Rooftop opening, West Loop

Door, floor, and the table nobody had remembered to look after.

Hospitality

Client
Halstead House
Where
Chicago, West Loop
When
September 2025
Booked for
Opening night, hosting

An opening night for a rooftop bar: four hundred names on a tablet, a skyline doing most of the work, and a kitchen running twenty minutes behind. I moved the waiting end of the list into the far corner with a tray and nobody noticed the delay.

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The roof at capacity.
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Four hundred names, checked twice.
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The magenta wall everyone photographed.
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Moving trays while the kitchen caught up.
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At the rail with two of the owners' friends.
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Ten minutes where nothing needed me.
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Seating the corner table at last.
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The city, which never stopped being the point.
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