PREORDER – Scoundrel’s Field Guide: Chicago Dive Bars
$19.99
This is a preorder for our forthcoming guide about Chicago. We expect to mail out copies in late December or early January.
Scoundrel’s Field Guide: Chicago Dive Bars ranks and reviews 50 of the best dive bars in a city filled with impeccable dive bar options. Each bar’s history, ambiance and unique allure is documented and 6 unique bar crawl itineraries are suggested to cover as much dive bar ground as possible throughout Chicago.
About This Guide
Scoundrel’s Field Guide: Chicago Dive Bars offers a comprehensive and curated view of Chicago’s ample dive bar inventory, covering 50 of the city’s best dive bars. Each historic location has been lovingly researched, reviewed and ranked. From the ornate comfort of Inner Town Pub to the notorious client list at L&L Tavern to the polka-steeped allure of Phyllis’ Musical Inn, unique dive bar experiences lurk around every Chicago street corner. This guide serves as a dive bar bucket list for Chicago residents and visitors alike.
Based entirely on personal experience at each location, Scoundrel’s Field Guide: Chicago Dive Bars ranks 50 Chicago dive bars and provides a set of 6 suggested bar crawl itineraries to make the most of any tour through the city. Landmark breweries and hole-in-the-wall restaurants are also suggested as part of a holistic recommendation on how best to experience Chicago through the hyperlocal community institutions that serve as the lifeblood of the city.
About Scoundrel’s Field Guide
Scoundrel’s Field Guide exists to discover and curate the world’s best under-the-radar travel destinations and lesser-known gems that allow visitors to experience a city like locals rather than tourists. Dive bars, street food joints, breweries and hole-in-the-wall restaurants give a city its heartbeat, no visit complete without experiencing these everyday institutions.
Every Scoundrel’s Field Guide review, itinerary and recommendation is the result of personal, on-the-ground experience intended to uncover the best a city has to offer. Travel is simply better when it is fueled by cool bars, great drinks, amazing food and the stories that connect those experiences.




