“This area is booming,” Robertson said in a statement. The bar group is returning to Uptown with 2 Bears Tavern because of the changes coming to Broadway and Wilson Avenue, where two apartment complexes currently under construction will bring hundreds of new apartments to the immediate area. Robertson co-owned pioneering gay sports bar Crew in Uptown, which closed in 2017. Robertson and Sullivan’s 2Bears Tavern Group own SoFo Tap and Meeting House Tavern in Andersonville and Jackhammer in Rogers Park. In carrying on the Nick’s tradition, 2 Bears Tavern will have a late night tavern license. The new bar will be an LGBTQ-focused, dog-friendly tavern that will have an approachable and friendly atmosphere. The move will bring a new neighborhood bar to a Wilson Avenue storefront that housed Nick’s for three years before its pandemic-caused closure. will become home to 2 Bears Tavern Uptown, owners Mark Robertson and Mike Sullivan announced this week. The former Nick’s On Wilson spot at 1140 W.
UPTOWN - The owners of several popular late night spots on the Far North Side will take over the home of a legendary Uptown hangout, bringing a new LGBTQ bar to the neighborhood this fall.
