The Gage

Occupying the ground floor of a landmark 1898 building on the Chicago Cultural Mile, The Gage is a polished Michigan Avenue gastropub that pairs serious craft beer -- including a rotating Guinness tap -- with refined bar food like fish and chips and a celebrated burger. Happy hour at the bar runs Monday through Thursday with cocktail and oyster specials, and the room fills quickly after work with the Art Institute and Millennium Park crowd. A Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition and Wine Spectator award signal it punches above typical bar territory.