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Neighborhood List

Downtown
North Side – Lincoln Park and Old Town
North Side – Lakeview
North Side – Far North & Northwest
West Side
South Side
Suburbs
Beyond
Gone but not Forgotten

Downtown, Near North, Near West & Near South

Loop (Downtown)

Greektown & West Loop

Printers Row (Near South)

South Loop (Near South)

River North (Near North)

Magnificent Mile (Near North)

Streeterville (Near North)

Navy Pier (Near North)

Gold Coast (Near North)

Old Town (south of North Ave., click here for Old Town Triangle)

Burton Place
Fireplace Inn
House of Glunz (wine shop & tasting room)
McGinny's Tap
O'Brien's Restaurant & Bar
Old Town Ale House
Old Town Pub
Saluki Bar & Grill
Suite Lounge

SoNo (south of North Avenue, west of Clybourn)

River West (Near West)

North Side – Lincoln Park and Old Town

Old Town Triangle (north of North Ave.)

Lincoln Park & Park West

Sheffield Neighbors

Wrightwood Neighbors

North Side – Lakeview

East Lakeview

Boystown

Cell Block (gay)
Circuit Night Club (gay)
Closet (gay)
Hydrate (gay)
Little Jim's (gay)
Roscoe's Tavern & Café (gay)
Spin Nightclub (gay)

West Lakeview

Wrigleyville

Southport Corridor

Roscoe Village

North Side – Far North & Northwest

North Center

Lincoln Square

Ravenswood

Ravenswood Gardens

Bowmanville

Sheridan Park

Carol's Pub

Uptown

Buena Park Neighbors

Bar on Buena

Andersonville

Edgewater

Rosehill

East Rogers Park

West Rogers Park

Irving Park

Albany Park

Portage Park

McNamara's Food & Drink

Belmont Central

Jedynka

Jefferson Park

Gale Street Inn
Galvin's Public House

Edison Park

O'Hare Airport

Gaslight Club
Wolfgang Puck's Airport Café

West Town

Noble Square

Ukrainian Village

Humboldt Park

Wicker Park

Bucktown

Logan Square

Avondale

7313 Club (Hamilton Park)
Angie's Pub & Sunset Inn (Archer Heights)
Beacon Tavern (Hegewisch)
Bohica Bar & Grill (Garfield Ridge)
Bullpen Sports Bar (Comiskey)
Chicago Bear (Clearing)
Club 505 (Hegewisch)
Club 81 Too (Hegewisch)
Coppolino's Bar & Grill (West Elsdon)
Cork & Kerry (Beverly)
Cove Lounge (Hyde Park)
Duffy's Place (Clearing)
East of the Ryan (Grand Crossing)
El Pelenque (Archer Heights)
El Toro Loco (Brighton Park)
Ethyl's Party (Bridgeport)
Falcon Inn (Hyde Park)
Gilhooley's Grande Saloon (Mt. Greenwood)
Hinky Dinks Pub (Mt. Greenwood)
Hawkeye's Bar & Grill (Little Italy)
J&J Lounge (Clearing)
Junior's Sports Bar & Nightclub (Heart of Chicago)
Karolinka Polka Club (Clearing)
Kelly's Tavern (Canaryville)
Lee's Unleaded Blues (Grand Crossing)
Linda's Place (Back of the Yards)
Los Compadres (Bridgeport)
Lucky's Tap (Brighton Park)
Mr. C's Midway Bar (Westlawn)
Morgan's on Maxwell Street (UIC)
Mugs Bunny (Hegewisch)
New Apartment Lounge (Park Manor)
New Checkerboard Lounge (Hyde Park)
Old Time Tap (Hegewisch)
Orion Restaurant & Bar (Garfield Ridge)
Papi Chulo's Bar & Grill (Hegewisch)
Pete & Mary's (Clearing)
Portillo Bar (Archer Heights)
Reggie's Music Joint & Rock Club (South Loop)
Riverfront Saloon (East Side)
Rudy & Ann's (Garfield Ridge)
Schaller's Pump (Bridgeport)
Shinnick's Pub (Bridgeport)
Simone's (Pilsen)
Skylark (Pilsen)
Small World Inn (East Side)
Sofie's Tavern (Archer Heights)
Star Gaze (gay)
Steve's Lounge (Hegewisch)
Syrena Baltyk Lounge (Brighton Park)
Szalas Restaurant (Archer Heights)
Ted's Place (Archer Heights)
Time Out Lounge (Gresham)
Touch of Class (Clearing)
Tufano's Vernon Park Tap (Little Italy)
Twisted Shamrock Pub (Clearing)
Velvet Lounge (Hyde Park)
Wendol's (Hegewisch)
West 55th Street (West Elsdon)
Wertelka's Tavern (Clearing)
Woodlawn Tap (Hyde Park)
Zona Rosa (gay) (Archer Heights)

Al Capone's Hideaway (St. Charles)
Country House (Clarendon Hills)
FitzGerald's (Berwyn)
Hackney's (Glenview)
Hala Kahiki (River Grove)
Horseshoe Casino (Hammond, IN)
Kinderhook Tap (Oak Park)
Pete Miller's (Evanston)
Tommy Nevin's Pub (Evanston)
UBAA and Old Crawford Inn (Skokie)
Village Tavern (Long Grove)
Walter Payton's Roundhouse & America's Brewpub (Aurora)

Black Falcon (Rome, Italy)
Bohemian Hall (Queens, New York)
Bull & Finch Pub (Cheers Pub, Boston)
Burp Castle (New York City)
Greatest Bar on Earth (in memoriam, World Trade Center, NY)
Harry's Bar (Venice)
Hotel Congress (Tucson, Arizona)
Irish Pub Project (Dublin, Ireland)
McSorley's Old Ale House (New York City)
Melbourne Bar Project (Melbourne, Australia)
Paradisus Playa Conchal (Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
Pagan O'Leary Public House (Granville, Illinois)
R Bar (New Orleans, Louisiana)
R.T. O'Sullivan's II (Mesa, Arizona)

Gone but not Forgotten

44th Ward Dinner Party (Boystown)
Abner's Yard (Wrigleyville)
Agave Bar & Grill (West Lakeview)
Alice's Revisited (Lincoln Park)
Alumni Club on Lincoln (Lincoln Park)
America's Bar (River North)
Artful Dodger Pub (Bucktown)
Augenblick (North Center)
Austin City Limits (Southport Corridor)
Bamboo Bernie's (Lincoln Park)
Bar Louie (Randolph)
Bar Louie (Wrigleyville)
Bar San Miguel (Wrigleyville)
Belair Lounge (East Lakeview)
Belly's Bar and Grill (West Lakeview)
Benz Beer & Oyster Bar (North Center)
Big Downtown (Loop)
Black Beetle (Humboldt Park)
Blue Parrot (Lincoln Park)
Bluebird Lounge (Lincoln Park)
Border Line Tap (Wicker Park)
Brian Boru's (East Lakeview)
Brother Jimmy's (East Lakeview)
Bucket of Blood (West Town)
Bungalow Loungebar (West Lakeview)
Burgundy Inn (Lincoln Park)
bw-3 (Lincoln Park)
Cafe Wheaton (Wheaton)
Charlie's Ale House (Andersonville)
Charlie's Ale House (Navy Pier)
Chicago Draft House (East Lakeview)
Chicago Playboy Club (Gold Coast)
Chinaski's Bar (Bucktown)
Ciral's House of Tiki (Hyde Park)
Circuits (Old Irving Park)
Club 950 Lucky Number (Lincoln Park)
CND Gyros (Streeterville)
Corner Pocket (Lincoln Park)
Courtesy Lounge (West Lakeview)
Coyle's Tippling House (East Lakeview)
Crash Palace (Lincoln Park)
Czar Bar (Wicker Park)
Damen Bar & Grill (Roscoe Village)
Darwin's (Bucktown)
De Luxe Gardens (Old Town Triangle)
Deja Vu (Wrightwood Neighbors)
Doc's (River North)
Doninger's Tavern (Southport Corridor)
Edinburgh Castle Pub (Edgewater)
Everleigh Club (Lincoln Park)
Florence's Lounge & Liquors (Fuller Park)
Gaslight Club (Gold Coast, River North & Loop)
Gaslight Corner (East Lakeview)
Gold Star Sardine Bar (Streeterville)
Gramercy (Lincoln Park)
Great Beer Palace (North Center)
Grizzly's Lodge (North Center)
Gunther Murphy's Public House (West Lakeview)
Hi-Tops (Wrigleyville)
Holiday Club (Wicker Park)
HotHouse (South Loop)
Irv's Tap (Southport Corridor)
Ivan's Lounge (West Lakeview)
J&R Tap (West Lakeview)
Jack Sullivan's Public House (Lincoln Park)
Jerry's on Lincoln (Lincoln Park)
Joann Piano Bar (Gold Coast)
Joy Blue (Southport Corridor)
JT Collins Pub (West Lakeview)
Keenan O'Malley's (Roscoe Village)
Kerouac Jack's (West Lakeview)
Ladner Brothers (Loop)
Lakeview Links (East Lakeview)
Lava Lounge (Wicker Park)
Lawry's Tavern (Lakeview)
Lee's (Lincoln Park)
Leopard Lounge (Bucktown)
Lincoln Tavern (West Town)
Lounge Ax (Lincoln Park)
Lucky Lady Pub (Pullman)
Lucky Strike (Lincoln Park)
Lyons Den (North Center)
Marge's Pub (Old Town Triangle)
Mashed Potato Club (River North)
MaxTavern (Lincoln Park)
McCuddy's (Bridgeport)
Melvin B's Truck Stop (Gold Coast)
Metro Club (West Lakeview)
Moonraker (Printers Row)
O'Banion's (River North)
O'Rourke's (Old Town)
Parkway Tavern (Lincoln Park)
Paul Bunyan of Old Town (Old Town Triangle)
Peek-a-Boo Bar & Grille (West Town)
PhilosoFur's (East Lakeview)
Pops for Champagne (East Lakeview)
Pour House (Wrightwood Neighbors)
Prodigal Son (Lincoln Park)
Pullman Pub (Pullman)
Purple Palace (Lincolnwood)
Red Lion Pub (Lincoln Park)
Red Wine Room (Roscoe Village)
Riccardo's Restaurant & Gallery (River North)
Rich's First One Today (Bucktown)
Roadhouse (Old Town Triangle)
Rose & Crown London Pub (Lakeview)
Rumors Bar & Grille (North Center)
Schubert Inn (Lincoln Park)
Schulien's (North Center)
Schwaben Stube (West Lakeview)
Slow Down! Life's Too Short (Wicker Park)
Southport City Saloon (Wrightwood Neighbors)
Sterch's (Lincoln Park)
Take Five (West Lakeview)
Tavern 33 (West Lakeview)
Ten 56 (Wicker Park)
Theresa's Lounge (Grand Boulevard)
Tiny Lounge (Lincoln Park)
Tuman's Alcohol Abuse Center (Ukrainian Village)
Union (East Lakeview)
Violet (Southport Corridor)
Von Stuke's Hofbrau (North Center)
Windy Cindy's II (Clearing)
Winner's on Lincoln Sports Bar & Grill (Lincoln Square)
Zum Deutschen Eck (West Lakeview)

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