Local Option — Restaurant in Chicago

This is one of my favorite bars in the world hands down. The beer list is so good that I would call it "curated." There is always something rare and hard to find on tap. The food is far better than you'd think too. It hangs with anything in Chicago. The kitchen downstairs open until later in the afternoon though so you usually can't get food for lunch. The staff there is awesome. They live talking beer and are cool with the regulars and the people like me who blow into town 3 or 4 times a year. It is small and gets crowded fast. The music is always metal and I'd call the playlist curated as well. The beers they brand Local Option are collaborations with top-tier breweries and are among the best...

I really wanted to like Local Option because there are not a lot of good bars immediately around DePaul. If you go in you’ll find a sort of punk bar with no cans, no specials ever, $5 high life bottles, 9$ and up everything else, a giant list of drafts, but with no prices or descriptions (or volumes, I ended up with a tiny .300L sippy cup of a delicious stout for $9) no menu, and a bartender exasperated by your cheapness for asking the prices of things. So, yeah, punk bar. Cool.

I hear their food is good though.

Bar-wise, even Kelly’s Pub down the street would be better. Or go to the much better Ravens on clark or Delilah’s...

My party was rudely greeted when we walked in. The ladies we were forcibly signaled to sit at a table rather than one of many open seats at the bar. The bartender didn't know any of his available options. They were short on any inventory. I've never had ruder or more poor service in my life. We were at the end of the bar, in an area that seemed fine. He however did not like us being there at put his hands on us and told us to get away from the area. Then had the gusto to ask for the 5th time what we would like. We left without making a purchase. Awful awful awful experience, for something I was excited to try. I was very...