Monthly Archives: March 2009

C-View | Gold Coast, Chicago

By pdo | Published: March 31, 2009
If you were to take the bar at the Hancock, shrink it by 75%, lower it 500 feet, knock 25% of the cost of a drink, update the decor to be more light and hip instead of heavy and 1980, and add a patio, you’d get C-View. photo credit: PhotoDu.de This place has all of [...]
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DOC Wine Bar | Lincoln Park, Chicago

By pdo | Published: March 28, 2009
Well, we had a good run, what can I say?  Too bad it had to end.  We’ve been patrons since it opened and were sometimes the only ones there some nights in its earlier days.  Took a little while for this place to catch on, what with its lack of flat-screen TVs and all.  But [...]
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The Bar You’re At, You Drunk Idiot In A Green Shirt | Saint Patrick’s Day, Wherever You Are

By pdo | Published: March 17, 2009
Well, you’ve managed to get drunk.  Great job.  You should be proud.  And you dressed yourself!  Hopefully, you won’t wet yourself.  It’s Saint Patrick’s Day … yippie. photo credit: crazbabe21 Oh, you started drinking at 8AM?  That’s fantastic.  Definitely seizing the day.  Nothing like waking up and having a shot of Jameson — put some [...]
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Dragonlady Lounge | Logan Square, Chicago

By pdo | Published: March 4, 2009
When the Chaser invites you for a drink, you ask what time. You do not decline. The Chaser wanted to check out Dragonlady Lounge, and I couldn’t resist. So, there’s some residual Stadium West decor (including the sign out front), and the place is definitely a dive, but it was a lot of fun. There’s [...]
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