The Milk Room
Permanently Closed
Eight-seat bar crafting cocktails with rare spirits & vintage ingredients
Eight-seat bar crafting cocktails with rare spirits & vintage ingredients
"A bar located within the Chicago Athletic Association that will be rebranded by Boka Restaurant Group." - Ashok Selvam
"Land & Sea Dept. is vacating the building’s second floor, home of Cherry Circle Room, a vintage Chicago restaurant without windows surrounded by dark wood; Milk Room, a tiny eight-seat bar that pours fancy drinks and vintage spirits; and Game Room, the bar area outside Cherry Circle Room that serves light bites and beer surrounded by pool tables and other games. There’s also the lobby bar, the Drawing Room." - Ashok Selvam
"Milk Room is a speakeasy-esque bar in a hallway of the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel. And this place is tiny, with only an intimate eight-seat bar. So since space is limited, we highly recommend booking a reservation (each seating also comes with a time limit ranging between one to two hours). The cocktails often involve some very rare scotches, whiskies, and other spirits, and each feels like a small investment ($24-$75). Their expert bartender will help you find the ideal cocktail based on your preferences—unless, of course, your preference is cheap bottom-shelf stuff." - adrian kane, john ringor
"Hotel guests and visitors at the palatial Chicago Athletic Association are spoiled for choice when it comes to dining and drinking options but Milk Room, its cocktail den, is singular in its devotion to hard-to-find spirits and vintage ingredients." - Naomi Waxman, Ashok Selvam
"During restoration, the Milk Room, a prohibition-era bar, was discovered hidden behind drywall. Now it is a popular microbar in the hotel." - Mitchell Friedman