Zizou

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$$$$Perfect For:Drinking Great WineDrinks & A Light Bite

As a restaurant, Zizou is just fine, but as a wine bar, it's a place to show friends that your taste in music is as good as your taste in chilled reds. Visiting this French-Moroccan spot in Lincoln Heights is like stumbling upon a hidden oasis with a powerful sound system. Big, old-school speakers boom Middle Eastern disco tracks. Ruby-red lights illuminate the golden-tiled bar and outdoor patio. Couples split bottles of orange wine in the garden underneath fig trees and passion fruit vines. The stark difference between the unassuming exterior and groovy back patio makes Zizou feel like a dance party in disguise.

Zizou serves a short food menu that works fine as fuel for two-stepping, but isn't necessarily an attraction on its own, aside from a shareable pot of moules frites with thin-cut fries to dip in the rosemary-scented broth. Pair those mussels with a glass of sancerre, though, and you’d got the makings of a nice little snack break between boogie sessions.

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