Entertainment
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America's Bar lures customers with spirited specialsNov 04, 2021 12:06 pm - If it's true that a bar is only as good as its owner, then 9-month-old America's Bar in Hoffman Estates has a leg up. Owner Richard Garcia entered the nightlife biz as a...
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Schaumburg's beloved watering hole reopens in SkokieNov 04, 2021 11:09 am - Remember Curragh Irish Pub in Schaumburg? Sure you do. Even if you attended - or more likely, stood in line to get into - any of the pub's massive St. Paddy's Day celebr...
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Suburban hotel bars surprisingly chicNov 04, 2021 11:06 am - Caves, bow-ties, 110 different beers and deer heads. What, you ask, could these things possibly have in common? They were all found in hotel bars, of course! Hotel bars...
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Falling out with one theater opened door at anotherNov 04, 2021 10:18 am - Change happens. And that's not always bad. Just ask Downers Grove-based Ray Frewen, director of "A Bench in the Sun," opening Saturday at Highland Park's Apple Tree Thea...
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Stillwater wine bar great addition to downtown Downers GroverNov 04, 2021 10:13 am - Wine bars are a little classier than your usual bar experience, and that might scare some people away from checking out Stillwater in downtown Downers Grove. But they le...
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Music and drinks flow at posh Schaumburg clubNov 04, 2021 12:32 am - Privilege Ultralounge is one of those spots that makes you wonder if you made a wrong turn and wound up in Chicago. The posh club, which has changed little since coming ...
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'Sex' and the suburbsNov 04, 2021 12:33 am - Jenna Tarantino wasn't sure what type of bachelorette party she wanted or when it would happen. In fact, all the South Elgin woman did know is a night filled with tacky ...
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Spats Bar: A bit of sassNov 03, 2021 11:26 pm - Located near the AMC Cantera theater, this bar and live music venue might well be what the neighborhood needed. Located within steps from Buffalo Wild Wings, Spats Bar i...
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Tiki meets sportyNov 03, 2021 10:21 pm - Carol Stream hardly sounds tropical, even by suburban standards (Western Springs anyone?), but the newly opened Flip Flops Tiki Bar and Grill just might beach-ify the ne...
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Patio partyNov 03, 2021 9:24 pm - Located just past the outdoor bar at Bandito Barney's in East Dundee was a banner declaring that I was currently standing in the "Best Beer Garden in the World." That's...