Bar Sótano Chicago

Bar Sótano sits in the alley behind Frontera Grill at 443 N Clark St. It is a fifteen-minute walk from Millennium Park and Cloud Gate.

The restaurant serves creative, contemporary Mexican cuisine. It is dressier than the casual storefronts that dominate the nearby River North streets, and the room runs smart. While the neighbourhood is heavy with tourist-trap concepts and high-volume dining, this subterranean space remains a better choice for a quiet, focused meal. You come here to escape the foot traffic surrounding the Art Institute of Chicago, opting instead for a deliberate, small-scale experience that ignores the frantic pace of the streets above.