Which is a good youth hostel in Chicago?|129338

I am looking for:

* Bar
* Mixed dorms
* Good location

I have already looked on such websites as hostelworld or hostelbookers, and the HI one keeps coming up as the top rated one, but it doesn_t have mixed dorms or a bar.

Any suggestions? Maybe some cool independent ones?

I am looking at going there in the final week of September.

Try Arlington House in the Lincoln Park area (
http://www.arlingtonhouse.com/).
Not too many hostels, if any, have bars in them. The drinking age makes that kinda tough. But Arlington house is in Lincoln park and there are tons of bars in the immediate area. In fact the Arlington HOuse website has a link to the ones with cheap beer and food that are nearby. Hosteling International is cool, but it_s in the Loop and on the weekends the Loop is kinda dead after 8 p.m. Trust me, the places you_re going to want to hang out are away from the Loop. Arlington HOuse is in a good location.

The Hosteling International site seems to indicated only one hostel for Chicago, info below, course you know that already. I_m not finding anything different either. Not a bad location but not with everything you are looking for.

Define hostel, because in the US, there isn_t any such thing as a hostel? Especially, in Chicago. We have motels and hotels. and hotels in chicago that has a bar, you are looking at with taxes at least $100 per night.