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Setting out to seamlessly infuse some turn-of-the-century elegance into your classic neighborhood bar, OTS mixes luxurious touches like marble bartops, a fireplace, and a vintage shoe shine station with a menu crafted by a Blackbird vet that infuses blue collar classics with classy elements: crispy pork belly and heirloom tomatoes on the BLT, crispy duck with harissa and cucumber raita fulfilling your wing cravings, and a dedicated charcuterie bar dealing out sopressata, chorizo, and Kentucky Country ham, which everyone kind of gives a free pass for its suspect relationship with its first cousin, bacon.
455 W North Ave, at Cleveland; Old Town; 312.266.2277
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