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Boystown?   (Chicago Tribune file photo ) April 10, 2013|By Zach
Stafford, @zachstafford | For RedEye  I'll admit it: I go to
Boystown too much.  It's not unusual for me to eat dinner on a
Monday at Wood, grab a few drinks on a Thursday at Scarlet and
hang out on the rooftop at Sidetrack on a nice summer Sunday.
Boystown is my go-to, my very own Cheers, but on a larger scale.
I'm certainly not alone, but as the weather starts to warm and
the bar scene beckons ever more urgently, I keep asking myself:
Is this really a good use of my time in Chicago, a progressive
city with so much to do? Do I need to bust out of Boystown for a
change? I'm not so sure.  LGBT people understand what I'm
talking about. Boystown is a gay refuge, rainbow pillars and
all. It's become the place that we, as a community, have built
for ourselves over the years at times when most of society told
us we had no place. And in regards to going out, it's a
community where many gay folks