Violet Hour Featuring eight different kinds of ice, culinary-school-trained bartenders, freshly squeezed juices and seven kinds of homemade aromatic bitters from partners and chief intoxologists Toby Maloney and Jason Cott, there is nothing else like this in the city. Bartenders spank naughty mint leaves above citrusy Southside cocktails to release the fragrant aromatic oils, while they build muscle mass cranking steel shakers to froth up the Iron Cross, Violet Hour’s take on the Pisco sour. 1520 North Damen (773)252-1500
Audience choice: Violet Hour 1520 North Damen (773)252-1500
