| Pub | Comments | Location |
|---|---|---|
| CHICAGO | ||
| Charlie's Alehouse | A very nice and popular tourist trap bar in the Navy Pier complex, with an impressive array of draft beers including Bass and a very nice American Hefe Weiss. Good food but not cheap.
Last visited March 2000.
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Navy Pier |
| Chicago Market Cafe | A typical airport bar / eatery with just a few domestic draught beers available. Surprisingly, no smoking is allowed in here.
Last visited November 2001.
|
Gate H1, Midway Airport |
| Dublin's | A pleasant, friendly and always busy "Irish"
bar / eatery. The food looks good. 10,000 bonus points
for having Pink Floyd's Echos on the jukebox when I went
in! Last visited March 2000. |
Rush / Belle Vue |
| Fado | A well known multi-storey Irish pub, all very fake
inside but rather nice. Live UK football at 09.00 with a
superb-looking Irish breakfast. Last visited March 2000. |
Grand / Clark |
| Gibsons | A rather up market bar / restaurant with some very
nice wood panelling. Last visited March 2000. |
Rush / Belle Vue |
| Govnor's Pub | Another "Irish" bar serving good food. Last visited March 2000. |
State / Lake |
| Hannge Uppe | A fun popular night club, $3 in and reasonable beer
prices. On the ground floor a small disco playing modern
stuff, and 70s and 80s music in an enormous multi-roomed
basement. Great decor but what a shame to nail vinyl
records on the ceiling and walls. Last visited March 2000. |
|
| Harrison Grill | A typical, but very small, hotel bar in the Holiday
Inn. Glasses so cold the beer actually freezes. Last visited March 2000. |
Harrison / Canal |
| Hunt Club | Very dark inside this popular bar / restaurant which
has an LSTV and lots of small ones showing different
sports. Last visited March 2000. |
Rush / Belle Vue |
| Illinois Bar and Grill | Draught beers include MGD, Fosters, Amstel, Heineken and Sam Adams in this small pleasant bar and diner. Food, including a five egg omelette, is rather good.
Last visited November 2001. |
Concourse B, Midway Airport |
| Kitty O'Shea's | A rather posh "Irish" bar with a nice wood
and mosaic floor, situated in the extremely impressive
Hilton Hotel. Last visited March 2000. |
Michigan |
| Metro Cafe | A very good station bar with an impressive looking
deli. counter. Lots of different sports on TVs, live and
recorded. Last visited March 2000. |
Union Station |
| Mondelli's | A plain friendly small ale house. A dish of fresh
popcorn for each customer! Last visited March 2000. |
Rush / Oak |
| Pippin's | A small busy friendly one room bar with some nice wood panelling. Free monkey nuts.
Last visited March 2000. |
North Rush / Pearson |
| Redfish | This large restaurant has a great jazz / blues bar
called the Voodoo Lounge attached. A nice mosaic tiled
floor. The bar food looks good. Live music evenings. Last visited March 2000. |
State |
| Reilly's Daughter | An "Irish Pub" according to the sign. | Concourse B, Midway Airport |
| Rock Bottom Brewery | A large restaurant / bar with about ten of their own brews on tap. The solitary hand pump was out of use when I visited. The Terminal Stout was very nice, and the 7% abv Bourbon Stout, aged in Jack Daniels barrels was even nicer. Their Sub Zero barley wine was OK but tasted a little thin and sweet.
Last visited March 2002. |
State / Grand |
| Sports Bar | A plain scruffy friendly back street boozer. Last visited March 2000. |
Harrison / Clinton |
| Taproom | A typical airport bar / restaurant with a selection
of bottled beers and some nice food. Last visited March 2000. |
O'Hare Airport T3 |
| Tavern on Rush | A slightly posh, up market bar with a restaurant
upstairs, absolutely wedged when we visited. Last visited March 2000. |
Rush / Belle Vue |
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