The Drifter

Bar · River North

Chicago’s Best Cocktail Bars, Mapped - Eater Chicago

"Enter through a speakeasy entrance below the historic Green Door Tavern to one of Chicago's most-unique unique drinking experiences. A nightly-changing menu of cocktails printed on tarot cards and fascinating entertainers randomly taking the small stage happen amidst a time capsule decor that was once home to bootleggers during prohibition, and the space still shows it." - Daniel Gerzina, Ashok Selvam

https://chicago.eater.com/maps/best-chicago-cocktail-bars

Marc Much/Eater Chicago

676-8 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60654 Get directions

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