Michelle Fire is the owner of Big Chicks lounge and gallery in the Uptown neighborhood, and Tweet, the breakfast place next door. When she started, the space was an old-man’s bar frequented by the residents of nearby subsidized housing. When the artwork, entirely of women, went up the LGBTQ clientele started showing up to drink, eat, and dance. Big Chicks earned the reputation of being a very welcoming and accepting place for everyone. In recent years it has made the list of best neighborhood bars, best gay, and best lesbian bars. In 2018 it was featured in Bon Appetite.

Honorary Big Chicks Way

5000 block of North Sheridan Road

Approved: October 2016

Ward: 48
Alderman: Osterman
Neighborhood: Uptown

Source

YouTube playlist: Big Chicks. Honorary Chicago