Originally Posted by toomanybooks
Hopleaf was recently ranked #21 among beer bars in the USA.
The Map Room is #5.
Got these rankings from a Chicago beer listserv I am on.
IMHO if your interest is Belgians, or food with your beer, Hopleaf beats Map Room. If your interest is domestics, German, etc. then go to the Map Room.
Also if you have not been to Hopleaf in a while, their beer selection has significantly expanded over the past few years, to encompass something like 3 chalkboards and an ever decreasing font size. The list of Belgians includes many that I have never seen anywhere else in the US, many that even Sam's Wines does not carry.
/pbz