Chicago Bars

Castaways Bar & Grill on North Avenue Beach is “synonymous with summertime in Chicago” goes the popular venue’s tagline. But not this summer — at least not so far.

Sunday marks the final day of operations for the famed Houndstooth Saloon in Chicago, just down the street from Wrigley Field and one of the area’s most popular watering holes.

Pour one out for the Houndstooth Saloon, Chicago.

Chicago has a well-earned reputation as a city of tremendous bars, and that status is being recognized in a new ranking of the best bars in North America.