Chicago: Drinking
If not quite as wild as in the bootlegging days of speakeasies and Prohibition, Chicago remains a consummate boozer's town and is one of the best US cities for bars , catering to just about every group and interest and many open to 3 or 4am, some until 5am. At " sports bars " - Chicago has more of them than anywhere else - banks of TV screens broadcast Cubs, Sox, Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks games. These are great places for beer drinking and male bonding, but not for thoughtful conversation. Division Street , in the two blocks west of State Street, is unreconstructed breeder-bar territory, with a handful of more subtle joints tucked away on side streets off the main drag. Wicker Park , a couple of miles north of Lincoln Park, is the trendiest hangout zone, while Halsted Street between Belmont and Addison is known as Boystown for its gay bars and clubs.The hundred-plus cafés and coffee houses across the city may not have taken the place of the traditional taverns, but they're a growing alternative.
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Saloons, pubs and bars
Sports bars
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Gay & lesbian bars
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