The Thoroughbred Club – Charleston Place Hotel
Close your eyes for a moment and try to visualize what the lobby of a grand and luxurious southern hotel might look like. It would be expansive with an inlaid Italian marble floor and an elegant split spiral staircase rising majestically from its center under the watchful gaze of a magnificent chandelier. Elegant shops surround the lobby and off to the right stands the perquisite baby grand piano.
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Market Pavilion Hotel – The Pavilion Bar
Located on the corner of Market Street and Bay Street, the Market Pavilion Hotel is one of Charleston’s most elegant hotels. Entering the hotel, you immediately notice Grill 225, the hotel’s upscale restaurant with a well deserved reputation for world class cuisine.
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The Vendue Inn – Rooftop Bar
Located in Charleston’s historic French Quarter, the Vendue Inn is a small, quaint, and intimate hotel with a rich and storied southern tradition. Among its many amenities is their two level rooftop bar. I’m not sure what I expected when I first visited this cocktail oasis, but it wasn’t a bar voted by readers of the Charleston City newspaper as the best Charleston bar for 5 consecutive years.
Read MoreThe Cheshire Inn – Fox and Hound Tavern
Walking in, you immediately feel like you just walked into an English-style hunting lodge. There's the fireplace, leather chairs, some mounted animals. Only 1 TV (above the bar), and it's not big (at most 40 people could fit comfortably), but a very cool place to have a Sam Smith Winter Warmer on a cold December night.
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W Hotel Chicago City Center – The Living Room Bar
Call me closed minded, pessimistic, or perhaps even sheltered. Go ahead. But I’m going to just come out and say it. I highly doubt there is anywhere else in this city that you can go at 5pm on a Wednesday and have it be this freaking cool! Just trust me. And if you still think I’m wrong or think you’ve found something to challenge this statement, I want to hear about it. However, right now, all we’re going to focus on is the cool factor at this particular W hotel.
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Hyatt Century Plaza – X Bar
Nestled between fashionable Beverly Hills and the UCLA campus is the Century Plaza Hyatt. A great location for any travelers to the Los Angeles area thanks to being short drives from LAX, Westwood, Hollywood, Santa Monica as well as the popular attractions within LA; such as, the La Brea tar pits and the other famous museums on the Miracle Mile.
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Holiday Inn – Bob O’s
When you walk into the bar, you're immediately greeted at the door. The bar's entrance is inside of the hotel, but you'd almost believe it could be a stand alone bar. It truly has that feeling! The bar has exposed brick and the bar is made of cherry wood. It's actually a a beautiful bar, and you would not notice how bustling with people it is. There are flat screen TV's located around the bar with different channels playing, so if you don't want to watch sports, no problem, just turn to your left!
Read MoreThe Standard – Rooftop Bar
The bar is fancy and well lit with a great atmosphere. No sports, it is an upscale bar and the decor is sophisticated. They have a unique glass layout with nice chairs that compliment the bar. The room has an open feeling to it.
Read MoreHoliday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza – Cityscape Bar
I’m just going to come out and say it, and pardon my prejudices, but I never expected a bar within a Holiday Inn to produce something quite as magnificent as this. To the Holiday Inn, I apologize. My bad. Egg in my face, yolk in my hair. Eating my words. This has got to be one of the best kept secrets of the city. I’m shocked I’ve never heard of Cityscape before, but I am oh-so-happy to now share it with the world.
Read MoreThe Drake Hotel – Palm Court
I hope you’re wearing something decent when you walk into this place. Not because its required, but because you ARE going to feel cool, so you may as well look cool, too. Coming up to the main lobby area of check in, you’ll be greeted by a grand staircase that serves as the entrance to the Palm Court. Go ahead, pretend you’re someone else, or that all eyes are on you as you elegantly stroll to the top of the stairs. There’s something about this special place that takes you somewhere else, makes you feel like someone else.
Read MoreThe Drake Hotel – COQ d’OR
If you’ve never heard of The Drake Hotel in Chicago then you’ve been living under a rock. I’ve known about this famous hotel and it’s rich history but after living in Chicago for 6 years, I finally stepped inside to see what all the fuss was about. Don’t ask me how to pronounce the name, but The Drake’s hotel bar called Coq d,Or did not disappoint.
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The Omni Chicago – 676 Bar
I have to admit. I showed up at this place with a little bit of an agenda. It was a saturday. We are college football fans. There were several big games that were getting ready to start. SO, was I looking to watch a bit of a game in a hotel bar even though I swore that I would never go out in search of a sporting event at a hotel bar? Yes, yes I did. Why? Easy, the answer is two fold.
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The Palmer House Hilton Hotel – Lobby Bar
So this is how it all started. I had just finished attending a social media seminar with my friend Brett. We were downtown and I needed to kill a little bit of time before I headed off to my next appointment. Thankfully Brett didn't have to rush back to his office, so we decided to kill time with an afternoon drink. After suggesting we duck into a hotel bar, we soon found ourselves outside of Chicago's iconic Palmer House Hotel.
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The Allerton Hotel – M Avenue Lounge
First impressions are big for me. They make an impact. I always refer back to my first impression. That is, until my second chance mindset starts to kick in and question those first impressions. Am I alone here? Anyone else know what the hell I’m talking about? Maybe it will after you read about the M Avenue Lounge.
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Hotel Palomar – Sable Kitchen & Bar
Well I may as well just come out and say it off the top. This place is fabulous. Ab-so-lute-ly fabulous! I loved pretty much everything about it. We all did, and I have a pretty good idea you will too. Here’s why.
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