CHICAGO ( WGN ) — A world-renowned bar in the Loop closed its doors for good last week.
The Milk Room—a speakeasy bar on the second floor of the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel—permanently closed its doors Friday, Feb. 28, according to someone with knowledge of the bar who spoke to WGN News.
Ranked as one of America’s Top 50 bars by The World’s 50 Best in 2023, the Milk Room was a small, intimate bar that sat eight people at a time and was illuminated almost completely by candlelight…