Fun Bars That Are Decked out for the Holidays

📸 The Pink Squirrel

The Pink Squirrel

$$ | Logan Square

Classic cocktails are served in funky retro digs with duckpin bowling, trophies + houseplants.


📸 Butch McGuire’s

Butch McGuire’s

$$ | Gold Coast

Open since 1961, this pub pairs a boisterous bar scene with burgers, salads + other pub fare.


Burwood Tap

$ | Lincoln Park

Neighborhood bar since 1933 featuring flat-screen TVs, a pool table + Chicago memorabilia.


📸 Slippery Slope

Slippery Slope

$ | Logan Square

Red-lit bar with a DJ booth and dance floor plus cocktails in bottles, Skee-Ball and lots of beer.


📸 Park + Field

Park + Field

$$ | Logan Square

Sharing plates + craft cocktails are served amid vintage sporting equipment or on a massive patio.


📸 Lyndon French

Lost Lake

$$ | Logan Square

Tiki bar in festive tropical digs with a thatched roof + booths, 275 varieties of rum and Asian eats.


📸 Mandy Dempsey

Estereo

$$ | Logan Square

Stylish, triangular bar offering coffee drinks by day + Latin-accented cocktails by night.


📸 The Walk In

The Walk In

$$ | Logan Square

Watering hole adjoining a liquor store serving beer + cocktails in loungey digs with a patio.


Benchmark

$$ | Old Town

Lively sports bar with a wide range of bar food from salads to steaks, plus a patio and roof-deck.


📸 Happy Camper

Happy Camper

$$ | Old Town + Wrigleyville

Classic + creative pies plus cocktails served in a warehouse setting with tire swings and Airstreams.


📸 Celeste

Celeste

$$$ | River North

Swanky hangout with a downstairs bar plus a lounge + art deco New American supper club upstairs.


Headquarters Beercade

$$ | River North

Funky arcade bar with loads of throwback video games plus craft beers, cocktails + upscale pub fare.


Joy District

$$ | River North

Hip, energetic New American restaurant and cocktail bar with a roof deck + late-night dancing.


📸 Homeslice

Homeslice

$$ | Lincoln Park

Imaginative thin-crust pizzas and beer in a rustic-style lodge room with tree-trunk tables + TVs.


📸 Golden Teardrops

Golden Teardrops

$$ | Logan Square

Golden Teardrops is the basement bar underneath Lonesome Rose.


📸 Garrett Sweet

The Swill Inn

$ | River West

Classic tavern with distressed brick walls + a wood bar serving burgers, oysters and other pub eats.


AceBounce Ping Pong Bar + Restaurant

$$ | The Loop

Clubby British import serving gourmet New American fare + craft cocktails amid Ping-Pong tables.


📸 Cerise Rooftop

Cerise Rooftop

$$ | The Loop

Hip hotel venue offering rooftop drinking and dancing with spectacular city views until late.


📸 Wade Hall Mcelroy

Sportsman’s Club

$$ | Ukrainian Village

Cash-only hangout featuring a taxidermy theme, table games + a rotating list of cocktails and beer.


📸 Fox Bar

Fox Bar

$$ | West Loop

Craft cocktails, beer + comfort food in a Soho House locale inspired by British sporting culture.


📸 Paradise Park

Paradise Park

$$ | Wicker Park

Warm, eclectic stop for classic and creative pies plus cocktails + beers served on a huge patio.

 

 

tags: xmas, christmas, themed, cocktail, drinks, night out, celebrate, winter, season, seasonal

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