With a long wall of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a tree-lined section of the Chicago River, Metropolitan Brewing‘s Avondale taproom is practically pastoral. It feels like a hidden refuge, an impression enhanced by the fact that it’s located at the back of a large building that’s currently very much under construction. “I tell people when they’re visiting that if they feel like they’re going to be arrested for trespassing, they’re in the right place,” says Tracy Hurst, who co-owns the brewery with business partner and ex-husband Doug Hurst.
Metropolitan Brewing Taproom 3057 N Rockwell, 773-754-0494, metrobrewing.com.
