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Wanna Go Out on Christmas? Here's 9 Places To Eat and Drink in Wicker Park

By Alisa Hauser | December 23, 2015 4:49pm
 Pint at 1547 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Pint at 1547 N. Milwaukee Ave.
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WICKER PARK —  Planning to stick around town for Christmas? Most Wicker Park and Bucktown restaurants and bars will be closed, but several are set to remain open on Thursday and some will even be serving on Friday.

Here are a few spots: 

• Craving Indian and Nepalese food?  Cumin at 1414 N. Milwaukee Ave. tends to fill up fast once the word gets out that the restaurant is open.  Lunch buffet hours are 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; and 5 to 10 p.m. for dinner on Thursday and Friday, according to Cumin's Facebook page.

• Hollywood Grill, 1601 W. North Ave., on the southwest corner of Ashland and North avenues, never closes and is a 24-hour, 365 days per year business.

• Usagi Ya, a sushi restaurant at 1178 N. Milwaukee Ave. will be open from 3 to 11 p.m. Thursday but closed Friday, according to a worker.

• Lottie's Pub at 1925 W. Cortland St., will be open for its 12th annual "Rock 'N Roll' Christmas Party from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Friday as well as hosting a winter coat and toy drive.  According to a flier, there will be beer specials and hot chocolate.

• Green Eye Lounge, at 2403 W. Homer St., located under the CTA Blue Line Western "L" stop, will be open from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday. Note: There is no food there except for a selection of snacks, like pretzels, though The Tamale Guy has been known to pop in.

• The Map Room, 1949 N. Hoyne Ave., will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday or "whenever it gets quiet," a bartender said.  The bar will be closed Christmas.

• Pint Pub, 1547 N. Milwaukee Ave. will stay open until 2 a.m. on Christmas Eve morning and from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday.  The kitchen will be open too.   "There is always somebody that needs us," said Pint's owner back in 2012. "We're like 'Cheers.'"

• High Noon Saloon, 1560 N. Milwaukee Ave., will have a "Christmas Day Seasonal Beer Tapping" with $6 craft beers such as Goose Island's A Real Nice Surprise, Revolution Fistmas Red Ale, and Great Lakes Christmas Ale, plus $3 Fireball cinnamon whiskey shots.  The bar will be open from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday.  The kitchen will be closed.

• Division Ale House, 1942 W. Division St., plans to tap barrels of Goose Island 2015 Bourbon County Stout and 3 Floyds' Alpha Klauson Christmas Day on Friday, along with $8 snifters and $3 Fireball cinnamon whiskey shots.  The bar will be open from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday. The kitchen will be closed.

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