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Game Day Bar Rotation
okay real talk, game day in this city means picking your bar before you pick your beer. North Siders go full Cubs-and-Bears shrine, Lincoln Park skews craft beer with jerseys over it, Wrigleyville just skews chaos with a side of spilled Old Style. I've rotated through basically all of these chasing a good TV angle and a bartender who won't judge my parlay. Fair warning, half these spots will have you shoulder to shoulder with strangers screaming at a screen like you've known them since grade school, which is honestly the most Chicago thing about sports here, we don't need to know you, we just need you to hate the Packers too. Ranked by vibes, not standings, because the standings are usually depressing anyway.