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2.0 of 5 stars.
Walking into this place reminder me of all the freshman dances you see on tv. Walked down the stairs to see about 15 people standing awkwardly in different corners of the place. One girl was dancing...
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
It's where I send my enemies.The one redeeming quality of the joint is that they have TVs outside with live feeds from inside, so you can see exactly how overrun with trixies and douchebags the place...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place sucks. Period. Only reason I ever went here is because I knew someone who bartended and I would go in and get free drinks. It was basically his way of bribing me to come in because he hated...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
OK, so if you're from the suburbs, or Indiana, or way out of town - then this place is for you. Bar Chicago is overrun with soccer moms getting all dolled up for girls night out and the douchebags...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You have to be in the right mentality before you walk into this place. Be prepared to enter an atmosphere that will probably remind you of a college party. The bar is very dark & dirty. The...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
After 83 reviews, I've been wondering which establishment would earn the privilege of gaining my first one-star review. Well folks, here it is.In short, this place just sucks.I'm sure when I was 19 or...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place maybe the worst tourist hang out in Chicago. Bar Chicago is on a strip of crazy and out of control bars but why does every suburban mom who is having a "girls night out" want to go here or...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I wish this place would just die in a fire already. Who goes here?HONESTLY!
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Paid a $5 cover and I only stayed for a drink. I was there around 1am on a Saturday night, and the place wasn't even half full. It was depressing.The only upside was that if you're a girl and are...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Let me sum it up in one word......BORING! The bartender was nice but the club was EMPTY I swear besides my friend there were like 8 other ppl. I'm the type that tries to make the best out of the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I'm pretty sure I lose a little self-respect every time I go here. It's always College Spring Break at Bar Chicago . . . girls flashing their boobs, dancing on bars, guys taking shirts off and...
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I like to tell people that I don't go out and look for trouble, it comes to me. Bar Chicago was proof of this! Literally not two minutes after sitting down here come two guys out of nowhere asking...
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The one and only time I went in there it was dead so me and my friends started a game of flippy cup. The small ass pitchers of beer were kinda pricey for the size, but at least it wasn't the floors...
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This is a very interesting place to wind up at times. Everytime I have been inside of this place I was forced to go inside by friends of mine that are enticed by the guy at the door screaming free...
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
So, like a lot of the people, I was here for a bachelorette party. I was weary about the whole thing, but when we walked in Ice Ice Baby was playing and I thought maybe I had miss judged. Leave it to...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I forgot the part about how my friend was assaulted by the male bathroom attendant. He said it was OK to use the men's room since the line for the women's was insanely long, but then as "payment" for...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2008
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I had a fun time when i went to Bar Chicago. Of course when your in the city drinks are going to be expensive so keep in mind of that. The bar isn't as big as i though so its just minimal seating and a large...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/11/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
TOP 5: Dislikes1. bachelorette parties like CRAZY 2. number one spot for suburban kids coming to the city-UGH3. TOURIST TOURIST TOURIST!!!4. bathroom attendant---ANd its dirty5. cover chargethe...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This joint looks like a sorry strip club, but with a cool door man. The guy was trying to get folks in and offering a free shot of anything with a drink purchase, best 6 bucks i ever spent, 2 miller...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
It was empty when we came here, with the exception of some girls dancing on the bar and a few creeps. Weird? yes.
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
My little sister had her 21st birthday here a few weeks ago.She's from the suburbs, and she wanted to go out in the city and....this is where she picked.My job for the evening was to insure she and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
No, no, no! Okay I'm not sure if this is the MAJOR hangover I have right now or the fact that I'm at work, but Bar Chicago is the last place I want to be on a night out. It was empty on a Thursday...
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Yikes. I went here a few years ago, and I must have been way way drunk, becuase I remember having a good time. I went again this weekend, and it was like being at a frat mixed with about 10...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
To quote Triumph the insult comic dog ( this place is only good for me to poop on!!). I ended up in here by pure accident and it was just a total disaster. Toothless,ugly, trashy women from I believe...
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Look, it's not perfect, but if you want to dance with the bride-to-be at her bachelor party, and turn her over to the dark side, there's no better place to be.
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This is the antithesis of all that I look for in a watering hole. The flashing lights, putrid clientele, cheesy top 40 tunes set to a brutal techno beat, go go dancers behind white screens, obnoxious...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I ended up here midway through my day of drinking on St Patrick's day mostly because it was the only bar on Division with no cover, no line, and awesome beer specials. Admittedly I had fun but that...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I actually think this is a fun place to go to with a group of friends. We took my cousin here to celebrate his 21st bday and the bartender was really cool about it and gave him free shots all night!...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place always reminds me of a dance club in a college town. They play good dance music, the crowd is pretty laid back, and there are usually beer and drinks all over the floor. It's a good place...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
For me it was more of a bar than a club..too bright , but good music, went in a group n had a very nice time, but would not go there again since there r many good night clubs such as sound bar or club...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Crappy, trashy and everything else bad you can imagine.There is a midget who runs around on the bar pouring drinks into peoples mouths. Its just a shame they won't let me give 0 stars
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Plastic cups, terrible music, big crowds, & need I even mention under-agers?Yuck.I ended up here for a friend's 21st b-day, & even back then - being young & somewhat impressionable - I was NOT...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ya know, this isn't a bad place. The only reason I think people give it such a bad name is because of all the other clich-but-highly-rated clubs around it. This isn't a place where, if you're a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Personally, the last thing I want to see when I'm drunk is a midget walking across the bar pouring shots into people's mouths. I get that enough when I'm sober.Seriously, this place is awful. I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place gets my vote for sleeziest bar in chicago. I have been to strip clubs that I felt more comfortable in. (at least there the girls know what they are in for) Most of the guys are downright...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm with Amy H... but Bar Chicago is one of my guilty pleasures, whenever I'm in Chicago and looking for pure juvenile debauchery without pretense.Why I like it? Well, there are lots of bars, beer...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Total dive bar. The place is trashy and its a place to get drunk and trashed. Great for kids in college or just out. Its a place to watch drunk people do stupid shit.
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Hey Bar, remember me? You gave me a few free parties? Oh, you give those to EVERYONE that signs up for your e-mail list. Hmmm... Well, remember the time your staff slapped Bar Chicago stickers all...
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2007
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BAR is a great place to go for something different. From the clientel, which ranges from the young twenties to the young-at-heart fifty-somethings and yes some suburbanites and tourists, and the complete...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I personally liked it. The music is just what you want to hear when you're drinking! Everyone is dancing. It"s like one huge party. I'll be back soon.
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
My God! I have seen Hell, and I don't like it. I honestly feel like I need a tetnus shot for being here. My buddy needed me to help him "save" the girl he is seeing from her time spent there with a...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
It's not like staring-into-a-portal-to-hell awful, but I wouldn't do backflips to come here either. In-fact, I don't think I'd ever go here again if I had my way. Like other reviews say, it's a good...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
My friend "won" an open tab from 8-10pm. It became abundantly clear early on that the owners just want warm drunk bodies in the place so that when the tourists saunter in, they think they've...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Please note that I've averaged a three because I give bar chicago a 4-5 for people who are just or not quite 21 and haven't ever gone out before, but a 1-2 for anyone else. My friends and I used to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
ohhh Bar Chicago ... for the 18-23 set. did i love going here? No. did i enjoy it? YES. $hit i danced on the bar numerous times, got the shot pours. I even had the obligatory birthday party...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Judge it for what it is, not what you think it should beJust as it is possible for a wine to earn a professional rating of 90 even though it doesn't suit your personal taste, I would argue Bar...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am so embarrassed to write this review. I really, really am. Please don't judge me, Yelpers. Please?Bar Chicago is my guilty pleasure. Basically, it's a bar full of assholes and whores getting...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The interior of this place looks rather dirty, looks as if it hasn't been cleaned for ages, yuck! Also I would be scared to go in without a guy because there is a continous bumping and grinding done...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
So I'm going to admit that I've actually been to this place...yeah I'm the last guy that should even walk foot into this place. First of all, I've never had an interest in picking up a girl at a...
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I don't frequent trashy places, but this is without question the trashiest place I've been to in Chicago. It appears to me that 90% of the guys are either current or recently washed up frat boys...
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't even been to this bar and I'm scared! We won a free party and we will glady go drink their beer but I feel like I may have to call my friends and make sure they wear the proper...
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
it's not a bad place but i do concur with the previous posts about plastic cups and dense crowd. I think that this place has a name outside of chicago (in fact i heard about it in San Francisco) and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/27/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Ick. This place was fun back when I was 21, but now that I'm old and grouchy, Bar Chicago is not for me. It's filled with all kinds of under agers, or over 50 crowd, and everyone there is looking to...
yelp.com - user review - 11/27/2006
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This bar is just for tourists and college kids (or those who never went to college). For those of you who have gotten binge drinking out of your system, avoid this joint at all costs.
citysearch.com - user review - 11/20/2006
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If you want to dance on top of bar and have a bartender pour drinks in your mouth, then this is the place to go. It's a great place to dance to the latest music and have a no frills good time
citysearch.com - user review - 11/13/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
yeeeeah COLLEGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I was dragged here to meet up with my boyfriends under-age cousin. That pretty much sums it up. All I will say is props to the bartenders who make mad...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you want a bar teeming with women this is the place. Every bachlorette party seems to go here. It is true that it usually is suburban people but the ratio is definitely in a guy's favor.The music...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2006
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Nice place to go with your friends. Luv it. Come here for a drink or chat. You have not been here? Then you should definitely go!
citysearch.com - user review - 09/30/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
No. No. No. This place is miserable. It's fine for ignorant tourists. But I never understand why people that live in Chicago would want to go here. Pick someplace that's got some character (like...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2006
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place does not attempt to be classy. if youre looking for classy, go elsewhere. bartenders will stand on the bar and pour the booze down your throat. girls dance on top of bars. bump and grind non stop. great...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/07/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place to go if you like drinking out of plastic cups, listening to the same 20 or so songs, having 50 year old men from Naperville or "out of town" grind on you, having to shout to...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Well we had no plans of going into this bar as we walked by. The bouncer pulled us in (no cover) and put us at the table by the window and fed us free drinks. They wanted to bar to look full and to...
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Once we went here just to be stupid. We played this game. We called it "so ... what suburb are you from?" To all of the blatantly obvious underage kids, we'd walk up as if to make casual...
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
FRee cover! Awesome drink specials.. probably all because its the 4th of july. I went to every palce on division and state from 9pm to 4 am (just got back) Thjis place was awesome! Great music......
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
So, the first review I had up here was for Leg Room. I was too out-of-it to realize I was not at Bar Chicago. I've transplanted the old review to where it belongs, on the Leg Room page. Here's my...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Similiar feeling to Mother's but more crowded. If you somehow meet a girl here, dont take her home. Seriously. I'm not speaking from experience but from intuition.
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2006
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Out of all the bars in Chicago, there is absolutely no reason to go to Bar Chicago. It's too lit up for one thing which feels awkward. The service is horrible and it's either empty or too crowded. I h...
judysbook.com - user review - 03/16/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This bar is right next to leg room and funk. Bartenders, doormen, bouncers are very rude (absolutely no hats allowed). I rather go to funk than get the meanest look and rude comments. If you like...
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place sucks as much as I thought it would. It's too small and overcrowded with a bunch of gross bachelorette parties with penis straws and suck me lifesaver tshirts. No thanks.
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2005
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I came here once and will never go again. It is full of drunk college kids..even when I was still in college it was too rowdy and loud for me. There is a little person pouring shots. Girls all...
yelp.com - user review - 11/24/2005
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This bar was my worst nightmare. I should have known, considering the neighborhood. The music was every bad song on B96 and don't order any drinks but beer - unless you want a drink nothing like you...
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2005
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Yet another Bar to avoid on Division and Rush area. Drunks galore. Loud music. HELL.
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2005
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Rush and Division is my version of Hell. Drunken yuppie a**holes, groping butts, flashing money, generally being obnoxious. But hey, this place has midget wrestling...
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fun place to go on a Saturday nite. They have pretty good drink specials such as $10 as you can drink beer for a couple of hours. Not to mention, fun outrageous bartenders.
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This can be a really fun place if you're into dancing and fun crowds! They play tons of music from the 80s and 90s which I personally love and its fun to go up where the bathrooms are and look down...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
decent place, cant stand the 90s power ballads they crank in there some times though, watch your girl, she may end up dancing on the bar, it seems contagious!!
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2005
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2.0 of 5 stars.
If you just turned 21, this place is great. It's dirty, drinks are constantly being spilled all over the place. Girls dance on the bar and the bartenders pour shots in their mouths. It's packed...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2005
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This place has so many different kinds of people and music..... its so much fun, I can never be bored here
citysearch.com - user review - 01/20/2003
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A great place to meet singles if you want a no-strings attached hook up.
citysearch.com - user review - 01/14/2003
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This place is a great time. It is perfect to satisfy large groups because there is so much to offer. You can dance, sit and drink, or jsut hang at the bar and people watch. Always packed with a great crowd and...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/16/2002
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This place isn't terrible, and the women are pretty good looking although totally out of most guys leagues... and they know it. If you can get a "party" go, because the free admission and hour of free beer,...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/11/2002
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Avoid this place like the plague. The music is all over the board. One minute they play dance/techno and the next they play Bon Jovi. The drinks come in plastic cups and were so watered down that I took to...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/10/2002
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This place is great lots of good music old and new!
citysearch.com - user review - 10/30/2002
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WOW- Lots of attractive people, vast variety of music, from techno to hip hop to 80's to rock. Always wasted when i leave there, onlyu complaint is that long stair case that sms to get harder and harder to get...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/25/2002
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Bar is the best. Free parties make it even better and they give plenty of free parties away. If you are a regular, the staff and everyone knows you which makes it even better. You can't beat the view of the...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/05/2002
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BAR rules. I go once every couple of weeks, and the ENTIRE STAFF recognizes and greets me by FIRST NAME..hell, even the kick ass bathroom atendant knows me. there are no attempts at this place to be classy,...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/06/2002
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What happened to the other 20 reviews that agree with me that this is one of the coolest places in Chicago to party? Until the site changed, everyone agreed that this is the place to be. Fun, good looking...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/05/2002
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This is such a fun place. Great for weekend nights and by far the best place on division.
citysearch.com - user review - 06/05/2002
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A let loose, care free enviornment full of hot guys and sexy chicks...who could complain? The music was great and the staff were cool. The only problem was parking. It was definitly an experience I will never...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/04/2002
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