Wicker Park Is Getting Chicago's First Pour-It-Yourself Bar In 2017

By Mae Rice in Food on Jun 29, 2016 8:52PM

The future site of Tapster, at 2027 W. North Ave. (Google Street View)

If you visit Tapster and get the wrong beer, you really have only yourself to blame. At the bar, coming to Wicker Park in early 2017, you'll pour your craft beer yourself via 40 to 50 self-serve taps, Eater reports. It's sort of like Red Mango, but with beer instead of fro-yo.

Which is easy enough to wrap your head around, but it's never actually been done before, according to Eater. Though assorted Chicago bars have self-pour components, Tapster (opening at 2027 W. North Ave.) will be the first bar where self-pouring is the only way to get your beer. Same goes for wine, Prosecco, cocktails and, during the day, kombucha—it's all on tap.

Not yet, of course. The bar's founder, Roman Maliszewski, just signed a lease on the space, Eater reports—so the bar itself, which will be situated just west of Estelle's, won't open until next year. All the more time to practice your pour!

Read Eater's full story here.