The Gatsby Speakeasy

Where to Drink Cocktails Right Now in Chicago

"The Bourgeois Pig, a coffee shop in Lincoln Park, has served DePaul students and others in the community for three decades. Ownership decided to remodel the upstairs apartment space, turning it into a speakeasy, leaning into gangster lore — customers even need a password to enter; the steel door comes from a Prohibition-era speakeasy. At night, the rest of the coffee shop morphs into a wine bar where customers can wait their turns until a space upstairs opens up. The cocktails are aces and ownership has made a real effort to make the space feel like stepping back into a bygone era." - Ashok Selvam, Naomi Waxman