Celebrate Pride Month in Chicago
via The Goddess and Grocer
This June, let’s celebrate Pride Month in Chicago! From special cocktails & brews to over-the-top bites, these specials are not to be missed. Not only are they delicious, but partial proceeds go back to different charities supporting the LGBTQIA+ community 🌈 Put on your rainbow gear and get our there and explore!
The Goddess and Grocer {Multiple Locations}
Looking for a colorful cake to celebrate Pride? Order a rainbow cake from The Goddess and Grocer and they’ll donate $1 from each slice to the Center on Halsted. If you’ve ever had a sweet treat from The Goddess and Grocer then you already know this one is worth the purchase, and if you haven’t, it’s time to taste for yourself.
LondonHouse {85 East Wacker, Chicago; 312.357.1200}
Head to the LondonHouse for a taste of their decadent “Love is Love” dessert. Order this white chocolate mousse, rainbow cake, sugar cookie, apricot, strawberry, and raspberry masterpiece and 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the Center on Halsted. Does supporting Pride get much better than that?
Hoyt's {71 East Wacker, Chicago; 312.346.9870}
Hoyt’s exclusive Pride Month specialty cocktail—the Studio 54—tops Tito’s vodka with watermelon and lime, and has a presentation that makes us want to party. The $25 cocktail is served in an insulated rainbow disco ball and if you return with your disco ball in the month of June, you’ll get refills for $16. Find your way here to keep the celebration going.
via Flight Club
Flight Club {111 West Wacker, Chicago; 312.284.2474}
This darts destination has transformed their signature mango pisco cocktail, better known as The Vicuña, into a specialty Pride Cocktail. Made with pisco, mango, clove, lime, and egg whites and finished with an eye-catching Pride cocktail topper, this handcrafted sip is a must-try. Flight Club will donate 100% of the proceeds from each Pride Cocktail purchased to benefit Brave Space Alliance.
Solita Tacos & Margaritas {431 North Wells, Chicago; 773.312.4989}
Solita Tacos & Margaritas, the Baja-inspired Mexican restaurant with a California twist is celebrating Pride month with a boozy brunch offering: Solita’s Rainbow Mimosa Bucket ($20) served with sparkling wine and a fruit juice of your choice—watermelon, guava, mango, strawberry, pomegranate, pineapple. Make your way over between 9am and 3pm to partake in the celebration.
Alamo Drafthouse {3519 North Clark, Chicago; 872.298.3961}
Eyes out for ways you can show your support for Pride? The Alamo Drafthouse will be donating a match of up to $5,000 to The Trevor Project. Purchase a ticket to a movie between June 1 and 30 and gain access to the custom cocktail menu and Pride merchandise to support The Trevor Project.
WXYZ {243 East Ontario, Chicago; 312.429.6611}
WXYZ Bar at Aloft on the Magnificent Mile supports the Brewed for All Program by New Belgium. For all of Pride month a $1 donation from every New Belgium and Bell’s pint sold goes toward the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP). The project initiative strives to shatter stereotypes and bias, reveal the lived truth of inequality and build community around art and activism. A pint for the project it is!
By Daisy Bolin | Special Correspondent
