This year saw the openings of many significant event and meeting venues in Chicago, including restaurants from big-name chefs, private rooms, hotels, bars, lounges, event spaces, a revamped convention center, and even a bakery that hosts cupcake-frosting parties for adults. Here's a look at the most notable venues to open in Chicago in 2011.
Photo: Courtesy of Public Chicago
1. Public Chicago
Photo: Courtesy of Public Chicago
2. Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel
Photo: Courtesy of Radisson Blu
3. The Tinley Park Convention Center
Photo: Steven Johnson Photography
4. Greenhouse Loft
Photo: Courtesy of Greenhouse Loft
5. Private Dining by Sepia
Photo: Jacob Hand
6. Paris Club
Photo: Anjali Pinto Photography
7. Hubbard Inn
Photo: Neil Burger
8. Public House
Photo: Matty Wolin
9. Magnolia
Photo: Courtesy of Magnolia Bakery
10. Barrelhouse Flat
Photo: Jessie Li Rola