Normally, I frequent Doc Ryan's in Forest Park. However, a co-worker invited me to check out its sister location in Elmhurst, claiming it was a rockin’ location during the weekends. I refused to believe it: Elmhurst isn’t exactly a party-riffic community. Nevertheless, I met him at the bar, which is a bit smaller than the location in Forest Park. In the hours we spent there, the place grew increasingly packed with clean-cut good-looking suburbanites in their 20s (I suspect they were all either locals still living at home or students from nearby colleges). I was shocked – shocked! – to see this level of frenetic bar activity in such a quiet location. If you are young, single, living in the west suburbs and looking for some "hotties"—but are too lazy to drive to Chicago to do so—this isn’t a bad substitute. A final tip: You can order pizza across the street and bring it back into the bar to munch on (they don’t mind).
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