1. EachPod

Wintrust Business Minute: Sidetrack aims to be first gay bar inside a U.S. airport

Author
wgnradio.com
Published
Fri 20 Jun 2025
Episode Link
https://wgnradio.com/?p=2603122

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute.

One of Chicago’s most well-known gay bars wants to move into O’Hare Airport. Block Club Chicago reports Sidetrack is joining forces with restaurant operator German Gonzalez to bid on a space inside Terminal One. If approved, it would be the first gay bar inside an airport in the U.S. There’ll be a lot of competition for the space and a decision on the winning bid is likely months away. The Sidetrack owners would license the name of their North Halsted bar and be investors while Gonzalez would run the bar operations. 

Also, unrest in the Middle East has prompted United and American Airlines to suspend some service. Listen for more below:



Recent Posts






Wintrust Business Lunch




Share to: