Sidetrack

In operation for more than 26 years, Sidetrack is one of the leading video bars in Chicago. The bar serves a variety of food items and beverages. It features rooftop and deck bars, as well as a lounge. Sidetrack organizes a range of private parties. It hosts various comedy and music shows. In addition, the bar offers parking services.

Monday is the hugely popular show tunes night (also catch show tunes Sundays 4pm-8pm and Fridays from 6pm-9pm), while Thursday offers hilarious comedy clips to a packed house.

"Lots of videos on monitors all over the bar" and "delicious slushy drinks" for "decent prices" amp up an "ultrafun" scene at this "welcoming" "gay mega complex", a "venerable behemoth" whose owners are a "real positive force in the community"; most agree it's "one of the classier bars in Boystown", where you might find "all different types of people" "singing along to ABBA" at...

Video kills the mood at this popular gay bar where TV screens are stashed literally everywhere you turn. Their "cherry lounge" has all the ambiance of a rec deck on Star Trek, with an ominous multi-panel TV pod in the ceiling and a high-backed, contoured banquette. Different nights have their own video themes (comedy, retro, etc.). Show tune nights are popular, even if everyone there claims...

The Scene
The polished metal facade gives way to a dark, warm interior lit by wall sconces and video screens. There's a room here for every mood, from the dimly lit front and back areas...

If you make it to Roscoe's , you'll no doubt end up at Sidetrack. The popular bars are across the street from each other, and there's a constant flow of feet between the two. Sidetrack is a sleek video bar where TV monitors are never out of your field of vision, nor are the preppy professional patrons. Don't miss Show Tunes Night on Sunday, Monday, and Friday, when the whole place sings along...

This bar's owners have built The Field of Dreams for Chicago's gay community. Much like the famed mythical baseball field, if you build it, they will come... in droves. This video bar has more than tripled its size since it first opened. But night after night, an eclectic mix of athletic types and club-goers pack the place in. The big-screen TVs show a mix of musicals, comedy and retro 80s...