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- CHIGO HAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LONGT-RUNNG BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS — AND IT’S ON THE SOUTH SI
- CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
- CHIGO’S BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR IS EXPANDG ITS EMPIRE
- OWNER OF INIC BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR OPENG CLIVE PIZZA RTRANT
- GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
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- CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
CHIGO HAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LONGT-RUNNG BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS — AND IT’S ON THE SOUTH SI
Fd the top gay bars Chigo, Northalsted (aka Boystown) and beyond. Disver the bt LGBTQ+ nightlife around Chigo. * gay black bars in chicago *
“A lot of people that live south have to travel north to Northalsted [to fd a gay bar], ” Stephens said. “It’s still very difficult for a lot of members of the Black and Brown LGBTQ muny, wh beg homosexual or jt beg who they are, ” Stephens said. 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.
CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
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And each wh their own unique history and 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 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 StoryLookg for a gay bar near downtown Chigo?
CHIGO’S BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR IS EXPANDG ITS EMPIRE
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. * gay black bars in chicago *
There’s a reason so many young queer people flock to Chigo and never leave: the cy’s gay scene is fun as hell.
OWNER OF INIC BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR OPENG CLIVE PIZZA RTRANT
One of the untry’s longt-nng Black-owned gay bars wants you to know has a sister bs… for pizza lovers. Jamal Junr is the owner of Jefey Pub… * gay black bars in chicago *
Boystown, of urse, is the cy’s official gayborhood, wh LGBTQ-iendly bars, rtrant, and clubs occupyg nearly every storeont on Northalsted.
But Chigo’s queer muny exists far outsi the Lakeview enclave—and so do the great gay bars. Whether they clu drag, dancg, or are div—or a ltle b of all three—Chigo’s bt gay bars have a ltle somethg for everyone. Gay Edgewater rints of all ag ll themselv regulars at this iendly, sual dive bar.
This Uptown spot featur a relatively mixed-genr clientele ( the scheme of gay bars). Wh no distguishg signage outsi, this unmarked dive is much more discreet than s very gay clientele is. Sitrack is generally herald as the kg of Chigo gay bars, and not for no reason: the sprawlg plex featur five different bars year-round.
GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
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Add another two the summertime, when the upstairs pat—one of Chigo’s bt, gay or straight—is open for bs. Not only is the Jefey Pub one of the olst gay bars the untry, ’s also the only black-owned LGBTQ bar Chigo. 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. Across the street there on the rner, there was a gay bar lled Maxe’s.
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And when Maxe’s abptly closed, even though this was a straight bar, gay people started g here [stead].
By the mid-60s, was fully a gay bar. “Even around here, there’s not many bars where people n e out and have a good time, let alone [one that's] predomantly gay, unls you go up north to Boystown, " Thompson says. One of the untry’s longt-nng Black-owned gay bars wants you to know has a sister bs… for pizza lovers.
CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
This is, part, bee Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who is openly gay, vised the bs durg her re-electn mpaign trail.
It’s not specifilly a gay bar, but Jamal Junr has ntued to sist that the bs be as clive as possible. The current owner of Chigo’s olst gay bar (Jeffery Pub), Jamal Junr, has regnized that there is an overlooked mographic this landspe of sports bars.