In Midcentury America, the country’s biggest celebrities flocked to Chicago’s Pump Room to be pampered—and for this strange perk.
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12 Romantic Restaurants Around the Country Worth the Reservation (Esquire.com)
A restaurant does not need a half dozen forks per place setting and a wine list as long as a hardback book to be romantic.
Bars We Love: Sportsman’s Club, Chicago (Playboy.com)
At Sportsman’s Club bar in Chicago, restriction is freedom.
The 9 Weirdest Drinks at MLB Stadiums in 2016 (Playboy.com)
You can do better than a $12 cup of Blue Moon at the ballpark. The concessions at MLB stadiums are getting more creative, diverse and kind of strange, and we’re not just talking about the food.
Chef's Corner: Paul Kahan on Chicago, Big Chef Egos and Donald Trump (Playboy.com)
Playboy talked to chef Paul Kahan about why he’s keeping his restaurants in Chicago (for now), why he’s suddenly so excited about vegetables, and the crises restaurateurs are really facing. Hint: It doesn’t have anything to do with tipping.
17 Green Drinks for St. Patrick's Day That Actually Taste Good (Playboy.com)
This St. Patrick’s Day, upgrade your green beer to a green drink that isn’t dripping with food coloring. These 17 verdant cocktails, made by bartenders from across the country, feature ingredients such as Green Chartreuse, vegetable juice and matcha to give them an all-natural, leafy glow. And they taste pretty darn good, too. Sláinte
Bars We Love: The Aviary, Chicago (Playboy.com)
Every cocktail is a riff off of a handful of classic drinks. If you visit a lot of bars, you begin to spot the patterns, the repetition, the tired variations of old fashioneds and gimlets. But at The Aviary in Chicago, drinks are being played with in ways that you won’t see anywhere else.
City in a Glass: Chicago (PasteMagazine.com)
Speakeasies, rum-runners, bootleggers and Al Capone! Welcome to Chicago, where booze, politics and organized crime have proven themselves inseparable throughout history.
We Reveal the Secret Handshake Between Bartenders (Playboy.com)
The bartenders’ handshake—the drink that local bartenders order to signify to their cohorts that they work in the industry—is different in every city. The handshake could even vary from bar to bar. Playboy talked to bartenders across the country to find out what the insider, spirit-of-choice is for their town.