Cruising & Fetish
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Northalsted
Northalsted leather and fetish-oriented gay bar with cruising-forward nights.
International Mr. Leather, the leather title contest held in Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend since 1979, with a vendor mart and parties that draw leather enthusiasts from around the world.
Rogers Park
Rogers Park leather bar open since 1977, for leathermen and bears, and open late.
Leather and LGBTQ+ bar that revived the Chicago Eagle name in May 2026 in the old Baton Show Lounge building in Uptown, with a street-level bar and patio, a basement of bars and dance floors, and gear nights.