The cocktail lounge joins a handful of other new or soon-to-be opened bars for queer women across the country, including Herz in Mobile, Alabama As You Are Bar in Washington, D.C. “The energy as soon as you walk in the door, people say they feel that energy. “We put our love into this bar, and people feel it,” Riddle, 41, said. The first night was “packed,” according to the owners, and business hasn’t slowed since. in the Andersonville section of Chicago - known informally as “Girlstown” for its once-booming lesbian community - in late May. Nobody’s Darling officially opened its doors at 1744 W. “That’s what we’ve been trying to create.” For more information, check out T’s Restaurant & Bar website.Nobody’s Darling, as it is now called, “is built to be welcoming,” Barnes, 52, told NBC News. If you like T’s, you might also want to check out Spyners Pub, The Closet and Crew Bar + Grill. The servers and bartenders never forget a face and if you frequent the bar often enough they will greet you by name and rush over your favorite drink. Being in Andersonville, T’s is in a great neighborhood and within walking distance to Swedish bakeries, GBLT bookstores, antique shops, and the beer lover’s paradise that is Hopleaf just a block up Clark. There’s also nothing better in summer then sitting outside on their outdoor patio. I like that T’s is big enough to hold the large crowds that gather here on weekends without ever seeming too crowded (excluding Gay Pride weekend). Many Chicago bars offer fundraising events for local businesses and charities and T’s is no different, though with a twist: T’s offers guest bartending every Wednesday, when anyone capable of simple bartending is welcome to do it and the bar will donate 10% of all sales from the night to that charity. Thursday’s cosmoritas and margaritas are $5, and weekend specials are $7 double pints and $5 burgers. On Wednesdays, you can drink any glass of T’s wine for $5 and stuff your face with ribs on an all-you-can-eat basis for $12. The double pint deal continues on Tuesday accompanied by an all-you-can-eat fish fry for $12.50. On Mondays double pints of beer are $6, another crowd-pleaser. Burgers are $5 (real or vegetarian), almost half the price of what they normally are. My absolute favorite T’s special is the Monday night specials. My suggestion is to skip dessert and go straight for the drinks, especially the double pint beers that, depending on the night, you can get for a steal of a deal. They usually only have one dessert, which changes often, isn’t made at the restaurant, and are not very good. If you’re looking for a great dessert to finish off your meal however, T’s is not the place to get one. On the lighter side, they do serve some tasty salads as well. Their typical bar foods like burgers, blackened chicken sandwich, cheese fries and nachos are just as yummy. The three-dish noodle delight comes in a huge bowl served with a Caesar salad that is just as delicious. The menu has gotten better over the years and the macaroni and cheese is to die for-one of the best in the city. However, the quality of food attracts straight couples during the quieter weekday nights when T’s mostly acts as a restaurant. On any given night, and especially weekends, T’s is typically 90% women with 10% being the gay men who love them. In summer months T’s offers a huge outdoor patio that is often packed full, leaving the inside of T’s almost empty. The back room sports a jukebox, pool table, smaller bar, and some tables but is mostly an open space meant for the crowds that pack the place on weekends. T’s front room is used as the restaurant area and also has a full-size bar.
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Located at the southeast corner of Clark Street and Winnemac Avenue in Andersonville, T’s is a lesbian’s dream when it comes to eye candy-I swear that all of the city’s attractive lesbians can be found at T’s on any night of the week. Instead, T’s is all about the ladies! Whether you’re there to play or just observe, you will not be disappointed with the selection. I’m usually not a huge fan of gay bars and come from a city unlike Chicago where they’re all pretty much the same and geared towards gay men. There aren’t enough good things that I can say about T’s Bar & Restaurant.