"For years, Grant Park’s Buteco has been a hot spot for live salsa, samba, and new-age jazz performances. You can also catch everything from poetry slams to hip-hop bands in the small-ish back room. The Brazilian restaurant and cafe is open all day. But we like to come before an evening show and grab a savory chicken taco with pineapple pico or crispy coxinhas. Or come around 9pm when the music is in full swing. Cocktails here (often made with rum, cachaca, and other Latin-Caribbean spirits) are pretty strong, so don’t be surprised if you end up singing along louder than usual." - Jacinta Howard, Juli Horsford, Nina Reeder