"“Cocktail dive” might seem like an oxymoron, but Best Intentions in Chicago manages to pull it off with really good drinks for around $13. The space isn’t trendy, but it is perpetually full of people more than happy to stand while funk and soul music blasts through the speakers. If you can take a shot of Malort with a straight face, try a shot of Angostura on tap and see what you’re really made of." - allie conti