The marquee outside announces daily specials to the neighborhood. Time your visit based on the signage and you may find yourself with a bill for $2 burgers or free wings. Even at full price, Celtic Crown is still worth a visit for better-than-average bar food…

With the waitresses brandishing brogues along with the shepherd’s pie and Guinness pints, you know this Lakeview Irish pub is the real deal. Besides potpies, fish and chips and other Emerald Isle imports, everyone from neighborhood families to tipsy Cubs fans stops in for the above-par bar grub…

This Britishish spot is putting its pounds on the pub scene, with upscale drinks like a St. Germain Champagne cocktail getting balance from such U.K. bar classics as fish-and-chips and bangers-and-mash. The Newcastle-battered cod is crispy, fat and flaky, the fried egg BLT just heavy enough…

Soda bread? Black-and-white pudding? Not so much. This Irish bistro serves food you’d find in modern-day Dublin, which means Guinness isn’t just on the epic beer list, but also in a rich onion–and–white cheddar soup. You’ll also find it in the beef stew, along with chunks of parsnips and carrots…

Starched shirts get unbuttoned at this River North after-work hangout, where friends sip beer and wine in long booths by the windows or at the handful of tables outside on Wells…