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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Holy shit! The Chicago Rat Hole has been in City Hall the whole time?!?!

Block of concrete with rat/squirrel imprinted in the Shroyd of Turin.

ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Loop PSA: @monkspubchicago has a @newbelgium tap takeover tonight and they are bringing their nifty glass engraving machine for keep the glass. Starts “Around 5pm”. #FreePlug If somebody can snag me a “MR BARS” engraved pint glass it would be peachy (and appreciated).

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This was Albion Manor on 1400 block of West Webster btw. 👇

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Undisclosed location (that I have passed at least 500 times without previously stopping in). Drinking a @HalfAcreBeer beer. Nice spot. Good service. I can see why they seemingly do well on a somewhat tough stretch for foot traffic.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Corner of Oakdale & Greenview in West Lakeview. Tis’ the season.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have no idea why I even asked the Airplane Shop clerk the price. It’s not like I was leaving the store without it. Think I can get Daley to sign it?

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Beverly Tweetmaker @bvrlytweetmaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you've never made a bad decision at Rossi's can you even call yourself a Chicagoan?

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Welcome to my favorite downtown Chicago co-working space….

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So let me get this straight Mister Chicago convenience store guy you got styrofoam cups but NO to go coffee lids but you do have 5 unlicensed sweepstakes machines AND you need me to contact Congress to save your THC/hemp beverage sales? That’s a lot to ask for a Tuesday, sir.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Undisclosed location. Drinking a @maplewoodbeer Green Crest beer. Very stylish interior now and food behind me looks great. But man, I always thought the “sports TVs in the floor!” was a legendary bar bit.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Doubt it. Lot of the Locals that do bother to update Union shops don’t keep lists super current.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

PSA: Have yourself a day @WillsNorthwoods #MuskyFest Maniacs. You couldn’t have a nicer day day for it. And upon information and belief (i.e. I bought the first one of the day for brunch) the festival beer stands are now open. Card or Apple Pay only outside. Cash or card inside.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Undisclosed location. Drinking Chicago made Eris Cider after errands while somebody else gets a work out in. I’m a supportive helper. I have no idea where all the waters in my recent photos keep appearing from. Never touch the stuff!

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Chicago full moon rise and @NavyPier fireworks over Lake Michigan earlier tonight.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The Savannah Bananas have an elite understanding of the Chicago market. Bananas: 1 Ketchup on hot dogs: 0

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Undisclosed location. Watching Cubs baseball on a bar patio TV. Drinking a @HalfAcreBeer Daisy Cutter and enjoying the scenery from far above the banana madding crowd.

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Baron von Awesome @ryanilbasso.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Enjoying a beer in an undisclosed location on a banger of a #Chicago day. @chicagobars.bsky.social

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This City Hall hearing on new revenue (tax and debt sales) performance in the 2026 Chicago budget (which the Mayor hated) has the Mayor’s Finance team testifying and this is like watching a Vegan explain how darn hard it is to cook a T-bone steak.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Chicago right now smells like every going out to to the bar jacket I wore in my 20s.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Beat the summer heat the Chicago corner tavern way…

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SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today's Chicago City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way is starting shortly. On the docket is confirmation hearing of the NITA board appointments of Mayor Johnson. Watch live: www.chicityclerk.com/committee-tr... or follow for a 🧵

MAYORAL
WARD
APPOINTMENT OF OSWALDO ALVAREZ AS A MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS
TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD AND CHICAGO TRANSIT BOARD –
The appointment of Oswaldo Alvarez as a member of the NITA Board and Chicago Transit Board
for a term effective September 1, 2026, and expiring September 1, 2031.
APPOINTMENT OF LESTER BARCLAY AS A MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS
TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD AND CHICAGO TRANSIT BOARD –
The appointment of Lester Barclay as a member of the NITA Board and Chicago Transit Board for
a term effective September 1, 2026, and expiring September 1, 2029.
APPOINTMENT OF DENNIS MONDERO AS A MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS
TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD AND METRA COMMUTER RAIL BOARD –
The appointment of Dennis Mondero as a member of the NITA Board and Metra Commuter Rail
Board for a term effective September 1, 2026, and expiring September 1, 2029.
APPOINTMENT OF NATASHA JENKINS AS A MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS
TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD AND PACE BOARD –
The appointment of Natasha Jenkins as a member of the NITA Board and Pace Board for a term
effective September 1, 2026, and expiring September 1, 2031.
APPOINTMENT OF DEE ATKINS AS A MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS TRANSIT
BOARD –
The appointment of Dee Atkins as a member of the NITA Board for a term effective September
1, 2026, and expiring September 1, 2031.
APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTIAN DIAZ AS A MEMBER OF THE METRA COMMUTER RAIL
BOARD –
The appointment of Christian Diaz as a member of the Metra Commuter Rail Board for a term
effective September 1, 2026, and expiring September 1, 2031.
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APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL EADDY AS A MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO TRANSIT BOARD-
The appointment of Michael Eaddy as a member of the Chicago Transit Board for a term
effective September 1, 2026, and expiring September 1, 2029.
APPOINTMENT OF KAREN TAMLEY AS A MEMBER OF THE PACE BOARD –
The appointment of Karen Tamley as a member of the Pace Board for a term effective
September 1, 2026, and expiring September 1, 2031.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Navigating “Unprecedented fiscal uncertainty” is quite the job accomplishment claim by Mayor Johnson’s proposed transit appointee who served during 3+ years of extraordinary & unprecedented Federal funding of @CTA…and approved blowing millions of it on undertrained “security”💸

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Jonathan Surratt @beerinator.com · 14/07/2026

Back in the 1900s before we got color.

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eulalia @queeneulalia.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

@chicagobars.bsky.social it's been a while; am i still doing this undisclosed location thing correctly?

an old-fashioned and a glass of water on a bar counter with bottles on shelves and beers in coolers

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

These Polymarket ads claiming they "predict the future" are going to drive me fucking insane. You're not predicting anything. You're making a bet and occasionally getting lucky. That's all. It's like a cargo cult formed around a roulette wheel.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Undisclosed Lincoln Park location with exceptional air conditioning. Drinking a refreshing Eris Cider. And they even got $4 Old Style tallboys (tax included)!?!? That’s heat wave value!

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Back in Chicago. Home. I feel like Andy Dufresne popping up in that thunderstorm after a long nighttime crawl thru a narrow sewer pipe.

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Scott Kennedy @scotttkennedy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

They tore down Arlington Park, a functional race track, for nothing. It used to employ people, generate property taxes and function as a business. Now it's just nothing. It functions as a perfect monument to the intersection of wisdom and wealth, here lies nothing, the sum total of wealth's wisom.

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Cesar @musicalnuke.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Classic Bombay Sapphire martini at an #undisclosedlocation #chicago @chicagobars.bsky.social

Bombay Sapphire classic martini with an olive on a bar top.

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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Here for a city council zoning committee hearing on modification of O2025-0017571, 14B-10-1006, subsection 1006.3.3 allowing single exit of R-2 occupancy buildings meeting certain criteria. This will be a 🧵 on the single-stairway ordinance hearing.

City council chambers with a screen reading Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards

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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

You can watch the subject matter hearing on the aingle-stair ordinance here, live now: www.chicityclerk.com/committee-zo...

chicityclerk.com

Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards | Office of the City Clerk

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

So would the Pritzker BUILD bill override this local issue? Because I don’t sense you have the City Council votes (yet).

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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Presenter notes the proposal for “scissor stairs” works best in mid-rise buildings, not smaller housing types.

“Single stair is best for mid-size buildings”. PowerPoint with graphic and cost comprison

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Undisclosed location. Drinking one @KonaBigWave before heading home after evening spent dodging downpours. 🫧🫧🍻

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Crashbonasera @crashbonasera.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Enjoying an Ayinger brauweisse at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social #BskyBeer

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SK @sk-76.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Dugan's Bistro, Chicago (1975) Photo: Chuck Kurman / Sun-Times

A corner bar with an awning over the front door saying "Bistro". Two people can be seen sitting in the window.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Good Lord @chicagocta.bsky.social - have some pride in your appearance/facilities for once? The smell is somehow worse than your work area there looks. Belmont red line station bio-hazard.

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I commend Parrots Bar on Wellington & Halsted (behind Castle @BinnysBev) to you every day and especially on Thursday afternoons for the service and for the excellent $10 burger special. And the other specials are pretty mint too #FreePlug

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Confirmed. It was indeed a bar. All the classic Chicago tavern indicators were present: - Beer - Stools - Cooler - Tamale Guy

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This is the kind of bold claim I should probably verify personally?

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

You know what I recommend after a long day in and around the trench warfare at the Chicago City Council meeting? A few large tasty cocktails. 🍹🥃🥂

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

So...why is everybody else up at this unholy hour?

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Crashbonasera @crashbonasera.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Enjoying a Lost Abbey Judgment Day at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social #BskyBeer

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Next Thursday! I'll try to answer the 20 Chicago bar questions I get the most in twenty minutes AND take your opening a bar in Chicago questions too at the iconic @carolspub in Uptown. $10 RSVP (plus fees) includes welcome beverage and souvenir koozie. www.eventbrite.com/e/chicagobar...

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

PSA: You can win tickets to a FUTURE Cubs game from @budweiserusa here today between 12:30 - 1pm Pretty sure they are bleacher tickets but no promises on that.

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