The bar chart | October 5–12, 2011
Our heated assessment of where to drink this week.
120º ULTRA LOUNGE The benefit of being this far east? Sight lines for the last month of Navy Pier fireworks. 580 E Illinois St (312-955-0719). file under: buy the bottle
DECA BAR For each $14 Pinktober cocktail, $4 goes to the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation through October. 160 E Pearson St (312-573-5160). file under: charity case, cocktailians
FARMHOUSE At this proud-to-be-Midwestern pub, a beer from Kansas City is considered an import. 228 W Chicago Ave (312-280-4960). file under: beer geeks, neighborhoodie
LIVEWIRE LOUNGE A new bar in Old Irving Park that’s neither (a) Polish nor (b) obsessed with the Blackhawks. 3394 N Milwaukee Ave (no phone). file under: listen to the music, neighborhoodie
THE OWL Why sleep when there’s a new 4am dive in town? 2521 N Milwaukee Ave (773-235-5300). file under:late night, neighborhoodie
PATRON’S HACIENDA Vocab refresher: sports cantina means 55-inch TVs and 56 types of tequila. 316–318 W Erie St (312-642-2400). file under: can you hear me now???
ROCK BOTTOM BREWERY Drink a Wonderbrew, an October-only beer that benefits the Lynn Sage Foundation. 1 W Grand Ave (312-755-9339). file under: beer geeks, charity case
ROKA AKOR Drink pink! October sales of Laurent-Perrier sparkling rosé benefit the American Cancer Society. 456 N Clark St (312-477-7652). file under: charity case, cocktailians, see and be scene