Gay Bars in Chicago · Page 4

Friendly dive just across the border

If you're driving south from Chicago, be sure to stop in and meet some new friends! The friendly staff & daily specials...

Suburbs · 1221 150th St, Hammond

• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• drag
• pool table
• happy hour
• karaoke
• pub
• $$
• dive
• bar food

Dorothy

Friendly neighborhood lesbian bar

This queer cocktail lounge has been cultivated as a classy and exciting lesbian bar but is welcoming to everyone who...

Nominated for Best of GayCities 2023 - Greatest Comeback

2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago

• lesbian
• trans-friendly
• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• mixed LGBTQ+
• cocktail lounge
• $$
• casual

2Bears Tavern Uptown

Dog-friendly, late-night LGBTQ+ bar

Get ready, we've found your new favorite bar! This is one of the most welcoming gay bars we have ever...

1st place in Best of GayCities 2023 - Newcomer

Uptown · 1140 W Wilson Ave, Chicago

• trans-friendly
• 20+
• 30+
• happy hour
• bears
• mixed LGBTQ+
• pub
• pet-friendly
• $$

Drag cabaret

Stepping into Lips feels like traveling back in time to the Moulin Rouge. Dine with divas under eight-foot-tall...

2229 S Michigan Ave, Chicago

• trans-friendly
• drag
• mixed gay/straight
• LGBTQ+ owned
• women-led

More shows than a tv channel

Looking for dinner (or a drink) and a show? Tabu is the place to be. The tables are set up so that you can sit right at...

254 S 12th St, Philadelphia

• trans-friendly
• 20+
• 30+
• dancing
• drag
• piano
• pool table
• sports
• karaoke
• mixed LGBTQ+
• $$
• bar food

Not a regular mom... a cool mom!

Tattooed Mom is a two-floor restaurant that was born out of the Philly street art scene. The guts of Tattooed Mom...

530 South St, Philadelphia

• trans-friendly
• drag
• pool table
• mixed LGBTQ+
• mixed gay/straight
• $$

Nobody's Darling

Inclusive lesbian bar

“Be nobody’s darling; be an outcast,” reads the Alice Walker poem and namesake of Chicago's...

Nominated for Best of GayCities 2023 - Newcomer

Edgewater · 1744 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago

• trans-friendly
• 20+
• 30+
• outdoor seating
• mixed LGBTQ+
• cocktail lounge
• mixed gay/straight
• $$
• casual
• LGBTQ+ owned
• BIPOC-owned
• women-led

For a fun time

This premiere video bar on Chicago's Southwest Side features drag shows and go-go boys.

South Side · 5758 W 65th St, Chicago

• dancing
• go-go boys
• video