"When you press the buzzer to enter Tak’s hidden basement location in an office building, it feels like walking into a legal meeting. But this South Loop pocha is actually an ideal party spot, full of tasty food, tons of drinks, and karaoke. The space is dark, mainly relying on table lamps and Kpop music video projections for lighting, with plenty of tables for groups, plus five private karaoke rooms if your dinner morphs into a Mariah Carey marathon after a couple of somek towers full of beer and soju. Their menu has a wide range of dishes, like comforting and spicy budae jeongol, crispy seafood pancake, and fatty bossam, whether or not you want them to absorb some booze." - john ringor, adrian kane