{"id":14777,"date":"2017-03-09T17:27:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=14777"},"modified":"2019-10-15T10:52:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:52:57","slug":"chicago-cocktail-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/chicago-cocktail-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Raise Your Glasses at the 2nd Annual Chicago Cocktail Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"arIndex_0\">Are you a cocktail connoisseur or a casual cocktail lover? Ever want to go to all of Chicago&#8217;s amazing cocktail lounges at once and sample as much as you can? There&#8217;s an event coming up just for you.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tickets for the 2017 Chicago Cocktail Summit are on sale now! Check out our list of speakers and reserve your spot. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Y1JdL2Pec\">https:\/\/t.co\/7Y1JdL2Pec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4q9ys78Ip0\">pic.twitter.com\/4q9ys78Ip0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cocktail Summit (@CocktailSummit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CocktailSummit\/status\/837730686777843712\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"arIndex_1\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cocktailsummit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2nd Annual Chicago Cocktail Summit<\/a> is pretty much the pinnacle of cocktail enthusiasm in the Windy City, and it&#8217;s making a return April 2-3 at the Logan Theatre, 2646 North Milwaukee Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural summit was so successful that reprising it was a no-brainer.\u00a0\u201cLike last year, day one is curated with the home cocktail enthusiast in mind, and day two for the industry professional,&#8221; says Billy Helkamp, co-founder of the summit and co-owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/whistlerchicago.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Whistler<\/a>. &#8220;However, we took a lot of care to offer more crossover programming each day so bar and restaurant pros, as well as casual cocktail connoisseurs will get a lot out of both days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"arIndex_3\">There&#8217;ll be panels, seminars, tastings, demos, and cocktail experts on-site. 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