Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Do yourself a favor and see what our city has to offer musically by supporting Russian Circles, The Atlas Moth, Ledge, The Swan King, J’ard Loose, Jungle Rot, La Armada, Harm’s Way, Bloodiest, Melting Sun, Sarin, and the many others that make up the rich heavy music landscape that makes this city amazing. We also take great pride in supporting the Chicago heavy music community at large. Our bars feature an exclusive selection of small label whiskeys and many other varieties of alcoholic and non-alcoholic libations as well as carrying the distinction of being able to offer several whiskeys on tap. We encourage you to read over our menu and seek out information on the wide selection of rotating craft brews and spirits we carry year round. Which means we don’t carry Miller Lite and we don’t carry Budweiser. We support purveyors that are local and homegrown. So we encourage you to ask your server about the charity of the month and consider donating to what we feel are worthy and deserving causes. As such, we feel it is our obligation to give back to the communities that support us and support our love for meat and heavy metal. We’ve been extremely fortunate to show host to thousands of dedicated eaters from locales near and far. From our origins as a corner bar with solid American bistro fare, we’ve grown to five locations that offer the finest burgers available on this planet or any other. He may claim to love his gaijin, but before he can keep Ken safe, Shigure will have to overcome hostility from his people, a hidden enemy, and, the most insidious opponent of all, his own hard-won pride.Kuma’s started in 2005 with its flagship location at the corner of Belmont and Francisco avenues in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. He s been trying to keep the peace with the Daito-kai his hated rivals but the danger on the streets is escalating, threatening those Shigure most wants to protect. Shigure is a dangerous man in a dangerous position.

Ken s expertise at kendo is not his most striking quality it s the passion beneath his quiet, almost fragile exterior that ignites Shigure's lust, and the two come together as explosively as they spar.

Shigure is even more pleased when he discovers Ken not only speaks Japanese fluently, but is fluent in Japan's ways, even the more violent of the martial arts. When yakuza underboss Shigure Matsunaga meets Kenneth Harris at a boring social event, he s surprised to find himself attracted to the blond gaijin with the mismatched eyes. Shigure is even more pleased when he discovers Ken not only speaks Japanese.

Yakuza pride