Category: Bars, nightlife
Victor Hotel is a lounge
Restaurateur Jerry Kleiner's newest venture is a lounge called Victor Hotel, a place so named because of a sign Kleiner had, a sign he loves, that r [...]
Jimmy's cocktail book
Heaven on Seven chef/owner Jimmy Bannos, he of the famous red headband, kicked out a romping stomping pre-Mardi Gras party last night at his original [...]
Jarvis Avenue starts to take shape
Developers have added 1,000 new-construction and condo conversion units to the housing stock in Rogers Park in the last two years. Not bad for an area [...]
The Loop's hidden gems
We've been chatting here at YoChicago about how the Loop is full of little bars and restaurants and the like, that are tucked away from sight. Now tha [...]
The Chicago River martini
Maybe Dine, a new West Loop restaurant at 733 W Madison St, should change the name of this concoction, not only because it's not really appetizing to [...]
Bye-bye, dives
During dinner last night at the West Loop's Blackbird restaurant, a dinner cooked by visiting chef Suzanne Goin, who owns A.O.C. and Lucques in Los An [...]
Fulton New Year's
Fulton Lounge, 955 W. Fulton St. (312-942-9500), in the emerging Fulton Market District, is hosting a New Year's Eve party featuring hors d'oeuvres, p [...]
Maxwell Street lounge
Junior's Sports Lounge, which counts Bear legend Gale Sayers as a business partner, officially opens on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Maxwell Street/UIC [...]
A ruby in the rough – West Loop clubbing
When a neighborhood starts sprouting Starbucks franchises you know it's well on its way to gentrification.
So what exactly does the appearance of a $ [...]