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Studio Paris - Club | Lounge in Chicago.

Party Earth Review There’s always a line of stiletto-wearing ladies and sharply dressed dudes outside Paris Club restaurant, and though the swanky French eatery is itself ridiculously popular, most of these folks are waiting to get up the stairway in back that leads to Studio Paris. Patrons enter the rooftop club’s lounge area first, where ... more

59 West Hubbard Street
Chicago, IL 60654

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The Apartment

Bar / Club

Party Earth Review Young party-lovers from all over Chicago feel right at home at The Apartment, at least judging by how they pack into this cover charge-free party spot on the few nights a week it’s open. Tricked out in home décor, the second floor venue – owned and operated by the same guys behind The Lion Head Pub on the first floor ... more

2251 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614

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The Hangge-Uppe

Bar / Club

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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Debonair Social Club

Bar / Club / Live Music Venue

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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Double Door

Bar / Club / Live Music Venue

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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Enclave

Club

Party Earth Review Situated at the far end of an unremarkable parking lot, Enclave is a cavernous dance club where the only indication that something exists behind the unmarked door is the line of sexy twenty-somethings gazing hopefully at the stoic bouncers. Well-dressed clubbers lucky enough to gain entrance to the 15,000-square foot venue ... more

220 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60686

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Sound-Bar

Club / Lounge

Party Earth Review Upscale and ultramodern, Sound-Bar is one of the biggest nightclubs in Chicago, an enormous 20,000-square-foot space spanning two levels and featuring separate DJs, nine full bars, and multiple VIP areas. Models, bottles, and the shiny-shirted men drooling after both flow continuously through the various rooms, highlighted ... more

226 West Ontario Street
Chicago, IL 60654

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Beaumont Bar & Grill

Bar / Club / Restaurant

Party Earth Review The Beaumont Bar & Grill – more commonly referred to as just Beaumont’s – is open late. As in 5am late. As in, “Screw it, we’re already knee-deep in booze wannah dance” late. Although neon signs and affordable beer hint at the regulars from nearby DePaul University, the front room actually looks like a sedate neighborhood ... more

2020 North Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60614

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The Underground

Club / Lounge

Party Earth Review With its military theme and unmarked basement level entrance, The Underground nightclub takes its aura of exclusivity seriously, which suits the see-and-be-seen clientele just fine. Bottle service and celebrity sightings await the stylish patrons who satisfy the laser-eyed bouncer and then head down to a cavernous bomb ... more

56 West Illinois Street
Chicago, IL 60654

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Beauty Bar

Bar / Club

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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Liar's Club

Bar / Club

Party Earth Review Lurking on the edge of the affluent Lincoln Park neighborhood, Liar’s Club draws tattooed and pierced patrons into its dark world of leather-padded walls and blaring 80s metal. Local punks, gritty hipsters, and plenty of yuppies looking to relive their glory days gather at the glowing mirror-backed bar with $2 PBRs in ... more

1665 West Fullerton Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614

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Proof

Club / Lounge

Party Earth Review The Gold Coast isn’t lacking in swanky lounges, but Proof turns the glitz up a notch with its intimate size and a focus on those three little letters glam clubbers love to hear: VIP. Though it has two floors, both are relatively small, compelling mixing and mingling among the glass-enclosed private tables where perfectly ... more

1045 North Rush Street
Chicago, IL 60611

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Founded in 1968 as one of Chicago’s first blues clubs, Kingston Mines has stood witness to more than a few big players in the industry wailing about how their woman left them. Playbills from past performances, old photos ... read more

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Chicago Clubs Overview

The clubs in Chicago run the gamut from big to small, rowdy to chill, and upscale to gritty. And though it’s more known for its sports and bars, the Windy City’s party-crazed denizens can find just about any dance-heavy den to meet their desires.

The hottest and most exclusive Chicago clubs can be found in either River North or the Gold coast where celebrities, athletes, business elites, and moneyed tourists mix and mingle to DJ heavy beats while long lines of micro-skirted girls and the men who love them wait impatiently until the doorman deems them hot enough to enter.

Most of the clubs in the city are not of the velvet-roped variety and there are tons of wild and crazy hangouts filled with flirty singles, bachelorette and birthday groups, and dance fiends simply looking to get their groove on – while over in Boystown, the gay clubs are jam-packed with buffed and bronzed Adonis’s until 4 or 5am.

Other Chicago nightlife spots include world famous jazz and blues joints, while Second City is the mecca of the Midwest comedy club scene.

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