Since the neighborhood around the United Center can be a little dicey, this sports bar and restaurant is a diamond in the rough. WestEnd Bar & Grille is the place for pre-game partying for United Center sporting events, particularly Chicago Blackhawks hockey games. Thirty-three plasma TVs broadcast the games throughout the cozy but large, two-level bar. The best seats are the leather, TV-equipped booths. It gets crowded quickly on game days, but that's because fans love the upscale bar food, including fish tacos and bison burgers. Wash it down with something from their expansive beer menu, filled with craft and locally brewed ales. If you have a few too many, you can take the bar's free and regularly-running shuttle back and forth to the United Center.