All 4 AM Bars

Recommended 4 AM Bars

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  Karaoke Bar
  Alice's Lounge Avondale
  One of the best worst decisions you can make on a Saturday night at 3 AM, Alice's is quite probably the city's best late-night karaoke spot. Filled with laser lights, fog, and the clever and off-color quips of karaoke keeper »
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  4 AM Bar
  Boss Bar River North
  The name of this bar is an obvious allusion—guess which "boss" first comes to mind in Chicago—and the sign on the corner of Clark and Hubbard is distinctive, but those features are not what make this bar noteworthy. What does: »
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  Bar/Lounge
  Butch McGuire's Gold Coast/Mag Mile/Streeterville
  Practically an icon on Rush Street, this venerable bar and restaurant has been serving the partying masses since the 60s. It’s also a regular stop for locals looking for a quick cheap bite—Wednesday is 40-cent wing night and on Thursday »
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  Music venue
  Carol's Pub Uptown
  The closest thing to a genuine country honky-tonk in Chicago, this lovable, run-down corner bar—smelling of 30 years of spilled beer—offers an all-country jukebox, all-night sets on the weekends by a solid country cover band called Diamondback, and cheap beer »
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  4 AM Bar
  The Continental Humboldt Park
  The 4 AM bar of choice for fashionable Chicago scenesters since it launched in 2006, this lonely outpost of hipsterdom on a vacant stretch of Chicago Ave. has such a reputation for late night shenanigans that it's widely known by »
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  Bar/Lounge
  George's Lounge South Loop
  Old-school dive bar in the South Loop. Cash only.
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  Dive Bar
  Joe E's Unforgettable Lounge Irving Park
  The only 4 AM bar on Irving Park Road has a strong relationship with the Illinois Lottery, with a behind-the-bar ticket machine and a self-serve on the floor. In operation since the 50s, it's now run by the second-generation Joe »
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  4 AM Bar
  The Lodge Gold Coast/Mag Mile/Streeterville  1
  The bar itself is fine, with dingy wooden planks and pretty cheap drinks. But the prize is in the back, in a secret room called The Bullpen. It’s a long, narrow hallway with stone floors and exposed bricks, with a »
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  4 AM Bar
  Marie's Riptide Lounge Wicker Park/Bucktown
  Longtime owner Marie Wuczynski died in 2011, but not much else has changed in this old-school bar for quite a while now. The jukebox is still 25 cents a song; the bar, with its classic lights, must date back to »
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  Bar/Lounge
  Old Town Ale House Old Town
  Basically, the bar that Second City players go to after a performance (for proof, check out the caricatures on the walls: look familiar?). Filling pitchers of Old Style until 5 AM on Saturday, this is one of the liveliest dives »
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  4 AM Bar
  The Owl Logan Square
  There's a waterfall behind the bar—that’s definitely something. Fortunately, though, the 4 AM spot brought to Logan Square by the people behind Estelle's, Easy Bar, and Alive One has a handful of other amenities, including a solid rotation of 20 »
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  4 AM Bar
  Underbar Roscoe Village
  As oxymoronic as it may sound, Underbar is a classy 4 AM bar. The inside is dark and candlelit, and the staff has a pretty firm handle on keeping the really drunk people out. The bar boasts an extensive selection »
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  4 AM Bar
  VFW Post 7975 West Town/Noble Square
  This Veterans of Foreign Wars hall transforms into a summer-camp rec center for grown-ups after hours. Your activity for the night is karaoke and the occasional line dance; your counselors are the friendly vets staffing the place; Bill the emcee »

All 4 AM Bars

• • Burton Place

    1447 N. Wells

    Chicago, IL, 60610

    312-664-4699
  • Estelle's

    2013 W. North Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60647

    773-782-0450
  • The Flat Iron

    1565 N. Milwaukee Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-489-0011
  • Green Mill

    4802 N. Broadway

    Chicago, IL, 60640

    773-878-5552
  • Jackhammer

    6406 N. Clark St.

    Chicago, IL, 60626

    773-743-5772
  • Late Bar

    3534 W. Belmont

    Chicago, Illinois, 60618

    773-267-LATE
• • Nick's Beer Garden

    1516 N Milwaukee

    Chicago, IL, 60622

    773-252-1155
  • Nick's Uptown

    4015 N. Sheridan Rd.

    Chicago, IL, 60613

    773-975-1155
  • Oasis

    6809 N. Sheridan Rd.

    Chicago, IL, 60626

    773-973-7788
  • Smart Bar

    3730 N. Clark St.

    Chicago, Illinois, 60613

    773-549-4140
  • Uptown Lounge

    1136 W. Lawrence Ave.

    Chicago, IL, 60640

    773-878-1136