It’s the night of your 21st birthday, arguably the most important milestone of your life. There’s just one problem: You don’t know where to go. You want cool places — bars that aren’t totally overrated and filled with fake ID-bearing teenagers. We feel you. So, we’re helping you out.
We polled RedEye staffers to find out Chicago’s best bars for celebrating the big 2-1. Scroll through our gallery for their recommendations.
Oh, and you should probably get some food (and birthday cake, obviously) in the tank before your wild night begins. Here’s a roundup of the city’s newest restaurants.
