Scofflaw
DrinkLogan Square#15 of 50

Scofflaw

Chicago, Illinois

Photo: Zoe Piepmeier (pieps)

Logan Square's gin bar — and yes, just gin, with the obsessive depth that any single-spirit room demands. The cocktail menu runs from pre-Prohibition classics to inventive house drinks, all built on a back-bar that puts most cocktail programs to shame. Cozy, dimly-lit, the kind of place where the bartender remembers what you ordered last time.

Insider tip

Order the Daffodil. If you don't know gin yet, tell them what you do drink and let them work.

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