Chigo’s Olst Gay Bars Have Stori to Tell – Chigo Magaze

Contents:

• CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
• "EL DORADO," LATO GAY BAR, CHIGO
• “I THK WE HAVE A GAY BAR”
• CHIGO GAY BARS
• PROGRS BARCHIGOMENULUXURY HOTELSHOTELSON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSGAY MASSAGESNASGAY MAPPROGRS BAR
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI

Our gay and lbian bars have a ltle b of somethg for everyone, wh late-night loung, dance clubs,burlque and drag shows, and long-standg neighborhood waterg hol almost every rner of the cy.

And each wh their own unique history and vibe.Check out some of the bt gay bars and clubs to experience Chigo’s LGBTQ+ nightlife scene.Jeffery PubOne of the cy’s olst gay bars, Jeffery Pub is a neighborhood stutn. The South Shore staple is also one of Chigo’s first black-owned gay bars, makg all the more meangful for the spot’s many regulars. Come for trivia, the ee Sunday night buffet, and the themed dance parti — then e back the next morng for bnch at attached sister rtrant Tweet.The ClosetYou n’t talk about gay bars Chigo whout talkg about Northalsted (also known as Boystown).

Come for happy hour, Sunday afternoon mimosas, or late night.Send StoryLookg for a gay bar near downtown Chigo? Although Chigo has among the greatt selectn of gay nightspots the untry, the majory of the hangouts - om bars and diss to LGBT-popular rtrants - are popular mixed rintial-mercial neighborhoods on the north si of the cy.

"EL DORADO," LATO GAY BAR, CHIGO

You n fd extensive lists of tablishments the Chigo Lakeview Gay Nightlife Gui and the Chigo Anrsonville Gay Nightlife Gui. Fortunately, there are a uple of very fun gay nightspots right the heart of downtown, not to mentn an almost endls supply of terrific rtrants, many of them wh mixed gay/straight followgs. Addnally, on the cy's South Si, you'll fd a pair of gay bars that ter predomantly to Ain-Amerin patrons, Club Espe and Jeffery Pub.

It's also a b of a distance to reach the bars, but they're both legendary nightspots that are well-worth checkg out, pecially given that many of the natn's gay Ain-Amerin hangouts have steadily disappeared over the years.

Here's a more -pth look at the Downtown and South Si Chigo gay social tablishments. Also take a look at the Chigo Gay Bathhoe and Sex Club Gui, which has plenty of advice on where to meet guys lookg to hookup around Chigo. Club Espe, South Si - gay bar.

“I THK WE HAVE A GAY BAR”

75th St., 773-667-6454) is one of two long-nng gay bars on Chigo's Southsi, terg largely to the cy's sizable Ain-Amerin GLBT crowd (the other is the Jefey Pub). Jeffery Pub, South Si - gay bar.

One of the most historic gay bars Chigo, Jeffery Pub (7041 S. Jeffery Blvd., 773-363-8555) opened on this cy's South Shore more than 40 years ago and has been ground zero for the cy's Ain-Amerin gay muny ever sce. Baton Show Lounge, Downtown - gay bar.

One of the longt-nng gay clubs the Midwt, the que fabulo Baton Show Lounge is also one of the untry's most illtr female impersonatn barets.

CHIGO GAY BARS

It's also one of only a few Chigo gay tablishments downtown ( the Near North neighborhood, at 436 N.

PROGRS BARCHIGOMENULUXURY HOTELSHOTELSON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSGAY MASSAGESNASGAY MAPPROGRS BAR

For Black, Gay Chigoans, It’s Always Been Jeffery Pub. In the first stallment of our seri on the cy’s olst gay bars, we vis the South Shore stalwart — Chigo’s only black-owned tablishment of s kd.

Forty-five years on, the Boystown mastay is an tergeneratnal mosaic of Chigo’s gay muny. Closg out our historil gay bar seri is this unr-the-radar downtown hiaway, which has provid a refuge for lols and tourists alike for 35 years.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

36 years have passed sce then and we have bee a top-rated gay/non-gay club. "El Dorado, " Lato Gay Bar, Chigo.

Technilly, the old guys were stg a gay bar now, but they didn’t know or didn’t re.