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Working for Chicago’s bars, breweries, restaurants, and music venues morning, noon, and night. Also Chicago’s leading source of state and local government procedure jokes.

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Barton Lorimor @bartonlorimor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"I love this city. This Texas boy loves Chicago." This freakin' guy. cc @funkycoldluis.bsky.social @bn-bears.bsky.social youtu.be/OISOmAeVg2A
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Case Keenum says ‘Ben Johnson was cookin’ as Bears beat Eagles on MNF | NFL on ESPN
YouTube video by NFL on ESPN
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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 · 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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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is genius. @chicagobars.bsky.social
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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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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
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 drink specials are pretty mint too #FreePlug
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Frank @frankvaladez.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I have … questions … at #undisclosedlocation @chicagobars.bsky.social
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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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/04/2026
what’s funny about this is that tarantino wrote this “ezekiel 25:17“ for the film. it isn‘t actually in the bible. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...
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Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service
For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...
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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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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Comrade Roger!” “Comrade Santino! Well met! Buongiorno!” “And buongiorno to you Comrade Roger! How goes our revolution?” “The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall. One bus shelter at a time!” “Long live our revolution! Onward Comrade!”
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This makes it sound like the cast of Mormon Wives harbor grave doubts about Bahrain’s offensive capabilities
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Jack Metzler (cleaned up) @scotusplaces.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Abe Froman is an anagram for Be Afroman
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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Old Town field report: It has been a robust day for outdoor day drinking with friends in Chicago.
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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Still…sorta’…kinda’…green for St Patrick’s Day? Pretty day in a pretty city though!
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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Is today the day Chicago’s iconic Scabby the Rat learns to fly? 🤞🙏
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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
If you grew up going to museums or zoos in Chicagoland you can still smell this tweet. Mold-A-Rama 🐥 & 🏙️at @msichicago.bsky.social
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Frankly, I expected better from a FIFA Peace prize winner
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