"Royal Palms in Bucktown makes you feel like you’ve escaped winter by stowing away on a cruise ship. The interior looks like the lovechild of a rec center and a Tommy Bahama catalog, and they take shuffleboard seriously. There are 11 full-sized courts, and you can either get a team together for a league or (if you’ve never played before) the staff will help you with the basics. They also have food trucks and oversized board games, so even if all the courts are full, you’ll have something to do while you wait." - josh barnett