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TAO Chicago
Type: Dance Club, Late Night / After Hours
10Best Says
If you want to feel as though you're in Vegas, don your stilettos and head to TAO Chicago, the midwest outpost of the Las Vegas and NYC nightclubs.
Upstairs from the massive Pan Asian restaurant,... Read More
If you want to feel as though you're in Vegas, don your stilettos and head to TAO Chicago, the midwest outpost of the Las Vegas and NYC nightclubs.
Upstairs from the massive Pan Asian restaurant, the other half of the TAO Chicago experience is a 7,000-square-foot nightclub that you enter through 100-year-old Chinese doors then down a lantern-lit exterior alley.
Sip cocktails (but know that bathroom lines can feel interminable), order bottle service and peruse the multi-sensory scene in the intimate front nightclub space or the expansive rear room set underneath a 10-foot bell and sparkly disco ball. The two nightclubs are separated by an operable wall that transforms into a one-room venue. Expect some top-tier artists and DJs.
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EXPERT TIPS BY:
Jacky Runice
Chicago Local Expert
- Dance Clubs: "Do yourself a favor and get there before 11 pm on weekends or entry is iffy."
- Best for Dance Clubs Because: If BIG is your jam, you'll find it at the 34,000 square-foot venue TAO: sounds, sights, dance floor and crowds.