Thirsty folks sweating after a hot day in the sun can cool down this summer with an alcoholic drink at 11 locations along Chicago’s lakefront.
The list includes two new locations that will serve alcohol this summer. And people who enjoy a cold margarita or frosty beer after a day of swimming or biking could have even more options in coming years: Liquor licenses have been approved for 11 additional sites along the lakefront, but vendors have not applied to open businesses at those spots.
One of the two locations serving alcohol for the first time this year — the Osterman Beach House at 5800 N. Lake Shore Drive — won’t be ready to dish out drinks until about a month from now, according to the Park District. But the other new establishment — The Dock at Montrose Beach, a full-service restaurant offering cocktails and more than 20 beers on an outdoor deck — opened Friday.
Montrose Beach is “the undiscovered beach of Chicago,” said Luke Cholodecki, a co-owner of the restaurant. “It’s beautiful, but it didn’t have the amenities that everybody in the neighborhood wanted, which was a place where you can actually go sit down, eat something, have a glass of wine in the evening, enjoy the beach and a beautiful view.”
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