{"id":194400,"date":"2025-09-02T15:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/194400\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:10:19","slug":"iconic-british-steakhouse-hawksmoor-debuts-new-chicago-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/194400\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic British Steakhouse Hawksmoor Debuts New Chicago Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s no shortage of steakhouses in Chicago, so it was not surprising when the UK\u2019s famed Hawksmoor<\/a> opened its doors at the iconic LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse last year. The more than 16,000-square-foot restaurant landed in River North following a New York City debut in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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This month, Hawksmoor introduces Beef & Liberty Bar, an all-new, 40-seat bar and lounge on the restaurant\u2019s second floor. Drawing inspiration from the motherland, the London-style cocktail den is outfitted with exposed brick, glossy paneling, plush booths and moody decor reminiscent of swanky Soho watering holes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy HawksmoorHawksmoor bartender Katie Renshaw <\/p>\n

Chicagoan Katie Renshaw, 2019 World Class US Bartender of the Year, serves as lead bartender, alongside bar director and Hawksmoor veteran Liam Davy. \u201cThis menu takes its cue from the cocktail renaissance that swept through London in the late `90s and early `00s,\u201d says Davy. \u201cIt was glamorous, but with real London swagger. Rockstars, supermodels, gangsters and geezers, side-by-side in dark Soho basements sipping new drinks, many of which have become modern classics\u2026 The new [bar] channels this cultural and cocktailing vibrancy of London at the turn of the millennium.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy Hawksmoor <\/p>\n

Drinks like the Park Lane Cosmo and \u2018Ello Treacle (rum-spiked Old Fashioned) nod to Hawksmoor\u2019s UK roots. Also on offer will be the new Duke\u2019s Martini, served at a chilling -2\u00b0F in insulated flasks, as well as cult favorites like Shaky Pete\u2019s Ginger Brew and the Sour Cherry Negroni. Classic British bar snacks like sausage rolls with Cabot cloth-bound cheddar and scotch eggs with smoked apple ketchup round out the menu.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy Hawksmoor <\/p>\n

Beef & Liberty Bar will continue to host world-renowned bars from across the globe (London\u2019s Satan\u2019s Whiskers and Bangkok\u2019s Vesper previously popped up there). A series of iconic London bars is slated to take over throughout 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s no shortage of steakhouses in Chicago, so it was not surprising when the UK\u2019s famed Hawksmoor opened…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[10633,960,5386,1818,65560,988],"class_list":{"0":"post-194400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-categories-restaurants","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-news-drinking","13":"tag-restaurants"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115135344360770651","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}