Chicago Watercraft small boat custom cruises for northerly island concerts, bachelorette parties, corporate events, unique client outings, and more.  10 - 12 people on your own boat on Lake Michigan!

Enjoy a Northerly Island concert and hear a great show surrounded by all your conveniences of your CW party boat! It’s like Ravinia on the water. Why spend $100+ on tickets, parking, drinks? Listen to Your favorite music on the lake with spectacular views. Charter a CW party boat/yacht; use our caterer or BYO food and beverage. Spilt costs!

Visit Chicago Watercraft and ask for Captain Vernon Patrick.  Tell em Hereschicago.com sent you!

Cooking is an Art. We Make It a Party.

A unique culinary combination of a hands-on cooking experience and a pampered dinner party, Bespoke Cuisine’s Cooking Parties are a big hit with epicureans and beginners alike.

Chefs from the Bespoke team lead groups through preparing a four-course meal. After the lesson, participants retreat to the loft-like dining room and enjoy being served the meal they created.

All through the lesson and meal, the team imparts tips, facts, and guidance about the food, methods and preparations used. It’s a fantastic opportunity to ask the experts and to learn the tricks of the trade.

Parties are held at Bespoke Cuisine’s location on Restaurant Row where clients have the opportunity to learn in a working commercial kitchen and then retire to the gracious dining room. In warm weather, our doors open onto Randolph Street for a wonderful city dining experience.
 
PRIVATE COOKING PARTIES in Chicago with Bespoke Cuisine - Our signature cooking parties are private social or corporate events, and are popular for for:

Chicago corporate team-building events
Chicago birthday parties & anniversaries
Chicago girls’ night out
Chicago showers and bachelorette parties
Chicago rehearsal dinners
Chicago group dinner parties

Cooking Party Menus: Click here for our Cooking Party Information & Menus. To have this information emailed or faxed to you, or to discuss a customized menu, please contact us.

Minimum/Maximum # of Guests: Minimum: 15 persons (20pp in December); Maximum: 35-40 persons depending on menu.

Pricing: $100 per person - includes professional hands-on instruction, 4-course meal, recipe packet, mini spice box, and soft drinks. Pricing for customized menus, including those with a competition component, will be slightly higher. Does not include food tax or gratuities.

Alcoholic Beverages: Bespoke Cuisine is BYOB. We would be happy to suggest wines, beers or other drinks to accompany your menu. Binnys and Kafka Wine Co. are two vendors who will deliver your order to Bespoke for a $10 fee so we can pre-chill your selections and have your beverages set up when you and your guests arrive. Kafka offers 15% off your entire order when you mention Bespoke!

Take aways: Each person leaves with a menu/recipe packet and a customized tin spice box.

Attire: We suggest wearing comfortable clothing and shoes. Aprons are provided to wear during the event.

Dates/Times: Cooking Parties are about 3-1/2 hours long and are held anytime in the afternoon or evening. Most parties start at 6:30pm and end at 10:00pm.

Other Services/Options:

“iron chef”-style competition
wine pairings or an accompanying professional wine tasting
take-home apron (can include personalization with notice)
customized menus

For more information and to contact Bespoke Cuisine for your next Chicago corporate team-building events, Chicago birthday parties & anniversaries, Chicago girls’ night out, Chicago showers and bachelorette parties, Chicago rehearsal dinners, Chicago group dinner parties

Visit our Bespoke Cuisine details page on Hereschicago.com, Chicago’s group event planners resoure directory.

Shedd Aquarium is pleased to announce the exciting details about the reimagined Oceanarium, its new exhibits and experiences. A rushing river pours into a pristine estuary where marine and freshwater fishes meet. A greatly enlarged sea lion habitat features new staging areas and trainer platforms. An otter trail weaves along the coast. Powerful birds of prey take wing. Small groups of guests—guided by trainers—can wade into the water and make connections with beluga whales. An unforgettable theater experience will unfold on the Oceanarium stage.

For Chicago sightseeing and group tours, visit Hereschicago.com, Chicago’s resource for group tour planners and meeting and event planners.

Threats of federal regulation and sensational coverage are creating a paralyzing environment where companies across the country are canceling meetings and events for legitimate business purposes.

After three strong years, Chicago’s downtown hotels are facing tougher times as businesses cut travel budgets and tourists stay home. Because more businesses and groups are canceling meetings at hotels or spending less on food and drink, hotel owners are looking for ways to cut costs.

Business-related travel – including meetings, events and incentives – is a vital part of our national economy and essential to sustaining well-paying American jobs, the health of large and small businesses and the solvency of public services supported by federal, state and local tax-revenue. Broadly, business travel creates 2.4 million jobs, injects more than $240 billion into the national economy annually and generates $39 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue.

Specifically, meetings and events:

Create 1 million jobs to the American workforce in local communities – from big cities to small towns – across the United States.

Many of these jobs support working families in the hospitality and food service industries.

Generate $27 billion in wages for hardworking Americans that are critical to local economies across
the United States, and can play a critical role in our nation’s economic recovery.

Provide $16 billion in tax revenue at the federal, state and local level.

Contribute $101 billion in spending to the U.S. economy.

Support over 200 local convention centers around the county

Are responsible for nearly 15 percent of all travel in the United States.

When businesses cancel productive meetings and events, the American worker and local communities from coast-to-coast are the unintended victims.

Without the jobs generated by meetings, events and incentive travel, the current unemployment rate of 7.6 percent would rise to 8.2 percent and cost the average American household an additional $136 in annual taxes.

Critics have mislabeled many meetings and events as unnecessary and frivolous – causing companies that have received federal government support and many that have not – to cancel planned and future activities.
Whether a company has received emergency government lending or not, its inclination is to avoid the prospect of being ridiculed like AIG, Wells Fargo and others.

No region of the country is immune to the economic impact of canceled meetings, events and incentive programs. American workers and local communities pay the price as meetings, events and incentives decline.

The U.S. Labor Department reported a loss of nearly 200,000 travel related jobs in 2008 and Department of Commerce data predicts a loss of an additional 247,000 travel-generated jobs in 2009.

The meetings and events component of business travel is responsible for nearly 15 percent of all travel in the United States, drives $101 billion in spending, generates one million jobs and creates $16 billion in tax revenue at the federal, state and local levels.

Without the one million jobs generated by meeting and event travel, the unemployment rate in the United States would jump from 7.6 percent to 8.2 percent.

As meetings and events decline, local communities – nearly all of whom are dependent on visitor taxes – struggle to pay for essential services such as education, public safety and social services.

Business travel and events are a smart and cost effective way to retain and develop employee talent, generate ideas and share knowledge that drives future business growth.

Meetings, events and incentives are essential tools for companies to strengthen business relationships; align and educate employees and customers; and reward business performance. Members of Congress share this practice when convening their annual retreats at resorts outside Washington, DC

Incentive programs are two to three times more effective than cash at motivating employee performance. Companies can spend less on incentive travel than on cash compensation to achieve exceptional productivity from employees.

The recipients of incentive travel programs are typically hardworking middle class Americans who have earned trips for their exceptional performance.

According to a recent survey of Fortune 1000 Chief Marketing Officers, meetings and events provide the highest return on investment of any marketing channel.

Companies using taxpayer dollars must abide by best practices for meetings, events and incentives.

Companies that have received emergency government lending have an obligation to operate in a transparent and accountable fashion.

The travel community has addressed an urgent public need by developing clear, workable guidelines designed to ensure responsible business travel practices within companies that have received emergency government lending.

Additional punitive policies to limit meetings, events and incentive travel will unite business, labor and local government leaders in opposition.

The demand for face to face meetings is strong and the importance of having them is greater than ever in our history.  For example, within one week of sending the invitation for our Here’s Chicago Meetings and Hospitality St. Pat’s BASH event taking place on March 2, 2009 we are at capacity with the most meeting and event professionals registered in the history of this event with over 400 registered attendees and another 100 on the waiting list. 

“Business, Meetings and Incentive Programs are what built this economy” and “Our industry is being punished for the mistakes of a few”

“In Obama’s defense, I don’t believe he knows that the meetings industry contributes to “mainstreet”, the exact market he is trying to help. Bus boys, waiters, bellman, sedan drivers, etc.” says Jim Grillo, CMP of Hereschicago.com. 

Meetings, conventions, exhibitions, and incentive travel generated $122.3 billion in direct spending in the United States last year, according to the Convention Industry Council’s Economic Impact Study, released in September. Corporate meetings and events comprised one-third of that, or $40.3 billion; association events accounted for the rest.”

The industry employs 1.7 million people on a full-time basis, and is the 29th-largest contributor to the country’s gross national product.

Looking at types of meetings, conventions and exhibitions account for $67.9 billion, or 55.5 percent, of the total direct spending pie. Corporate and association meetings generated $48.1 billion in spending, or 39.4 percent of the total, while incentive travel made up the remaining 5.1 percent, generating $6.2 billion in spending. (Conventions and exhibitions are defined as events where exhibitions make up the largest component of the meeting, while meetings have a larger meetings component.)

The largest share of the convention and exhibition dollar, 35 percent, is spent in hotels. The rest is widely distributed throughout local economies, with 24 percent spent on air transportation, 14 percent in restaurants, and 12 percent on business services.
 
It is our responsibility today to communicate the positive messages from our industry and how we all directly contribute to the future growth of our economy.
 
Let’s make history together,
 
Jim Grillo, CMP
President
Hereschicago.com
Chicago’s Meetings and Events Resource Directory
 
Emmy Award Winner, Alternate Media/News 2008
Hall of Fame Supplier, Illinois Meetings & Events 2008
President, Meeting Professionals Internatio, nal Chicago 2003-2004
President, Hospitality, Sales & Marketing Assn of Ill. 2001-2004
Committee, Meeting Professionals International 2004-2008
Mentor/Ambassador, Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau, 2000-2002
Member, MPI International Student Advisory Council 2008-2009
 
For a P.R. Toolkit, visit the U.S. Travel Association (USTOA)

Parties That Cook stages deliciously fun cooking class parties and corporate team building events. Whether you´re interested in cooking up collaboration at a team bonding activity, planning a private chef demo or a memorable 40th birthday party, Parties That Cook will provide you with the ultimate gourmet gathering.

Parties That Cook has mastered the recipe for unforgettable corporate team building events. Our hands-on team building cooking classes encourage teamwork, boost morale, build culinary confidence and foster camaraderie.

Parties That Cook’s exciting hands-on cooking class parties are perfect for all occasions:

Chicago corporate team-building events
Chicago birthday parties & anniversaries
Chicago girls’ night out
Chicago showers and bachelorette parties
Chicago wedding rehearsal dinners
Chicago group dinner parties

How It Works:

Parties That Cook’s culinary staff will greet guests with hors d’oeuvres and beverages, then welcome everyone to mix and mingle while listening to music tailored to your group.
 
Your Parties That Cook chef then presents a lively and interactive cooking demonstration chock full of kitchen tricks and techniques. We take time to respond to your cooking questions. Afterward, guests are divided into teams to create their mouthwatering dishes at fully equipped cooking stations.
 
Each recipe and cooking station has detailed instructions and all of the necessary ingredients and cooking tools. Throughout the cooking, our chefs are on hand to coach you. Parties That Cook takes care of serving and cleaning up so you can enjoy the party!
 
Choose the party format that fits your occasion:

- Small Plates is a cocktail-style appetizer cooking class party (2 hours).
- The Chef’s Table offers a four-course sit-down meal with hands-on cooking class (3 hours).
- The Kitchen Challenge is an Iron Chef-style competition and extremely popular corporate team building event (3 hours). The Ultimate Kitchen Challenge includes an additional workshop with business coach and facilitator Starla Sireno (4 hours).
- A Feast of Chocolate and Cheese is dedicated to cooking with two sinfully delicious ingredients (3 hours).
- Chef Demo is a lively lesson in cooking tips and tricks from the professionals. Includes food samples or meal (1 hour).

After the party, we will send all guests all of the recipes you followed, along with a link to digital snapshots of the fun.

Pricing:

Chef Demo: $45 per person
Sumptuous Small Plates: $75 per person
Chef’s Table: $95 per person
Feast of Chocolate and Cheese: $95 per person
Kitchen Challenge: $115 per person
Ultimate Kitchen Challenge: $185 per person

The cost includes our professional culinary instruction, service, menu, recipes, ingredients, music, kitchen equipment, setup, and cleanup. Please note that this does not include a venue rental fee, party rentals or optional services.  

Minimum/Maximum # of Guests: We can accommodate any party size from 1 to 300 guests.

Dates/Times: Cooking class events are held any time of day, based on availability of venue and staff.  Depending on the type of event selected, parties last 1 to 4 hours, with the option of adding on additional time for speeches or presentations.

Take Aways & Attire: Each guest will receive a copy of recipes and digital photos from their event. Aprons are provided to wear during the lesson or may also be purchased as party favors to take home.

Alcoholic Beverages: You may BYOB at most party locations, or Parties That Cook will suggest one of our fine wine/alcohol purveyors, depending on your chosen location.

Visit Parties That Cook on Hereschicago.com, Chicago’s Event Planning Resource Guide to Chicago’s Planner Preferred.

The awards honor the dedication and creativity of event professionals who have earned the respect and admiration of their clients and peers. The award winners were selected through an online reader poll. The winner are:

Best Attraction – Navy Pier
Best Audio-Visual – The Meetinghouse Companies, Inc.
Best Banquet/Reception Venue – Tie between Galleria Marchetti and River East Art Center
Best Boats/Cruises/Charters - Kanan Cruises
Best Caterer – Blue Plate Catering
Best Conference Venue – Gleacher Center
Best Convention & Visitors Bureau – Chicago Convention & Visitors Bureau
Best Destination Management Company – On the Scene
Best Eco-Friendly Supplier – Greg Christian Catering and Events
Best Entertainment – Just for Fun Entertainment and Events, Inc.
Best Décor – Kehoe Designs
Best Florist – The Meetinghouse Companies, Inc.
Best Golf Resort – Lincolnshire Marriott Resort
Best Historic Venue – Chicago History Museum
Best Hotel with Meeting Space (less than 440 rooms) – The Blackstone Hotel
Best Hotel with Meeting Space (more than 440 rooms) – Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
Best Photography/Videography – Tie between Promax Productions and Studio T Photography
Best Rental Service – Classic Party Rentals
Best Teambuilding Facility/Organizer – Corporate Event Interactive
Best Transportation – Windy City Limousine
Best Unique Venue – Chicago Illuminating Company
Best Venue Outside Chicagoland – Pheasant Run Resort
Editor’s Pick Best Event Décor – Ivan Carlson & Associates
Editor’s Pick Best New Intimate Event Space – Vertigo Sky Lounge
Editor’s Pick Best Casino – Horseshoe Casino Hotel
Editor’s Pick Best Experimental Event Expert – Minding Your Business

New this year, Illinois Meetings + Events magazine recognized its first-ever Hall of Fame, chosen by the magazine’s editorial advisory board.

Lifetime Achievement – Bill Pry, Partner – BBJ Linen
Best Special Events Planner – Andrew Schorr, President and Principal – In the Loop
Best Meeting Professional – Kimberly LaBounty, President – Apex Management & Special Events Inc.
Best Up-and-Coming Meeting Professional – Justin Rhodes, Associate – Corporate Events for Jones Lang LaSalle, Chicago
Best Supplier – Jim Grillo, President – hereschicago.com
Best Up-and-Coming Supplier – Renee Barricklow, Event Producer – Kehoe Designs, Chicago

“We are pleased to recognize the outstanding contributions of these organizations and individuals to the meetings and events industry, which plays an important role in Illinois’s vitality and economy,” says Lauren Hurley, editor of Illinois Meetings + Events magazine.

Thank you to our event partners; Underground, The Meetinghouse Companies, Inc. and Classic Party Rentals.

Illinois Meetings + Events magazine is one of eight regional meetings and events magazines published by Tiger Oak Publications, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn.  The idea-driven magazine focuses on the issues facing today’s meeting and event professionals in Illinois and beyond and looks to address all aspects of the industry through in-depth feature stories, insightful departments and helpful news and updates on tips and trends. For more information and to view photos from the event, visit www.ilmeetingsmag.com.

Visit Hereschicago.com, Chicago’s event planner resource guide featuring Chicago’s top Planner Preferred vendors for Chicago meetings and events.

the Mitchell Dental Spa is a full-service facility in Chicago’s Water Tower Place

Unlike other cosmetic dental offices which are only spas or salons in name, the Mitchell Dental Spa is a full-service facility offering dentistry along with massage, facials, and skin rejuvenation. Dental appointments include a complimentary 10 minute spa treatment, where clients can choose anything from a back massage to a lip hydration treatment.

I visited the the Mitchell Dental Spa for a teeth whitening, but as you can see in the following video, this is not your ordinary dental visit which most of us dread.  It was more like a one hour stress free vacation that would make anyone look forward to going to the dentist.

Here’s Chicago Presents Mitchell Dental Spa. A video By BMP. from Video that rocks. on Vimeo.

Sample their fully-stocked refreshment bar. Let one of their massage therapists knead the tension out of your neck and shoulders. Then lay back with your own private flat screen TV while Dr. Mitchell creates the smile of your dreams. 30-90 minute spa treatments are also available.

Mitchell Dental Spa
Water Tower Place
845 North Michigan Ave
Suite 922 East
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Phone: 312.642.1014
http://www.mitchelldentalspa.com/

Visit our directory of Chicago Spa’s and more on Hereschicago.com, Chicago’s meetings and event planning directory.

Cooking Class Events and Off-Sites in Chicago with Parties That Cook
 
Parties That Cook hosts deliciously fun cooking class events and corporate off-site events in the Chicago metro area. Whether you´re interested in cooking up teamwork at a team building activity, hosting an in-home private cooking class or a memorable 50th birthday party, Parties That Cook will provide you with the ultimate event with a culinary twist!

Parties That Cook has mastered the recipe for unforgettable cooking class events and corporate off-sites. Our hands-on team building cooking classes encourage teamwork, boost morale, build culinary confidence and foster camaraderie. In addition to private cooking class offerings, Parties That Cook offers cooking classes open to the public including a Mothers Day Brunch cooking class.

Parties That Cook’s exciting hands-on cooking class parties are perfect for all occasions:

Chicago cooking classes
Chicago corporate off-site
Chicago corporate team-building events
Chicago mothers day cooking class
Chicago training event
Chicago birthday parties & anniversaries
Chicago girls’ night out
Chicago showers and bachelorette parties
Chicago wedding rehearsal dinners
Chicago group dinner parties

How It Works:

Parties That Cook’s culinary staff will greet guests with hors d’oeuvres and beverages, then welcome everyone to mix and mingle while listening to music tailored to your group.
 
Your Parties That Cook chef then presents a lively and interactive cooking demonstration chock full of kitchen tricks and techniques. We take time to respond to your cooking questions. Afterward, guests are divided into teams to create their mouthwatering dishes at fully equipped cooking stations.
 
Each recipe and cooking station has detailed instructions and all of the necessary ingredients and cooking tools. Throughout the cooking, our chefs are on hand to coach you. Parties That Cook takes care of serving and cleaning up so you can enjoy the party!
 
Choose the party format that fits your occasion:

- Small Plates is a cocktail-style appetizer cooking class party (2 hours).
- The Chef’s Table offers a four-course sit-down meal with hands-on cooking class (3 hours).
- The Kitchen Challenge is an Iron Chef-style competition and extremely popular corporate team building event (3 hours). The Ultimate Kitchen Challenge includes an additional workshop with business coach and facilitator Starla Sireno (4 hours).
- A Feast of Chocolate and Cheese is dedicated to cooking with two sinfully delicious ingredients (3 hours).
- Chef Demo is a lively lesson in cooking tips and tricks from the professionals. Includes food samples or meal (1 hour).

After the party, we will send all guests all of the recipes you followed, along with a link to digital snapshots of the fun.

Pricing:

Chef Demo: $45 per person
Sumptuous Small Plates: $75 per person
Chef’s Table: $95 per person
Feast of Chocolate and Cheese: $95 per person
Kitchen Challenge: $115 per person
Ultimate Kitchen Challenge: $185 per person

The cost includes our professional culinary instruction, service, menu, recipes, ingredients, music, kitchen equipment, setup, and cleanup. Please note that this does not include a venue rental fee, party rentals or optional services.  

Minimum/Maximum # of Guests: We can accommodate any party size from 1 to 300 guests.
Dates/Times: Cooking class events are held any time of day, based on availability of venue and staff.  Depending on the type of event selected, parties last 1 to 4 hours, with the option of adding on additional time for speeches or presentations.

Take Aways & Attire: Each guest will receive a copy of recipes and digital photos from their event. Aprons are provided to wear during the lesson or may also be purchased as party favors to take home.
Alcoholic Beverages: You may BYOB at most party locations, or Parties That Cook will suggest one of our fine wine/alcohol purveyors, depending on your chosen location.

Visit Parties That Cook on Hereschicago.com, Chicago’s Event Planning Resource Guide to Chicago’s Planner Preferred.

The Best New Chicago Event Ideas for 2009!

Event Spotlight: “Night at the Museum” Scavenger Hunt

Combine the adventure and fun of WCF’s Scavenger Hunt with the fantastic exhibits at some of Chicago’s
famed museums. WCF recently planned scavenger hunts for two Fortune 500 Companies – one at the
Field Museum and one at the Museum of Science & Industry.

The Night at the Field Museum Scavenger Hunt was focused on the families of the company with kids
and parents working together to solve the clues and explore the wonderful exhibits. A great event used to build camaraderie amongst its family and employees. The Museum of Science & Industry Scavenger hunt was held during the day and much like our traditional scavenger hunts, was designed to enhance communication between employees and build employee morale and camaraderie. These exciting and adventurous events are guaranteed to add lasting value to your team!

WCF’s Scavenger Hunt Programs are customized for a variety of
museums and venues throughout Chicago:

• Field Museum • Adler Planetarium
• Museum of Science & Industry
• Navy Pier
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Shedd Aquarium & More!

“I want to send you this letter with a BIG THANK YOU! We had a great time!
Everybody had a blast. We laughed so much during the event. The team spirit really
got a boost with the event. I strongly recommend this to other companies and we will
be back! This was the best event we have ever had!” – Hewlett-Packard

Here are a few other great event ideas for 2009:

• Team Challenge – City, Suburbs
• Interactive BBQ
or anywhere in the US
• “Mission Impossible” Scavenger Hunt
• Gauntlet Challenge
• Interactive Reception/
• Great “Amazing Race” Chicago Employee Appreciation Event
• Interactive Summer Picnic
• “Meeting Energizer” Program

For more information on our new Chicago event ideas or any of our customized Scavenger Hunt Programs, contact Murrel at (773) 486-7403 or visit Windy City Fieldhouse, a planner Preferred vendor on Hereschicago.com, Chicago’s event planning resource for meeting planners, tradeshow planners, association planners, and convention attendees who are seeking only the best in events.

Goose Island-Wrigleyville <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details
3535 N. Clark St.  
Malt Room 
45-75 pp  
Sandra Duncan 
773-832-9040x. 231 
s.duncan@gooseisland.com
Back Dining Room 110-250 pp    
Beer Garden 50-75 pp    
Entire Venue 300-500 pp

Goose Island-Clybourne 
1800 N. Clybourn Ave. 
Siebel Hall 
60-75 pp    
Siebel Hall/Loft 60-95 pp    
Siebel Hall/Cellar 75-120 pp    
Loft 10-20 pp    
Cellar 20-40 pp    
Patio 60-80 pp    
Bier Stube 25-30 pp    

      
Hard Rock Café <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details and watch our video
63 W. Ontario 
Mezzanine  160 pp  
Tara Hippensteel 
(312) 943-5572 
chicago_sales@hardrock.com
Stage 40 pp  
Tiffany Scott 
312-943-5572 
Chicago_sales1@hardrock.com
Backstage Patio 
100 pp  
Kristy Mendenhall 
312-943-5572 
Chicago_sales2@hardrock.com
Main Floor 200 pp    
Full Café Buyout 250 pp    

House of Blues <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details
329 N. Dearborn St. 
Music Hall 1100 pp  
Kristen Jeffe 
312-923-2044 
kjeffe@hob.com
Restaurant 250-400 pp
Kim Runner 
312-923-2012 
krunner@hob.com
Chicago Room 75-85 pp  
Heather Renkar 
312-923-2036  
heather.renkar@hob.com
Chicago + Bourbon Street 130-140 pp  
Bridget Brassil 
312-923-2027  
bridget.brassil@hob.com
Delta Room 50-65 pp
Stacy Huszczo 
312-923-7060 
stacy.huszczo@hob.com
Foundation Dining Room 55-100pp    
       
Zed451 
739 N Clark St 
The Clark Street Room 30 pp, 45 reception
Gina Cresap 
312-266-6236 
chevents@zed451.com
The Crescent Room 25 pp, 75 reception    
The Mezzanine 45 pp, 75 reception    
The Fireside Room 70 pp, 125 reception    
The Main Dining Room 225 pp, 300 reception    
Buy-out 400 pp, 300 reception     
451 Rooftop,  100 reception    
       

Dave And Buster’s <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details and watch our video
1030 N. Clark St. 
Showroom 60-200 pp
Kristen Banks 
312.821.8606 
kristen_banks@daveandbusters.com
Oak Room 30-150 pp
Dayneil Westbrook  
312.821.8607 
dayneil_westbrook@daveandbusters.com
Midway Party Room 15-35 pp    
Executive Billards 20-45 pp    
Executive Lounge 15-40 pp    
Viewpoint 1 20-45 pp    
Viewpoint 2 40-100 pp    
Viewpoint 3 30-65 pp    
BBL 10-20 pp    
Lower Level 500 pp    
Buy Out 2000 pp    
       

Howl At The Moon <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details
26 W. Hubbard St.  
Semi-Private 20-400 pp Sun-Thursday
April Wolcott 312-863-7427 
april@howlatthemoon.com
Buy Out 100-400 pp    
Piano Show to go Fri & Sat   
       
Bortz Group     
Kristen Ihnatiuk 
312-850-8170 
Kristen@bortzgroup.com
Sangria 901 W. Weed St. 
Main Dining Room 200 pp    
Loft 40 pp    
Bar & West Lounge 100 pp    
Tokyo 21 901 W. Weed St. Tatami 30 pp    
Main Dining Room 200 pp    
Boutique 809 W. Evergreen Garden Level 130 pp    
VIP Level 125 pp    
Main Level 200 pp    
Republic 1520 N. Freemont Rotunda 50 pp    
Lounge  200 pp    
Ballroom 1000 pp    
Soundstage 600 pp    
Radiostar 1524 N. Freemont Entire Venue 300 pp    
Cabaret 15 W. Hubbard Entire Venue 300 pp    
       
Lucky Strike Lanes 
322 E Illinois St. 6 Lane Room 120 pp
Kathy Zaleska  
312 464 0133  
kzaleska@bowlluckystrike.com
Billards Room 80 pp
Andrea Bonds 
312 464 0133  
abonds@bowlluckystrike.com
Wine Room 150 pp
Michelle Johnson 
312 464 0133  
michelle.johnson@bowlluckystrike.com
       

Fado Irish Pub & Restaurant <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details and watch our video
100 W. Grand Ave.
Whole Shabang 10-400 pp No Thur, Fri, Sat Nights 
Cassie Carroll 
312-836-0066 
ccarroll@fadoirishpub.com
Gaelic  No Thur, Fri, Sat Nights   
Cottage  No Thur, Fri, Sat Nights   
Purty Loft No Thur, Fri, Sat Nights 
  
Elephant & Castle  
111 W. Adams St.  
Buckingham 100 pp  
Brian Halm 
312-236-6656 
cateringchicago@elephantcastle.com
Adams 100 pp    
Clark 200 pp    
Rookery  20 pp    
       
Grand Lux Café 
600 N. Michigan Ave. 
Rush Room 75pp, 100 reception
Jamie Couzens 
312-276-2507 
jcouzens@grandluxcafe.com
     
Spare Time Group 
2747 N. Lincoln Ave.
Allison McCarthy 
773-472-1601 
amccarthy@sparetimechicago.com
Seven Ten Lounge 
2747 N. Lincoln Ave.  Buy Out 400 pp
Colleen Rooney 773-472-1601 crooney@sparetimechicago.com
Bowling Room 120 pp    
Billard Room 100 pp    
Southport Lanes 
3325 N. Southport Buy Out 350 pp    
Bowling Room 70 pp    
Billard Room 80 pp    
Riverview Tavern 
1958 W. Roscoe Buy Out 300 pp    
Party Room 65 pp    
Daily Bar & Grill 
4560 N. Lincoln Buy Out 225 pp    
Party Room 55 pp    
Firehouse Grill 
750 Chicago Ave. Buy Out 300 pp    
Party Room 100 pp 
      
Three Headed Productions
Kathy Lindner 
773-276-7582 
Kathy@threeheaded.com
Cans Bar and Canteen 
1640 N Damen Private Room 30-100 pp  
Erica Drogoszewski 
773-276-7582 
erica@threeheaded.com
Buy Out 300 pp    
Salud Tequila Lounge 
1471 N Milwaukee  
Private Room 35-100 pp    
Buy Out 100 pp    
Evil Olive 
1551 W Division 
Private Room 20-80 pp    
Buy Out 400 pp    
Junior’s Sports Lounge 
724 W Maxwell Red Room 30-100 pp    
Blue Room 15-40 pp    
Buy Out 400 pp   

Le Passage 
937 N Rush Wristband Parties 20-100 pp  
Erica Drogoszewski   
Private Events 30-350 pp    
      
Melting Pot 
609 N. Dearborn 
Tuscany Room 35 pp  
Kelly Lynch 
312-573-0011 
mpbanquets@sbcglobal.net
Loire Room 65 pp  
Kristen Hysler  
mltgpotrivernorth@sbcglobal.net
       

Rockit Bar & Grill <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details
22 W. Hubbard St.  
Upstairs Lounge 300 pp  
Jena Cherry 
312-943-7600 x13 
jena@rockitranch.com
1/2 Pool Hall 30 pp    
Front & Side Lounge 125 pp    
Front Lounge 45 pp    
Side Lounge 55 pp    
Buy Out 500 pp    
Underground 56 W. Illinois St. Semi-Private 20-300 pp    
       
Bubba Gumps Shrimp Co.  
700 E. Grand, Suite 131 
Semi-Private 150 pp No Sat/No Sun. in summer 
Maggie Bleau 
312-229-1433 
mbleau@BubbaGump.com
Patio 250 pp    
Capi’s Italian Kitchen 
700 E. Grand, Suite 136 
Semi-Private 120 pp No Sat/No Sun. in summer   
Patio 80 pp    
       
The Gage 
24 S. Michigan 
First Floor - Edson Keith 40 pp  
Julie Funke 
312.933.2077  
jfunke@raincommunications.com
Theodore Ascher Room 20-150 pp    
Theodore Ascher Bar  50 pp    
Buy Out 200 pp 

Emerald Loop Bar & Grill 
216 N. Wabash Raised Dining Room 45-65 pp    
Back Lounge 30 pp    
Buy Out case by case
    
Lizzie McNeil’s Irish Pub 
400 N. McClurg Court Semi-Private 20-100 pp    
Buy Out 150 pp 
   
Paddy Long’s Irish Pub 
1028 W. Diversy Semi-Private 20-100 pp    
       
Weber Grill 
539 N. State St. 
Summit Room 25 pp  
Bari Rice 312-467-0574 
weber_chicagocatering@weberstephen.com
Grill Room 70 pp    
Ranch Room 92 pp    
Back Half 117 pp    
       

ESPN Zone Chicago <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details and watch our video
43 E. Ohio St. 
Sammy Sosa Skybox 6-10 pp
Randy Hajduk 
312-620-5065 
randy.hajduk@disney.com
Ernie Banks Skybox 16-20 pp  
Mary Sweeney  
mary.shanly.sweeney@disney.com
Sports Center Set 20-25 pp
Lauren Higbee 
312-670-5067 
lauren.higbee@disney.com
19th Hole Bar 15-30 pp    
Baseball Tonight Bar 30-50 pp    
Bristol Suite 50-75 pp    
       
Pops for Champagne 
601 N. State Street 
Front Tasting Room 30 pp  
Jennifer Roche 
312-266-7677 
jen@popsforchampagne.com
Back Tasting Room 30 pp    
Entire Tasting Room 60 pp    
Jazz Club 75 pp    
Champagne Bar 250 pp    
Buyout 300 pp    
       
10 Pin Bowling Lounge
330 N. State St.  Martini Lounge 20-60 pp
Patti Maher 
312-494-1068 
patti@10pinchicago.com
Cosmopolitan Lounge 60-150 pp
Erin Ellison 
312.494.1069 
erin@10pinchicago.com
Lanes 5-20 6-90 pp    
Buyout 150-350pp    
       
DOC Wine Bar 
1804 W Division St, Suite 2F 
Red Room 20 pp, 30-50 reception
Mindy Shafer 
773-480-3708 
Mindy@docwinebarchicago.com
Entire Wine Bar 65 pp, 100 reception    
DOC Wine Bar 
Lombard Tasting Room 50 pp, 75 reception    
Entire Wine Bar 100 pp, 175 reception    
Frasca 80 pp, 150 reception    
Smoke Daddy 100 reception    
Dunlay’s on Clark 60 pp, 100 reception    
Dunlay’s on the Square 60 pp, 100 reception    
       
Reggies 
2105 S State St 
Rock Club 
350 pp  
Jody Zagger 
773-818-3610 
jodyzagger@gmail.com
(Bus Rental also)  
Music Joint 
111 pp, 200 reception    
    
Buddy Guy’s Legends 
754 S Wabash Ave 
Entire venue 
108 max Sit Down
400 max Reception  
Isabelle Libmann 
312-427-1190 
isabelle@bglegends.com
Chicago (No private rooms but can accommodate semi-private groups)     
   
One Financial Place
440 S. LaSalle, 2nd floor 
Conference Room 
75pp Classroom  
Nicki Scheidhauer 
312-663-7345 
Nicki.scheidhauer@gmail.com
 

Cubby Bear Chicago <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details
1059 W Addison 
Main Floor 
500 reception  
Becky Mormann 
773-327-1662 X 246 
becky@cubbybear.com
Dugout 20-200 pp    
Upper Deck 20-200 pp    
Wrigley Room 20-200 pp    
       

Vines on Clark <-Visit our ad on Hereschicago.com for more details
3554 N. Clark St.  
Main Dining Room  
80 Sit Down
150 Reception  
Addie Lernihan  
773-327-1662 
addie@cubbybear.com
Atrium  40 pp    
Roof Deck   60 pp    
Outdoor Patio   344 pp    

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