Junior's Sports Lounge, Chicago

Smack in the middle of UIC's University Village, Junior's is a haven for grown-ups of all ages. Daily specials, such as cocktails and wings, a mojito menu—featuring the Passion Mojito, made with Bacardi Coco and cubes of fresh pear—that would tempt even the lightest of drinkers provides a charming blend of college sports bar and swank lounge. If the dozens of flatscreen TVs flashing Bulls, Bears, and Sox games don't move you, maybe the Friday and Saturday late-night DJs will get you up and groovin'. At the end of a long weekend, the Sunday "Blues Brunch" brings local blues musicians to soothe and entertain hungover diners.

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