What are a few good bars in downtown Chicago?|116686

I will be staying with a few friends at the Omni on N. Michigan Ave. I would like to know of any good bars/clubs nearby that have reasonably priced drinks. We will be going out on Friday night. I_m not interested in any shoulder-to-shoulder, survival of the fittest trendy clubs, but also not a run down old tavern with no young people. Something with a happy medium. Where we can possibly meet younger women without being completely overwhelmed and intimidated by giant tools on spring break. All suggestions are welcome.

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Well you could hit the Division Street area. LOTS of bars here, so close to each other that if one isn_t to your liking, you can just walk out the door and go the next. Sometimes it_s shoulder to shoulder (particularly the afterwork crowd), sometimes it_s laid back (after 7 or so on a weekday). Lots of women but also lots of older guys trying to hit on the younger women (the area is unofficially known as the Viagra Triangle). But if you_re younger guys, you might have an advantage over the potbellied geezers trying to hit on them.

Here_s a list of bars in that area that you might want to check out:
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Some of them are reglar shot-and-a-beer places, some are guys-in-$120-jeans places. Read the descriptions to get an idea.

If you guys are adventerous, you can head to Wicker Park. Lots of bars here as well, but this is more of an indie-band type of crowd (although it has slowly become more popular with the post-frat boy crowd). Lots of bars right next to each other, many with free live bands. (
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I personally think some of the best bars of the type you describe are far away from the Michigan Ave. area, but I don_t know if you want to travel so far away from that area.

For decent priced drinks I would suggest Elephant and Castle. I mean nothing will be totally cheap downtown but I_ve been there a few times after work and I didn_t leave broke. They also have great good. It_s located on 160 E. Huron which is actually right across Michigan Ave from the Omni.

Also, Timothy O_Toole is reasonable. That is on Fairbanks and Erie.

just head up to wrigleyville, about 2800 n. clark to 3500 n. clark. TONS of bars and is a young fun crowd with every kind of bar you can think of! Hit www.metromix.com and look up wrigleyville. You will find everything chitown on this site worth doing!