Bar & restaurant design and hospitality solutions


Chicago Bar Shop specializes in custom commercial bar design, luxury residential bars, and installation with superior style, attention to detail, and timeless craftsmanship. We offer custom millwork and cabinetry, hospitality consulting & hospitality technology solutions.

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What We Do

We build and design exceptional bars & restaurants, and bring decades of experience in building, designing, owning, and running restaurant operations to our peers and clients.

Highlights

  • 500+ Bars Built
  • Our Own Mill Shops
  • Nationwide Installation

What We Bring

Custom built bars, re-purposed wood furnishings, and interactive digital signage-our one-of-a-kind showroom features everything to build the bar of your dreams. And, 40+ years of experience.

We Offer

  • Full-Service Hospitality Solutions
  • Start-Up Consulting
  • Hospitality Technology Solutions

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Custom Bar Designs

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Chicago Bar Shop specializes in custom residential and commercial bar design, building, and installation with superior style, attention to detail and timeless craftsmanship.


Premium custom gold leaf wooden signs, digital signage, repurposed furnishings and decor from reclaimed materials, custom millwork, and exquisitely finished tin ceilings are just a few high-end conveniences that we offer to elevate your bar to a never imagined level of quality and beauty. With over 100 years of experience in hospitality, discerning clients, bars, restaurants, clubs & pubs all know where to turn. Proudly made in the USA, we stand behind our professionally installed bars with warranties of excellence for years to come.

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We build bars, and hospitality solutions.

Custom Home and Restaurant Bar Design

Custom Bar Design

Start to finish, concept and layouts- drawings, design, build and install.


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Commercial Bars

Professional commercial bar design for bars, restaurants, hotels, and clubs.


Home Bars Residential Bar Construction

Home Bars

Residential bars for homes, estates, and basements with professional installation.

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Custom Gold Leaf Wooden Signs

Hand crafted and custom designed, our gold leaf wood signs will make a statement.


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Chicago Tin Ceilings

Unique finishing details such as tin ceilings can make or break the look of your new bar. Our tin ceilings come in finishes and styles for all.


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Interactive Electronics

We've partnered with some of the largest names in commercial grade electronics to provide cutting edge new technologies and digital signage.

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Bar Equipment

Get your new bar up and running with new bar and restaurant equipment.


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Custom Wood Furniture | Custom Millwork

Extend your bar's look into your restarunt or home with custom millwork, wood furniture, shelving, and woodworking.


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Bar Stools and Pub Tables

Residential bars for homes, estates, and basements with professional installation.

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Arcade & Game Rooms

Finish your new bar with entertainment! Bar games, arcade games, Foosball (and more!) Or let us help you create a totally separate game room to house the fun stuff.


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Wine Rooms

Custom wine rooms, wine cellars, custom wood wine cabinets.


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Man Caves

Want a custom bar built in your mancave? Add big screens, arcade games, and decor- we can help. Come check out our showroom!

Building the Bar of Your Dreams

From custom built bars to repurposed wood furnishings, state of the art electronics, arcade games, interactive and digital signage (and so much more) our one-of-a-kind showroom features everything you need to build the bar of your dreams.
Custom bars for business or home.


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Chicago Bar Designer & Builder

Declan

President

& Co-Founder


Declan Morgan is our authentic Irish influence. He designs and builds amazing bars all over Chicago & even owns a few so that's a total bonus. You'll want to talk to Declan about building your new commercial or residential bar or remodeling/ updating your current bar.



Chicago Bar Builders and Designers

John

Master Bar Builder


John Wray is a well known name (and quite a legend) in the world of professional bar building for his classic wood and traditional Brunswick style crafted bars. Anyone who says "They don't make 'em like they used to" has never seen a John Wray built bar.



Chicago Bar Builders and Designers

Candace

CEO


Candace Morgan has more than 15 years experience providing management & business development in the hospitality, sales, and marketing fields. She excels at cultivating start-­ups and improving a restaurant's "bottom line," in addition to heading up operations at Chicago Bar Shop.


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Ed

VP of Sales


Ed Baur is our VP of Sales, and the "go to guy." With over 20 years in sales, Ed can help turn your budget into a dream bar.


 

RESIDENTIAL | COMMERCIAL

Chicago Bar Shop specializes in custom residential and commercial bar design, and installation with superior style, attention to detail, and timeless craftsmanship. We offer custom millwork and cabinetry, hospitality consulting & products.

From custom built bars to repurposed wood furnishings, state of the art electronics, arcade games, interactive and digital signage (and so much more) our one-of-a-kind showroom features
everything to build the commercial or residential bar of your dreams.

Visit our 2,500 square foot bar shop and showroom in the heart of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. We are open for both bar industry professionals and individual homeowners who want to create a unique bar experience. Shop bar tools and accessories now online HERE!

Get in Touch


Feel free to email us, phone us, smoke signal us, carrier pigeon us, or visit our Lincoln Park Showroom. Need directions or a private bar design consultation? Give us a call: 312-473-2277

Hours


Days Hours

Tuesday–Thursday 11am – 6pm

Friday 11am – 5pm

Saturday  10am – 7pm

Sunday  11am – 5pm


Contact


Address 921 W Armitage Ave

Phone 312.473.BARS

Email (See Contact Page)