Blue Leopard Lounge

Blue Leopard Lounge hosts private parties, birthdays and rehearsal dinners for up to 100 guests in an upstairs cocktail lounge in Old Town, Chicago. It is an intimate second-floor bar and restaurant above Kayao on Wells Street, with a late-night, upscale feel that suits a group wanting a lounge to itself.

The lounge is available as a full buyout, so the whole second floor is private for the event. It holds up to 100 guests for a seated dinner or a reception-style party, and the space is set up to suit each event.

Private events come with full-service hospitality, attentive staff and customizable food and drink packages, drawing on a menu of dinner and house cocktails like the espresso martini. The room is dim and warm, with Edison bulbs, blue curtains, round tables and leopard print stools around the bar. DJ services and full production can be added, which suits a birthday party or work party that runs into the night.

The venue plans each buyout with the host, from the food and drink package to the music. The lounge is 21+ during DJ events, though underage guests are allowed for dinner, and food is served until 10PM. Wedding rehearsals, work parties, reunions and other celebrations are the occasions it names for private events.