Chop Shop / 1st Ward, Chicago, IL

Chop Shop and 1st Ward is a 450-capacity 18-and-over butcher, deli, bar, and restaurant in Chicago's Wicker Park with a 6,000-square-foot event space behind it. The dual concept creates an audience that comes for the food and stays for the music, and the production values in the 1st Ward room are well above what the industrial exterior might suggest.