Harold’s Chicken

Streamlined dorms, rooms & apartments in a hip sports-themed lodging offering a bar & a game room. In the redbrick former Borden Dairy Depot, this trendy sports-themed hotel with a retro vibe is 2 blocks from the River North district's galleries and nightlife, and 3 minutes' walk from Chicago subway station. Streamlined single-sex dorms offer free Wi-Fi, en suite bathrooms and lockers. Private rooms with oak floors feature flat-screens and original artwork; some have bunk beds and/or microwaves. Studios and apartments with kitchenettes provide living areas and/or pull-out sofas. There's a chic coffee shop, a bar and a lobby lounge in a gymnasium-inspired space, plus a game room. Parking is available for a fee.

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