Whether you'd like to join today's Unofficial Worldcon Pub Crawl in Chicago from the start, or want to meet up with us somewhere along the route, here's the revised itinerary I've come up. It involves three train rides and only two cab rides, and gets us all over the North Side to some great brewpubs and beer bars:
11:00 am: Group meets at front entrance of Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Dr.
Transit: Walk to CTA Blue Line at Clark/Lake, ride (in direction of O'Hare) to California stop
11:30 am: Revolution Brewing, 2323 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Transit: Cabs to 4300 N. Lincoln Ave. (Lincoln & Cullom)
1:00 pm (approx): The Bad Apple, 4300 N. Lincoln Ave. (main lunch destination, excellent burgers and beer)
Transit: Cabs to 5148 N. Clark St. (Clark & Foster)
2:30 pm (approx): Andersonville beer bars (all of which have very good food)
Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St.
Lady Gregory's, 5260 N. Clark St.
Acre, 5308 N. Clark St.
Transit: Walk to CTA Red Line at Berwyn/Broadway, ride (in the direction of 95th/Dan Ryan) to Belmont stop, transfer to Brown Line, ride (in the direction of the Loop) to Diversey stop
5:30 pm (approx): Atlas Brewing Company, 2747 N. Lincoln Ave.
Transit: Walk to CTA Brown Line at Diversey/Sheffield, ride (in the direction of the Loop) to State/Lake stop, walk back to Hyatt
7:00 pm (approx): Arrive back at the Hyatt Regency Chicago
CAVEAT: This itinerary is subject to change, so watch the hashtag #ChiconPubCrawl on Twitter if you want to meet up with us along the route. I'll be posting our locations all day.
