noise? Yeah, that’s Andersonville crying. 629 Howard St, Evanston (773-369-4911).