Category: Bars, nightlife
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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…
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
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 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
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 [...]