Moonflower

Moonflower was founded by three industry veterans in Portage Park on the city's Northwest Side. It's a "plant-themed bar" that serves craft cocktails with unusual ingredients including Milkis, a South Korean milk-based soda, and Goldsaft, a German sugar beet syrup. There's a small pub menu with snacks and an extensive soul music soundtrack, and these drinks may be taken to go.

Zach Rivera, Christina Chae, and Marvin Boeving, the three founders, met while working at Machine Hospitality Group (Headquarters Beercade, Machine), and decided to open a bar together. Each of the three owners' marks may be found on the bar. Chae's own collection provides many of the plants used in the design. Because Boeving like sandwiches, they are on the menu. Rivera, whose father was a jazz drummer, curated the Spotify playlist that plays in the background for customers. Boeving is from Germany, Rivera is from Puerto Rico, and Chae was born in South Korea, thus the cocktail ingredients represent what they grew up eating and drinking.

Address: 4359 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Website: https://www.moonflowerbar.com/