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11/16/11
Noggy Style
The Hot List: 2011 Holiday Parties
Saturday is the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, which serves as your annual early-warning flare that holiday party season is nigh. Herewith, five places for you to frolic with friends, family and/or Shelly from accounting.
FOR THE GREAT ESCAPE
The Office & Aviary
You Want: A private party. And an even more private party.
They Give: Taking over Aviary: brilliant. But as guests sip tequila-spiked horchata with cinnamon ice cubes (from Styrofoam cups, no less), gracefully sneak downstairs for foie gras and caviar at the private-r party you’re simultaneously hosting at the Office. More brilliant.
They Give: Taking over Aviary: brilliant. But as guests sip tequila-spiked horchata with cinnamon ice cubes (from Styrofoam cups, no less), gracefully sneak downstairs for foie gras and caviar at the private-r party you’re simultaneously hosting at the Office. More brilliant.
FOR A CARNIVOROUS FEAST
The Second Floor at Frontier
You Want: To-go whole hog. Or whole lamb. Or goat. Or wild boar.
They Give: Their famed animal service (or just some nice duck tacos)—along with leather chairs, a fireplace, a full-service bar, a DJ booth, 11 flat-screens, two HD projectors and a secret entrance. Basically a faithful recreation of your Wisconsin cabin.
They Give: Their famed animal service (or just some nice duck tacos)—along with leather chairs, a fireplace, a full-service bar, a DJ booth, 11 flat-screens, two HD projectors and a secret entrance. Basically a faithful recreation of your Wisconsin cabin.
- 411:
- Upstairs seats 80-90, up to 200 for cocktails, Frontier, 1072 N Milwaukee Ave (between Thomas and Cortez), 773-772-4322
FOR A POKER NIGHT
The Second Floor of Brimfield
You Want: A stuffed elk head. And you better get a stuffed elk head.
They Give: A tartan-plaid poker table, glass buoys wrapped in fisherman’s netting and, of course, a stuffed elk head above the bar. You bring a caterer and the booze—people tend to need a drink with that elk staring at them.
They Give: A tartan-plaid poker table, glass buoys wrapped in fisherman’s netting and, of course, a stuffed elk head above the bar. You bring a caterer and the booze—people tend to need a drink with that elk staring at them.
- 411:
- Seats up to 80, Brimfield, 5219 N Clark St (between Foster and Farragut), 773-271-3501, see the slideshow
FOR A PLACE TO GET PUNCHED
Second Floor at the Barrelhouse Flat
You Want: A cocktail you could dip your head into. (Though you wouldn’t do that. After
last year.)
They Give: Cocktails, served punch-bowl size. They have a private party room downstairs, but upstairs has a pool table and private bar, keeping nicely with this year’s office party theme: drinking.
They Give: Cocktails, served punch-bowl size. They have a private party room downstairs, but upstairs has a pool table and private bar, keeping nicely with this year’s office party theme: drinking.
- 411:
- Private party room for 30-35, upstairs 80-90, The Barrelhouse Flat, 2624 N Lincoln Ave (near Sheffield), 773-857-0421
FOR KEEPING THE FAMILY PEACE
The Poker Room at III Forks
You Want: The thrill of the boxing ring, steak with Grandma.
They Give: A cozy room for those family gatherings, with a gas fireplace, a stunning picture window of Lakeshore East and an antique boxing ring bell—in case you and Mom go three rounds over the last country-fried prime rib.
They Give: A cozy room for those family gatherings, with a gas fireplace, a stunning picture window of Lakeshore East and an antique boxing ring bell—in case you and Mom go three rounds over the last country-fried prime rib.
- 411:
- Up to 12 people in the Poker Room, III Forks, 333 E Benton Pl (at Field), 312-938-4303
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