Chicago Night Life Rush Street Bars and Restaurants

[Godzie1]

At leasts in my day going to Mother's & other hot-spots on Rush street. We use to have so much fun even in the 80s. The biggest mistake Chicago ever made was those stupid smoking bans I left Chicago because of that & will never return!

[Poledancefan]

@Godzie1 I agree..it killed Rush street forever...

[Godzie1]

@Poledancefan One solution (but IDK if every smoker will go along w/it?) Is to stop obeying these bans that destroyed our businesses & social lives. Everyone go where you want & light up. Yes there will be a few fines but the courts & the police can't spend their days & nights just against smokers. It will get to the point that the judges will throw their hands up & surrender. (The courts are backed up enough) The anti's pushed us we must push back! (Even harder)

[hep2jive]

viagra triangle. thats where all the old ppl are who think they are sill in college! hahaha

[Poledancefan]

@hep2jive lol...too funny. But you are probably right about that one!

[SimpllySweet]

First time to see this one. Kinda neat to see what life in the big city would be like. I have to drive 15 miles to get to the nearest restraunt

[Poledancefan]

This center of the intersection is one of my favorite places to stop on the way home from my bike rides every summer night. There's an outdoor coffee shop in the meridian strip and benches and tables. It's great for people watching. It was really drunk and crazy in the eighties, but now it's mostly upscale and expensive places. Only one or two of the seedy bars are left, just a block north of this video--on division street.

[Poledancefan]

Yes, I've noticed a huge drop off in business in the bar scene everywhere around just Chicago and the Suburbs--not just around Rush Street. Music clubs are really hurting bad--in the one I go to in the Western Suburbs, crowds are way, way down. I think a lot of smokers used to go to the bars partly to smoke because they couldn't do it at home. Now those customers are simply staying home. I wonder if a compromise permitting smoking in bars 10PM to 2AM would have worked?

[no1choice]

Went there on the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend , there wasn't shit.

Ever since the whole smoking ban, even happening places like Hunt Club now suck ass.