ChicagoBars
@chicagobars.bsky.social
Working for Chicago’s bars, breweries, restaurants, and music venues morning, noon, and night.
Also Chicago’s leading source of state and local government procedure jokes.
Also Chicago’s leading source of state and local government procedure jokes.
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Enjoying a Krampus Melange at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social #BskyBeer
January 17, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Enjoying a Krampus Melange at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social #BskyBeer
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Enjoying a Hailstorm Hotel Life at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social #BskyBeer
January 18, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Enjoying a Hailstorm Hotel Life at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social #BskyBeer
Undisclosed location. Drinking a Goose Island beer.
And I have confirmed it will be one of the tiny handful of Chicago bars NOT showing the Bears game Sunday night (no TVs).
And I have confirmed it will be one of the tiny handful of Chicago bars NOT showing the Bears game Sunday night (no TVs).
January 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Undisclosed location. Drinking a Goose Island beer.
And I have confirmed it will be one of the tiny handful of Chicago bars NOT showing the Bears game Sunday night (no TVs).
And I have confirmed it will be one of the tiny handful of Chicago bars NOT showing the Bears game Sunday night (no TVs).
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Great hotel staycation view for my taste. Water tank and . . . almost . . . the roof of Rossi’s. @chicagobars.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Great hotel staycation view for my taste. Water tank and . . . almost . . . the roof of Rossi’s. @chicagobars.bsky.social
As is tradition I will now reveal the official Stare of Illinois required Proof of Age sign for 2026 from a distinguished downtown Chicago undisclosed location.
Brace yourselves people.
Brace yourselves people.
January 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
As is tradition I will now reveal the official Stare of Illinois required Proof of Age sign for 2026 from a distinguished downtown Chicago undisclosed location.
Brace yourselves people.
Brace yourselves people.
I know Chicago people can have strong feelings about painted over brick & stone buildings but I really like what they did with the Cardozo’s Pub building in the Loop…
January 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I know Chicago people can have strong feelings about painted over brick & stone buildings but I really like what they did with the Cardozo’s Pub building in the Loop…
Thanks to a moderate stomach flu I spent the past 72 hours drinking nothing harder than (liters of) Sprite Zero.
This concludes my Dry January 2026.
Onward.
This concludes my Dry January 2026.
Onward.
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Thanks to a moderate stomach flu I spent the past 72 hours drinking nothing harder than (liters of) Sprite Zero.
This concludes my Dry January 2026.
Onward.
This concludes my Dry January 2026.
Onward.
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I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
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Like two floundering swimmers dragging each other beneath the waves. Saks bought Neiman Marcus. Little more than a year later, Saks is veering towards bankruptcy. Will it take down both stores in Chicago? Losing even one would be a major blow to Michigan Avenue.
www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
Saks to sell Neiman Marcus property in S.F.’s Union Square as bankruptcy fears mount
Faced with bankruptcy as a result of its acquisition of Neiman Marcus, Saks Global has sold a major property in San Francisco’s Union Square that was acquired as a result of the merger.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Like two floundering swimmers dragging each other beneath the waves. Saks bought Neiman Marcus. Little more than a year later, Saks is veering towards bankruptcy. Will it take down both stores in Chicago? Losing even one would be a major blow to Michigan Avenue.
www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
Undisclosed location. Drinking @SeippBeer & @maplewoodbeer while commiserating with bartender co-owner after Chicago ATM bandits did some costly damage to her spot just before Christmas.
January 3, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Undisclosed location. Drinking @SeippBeer & @maplewoodbeer while commiserating with bartender co-owner after Chicago ATM bandits did some costly damage to her spot just before Christmas.
I greatly enjoyed this "Greetings 2026" customer email newsletter from a new(er) liquor store on Armitage called Off-Premise at 1128 W Armitage. #FreePlug offpremisechicago.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I greatly enjoyed this "Greetings 2026" customer email newsletter from a new(er) liquor store on Armitage called Off-Premise at 1128 W Armitage. #FreePlug offpremisechicago.com
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"He looked rather pleasantly like a blonde Satan" is still one of my favorite sentences.
Entering the US public domain in 2026: Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.
More info behind window 28 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/ #PDin2026
More info behind window 28 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/ #PDin2026
December 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"He looked rather pleasantly like a blonde Satan" is still one of my favorite sentences.
“What are you looking at?”
“Bluesky, but I almost never check it.”
You have ANOTHER social media account?”
“Seriously, I almost never check it. I’m only on it to see if that one diehard Eagles fan at the Illinois Statehouse is still alive right now.”
“Bluesky, but I almost never check it.”
You have ANOTHER social media account?”
“Seriously, I almost never check it. I’m only on it to see if that one diehard Eagles fan at the Illinois Statehouse is still alive right now.”
a purple background with the words just checking in on you on it
ALT: a purple background with the words just checking in on you on it
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“What are you looking at?”
“Bluesky, but I almost never check it.”
You have ANOTHER social media account?”
“Seriously, I almost never check it. I’m only on it to see if that one diehard Eagles fan at the Illinois Statehouse is still alive right now.”
“Bluesky, but I almost never check it.”
You have ANOTHER social media account?”
“Seriously, I almost never check it. I’m only on it to see if that one diehard Eagles fan at the Illinois Statehouse is still alive right now.”
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The greatest conditioning that 8 years of living in the Midwest has performed on me is the now ingrained belief that failing to do the little thank you wave when I let a car in somewhere in traffic is a mortal sin.
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The greatest conditioning that 8 years of living in the Midwest has performed on me is the now ingrained belief that failing to do the little thank you wave when I let a car in somewhere in traffic is a mortal sin.
Thanks @molsoncoors.bsky.social!
CTA bus and train rides will once again be free overnight on New Year’s Eve. blockclubchi.co/4rUtzEa
December 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Thanks @molsoncoors.bsky.social!
Using the power vested in me by this other dumb free app (Chicago style) - I hereby declare a 48 hour Christmas cease fire in the 2025 Chicago City Hall Kerfuffles!
The cease fire begins at 9am on Christmas Eve (NOW)!
No mean tweets, no dragging foes until Friday! I mean it! 🎄☮️🎁🙏
The cease fire begins at 9am on Christmas Eve (NOW)!
No mean tweets, no dragging foes until Friday! I mean it! 🎄☮️🎁🙏
a man in a blue shirt and tie is holding his hands up and saying `` i wish for peace on earth . ''
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is holding his hands up and saying `` i wish for peace on earth . ''
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Using the power vested in me by this other dumb free app (Chicago style) - I hereby declare a 48 hour Christmas cease fire in the 2025 Chicago City Hall Kerfuffles!
The cease fire begins at 9am on Christmas Eve (NOW)!
No mean tweets, no dragging foes until Friday! I mean it! 🎄☮️🎁🙏
The cease fire begins at 9am on Christmas Eve (NOW)!
No mean tweets, no dragging foes until Friday! I mean it! 🎄☮️🎁🙏
On a badly needed lighter note… down at the City Hall #ChiBudget2026 alter-alder alternative budget press conference they used a defunct 41 year old City X-Ray machine as a podium.
Literally probably bought during heated City Hall battles of original Council Wars. #twill
Literally probably bought during heated City Hall battles of original Council Wars. #twill
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
On a badly needed lighter note… down at the City Hall #ChiBudget2026 alter-alder alternative budget press conference they used a defunct 41 year old City X-Ray machine as a podium.
Literally probably bought during heated City Hall battles of original Council Wars. #twill
Literally probably bought during heated City Hall battles of original Council Wars. #twill
New 🏠🏠🏠 Speaker. Then he opened a tab for the banquet hall downstairs at Kitty O’Shea’s. Classy! 🫡
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
New 🏠🏠🏠 Speaker. Then he opened a tab for the banquet hall downstairs at Kitty O’Shea’s. Classy! 🫡
Walked past South Loop Club today. I don’t know who bought it or if it will ever reopen (doesn’t look close thru the windows) but this I know if they don’t reopen…..I CALL DIBS ON THEIR BEAUTIFUL SIGN!
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Walked past South Loop Club today. I don’t know who bought it or if it will ever reopen (doesn’t look close thru the windows) but this I know if they don’t reopen…..I CALL DIBS ON THEIR BEAUTIFUL SIGN!
There’s a Scabby the Rat selfie station at Clark and Madison in the Loop if anyone needs a quick pic for a very Chicago holiday letter!
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There’s a Scabby the Rat selfie station at Clark and Madison in the Loop if anyone needs a quick pic for a very Chicago holiday letter!
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Goodnight from the former Cunneen’s Old Style sign, in the wilds of Iowa. Happy Turkey Day to one and all. @chicagobars.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Goodnight from the former Cunneen’s Old Style sign, in the wilds of Iowa. Happy Turkey Day to one and all. @chicagobars.bsky.social
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Happy Bourbon County release to all who celebrate. Enjoying a 2023 Backyard Stout at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social @chicagobars.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Happy Bourbon County release to all who celebrate. Enjoying a 2023 Backyard Stout at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social @chicagobars.bsky.social
Ladies and gentlemen….it is OFFICIALLY holiday season in Chicago’s Loop! Cc: @choosechicago.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ladies and gentlemen….it is OFFICIALLY holiday season in Chicago’s Loop! Cc: @choosechicago.bsky.social
Was there a Wednesday Drinksgiving news dump I missed?
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Was there a Wednesday Drinksgiving news dump I missed?
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Enjoying a BBQ chicken slice and a gd pigeon porter at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social #BskyBeer
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Enjoying a BBQ chicken slice and a gd pigeon porter at an undisclosed location @chicagobars.bsky.social #BskyBeer