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DS if you are looking to sit down and nourish yourself with alcohol and food and Roscoes if you are looking to stand/ walk around and talk to/meet people. I don't really know what the orientation ratios are as I do not frequent these spots, but they might be what you are looking for. Roscoes, DS Tequila - These are a little bit more traditional as far as bars go. Expect to be fondled gently on the dance floor, regardless of gender expression or identity. Hydrate, Berlin, Sidetrack, scarlet Bar - These are all primarily dance clubs. Lucky Horseshoe - gay dudes wear jock straps and dance while you pay too much money for drinks and watch I can't really give you what you want so I'm just listing a bunch here Hamburger Mary's is more mixed during the week, but more by on the ends. Bobby loves is karaoke.Īlso, there are gay bars in uptown, Andersonville, Rogers park, ravenswood and river north. Charlie's is country before 12, then club until late. Halsteads is more sporty but feels like a restaurant more than a bar. Cell block is leather/kink, go if you wanna see something different, jumping at 1. Lucky horse shoe is a "strip club" but only fun if you're looking for tragedy. Hydrate is open late and more of a typical club and hookup place. Weekends is crowded with a different scene than sidetracks. Roscoes on Thursday night is tons of fun, alt night for them, with fire twirlers and power grinder girls, much more chill too. Scarlet is a tightly packed loud dance floor with the more twink/alt crowd. If you're looking for a place with only unisex or single toilet bathrooms, then kit kat, halsteads, town hall, bobby loves, north end, hydrate.I can't remember others.Ī run down of other places: Big chicks is good, but unless its a party night, it can be dead or filled with older creepers. All bars have at least one unisex bathroom, but they can be hard to find in the larger places. But aside from town hall, these places are more gay than mixed.Īll gay bars by default are trans friendly - officially. Other places that are more chill and mixed company would be north end, town hall or replay. Progress is pretty welcoming but right now is more guys only and pretty popular. Unfortunately, the reason why I think it's bi is due to the time and location, middle of lake view near wrigleyville, and most people there are looking for drunk hook ups. And you're lucky if there's even one lesbian bar.īerlin is probably the most bi-type bar there is, but it's a late night place and doesn't get jumping until 1. There are certain bars that can be more "mixed", but you won't necessarily find an equal distribution of genders or preference. First, a heads up: most gayborhoods are gay-centric by nature.