Gabe's Backstage Lounge

Great late night place in Highwood.  Awesome bartenders. Loud music. Pool table.  Dancing.  Open late!  It's like a place in the city that's not in the city.  Very diverse crowd that coexists pretty well. Some nights, it gets flooded with people from Lake Forest College, though that's not really a bad thing.

Awesome live music.  Get there before the college hip-hop crowd shows up.  Ask for Jorge - he's great!

Gabe's is my BF's place.  When he is happy, he goes to Gabe's.  When he's sad, he goes to Gabe's.  He knows the bartenders, the staff, everyone.

Gabe's is his Gatsby's.  I get it.

I like it, and I'll continue going because my BF likes it.  It's nice to have a place near his house that's like my favorite place near my house.