Category: Bars, nightlife

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Odyssey Lofts convenient to Greektown, Loop, Ike and Kennedy

Odyssey Lofts convenient to Greektown, Loop, Ike and Kennedy

The residents of Odyssey Lofts, 775 W. Jackson Blvd, will never want for gyros. The building is crawling distance from Halsted Street, the main arte [...]

Real estate issues top Chicago Journal's year-in-review

A handful of hot-button real estate issues topped the Chicago Journal's year-in-review feature this month. The weekly newspaper serves Wicker Park, B [...]
Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 5

Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 5

Kingston Mines, 2548 N Halsted St You’re drinking: A rum and coke One of Chicago’s hallmark blues establishments, Kingston Mines has two stages of [...]
Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 4

Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 4

Tonic Room, 2447 N Halsted St You’re drinking: a Fat Tire Tonic Room is a neat little hole-in-the-wall bar that has live music six nights a week. W [...]
Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 3

Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 3

The Lion Head Pub, 2251 N Lincoln Ave You’re drinking: a Table Tapper of anything After stopping by McGee's, we hopped over to another DePaul-area fa [...]
Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 2

Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 2

McGee’s Tavern 950 W Webster Ave You’re drinking: a bucket of Miller Lite bottles A Lincoln Park standard in the Irish college sports bar category, [...]
Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 1

Drinkin' in Lincoln (Park): part 1

Squeezed between the retail, residential and culinary gems of Lincoln Park, there are also several bars. Make that a ton of bars. From traditional I [...]
Condo conversion crops up near Carol's Pub in Uptown

Condo conversion crops up near Carol's Pub in Uptown

While we were checking out Chase Park Commons, 4717 N Clark, the other day, we also spotted Leland Park Condominium (yes, it's singular) around the [...]
Bistro Room21 – another key addition in South Loop

Bistro Room21 – another key addition in South Loop

While we're on the topic of new South Loop businesses, it's big news for the 'hood that Room21, a former Al Capone brewery-turned-bistro, recently o [...]
Champagne is like "Butter" in the West Loop

Champagne is like "Butter" in the West Loop

We've posted about the restaurant scene in the West Loop, but we haven't been to Butter, 130 S Green St. But this mural on the wall outside makes u [...]
White party in West Loop

White party in West Loop

It starts at 9 tonight, at the Victor Hotel. Dress white, and don't plan on staying overnight. [...]

West Loop is home to Restaurant Row

West Randolph Street is not the only place you can get a nice meal in the West Loop, but it is the place where it all began back in the early '90s, [...]
Commercial development in Beverly: new places to eat and shop (and read and put out fires)

Commercial development in Beverly: new places to eat and shop (and read and put out fires)

Beverly - quiet, historic and solidly residential - isn't immune to change, as we learned recently while chatting with Marcia Walsh of the Beverly A [...]
River North week trivia – what made Brehon famous, made a loser out of…

River North week trivia – what made Brehon famous, made a loser out of…

Hardly anyone passing this corner thinks twice about the Brehon Pub, on the 700 block of North Wells St, in River North, these days, but for a while [...]
Crew jumping in Uptown

Crew jumping in Uptown

The gay sports bar Crew, 4804 N Broadway, has built a loyal following in Uptown over the past few months - we know this because every time we wander [...]

Pioneering spirit on Wilson and Magnolia avenues in Uptown

When businessman Nick Novich decides to open a new bar, he picks a neighborhood that he thinks could use some pioneering. Last summer, Novich, who has [...]
The legend of Moody's Pub

The legend of Moody's Pub

The ski lodge-style open fireplaces, the wood plank booths with the burnt-orange vinyl padding, the stained glass signs over the bathrooms, the cand [...]
Dining out near Broadway Village Lofts

Dining out near Broadway Village Lofts

The conversion of an old industrial laundry at 5427 N Broadway St into Broadway Village Lofts is still underway. Yo's truly hasn't yet checked out C [...]

The death of Irish music in Lincoln Square

The short-lived Irish traditional music session on Sundays at The Atlantic Bar & Grill, 5062 N. Lincoln Ave. (773-506-7090), has been shelved for the [...]

Folk rock in Beverly tonight

Anyone looking for something to do tonight on the South Side should consider catching a concert by Chicago folk rocker Michael McDermott at the Beverl [...]
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