Nightlife/Sports Bar

Alcock's Inn

411 S Wells St Chicago, IL 60607 312-922-1778

Description: SOUTH LOOP. This sports bar draws a diverse mix of folks, who enjoy meeting up with friends and lingering over conversation on the outdoor, Olympic-themed deck during warm weather. Friday nights bring out karaoke singers, and nightly drink specials are added enticement. The large interior also offers pool tables.

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Cubby Bear Lounge

1059 W Addison St Chicago, IL 60613 773-327-1662

Description: WRIGLEYVILLE. Conveniently located across from Wrigley Field, Cubby Bear Lounge draws fans to a welcoming, spacious interior. The large bar features live music most nights and has hosted many famous national acts, including Johnny Cash, B. B. King, and Run DMC. Drinks are plentiful and include bottled and on-tap beers. The menu includes basic bar eats like wings, nachos, quesadillas, salads, and sandwiches. Over 100 TVs dot the interior landscape, making sure you never miss a play.

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ESPN Zone

43 E Ohio St Chicago, IL 60611 312-644-3776

Description: RIVER NORTH. This is a great place to watch any sporting event. Located in the Near North area, the first-floor restaurant offers a sports-related atmosphere and the usual ribs, hamburgers, pizzas and salads. If you don't want to watch the big-screen TV showing the event of the hour, you can have a sound feed piped to your table that corresponds to one of the many different televisions showing different games. The second floor has a games and amusement center full of activities: virtual golf, hockey, video bowling, indoor rock climbing, pinball, skiing, snowboarding, and car and motorcycle racing video machines. This is the flagship site of the chain owned by ESPN.

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Gamekeepers Tavern & Grill

1971 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60614 773-549-0400

Description: LINCOLN PARK. At Gamekeeper's, you're sure to find a comfortable seat to keep an eye on the big game. In fact, screens are everywhere (over 35), keeping you posted on the stats from MLB baseball to NASCAR. Pool tables and occasional live music provide alternative entertainment options. The drink menu includes tap beer (Goose Island, Honker's, and Harp) domestic beers (Bud, Coors, and Michelob), and imports (Beck's, Corona, and Amstel Light). Pizzas, appetizers, soups, salads, and sandwiches comprise the food menu.

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Kincade's

950 W Armitage Ave Chicago, IL 60614 773-348-0010

Description: LINCOLN PARK. Calling all sports fans! Kincade's is a sports bar that is super serious about making sure you don't miss a single play. With five big screens and over 60 monitors, this establishment keeps the plays coming. Outdoor patio dining makes for a pleasant evening after the ball game. The menu includes a mix of traditional bar eats salads, sandwiches, miscellaneous appetizers, and burgers. Each night specials are posted. For example, Sundays mean pitchers and wings for cheap, and Mondays mean burgers and fries for a buck! DJ's Thursday-Saturday nights.

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Murphy's Bleachers

3655 N Sheffield Ave Chicago, IL 60613 773-281-5356

Description: WRIGLEYVILLE. What could beat roof-top seating looking out onto Wrigley Field? This sports bar offers just that, as well as a bevy of monitors to keep you posted on competitions across the globe. Sports memorabilia lines the walls, reminding folks that Murphy's is a shrine to all things athletic. Daily drink specials make for a great value, and the signature pink vodka lemonade is so good that you'll probably order more than one. Sidewalk seating is available.

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Sluggers World Class Sports Bar & Grill

3540 N Clark St Chicago, IL 60657 773-248-0055

Description: WRIGLEYVILLE. In a town that's baseball crazy, a bar with the name Sluggers fits right in. This sports bar not only allows patrons to watch a variety of sports on the screen, it also gives them the opportunity to hone their skills on basketball hoops, pitching machines, and a Hi-Ball game. Video games, pool tables, and dart boards also provide amusement options. Drink specials available most nights. Thursday nights offer free pool and $3 shots. Private party rooms available.

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South Loop Club

701 S State St Chicago, IL 60605 312-427-2787

Description: SOUTH LOOP. It's all about sports at this neighborhood bar, where the walls are lined with all manner of sports memorabilia, including helmets, logos, signs, and posters. Large-screen televisions report the latest stats, and the bar serves 12 on-tap beers and 60 bottled varieties. A jukebox, Golden Tee Golf, and dart boards provide entertainment. The menu includes basic bar eats like burgers, pizzas, ribs, wings, and sandwiches.

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The Store

2002 N Halsted St Chicago, IL 60614 773-327-7766

Description: LINCOLN PARK. The main reason for heading to this bar is that it closes at 4am, when most Chicago sports bars have long since retired for the night. The interior space is narrow and dotted with bar stools where sports fans are perched, catching their favorite team on one of the many TVs that line the walls. The bar offers draft beers such as Harp, Samuel Adams, Guinness, and Fosters as well as bottled beers such as Miller Lite, Bud, Amstel Light, and Heineken.

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Timothy O'Toole's Pub Chicago

622 N Fairbanks Ct Chicago, IL 60611 312-642-0700

Description: STREETERVILLE. Timothy O' Toole's is a bustling sort of place that features a number of entertainment options TV's, pool tables, dartboards, interactive trivia games, video games, and of course, the drink menu that includes microbrews as well as domestic and imported beer both on tap and by the bottle. Keep in mind, this place stays rather busy. In fact, they've poured more than 4 million pints of beer and served more than 150 tons of wings since opening in 1992.

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