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The Lodge Tavern
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 21 W. Division St. | Near North
The tavern first set up shop here in 1957 and offers a well-conceived atmosphere heavy on tradition and clubby, genteel ambience. There's a vintage vacuum-tube ...
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Rosebud on Rush
Categories: Restaurant, Bar/Club
Address: 720 N. Rush St. | Near North
The groundwork was laid for this restaurant when owner Alex Dana converted his original Rosebud on Taylor Street (opened in 1977) from a steakhouse to an authen...
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Blue Chicago (at Ohio)
Categories: Bar/Club, Music Venue
Address: 536 N. Clark St. | Near North
Blue Chicago primarily features women singers at two locations, with this being the smaller. Basically, it's a long tavern room with a stage at the end that mig...
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She-nannigans House of Beer
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 16 W. Division St. | Near North
With one big screen TV and 20 monitors, this sports bar offers great sightlines plus a masculine decor with brass railings, pennants, and black-and-white photo...
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Streeters Tavern
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 50 E. Chicago Ave | Near North
The Lodge Management group, which owns 11 bars in the area, bills Streeters as ''The Greatest Bar Below Earth.'' By far the lowest-key bar among the Lodge offer...
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Celtic Crossings
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 751 N. Clark St. | Near North
At some "Irish" bars, the most they have in common with Ireland is Guinness on tap and cardboard shamrocks taped to windows. Not so here. Co-partners John Phela...
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The Hangge-Uppe
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 14 W. Elm St. | Near North
This Gold Coast bar is legendary for its late-night hours and multiple dance floors. Expect a mix of recent grads, party-hard tourists, bachelorette parties and...
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Dublin's Bar & Grill
Categories: Restaurant, Bar/Club
Address: 1050 N. State St. | Near North
There aren't too many places to get a filet mignon at three in the morning, but this congenial Irish-themed restaurant/bar fits the bill. A white stucco exterio...
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Leg Room
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 7 W. Division St. | Near North
The Leg Room brings martini madness to Division Street. While trendy, the room certainly out-classes anything else in the vicinity. Plenty of lounge furniture a...
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Butch McGuire's
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 20 W. Division St. | Near North
Maybe it's the soft-edged oil paintings of nude women hanging on the walls, but this looks like the kind of bar the man who reads Playboy would have hung out in...
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Mother's Too
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 14 W. Division St. | Near North
It's known for its tin ceilings and Romantic-era paintings, but this spot's claim to fame remains "About Last Night...," the 1986 movie about the singles scene....
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Mother Hubbard's Sports Pub
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 5 W. Hubbard St. | Near North
This neighborhood sports bar, open since 1993, is equipped with 24 satellite hook-ups and plentiful TV screens. Check out three pool tables in the back, Golden ...
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Hunt Club
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 1100 N. State St. | Near North
The Hunt Club is the kind of all-purpose restaurant/bar -- with high-visibility outdoor seating -- that makes Rush and State Streets and its environs attractive...
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Fado Irish Pub & Restaurant
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 100 W. Grand Ave. | Near North
This River North multi-level watering hole (pronounced "fi-doe") means "long ago" in Gaelic, capturing the feel of a traditional Irish pub. In fact, it's almost...
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Martini Ranch
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 311 W. Chicago Ave. | Near North
This River North after work and nightspot bridges the gap between a neighborhood bar and a club. This is the place to try a new martini -- there are 40 to choos...
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O'Callaghan's
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 29 W. Hubbard St. | Near North
A long, narrow room with brick walls and an impressive back bar that dates back more than 100 years, O'Callaghan's draws journalists and others who work nearby....
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Dave & Buster's
Categories: Restaurant, Bar/Club
Address: 1030 N. Clark St. | Near North
You can get lost for hours in this games complex, a high-energy, neon-lit emporium that whips together '50s-era carnival games, Vegas-style casino games, video ...
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The Original Mother's
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 26 W. Division St. | Near North
Once you descend the stairs of this cavernous singles spot, anything can happen. The front room features stylish antique sofas and easy chairs where clubgoers c...
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Bootleggers
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 13 W. Division St. | Near North
This is a cozy, working-class joint with loud music. If you're not in the mood to shake it up on the small dance floor, there are a few TVs to watch your favori...
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Clark Street Ale House
Category: Bar/Club
Address: 742 N. Clark St. | Near North
This pub boasts 95 hand-crafted beers--25 on draft and the rest in bottles--including Sierra Nevada, Anchor Liberty Ale and Dead Guy Ale. Our current favorite: ...
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