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1. ROOF
- Rooftop on the WIT
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- Nile Expert Tip: Liveliest and hippest downtown lounge!
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2. Rebar
- Trump's swank hotel bar
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3. BIG Bar and Brasserie
- Big bites with a view
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4. Blue Water Grill
- Eat, drink and jazz
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5. Whiskey Blue
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The one-room bar attached to the hipified-Romanesque W Hotel-City Center is sleek, sexy and...
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6. Potter's
- Homage to the historic Empire Room
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7. Encore Lunch Club and Liquid Lounge
- After The Show
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8. Buddy Guy's Legends
- Feeling kinda blue
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9. Close Up 2
- Jazz Club
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10. Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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The Best of NileGuide
- You've explored the Art Institute, wandered through Millennium Park, and watched fantastic play in the Theater district, and now you are ready to take a load off and sip on a drink. The Loop is not known as the neighborhood for bars and restaurants, but there are certainly several hot spots to quench your thirst. For something super casual head to Monk's Pub for a down-to-earth feel. Or, grab a cocktail at the Liquid Lounge, a popular place after a play in the Theater District. The Loop is also home to some great jazz clubs, like the super cool and hip Close Up 2, or the popular dive jazz club, Buddy Guy's Legends. If you like good food with your jazz music, you will enjoy great seafood at Blue Water Grill. You can also find something sleek in the Loop, you just have to go up several floors. At the top of the WIT hotel is the ever-popular indoor-outdoor bar, ROOF, and BIG Bar at the top of the Hyatt offers fantastic views of the city. If this is your style, you will also enjoy the sleek leather chairs and candlelit room of Whiskey Blue, attached to the W Hotel, or the modern, dark atmosphere of Potter's in the Palmer House.
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