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The Flat Iron

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Wall mural at The Flat Iron in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review With a rich history in the arts and music scene, The Flat Iron, formerly the live music venue The Blue Note, draws a dedicated community of creative patrons. The giant face of a skull immediately greets guests upon entering – usually accompanied by the deafening sounds of Black Sabbath from the jukebox – while murals by ... more

1565 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

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The Violet Hour

Bar / Lounge

The Violet Hour - Bar | Lounge in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Camouflaged behind a colorful plank façade adorned with an ever-changing display of graffiti art, The Violet Hour offers an unexpected touch of upscale luxury to a neighborhood better known for dive bars and hipster hangouts. A series of dark blue floor-to-ceiling curtains part to reveal the various rooms of the venue ... more

1520 North Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

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Sweetwater Tavern and Grille

Restaurant / Sports Bar

Sweetwater Tavern and Grille - Restaurant | Sports Bar in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Located at the south end of the city’s famously ritzy Magnificent Mile, Sweetwater Tavern and Grille is a cavernous sports bar and restaurant with an upscale, minimalist vibe. Floor-to-ceiling windows and dozens of plush white booths around the perimeter provide a cozy spot for tourists and local professionals to enjoy ... more

225 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60601

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Debonair Social Club

Bar / Club / Live Music Venue

Debonair Social Club - Bar | Club | Live Music Venue in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Situated inside the massive 88,000-square-foot Flat Iron Arts Building, Debonair Social Club features a roster of rotating theme nights and performances that aim to blend art, music, and fashion. Splashed in hot pink and electric blue lights, along with dizzying black and white stripes painted on most of the walls, the ... more

1575 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

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Hopleaf Bar

Bar / Pub / Restaurant

Hopleaf Bar - Bar | Pub | Restaurant in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Popular with an amiable bunch of grad students and young professionals bent on conversation, the modest Hopleaf Bar harbors an intense dedication to beer, and lots of it. Every night, the worn wooden tables and booths on the first floor quickly fill up with easygoing patrons pouring over the selection of more than two hundred ... more

5148 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640

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Signature Lounge at the 96th

Bar / Lounge

Signature Lounge at the 96th - Bar | Lounge in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Known for a view rivaling that of the Willis Tower – but without the price tag – the Signature Lounge at the 96th floor of the John Hancock Center looms over Chicago, providing a breathtaking vista for flash-happy tourists by day and laid-back Chicagoans by night. Although murals and paintings featuring a timeline of historic ... more

John Hancock Center
875 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

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Paddy Long's

Bar / Irish Pub

Delirium Tremens tap at Paddy Long's
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Party Earth Review The city’s premier beer and bacon bar, Paddy Long’s is a popular hangout for a mixed crowd of young Lincoln Park hipsters and older regulars on a first-name basis with the owner – a Dublin native who is often also the bartender. Usually low-key and welcoming, this Irish-style pub features craft beers and a menu that would ... more

1028 West Diversey Parkway
Chicago, IL 60657

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Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club

Gay Bar / Gay Club / Restaurant

Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club - Gay Bar | Gay Club | Restaurant in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Located in Chicago’s famous Boystown neighborhood, The Kit Kat Lounge is a lively spot where stylish gay men and large groups of straight girls sip colorful drinks and enjoy over-the-top tableside drag performances. A throwback to the boisterous supper clubs of the 1940s and old Hollywood glamour, the classy bar and restaurant ... more

3700 North Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60613

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Blue Frog's Local 22

Karaoke Bar / Sports Bar

Blue Frog's Local 22 - Karaoke Bar | Sports Bar in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Renovated in 2011 by Spike TV’s Bar Rescue, Blue Frog’s Local 22 is a sports and karaoke bar featuring a snazzy sports design and a menu of organic meats and locally brewed beer. Bright neon signs and twenty TVs tuned to sports cast a flickering light over the rowdy crowd of college kids playing drinking games with every ... more

22 East Hubbard Street
Chicago, IL 60611

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Lilly's Bar

Bar / Live Music Venue

Lilly's Bar - Bar | Live Music Venue in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Located just a few blocks north of the busy Fullerton/Lincoln/Halsted intersection, Lilly’s Bar is regularly deluged by nearby DePaul students and casual hipsters eager for cheap all-you-can-drink deals and live music. Low green stucco archways, uneven brick floors, and scattered antique wrought iron furniture give the ... more

2515 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614

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Gingerman Tavern

Dive Bar

Gingerman Tavern - Dive Bar in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Founded specifically for Wrigleyville heretics who don’t care a lick about the Cubs – or at least don’t care about rowdy sports bars – Gingerman Tavern attracts everyone from hardcore bikers to skinny-jeaned rockers who couldn’t tell a Hail Mary from a Bloody one. A true dive, the space features a dusty décor of old photographs ... more

3740 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60613

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Lincoln Hall

Bar / Live Music Venue

Lincoln Hall - Bar | Live Music Venue | Restaurant in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review A combination bar, restaurant, and music venue developed by the same group behind Schubas Tavern, Lincoln Hall offers live alternative, indie, rock, or acoustic concerts every night, as well as laid-back dining and drinking. Located in the heart of thriving Lincoln Park, the 8,400-square-foot venue features a roster of ... more

2424 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614

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The Flat Iron

Bar

Wall mural at The Flat Iron in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review With a rich history in the arts and music scene, The Flat Iron, formerly the live music venue The Blue Note, draws a dedicated community of creative patrons. The giant face of a skull immediately greets guests upon entering – usually accompanied by the deafening sounds of Black Sabbath from the jukebox – while murals by ... more

1565 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

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The Violet Hour

Bar / Lounge

The Violet Hour - Bar | Lounge in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Camouflaged behind a colorful plank façade adorned with an ever-changing display of graffiti art, The Violet Hour offers an unexpected touch of upscale luxury to a neighborhood better known for dive bars and hipster hangouts. A series of dark blue floor-to-ceiling curtains part to reveal the various rooms of the venue ... more

1520 North Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

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Sweetwater Tavern and Grille

Restaurant / Sports Bar

Sweetwater Tavern and Grille - Restaurant | Sports Bar in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Located at the south end of the city’s famously ritzy Magnificent Mile, Sweetwater Tavern and Grille is a cavernous sports bar and restaurant with an upscale, minimalist vibe. Floor-to-ceiling windows and dozens of plush white booths around the perimeter provide a cozy spot for tourists and local professionals to enjoy ... more

225 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60601

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Pippin's Tavern

Bar / Tavern

Pippin's Tavern - Bar | Tavern in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Despite its proximity to the lavish shops and restaurants of the Magnificent Mile, Pippin’s Tavern has been drawing in one of the most eclectic and diverse crowds in Chicago since 1973 from wealthy shoppers and young businessmen to college students and foreign tourists. The weathered façade, which looks like a gingerbread ... more

806 North Rush Street
Chicago, IL 60611

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Double Door

Bar / Club / Live Music Venue

Double Door - Bar | Club | Live Music Venue in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Named for its two separate entrances – one for the fans and one for the bands – Double Door is a simple club where music undeniably takes center stage. With its single long bar the only element that takes away from the open wooden dance space and a standing room capacity of only five hundred, it seems incredible that the ... more

1572 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

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Beauty Bar

Bar / Club

Beauty Bar - Bar | Club in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Harkening back to the era of big hair, disco, and vinyl upholstery, the retro-themed Beauty Bar Chicago is the eighth permutation of the Beauty Bar franchise, known for combining a bar and club with the chance to get a manicure. Multicolored bubble designs and teal walls set the tone in the front room, while funky furnishings ... more

1444 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60642

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The Empty Bottle

Dive Bar / Live Music Venue

The Empty Bottle - Dive Bar | Live Music Venue in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review The Empty Bottle has been serving up $5 drink combos and live music seven nights a week since it first opened in 1992, featuring a jam-packed calendar of events ranging from jazz and rock to experimental noise. The venue’s deceptively small exterior hides a spacious three-roomed space decked out in concert posters and packed ... more

1035 North Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

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Angels & Kings

Bar / Lounge

Angels & Kings - Bar | Lounge in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Located on the ground floor of the Hard Rock Hotel, Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz’s Angels & Kings is an intimate, dark venue where, depending on the night, patrons might find rockers in skinny jeans or clubbers in high-end cocktail dresses. Although Wentz himself has been known to grace the small stage, entertainment is usually ... more

Hard Rock Hotel
230 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60601

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Hopleaf Bar

Bar / Pub / Restaurant

Hopleaf Bar - Bar | Pub | Restaurant in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Popular with an amiable bunch of grad students and young professionals bent on conversation, the modest Hopleaf Bar harbors an intense dedication to beer, and lots of it. Every night, the worn wooden tables and booths on the first floor quickly fill up with easygoing patrons pouring over the selection of more than two hundred ... more

5148 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640

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Simon's Tavern

Historic Bar / Pub

Simon's Tavern - Historic Bar | Pub in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Established in 1934, Simon’s Tavern has its roots planted deep in American history, with a red-hot (or blue-yellow) streak of Swedish pride to boot. Marked by a neon sign of a martini-drinking fish, this cozy neighborhood bar features a décor of Viking and hunting paraphernalia, including a giant mural of the original owner ... more

5210 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640

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Signature Lounge at the 96th

Bar / Lounge

Signature Lounge at the 96th - Bar | Lounge in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Known for a view rivaling that of the Willis Tower – but without the price tag – the Signature Lounge at the 96th floor of the John Hancock Center looms over Chicago, providing a breathtaking vista for flash-happy tourists by day and laid-back Chicagoans by night. Although murals and paintings featuring a timeline of historic ... more

John Hancock Center
875 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

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The Hangge-Uppe

Bar / Club

The Hangge-Uppe  - Bar | Club in Chicago.
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Party Earth Review Marked by a sign with the image of a happy man hugging records and a tagline promising “the most fun you won’t remember,” The Hangge Uppe has been a prime Gold Coast spot for drinking, dancing – and more drinking – since 1973. A few stumbling steps from the wild bar scene of Division Street, the mostly 80s-themed bi-level ... more

14 West Elm Street
Chicago, IL 60611

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Recommended Bars in Chicago

Top Sports Bars

BY: Lucas

Halligan Bar - Irish Pub | Sports Bar in Chicago.

Halligan Bar

  • → Halligan Bar
  • → Joe's Bar
  • → Brownstone Tavern &...
  • → The Fifty/50
  • → Lottie's Pub

Lucas also likes: Beer Sports Rowdy Casual Anything goes Bar Flirty

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Super Chic Bars

BY: Adriana

Citizen Bar - Restaurant | Rooftop Bar in Chicago.

Citizen Bar

  • → Citizen Bar
  • → The Aviary
  • → Le Bar
  • → Cuvée
  • → ROOF on theWit

Adriana also likes: Exclusive Nightclub Fashion Forward Shopping Jetsetter

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Great Music Bars

BY: Jonah

aliveOne - Bar | Live Music Venue in Chicago.

aliveOne

  • → aliveOne
  • → Beat Kitchen
  • → The Mutiny
  • → Double Door
  • → darkroom

Jonah also likes: Live Music Eclectic Indie Alternative Non-mainstream

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Fun Student Bars

BY: Emma

The Galway Arms - Bar | Irish Pub | Irish Restaurant in Chicago.

The Galway Arms

  • → The Galway Arms
  • → Rodan
  • → Halligan Bar
  • → The Lodge Tavern
  • → Boiler Room

Emma also likes: Happy Hour Culture Dancing Lively Budget-friendly

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Chicago Bars Overview

Benchmark - Bar | Beer Garden | Restaurant | Rooftop Bar in Chicago

Chicago’s social life invariably revolves around its denizen’s love of sports and beer, but there are still hundreds of bars in Chicago that cater to the highest of the high end and the dingiest of dives to fit into any resident’s social schedule.

There are actually thousands of Chicago bars – and they populate every street and are hidden away in the quaintest residential areas – so if the Cubs, White Sox, Bears, or Bulls are playing, it’s a lock that every bar in town will be playing the game on their TVs. But the biggest spots in town for sports fans are in Wrigleyville where sports bars are dime a dozen.

Meanwhile, many food-heavy bars dot the city and serve perfect beer and food pairings, though it’s just as easy to find the best deep dish pizza and a cold one at other local haunts, or just a wine bar to while away the hours in.

Though neighborhood bars, sports bars, and pubs are the most common nightlife destinations in Chicago, an array of higher-end venues in areas like River North and the Gold Coast draw in the social elite to live, work, and play.

The best part about all the bars in Chicago, whether high-end, sports crazy, or just the hole-in-the-wall variety, is that they stay open really late, with some spots keeping their doors open until 4 or 5am.

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Lincoln Park

Lilly's Bar - Bar | Live Music Venue in Chicago.
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Lakeview

Elbo Room - Bar | Live Music Venue in Chicago.
  • Elbo Room

    Bar / Live Music Venue

  • Sheffield's

    Bar / Restaurant

  • The Long Room

    Bar

more bars in Lakeview

Wicker Park / Bucktown

Debonair Social Club - Bar | Club | Live Music Venue in Chicago.
  • Debonair Social Club

    Bar / Club

  • The Hideout

    Bar / Live Music Venue

  • Double Door

    Bar / Club

more bars in Wicker Park / Bucktown

River North

Mercadito Chicago - Bar | Lounge | Mexican Restaurant in Chicago.
  • Mercadito Chicago

    Bar / Lounge

  • House of Blues Chicago

    Bar / Live Music Venue

  • Blue Frog's Local 22

    Karaoke Bar

more bars in River North

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