1997 N Clybourn Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
Cook County
Phone: (773) 528-3400
Fax: (773) 528-2749
Website: no website on fileEmail: no email on fileHours: unknown
by Kot H. on Rarely have I been filled with so much vitriol for an establishment as I am for Bubble lounge. Bubble Lounge's very existence is an exercise in audacity: whether it's the $10 (really!) well whiskey drinks, the cramped and sweltering downstairs which screams fire hazard, or the rude waiters and sleazy crowd, one thing's for sure: I will not be going back. Some may say that I should've known better, that I should've known I would not like it at Bubble Lounge, and I would agree -- I DID know, as soon as I stepped in, that I would shortly be making an exit. Unfortunately, friendship commitments intervened and I stayed long enough to buy two drinks ($20) and sweat it out in the sauna-like dj space downstairs. I also knew immediately that I would be writing this review because, though admittedly I am not its target demographic (think yuppie, top40-listening financial type) I am filled with so much contempt for this place that it just had to be put into words. Congrats Bubbles: my first one-star review.
by Willard Aurrichio on I got kissed by a cross dresser. I danced to an ancient music vid of The Cure. Boy, they were hotties. I chatted with an unemployed photographer who was reading a lighting promo pamphlet. At the bar. Just another 1984 TH at the Cat Club. Why I never made it here before last night is a shame. It is a dive bar and yes the two rooms are very different. Back room if you don't drive through a tunnel or cross a bridge to get to SF for a weeknight out. Front room if you consider Victoria's Secret lingerie club wear. $6 for a smallish glass of red wine, bathroom when I used it early in the night was clean'ish with TP. My goth friend had fun too but we both wished people had come more in bad 80's outfits. I can see that it was prolly better a while ago, but there is still a big crowd having fun, so it'll perk up your spirits if you are thinking a pink slip, and not one you can wear, is imminent.
