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When it's 2AM and you just can't stand to go home, but can stand the thought of the skanky booths at Estelle's even less, head to Continental. The favorite 4AM spot for (sub)urbanites to keep the party rolling is a big, basic room with low light and high tolerances. The crowd is an incongruous mix of Trixies, barflies, tousled indie kids and pierced-lip scowlers, but no one cares to get in an argument over it.
What happens when two experienced bar owners open the kind of bar that they would actually want to go to? It instantly becomes a local favorite, of course. Owners Kevin Heisner and Matt Eisler (Emp... read more
You could easily skip the early 20s scenester crowd that populates this place, posing out in natty pinstripe jackets and asymmetrical mullets to the strains of Gang of Four. The punk music, the bar... read more
The words seasonal and local seem to be attached to every other res...
Bold experiment provides a bar with everything but the booze. Every...
Massive River North sports bar that becomes late night DJ club. Sup...
Tucked below the swanky River North dining hotspot (yes, Gilt Bar i...
EDM and global house live performances and DJs perform and spin at ...