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O'Banion's was a nightclub located at 661 N. Clark St. in Chicago's River North neighborhood. Named for Chicago Irish gangster Dion O'Banion, it was established in June 1978, inside what had formerly been McGovern’s Saloon (itself an infamous Chicago gangster bar where a young O'Banion had performed as a singing waiter) as well as a series of strip clubs and gay bars.
Big Chicks is a gay bar and neighborhood restaurant that opened in 1986 in Uptown, Chicago. [1] It serves a diverse group of LGBT people, straight people and people in the kink community. The owner of the establishment is Michelle Fire. The restaurant next door, Tweet, is also owned by Fire and provides food to Big Chicks.
Bands that have played at The Cubby Bear (which was big in punk rock early on) include 1982-Naked Raygun (from Chicago, attended by a young Dave Grohl), 1985-Gregg Allman Band, 1988-Pixies, Social Distortion, Die Kreuzen (from Milwaukee), and Soul Asylum. 1991-Johnny Winter, Spin Doctors, Screaming Trees, Etta James, Johnny Cash, Phish. 1992-No ...
Owner George Lemperis said his restaurant, located blocks from Chicago’s United Center, was closed at the time and his employees had left about 3 p.m. nearly seven hours before the fire began.
This is a list of notable hardcore punk bands from Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding areas. 88 Fingers Louie; Arma Angelus [1] Articles of Faith; Bhopal Stiffs; The Bollweevils; Charles Bronson; The Fighters; Harm's Way; Hewhocorrupts; The Killing Tree; Los Crudos; Masters of the Obvious; Pegboy; Racetraitor; Rise Against; Screeching Weasel ...
Alley entrance. Neo was a nightclub located at 2350 N. Clark St. in the Chicago neighborhood of Lincoln Park.Established on July 25, 1979 [1] Neo was the oldest [2] or one of the oldest [3] running nightclubs in Chicago and was a hangout and venue for a variety of musicians and artists, including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, David Byrne, the Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and U2.
Bar Rescue is an American reality TV series that premiered on Paramount Network (formerly Spike) on July 17, 2011. It stars Jon Taffer (a long-time food and beverage industry consultant specializing in nightclubs and pubs), who offers his professional expertise, access to service industry experts, and renovations and equipment to desperately failing bars in order to save them from closing.
The bar was purchased by Tom Chamales, a real estate developer and tavern owner, and was renamed Green Mill Gardens in 1910, [4] a nod to the famous Moulin Rouge ("Red Mill") of Paris. [5] In its early years, it was a popular hangout for movie actors from nearby Essanay Studios . [ 6 ]