Majestic Hotel (528 W Brompton Ave, Lake View) Boutique hotel meets English-style estate.
Hotel Zachary (3630 N Clark St, Wrigleyville) Newly opened hip property across from Wrigley Field, not far from Boystown bars. Hotel Versey (644 W Diversey Pkwy, Lake View) Hip boutique hotel just off Clark. Hilton Chicago (720 S Michigan Ave, South Loop) Popular alternative to the Congress for IML. Heart O’ Chicago Motel (5990 N Ridge Ave, Edgewater) Cheap, sorta sleazy motel close to the leather bars. Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago Theatre District (22 W Monroe St, The Loop) Popular alternative to the Congress for IML. Across the street from Grant Park and Lake Michigan. The Congress Plaza Hotel (520 S Michigan Ave, South Loop) Chicago’s dumpy grand dame and legendary home of IML. linkĬity Suites Hotel (933 W Belmont Ave, Boystown/Lake View) An Art Deco property proud of its Boystown location.
Top WHERE TO CRASH (AND MAYBE FUCK SOME MORE)īest Western Plus Hawthorne Terrace (3434 N Broadway, Boystown) The international chain’s outpost in Boystown. The Men’s Room (3420 N Halsted St, Boystown) Butch fashions in Boystown. LEATHER64TEN (6410 N Clark St, Rogers Park) A gear and sex shop adjoining the Jackhammer. linkįull Kit Gear (5021 N Clark St, Uptown) A shop for serious Leathermen. linkĬupid’s Leather Sport (3503 N Halsted St, Boystown) A sex shop in Boystown. linkĬram Fashion (3331 N Broadway, Boystown) Fun, casual fashions in Lake View. linkĬarhartt – Wicker Park (1518 N Milwaukee Ave, Wicker Park) For classic work gear. linkĬarhartt – Gurnee Town Center (7055 W Grand Ave, Gurnee) For classic work gear.
linkĪrmy Navy Sales (3100 N Lincoln Ave, Lake View) A wonderland of military merchandise in Lake View. The Alley Chicago (2620 W Fletcher St, Avondale) Get leather and more at this historic store serving the counterculture. Steamworks Baths (3246 N Halsted St, Boystown) Local outpost of the international chain of bathhouses. Touché (6412 N Clark St, Rogers Park) Chicago’s classic leather bar, since 1977. The SoFo Tap (4923 N Clark St, Uptown) A leather-friendly neighborhood bar SOuth of FOster with an outdoor patio that packs ’em in in the summer. Sidetrack (3349 N Halsted St, Boystown) Very leather-friendly Boystown bar with extremely popular Show Tunes on Sundays. The Jackhammer Complex (6406 N Clark St, Rogers Park) A dancey bar for Leathermen and bears. The Hole (6406 N Clark St, Rogers Park) Downstairs at the Jackhammer is the total pig-fest appropriately named The Hole with strict dress-code policies on weekends. The Granville Anvil (1137 W Granville Ave, Edgewater) Dive bar on the Far North Side that gets major points for the clever name.
Dress code enforced in the back for CODE Night on first Saturdays. linkĬell Block (3702 N Halsted St, Boyston) A bar in Boystown with porn in the back. Hot-spot neighborhoods: Boystown, Lake View, Rogers Parkĭrink Fuck Shake Buy Crash Eat Pump Trim Ink Hang See Plan WHERE TO DRINK (AND CRUISE)īig Chick’s (5024 N Sheridan Rd, Margate Park) A leather-friendly neighborhood bar particularly popular on Thursdays (Bear Den every 3rd Thursday) and Fridays. Leather Central in the center of the States. And it’s not just the wind that’s blowing.