Bar Pendry

Bar Pendry is the fireside cocktail bar inside Pendry Chicago in the Loop, Chicago, hosting receptions, birthday parties and private events for up to 75 guests. It sits just off the hotel lobby in the Art Deco Carbide & Carbon Building, so groups get an intimate, polished room with a full hotel events team behind it.

The bar itself is the event space: about 1,750 square feet, tucked off the lobby, with room for up to 75 guests, seated or at a standing reception. Pendry Chicago describes it as an intimate and exclusive fireside lounge and suggests it for small welcome receptions, birthdays and intimate soirees, and it also suits happy hours and late-night cocktail gatherings.

The setting is moody and warm, with heavy drapery, a curated art collection and a double-sided fireplace. The bar pours handcrafted cocktails, fine wines and beers alongside small plates and desserts, and for events the hotel tailors the food and cocktail offering to the group. In the holiday season, live jazz trios play by the fireplace on Saturday afternoons.

Events are planned with Pendry Chicago's events specialists, who offer full-service planning and work through the menu, cocktails, decor and entertainment with each host. The hotel's entrance and valet are on the Wacker Place side, and the Clark/Lake and Washington/Wabash stations are about a 10 minute walk.