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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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Party Earth Review 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 of legendary singers, and vintage murals of African American history dot the room, while mismatched ... more
2548 North Halsted
Chicago, IL 60614
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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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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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Party Earth Review Far removed from the bigger nightlife areas of Chicago, Arami entices discerning diners with Japanese fare way (WAY!) beyond California rolls. A Shinto gate marks the otherwise nondescript entrance, leading patrons into a small, modern lounge with exposed brick, a handful of candlelit bamboo tables, and a long sushi bar ... more
1829 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
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Party Earth Review The Midwest is miles from the salty ocean shores, so the hungriest sailors rely on Fish Bar, Lakeview’s interpretation of the New England crab shack. Sky blue exterior walls with a giant fish painted over the brick lure in many inquisitive seafoodies, while the ever-rotating selection of freshly caught grub keeps regulars ... more
2956 North Sheffield Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
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Party Earth Review Self-dubbed Chicago’s “lakefront playground,” Navy Pier is one of the city’s busiest tourist destinations, entertaining nearly nine million visitors a year with a plethora of amusement park rides, theaters, boat cruises, and beer gardens. Jutting out a half mile into Lake Michigan, the Pier is busiest during the summer ... more
600 East Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
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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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Party Earth Review Seasonal cocktails and a unique Mediterranean menu that changes daily have made The Bristol a popular neighborhood eatery where laid-back foodies and young professionals go for a taste of local flavor. Intensely dedicated to creating high-quality shareable plates, the restaurant works closely with area farms to offer the ... more
2152 North Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
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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 ... more
1444 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60642
20s / 30s / Anything goes / Arcade Games / Bachelorette Parties / Bar Food / Baseball Caps / Burgers / Casual / Clubwear / Conversational / Dancing / Dinner / Diverse / Frat Guys / Games / High Energy / Jeans / Jerseys / Jocks / Live Piano / Lunch / Music Lovers / Oldies / Pizza / Pool (Billiards) / Post Grads / Rowdy / Sandwiches / Sorority Girls / Sports / Sports Fans / Students / Top 40 / TVs / Upbeat / Piano Bar / Restaurant / Sports Bar
Party Earth Review Centrally located in the wild Wrigleyville bar scene and just steps away from famed Wrigley Field, Sluggers manages to combine a sports theme, dueling pianos, a stripper pole, and indoor batting cages to create a one-stop venue for drinking and entertainment. On the main floor, sports fans and fraternity types set up camp ... more
3540 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657
20s / 30s / Acoustic / Ambient Jazz / Artsy / Breakfast / Brunch / Business Casual / Casual / Collared Shirts / Couples / Creative / Early 20s / Electronic / Funky Dresses / Good for Groups / Hipster / Indie / Jeans / Khakis / Lunch / Mid 30s / Restaurant / Stylish / T-shirts / Young Professionals
Party Earth Review Originally opened in 1993 as a quaint deli, The Bongo Room has since evolved into one of the city’s most recognized brunch spots. Nestled among the record stores and vintage clothing shops of Wicker Park, the venue’s walloping pancakes alone are enough to draw in patrons willing to wait upwards of two hours on the weekends ... more
1470 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
With thousands of restaurants in Chicago, the Windy City easily earns its reputation for being a great restaurant town. The city’s professional types and lawyers flood eating establishments for business lunches in the Loop during the day, while high-class couples and first daters take to fine-dining bistros and brasseries all over the city at night.
Chicago may be most well-known though for its out-of-this-world deep dish pizza, Chicago style hot dogs, and burger joints that populate the skyscrapers and corner buildings all over town. And whenever the Cubs are playing, every sports bar in town is packed, serving up greasy bar food for sports fans of every ilk.
Whether people are looking for great café brunches, power lunches, swanky dinners, late night nibbles, or everything in between, there are enough Chicago restaurants to provide for any taste or style.
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