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Hopleaf

Beer is busting out all over, what with corner bars, gastropubs, and sommeliers all tapping into exotic imports and limited-edition craft brews. But one bar still casts a long shadow: Andersonville’s Hopleaf—though yes, stop hollering, the Map Room is a verrry close second. Where else can you bounce from a dry, spicy Poperings Hommelbier to a farmhouse-style Ommegang Hennepin to an inky Monschof Schwarzbier to a Three Floyd’s Alpha King? (Um, not that we recommend this . . . ) With more than 40 beers on tap at any time—half of them Belgian or Belgian-style domestics—and another 300 bottles, there’s no better place in town to school yourself in the finer points of beeriana. To keep you from falling off your bar stool, Hopleaf also dishes up Belgian bistro fare in the back room, including killer steamed mussels and frites with aioli. The bartenders have a long-standing reputation for being somewhat surly but in recent years have lightened up a bit. Just don’t order an Old Style.  5148 N. Clark, 773-334-9851, hopleaf.com. —Martha Bayne

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