Linda's Lounge

This is a 5 star dive, no doubt about it.  It's smack in the middle of the 'hood!  But every 1st & 3rd Monday they have live blues, and it's as good as you'd hear at Buddy Guys!  Service is friendly and they pour a generous drink.  They measure the liquor in on the rocks glasses, not shot glasses.  Drinks are usually around $6.50 and that's top shelf!   On Tuesdays they have darts, go figure!  Linda is personable, her husband sings with the blues band and a good time will be had by one and all.  Food has to be brought in and sometimes they serve, but I'd go on a full stomach to soak up those 5 finger drinks!  Don't know what it's like on the other nights, after all it's a neighborhood bar so I'd venture to say it keeps a full house!

I was there with Laura- We had a blast!  Highlife planned this and we were there with 70 other people! This little hole in the wall in Bronzeville were any southsider could feel comfortable.  Northsider would be scared to go-but they're usually sissies anyway, tiny place great music cheap drinks, I bought LP'S Rum & Coke (she told you all how well stocked it was) and a ML inclding tip-$10
So here's the breakdown
Event Cost-$20
Round of Drinks-$8
Tip$2
Great time with 70 new friends-priceless!

On a tour of SS blues clubs last night....had the best time at Linda's. Was made a rum and coke that could peel the paint off a car...about 5 shots of rum in a glass with literally a splash of coke.  The people were so nice and welcoming. Everyone spoke to us and the woman (who was clearly a regular as she had her own fancy martini glass) at the bar with a cowboy hat and 'Aquarius' earrings was having so much fun it was hard not to clap along with her and get into it.  She was so sweet.

The owner of the bar is a blues singer and he jumps up on the bar and sings oldies but goodies and also some of his own stuff. He also sang to me in a Louis Armstrong voice that was dead-on.

If you are looking for ambiance this is not the place, it looks as if it has not been updated since the early 1970's. But that is the beauty of it. Unpretentious and just ready for a rocking good time!!! Great drinks, prices, and people. I had a better time than I have ever had at any downtown bar. I had one drink and was almost ripped. It was like making a drink at your own party.....and it cost about the same!  A round of drinks was $11 or $12!!!

Get here before it gets 'found'!!!!