Chicago

234 W 31st St, at Wells; Bridgeport; 312.842.9200

Started by a pair of cousins and their buddy (all named Frank, for real), Rocky's is a rollicking Sox country sports bar with 10 50-inch plasmas filling out a roomy interior decked with dark brick and backed by a 2,500sqft beer garden. The menu is heavy on bar classics with an Italian sensibility (chicken Vesuvio sandwich, breaded beef tenderloin, sausage and peppers), with many of the recipes having been passed down from generation to generation, like edible webbed toes.

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