On the prowl? These bars, clubs and restaurants are perfect for finding a match — even if you don’t want it to last more than the night. Here now, Metromix’s picks for spots to meet Mr. or Mrs. Right — or Mr. or Mrs. Right Now.
MR. OR MRS. RIGHT NOW
The Red Canary
695 N. Milwaukee Ave. 312-846-1475
Stake out a spot on the crowded first floor, where jazzy beats and shadowy lighting combine to create prime conditions for zeroing in on a potential hook-up.
Elate
111 W. Huron St. 312-202-9900
This new restaurant in the Hotel Felix sports luxe and sexy surroundings and a crowd of stylish out-of-towners. We suggest you start in the lobby bar, where bar stools are so closely set that you have no choice but to chat up the handsome stranger next to you.
The Cedar Hotel
1112 N. State St. 312-944-1112
Whether you’re on the prowl for a sandy beach bum or a group of suits downing happy-hour drinks, the size of the vodka-lemonades (24 ounces) here is a promising primer for regrettable behavior.
VLive
2047 N. Milwaukee Ave. 773-489-5483
Bumping beats. A huge dance floor. 5 a.m. close on Saturday nights. If you can’t make a connection here, you’re just not the Right Now type.
MR. OR MRS. RIGHT
The Bristol
2152 N. Damen Ave. 773-862-5555
It’s tough to meet someone at a nice restaurant — unless you’re sitting at the Bristol’s intimate communal table. Catch someone’s eye a few chairs down and break the ice over shared bar snacks and beer.
Nana
3267 S. Halsted St. 312-929-2486
Brunching at this new organic-minded breakfast-and-lunch nook in Bridgeport at least opens the door to potential mates with good eating habits. Unfortunately for Cubs fans, it also attracts Sox camaraderie.
Mary’s Rec Room
5402 N. Clark St. 773-784-6969
Strike up a convo over Jay Cutler’s performance at this sports bar extension of gay gathering spot Hamburger Mary’s.
Nightwood
2119 S. Halsted St. 312-526-3385
Need a conversation starter? Just look to the name of this Pilsen sibling of Logan Square’s Lula Cafe. If the cutie on the covered patio doesn’t look totally stunned when you mention Nightwood was named after a novel by modernist author Djuna Barnes, he’s in!
