"Mother’s Ruin is the Chicago outpost of a popular N.Y. bar that delivers on making this classy dive feel like a welcoming bar run by locals. There are daily food and drink specials (the food menu is criminally underrated with tasty burgers and fried chicken sandwiches). The danger here is coming for happy hour and feeling so great that you let your hair down and stay longer than anticipated. It might be a slow morning after." - Samantha Nelson, Eater Staff
