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City Hall in the West Loop is a theme bar that’s good at its gimmick, so it doesn’t feel forced or over-the-top. The theme is literally “City Hall,” which means the menus are made to look like municipal forms, the bill arrives like a parking ticket, and cocktails have names like the “Alderman’s Choice.” The [...]

This massive new drinking, dining, and live music destination in Fulton Market pays an array of tongue-in-cheek tributes to the turbulent reputation of Chicago politics. Aptly named City Hall, the drink menu includes large cocktails served in water coolers for $100, a shot and cocktail menu with fun names such as “the Crony” and the “Stolen [...]

Fulton Market’s City Hall is big enough to hold both public and private event spaces. The public portion of the new bar and restaurant has clever odes to Chicago and the real city hall like large-format cocktails served in water coolers and Parking Tickets Tuesdays (get 20% off your bill when you bring in a [...]

No, not the one where Lori Lightfoot holds court. This City Hall is helmed by Chef Michael Taus of Charlie Trotter’s, Zealous and Taus Authentic.  City Hall, located in the West Loop neighborhood, offers elevated pub fare in a 20,000 + sq.-ft. venue. This freestanding, fully renovated brick and timber building offers patrons soaring, 40-foot-high ceilings, designed to [...]

Forgot about street cleaning? Assumed you could park overnight but the cops thought otherwise? Fulton Market’s new City Hall restaurant is rewarding parking ticket holders with a discounted bill and a raffle entry to cover the fee. No more dreading visits to the real City Hall. This West Loop concept going by the same name [...]

City Hall, a massive restaurant, bar and event space paying homage to Chicago storied political past, is now open at the corner of Kinzie and Green streets. Chef Michael Taus, general manager Andrew Ketcham and beverage manager Alec Pignotti teamed up on the 18,000-square-foot spot at 838 W. Kinzie St. Guests can take “kickback shots” [...]

"City Hall, opening at the corner of Green and Kinzie streets, will be a sprawling restaurant and event space — some 23,000 square feet overall — split among a 5,000-square-foot bar and restaurant, and an 8,000-square-foot enclosed patio. Built into a pre-1920 structure with brick walls and exposed truss ceiling, City Hall will feature an [...]

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Originally in Eater Chicago  - View Article on Eater Website by Naomi Waxman Photography by Barry Brecheisen Mammoth restaurant, bar, and event space City Hall opened last Friday with a menu reliant on classic American bar fare with a few gourmet touches, and a drink list jammed with government puns and jabs at Chicago’s infamous political machine. The cavernous 18,000-square-foot [...]