{"id":98880801,"date":"2012-03-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/apps-to-help-you-find-the-perfect-bar-in-chicago\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T03:27:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T07:27:50","slug":"apps-to-help-you-find-the-perfect-bar-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/apps-to-help-you-find-the-perfect-bar-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps to Help You Find the Perfect Bar in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago<\/a> bar scene is plentiful, and for travellers visiting the Windy City, trying to choose a place to spend a good night out can be overwhelming.<\/p>\n

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Luckily, smartphone apps<\/a> just keep getting better and better.<\/p>\n

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Yes, you can now use a phone to help you pick a new watering hole in the Windy City, or choose a new hot spot and get a discount at the same time! Are you as amazed as I am?<\/p>\n

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Well…just keep reading.<\/p>\n

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Drink Deck \u2013 Chicago<\/strong><\/a>: Drink Deck is like a deck of 52 playing cards on your iPhone or Android.\u00a0 Each card has a bar and a discount of anywhere between $10 and 30% off your food, drink or both.\u00a0 Choose from a list of nearby bars pinpointed on a map or from genres, such as wine bars, dive bars, beer bars or gastropubs. Price:\u00a0 $29.99<\/p>\n

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SceneTap \u2013 Chicago<\/a>: SceneTap helps you figure out which bar you\u2019d like to hang out with on a given night in Chicago.\u00a0 It does this by providing real time numbers on how many people are there, the male-female ratio, and the average ages.\u00a0 Is there anything worse than wanting a quiet night at a pub only to find your favourite spot packed to the brim with college kids? In addition to real-time numbers, the app provides deals and discounts at certain establishments, and with social media integration, you can definitely share where you\u2019ll be with your friends. Price:\u00a0 Free<\/p>\n

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Findmytap<\/a>: If you\u2019re craving a certain sort of brew while in the Windy City, all you have to do is bust out the Findmytap app to track down establishments that can quench your thirst.\u00a0 Get directions to the bars you find (using geolocation search), leave reviews, update the app with new bars you find, and create a favourites list. So, if your day is feeling like a Guinness day or perhaps a Blue Moon kind of evening, then hop on the app and see where you\u2019ll end up in the future. Price:\u00a0 Free<\/p>\n

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Of course travelers boarding flights to Chicago<\/a> should never rely solely on technology to plan their Windy City itinerary.\u00a0 You should always leave a little room for spontaneity \u2013 hopping into bars and restaurants that call to you on the spot.\u00a0 Who knows — maybe the establishment is new or just so underground that the apps don\u2019t have it listed yet. Only one way to find out!<\/p>\n

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CC Flickr photo credit: Seth Anderson <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Chicago bar scene is plentiful, and for travellers visiting the Windy City, trying to choose a place to spend a good night out can be overwhelming.   Luckily, smartphone apps just keep getting better and better.   Yes, you can now use a phone to help you pick a new watering hole in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98880801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98880801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98896857,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880801\/revisions\/98896857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98880801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98880801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98880801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}