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Seasons Bar, Four Seasons Hotel | Chicago

By pdo | Published: May 22, 2009
Club chairs, wasabi peas, full-height tables — the Seasons Bar is definitely a good hotel bar.  And there are drinks. photo credit: wickenden Lisa orders a glass of Champagne.  I ask for a martini.  Waiter arrives with a bottle of Taittinger and a condensation-covered, silver shaker.  He opens the wine, pours Lisa a glass, puts the [...]
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Pfister Lobby Bar | Milwaukee, WI

By pdo | Published: April 5, 2009
I think it’s because hotel bars can charge more, and because of the lack of crowds or the land-locked clientele, they have to or they can.  But the service seems better, more attentive.  The assumption, perhaps, is that you’ve already dropped $200 a night on a room, so the drink you just ordered had better [...]
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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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