I love that there is a video monitor so you can see who is coming into the bar as the entrance is this super-long, sort of intimidating stairway. Cocktails are cheap (cash only though, kids) and on slow nights the bartender will even order in food for you, if you want. So, it's like this hidden oasis that you kind of have to be in the know about, or you'd swan right by it. It's located above Sayat Nova and next to a cheesy fortune teller's lair, a stone's throw away from the Gap on Michigan Ave and all the annoying hustle and bustle of shoppy-boppy tourists.
Second Story Bar (Photo credit: Chicagoist/Tony Peregrin)
