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Bar Sótano is Rick Bayless's basement mezcal bar in River North, Chicago, hosting private parties, happy hours and birthday parties for up to 80 guests. Planners pick it for a night built around agave spirits and Mexican food from the team behind Frontera Grill, in a room that feels hidden from the street.
Groups can take the whole bar as a buyout, which holds up to 70 seated or 80 standing guests. The room sits downstairs behind Xoco at 443 North Clark Street, reached by a door in the alley. A horseshoe-shaped bar anchors it, with high-tops and low tables around it.
Food and drink come from the house: in-house Mexican catering and a bar stocked with mezcal, sotol, raicilla, bacanora and tequila, plus classic and featured cocktail lists. The kitchen serves bar snacks such as habanero-glazed fried chicken bites and entrees like a burger and a wagyu steak. Exposed stone walls, a painted mural and low lighting give an event a late-night feel, and the bar has a PA system and speakers.
A private party or corporate event here runs on Wednesday to Saturday evenings, when the bar is open. Outside catering, BYO alcohol, outside DJs and guests' own music are not allowed for venue hires, and a service charge is added to the bill. Paid parking is nearby, and happy hour runs every day until 6 and all night on Wednesdays.
Bar Sótano is a basement mezcal bar from Rick and Deann Bayless that groups take over for private parties, happy hours and birthday parties. The whole venue holds up to 70 seated or 80 standing guests on Wednesday to Saturday evenings, with food and drinks from the house kitchen and bar.
1 space, smallest first. Prices are starting rates before taxes and fees.
Up to 80 · Private
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In the alley behind Frontera Grill, 443 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654