| Marty's Martini Bar | |
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 Exterior sign, 2023 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2006 |
| Street address | 1511 West Balmoral Avenue |
| City | Chicago |
| State | Illinois |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 60640 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°58′47″N87°40′07″W / 41.9797°N 87.6687°W |
Marty's Martini Bar is a cocktail bar in Andersonville, Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois that opened in 2006. [1]
Marty's Martini Bar is a small, [2] upscale, "Toulouse-Lautrec-styled" cocktail bar in Andersonville, Chicago. [3] [4] The interior features gilt-framed mirrors and posters. [2] The Not for Tourists Guide to Chicago has described the bar as "compact and classy". [5] The guide has also called Marty's a gay bar. [6] Moon Chicago says Marty's "becomes a gay bar late at night". [7] In 2016, Time Out Chicago said of the clientele: "it seems the straight folk tend to show up first for a predinner cocktail and the gay crowd comes later. Like gentrification, but in reverse." [8]
The Chicago Tribune has said the "cozy" bar serves "classic" cocktails. [9] Drinks come to two sizes. The menu has included the Black Velvet, Cosmopolitans, [10] the Crème brûlée, the Dirty Bird (olive juice and blue cheese-stuffed olives), [2] and the Pineapple Upside-Down martini. [3]
Fodor's has said the bar serves "some of the tastiest cocktails in town". [11] Marty's was included in Eater Chicago 's 2014 list of the city's ten "most overlooked" cocktail bars. [10] In 2022, Shone Palmer of San Diego Gay and Lesbian News included Marty's in an overview of Chicago's best gay bars, writing: "Marty's Martini Bar is the best place to go if a night in with candles, a glass of wine, and sade playing on vinyl seems like your idea of a good time. You won't find a more spectacular or fantastic homosexual bar in all of Chicago than this one. The club successfully combines coziness, luxury, and comfort. There's a reason why people go to Marty's: the atmosphere is friendly, the service is impeccable, and the drinks are top-notch." [12]
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