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Like that blues bar that Steve Buscemi can't wait to get out of in "Ghost World."
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Where the kids with the studded belts and black shag haircuts go to see the bands you haven't heard of yet.
- Fuel
- Bucktown/Wicker Park
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Live Music, Lounge, Posh Sips
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Open
This is what happens when nightclub owners open a restaurant: DJs, pizza, haute cocktails.
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Small, scarlet space with underappreciated piano bar musicians in back.
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Blues on two stages in two different rooms. If you're lucky you might catch a legend stopping in.
- Lava
- Bucktown/Wicker Park
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Live Music, Lounge
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Open
Beat culture lives on in Lava's new space, but it needs some bass.
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Owners of Schubas Tavern go all out, and all in, for Chicago's newest live music club.
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Great bands for not much money in a beautiful old space but what's it take to get a beer around here?
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They're bringing the after-work scene back with a live-music focus and extensive martini menu.
Local rock/folk/songwriter venue that attracts periodic big names.
- Metro
- Wrigleyville
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Live Music
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Top Pick!
Best place to see a show, bar none. This stage has soaked up more legendary rockstar sweat than Bebe Buell.
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A dive that incubates the primordial ooze from which rock is born. That's why it smells.
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Cheap indie dive with eye-popping beer selection and bands you probably went to high-school with.
Rock-focused bar takes on the venerable Hard Rock Cafe.
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Classy small music room for soft local songwriters and occasional big names.
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Three-floor live music club with a vintage feel.
Romantic and low key, this neighborhood wine bar gives Bin 36 a run for its money.
The every-city, beloved, can't go wrong, plan to take a cab home, everyone loves a, Irish Pub.
Psychedelic spot to rock out in Uptown.
- The Mutiny
- Logan Sqr/Humboldt Prk
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Dive, Live Music
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Open
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Ground zero for the punk rock generation born in the 1980s.
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Old moviehouse gone concert hall with great sightlines, dilapidated vintage ceiling.
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Drink beer, smoke and yell shit at third-run movies on the big screen for $5.
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Dancehall reggae outpost finds one love, one heart between rastas and beer-addled party chicks.
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Hidden piano-bar gem is ridiculous in a good way, just off the Viagra Triangle that's not.
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