Host to many queer-friendly events, like women’s comedy and storytelling, Joie de Vine is where Chicago’s finest ladies go for a drink, and damn it if we’d miss out on that. Side note: can we talk about the severe lack of lesbian bars in this city!? Get it together, Chicago. One of Chicago’s few lesbian-owned haunts, Joie de Vine is technically classified as a wine bar, but everybody knows who reigns here. Photo Credit: Joie de Vine Facebook Joie de Vine
Second Story Bar has been around for decades, but it’s honestly a great place to grab a drink midday since it’s lesser-known. This cash-only gay bar and club in Chicago is basically a speakeasy for the LGBTQ+ community, except, instead of being subterranean, it’s vertically smushed between a psychic shop and an Armenian restaurant.
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