- 10pin
- Near North Side
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Lounge, Sports Bar
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Open
Top Pick!
Decades-old bowling venue gets massive makeover to attract a young professional crowd.
Top Pick!
Lakeview Broadcasting Company closes and reopens as a cozy lounge serving up grilled cheese.
- @mosphere
- Andersonville/Edgewater
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Gay Bar, Lounge
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Open
Andersonville-version of a "club" with drink specials, weekly events and a room in the back.
- Bar Novo
- The Loop
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Hotel Bar, Lounge, Posh Sips
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Open
Top Pick!
Luxe cocktails at luxe prices. Renaissance Hotel's typically plush bar with bites.
Top Pick!
Though TVs and sports have taken over the formerly choice DJs, it's still a fun, low-key, neighborhood place.
Completely revamped 4AM spot welcomes those who don't know that neighboring Underbar is better.
- Bon V
- West Loop
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Lounge
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Velvet Rope
Bottle service on Randolph Street? A Bears superstar's sibling tries his luck with a VIP lounge in the famed district.
- C-View
- Gold Coast
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Hotel Bar, Lounge, Posh Sips
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Velvet Rope
Top Pick!
Rooftop bar with an inside lounge as impressive as the patio view.
- Cabaret
- Near North Side
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Lounge
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Open
Top Pick!
Late to every trend in this case, burlesque Chicago apes Vegas with an ultraexpensive, glammy club.
Top Pick!
Go go dancers in lingerie, expensive bottles, and lots of posing for the camera.
Gold Coast lounge still has appeal, especially because people here are nice.
Top Pick!
The only thing cooler in this bar is its owner, poster boy for cool Matt Eisler.
Top Pick!
Uptown condo dwellers have a swanky new place to take in the game.
Amazing views of the Chicago River and a roaring fireplace don't make up for the spotty service.
Top Pick!
Ol' Blue Eyes would never have set foot in this hellhole.
- 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.
Top Pick!
Get here early or you'll be left pushing your way through crowds all night.
Modelled like the fuselage of a 747, this cramped space will remind you of the many reasons you hate flying.
Asian-minimal bar that avoids all the other cool things that Asian culture has to offer.
- 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.
A new bourbon destination on the torso of the Wicker Park crotch.
Top Pick!
A sexy, neighborhood lounge with live jazz.
Blending nightlife and mixology with a little (or a lot) technology makes for a potent evening at this West Loop "iBar."
- Matilda
- Wrigleyville
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Indie Bar, Lounge
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Open
Top Pick!
If you're not digging the vibe in one room, just stagger off into one of the others.
Top Pick!
When workers head home for the day, guests come out to play at this lounged located on the top floor of an office building.
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