Map Room

N G B Ltd is located at 2126 W Homer St, Chicago, IL. This location is in the Bucktown neighborhood. This business specializes in Travel Agents.

You might need your map to locate the bar: It's slightly west of Wicker Park's main area.

"Ahhh, Belgians" exclaim aficionados of this Bucktown bar pouring a "superb collection of imports and craft brews" – basically, the "intelligent, worldly beer lover's dream come true"; if some "stay for the pretzel rods", "people-watching" and "neat" setting swathed in "cool maps", others are keen on "convivial" conversation and a "knowledgeable, friendly" crew; P.S. coffee and pastries are...

About 10 years ago, there were places like the Map Room all over West Town: self-consciously arty bars where a random patron with paint-stained fingers might strike up a conversation with you and the bartender. These days the Map Room is a rarity. With its books and maps reminiscent of a European explorer's study and a second-to-none beer selection, the bar's personality is matched by few others.

Owners Mark and Laura Blasingame have two passions in life—traveling and beer— and their cozy pub is a showcase for both. The giant map of the world covering the walls and the library of National Geographic magazines (which fills several dilapidated bookcases) are impressive, but the beer selection is what really sets it apart. Belgian and regional brews are the specialties; in addition to the...

Hundreds of travel books and guides line the shelves of this globe-trotter's tavern. Peruse that tome on Fuji or Antarctica while sipping a pint of one of the 25-odd draft beers. The Map Room's equally impressive selection of bottled brews (more than 200) makes this place popular with beer geeks as well as the tattered-passport crew. Tuesday is "International Night," featuring the food, music,...

Owners Mark and Laura Blasingame have made the Map Room into an expression of their love for world travel and good beer. The walls are lined with bookshelves housing a variety of atlases and travel guides, with free WiFi available to help plan your next world voyage, and perhaps most importantly, the draught beer list includes a variety of exciting imports. Aside from beer, the Map Room also...