On Thursday, you'll probably be visiting your family—and purely by coincidence, we've put together this list of places to drink the night (or two nights) before. Below, our picks for the top five pre-Thanksgiving parties…
Around Thanksgiving, we remember what big fans we are of turkey legs. Come to think of it, we're fans of all kinds of legs, which is exactly why this Tuesday night competition (for a $500 prize) made it to our list of Wednesday parties. Oh, and good luck.
Start your evening a little early at this Randolph Street party pad, which is hosting a complimentary bar for the first hour. And in addition to its usual arsenal of DJ-driven beats, it's offering complementary glow-in-the-dark T-shirts from Chii Clothing…just in case you need a night-light on your chest.
In addition to gratis canapés, chair massages from Juvenesse Spa and $7 cocktails, you'll find Colin Egglesfield of Melrose Place at the Lincoln Park playpen promoting his line of T-shirts, featuring removable type. Which makes him sort of like the Gutenberg of the CW.
Thursday is about turkey, but Wednesday remains taco night. Here, you'll have a DJ pumping out Top 40 as you graze the all-you-can-eat taco bar and partake in free-flowing sangria, Mexican beer, margaritas and cocktails—basically, a scene very reminiscent of Plymouth Rock.
The biggest party of the night takes over the ballrooms of the downtown W, offering a performance by club vixen Hadley, five high-energy DJs and discounts to the afterparty at Crobar—though we suspect you'll be most thankful for having a bed just an elevator ride away.
