Went here for St. Patty's 2013. Â No line, which was a plus. Â The place filled up quickly and was a good crowd. Â Several weird things happened. Â 1st, the bar only owns 8 shot glasses. Â I ordered 10 car bombs. Â The bartender wanted to serve our shots in plastic cups. Â Doesn't really work for car bombs. Â He also warned us not to steal the glass shot glasses he gave us. Â Ok.... Â They need to be prepared for a holiday like St. Patrick's day. Â Secondly, 2 girls literally got stuck in the bathroom. Â The door was wedged shut and the bartended couldn't even get it open. Â A larger, stronger patron of the bar had to pry it open. Â Dive bar indeed. Â Still had a good time though.
Review Source:We went here last night for a friend's birthday party. It's not your typical Wrigleyville bar, which is a plus in my book. Anytime someone asks me to go to a bar in Wrigleyville, I immediately flip through my book of excuses not to go. I'm glad I went to this bar though - not really because of the bar itself but because I saw some old friends that I hadn't seen in years.
The place itself is fairly small and dark and dingy. It's the epitome of a dive bar (and I mean that in the best possible way). I'd imagine it'd be a nice neighborhood bar to go to if I actually lived in the neighborhood (thankfully, I don't - I hate Wrigleyville and all the drunk Cubs fans). There is a stage in the front where my friend had a band, the Goodyear Pimps (who, by the way, were very good), play. The sound and acoustics in the bar was surprisingly good. Â I didn't stay too long though because I was pretty tired from a long week. I did stay long enough to have a PBR (everyone else was drinking it and it seemed like it was the only beer available). The PBR had a strange after-taste and I decided that would be the last drink I ordered for the night.
I was in a comedy showcase here Friday night. The 4 stars are really for the stage time and for the fab ladies who produce the Stardust Showcase. The bar itself, is a dive and in and of itself,is not a bad thing. The sound was decent,so I do thank them for that.The restrooms....ugh..I know it is Wrigleyville,but,seriously, would it kill ya to have a roll of paper towels or a hand dryer in the rest room?? Some of us still practice good hand hygiene. Drink prices were about what you would expect for the area .
Review Source:If someone asked me if I ever wanted to play another show at the Underground Lounge I would punch them in the face.
If you ever have a friend who comes up to you and says, " Hey, it's my first show, and ugh... will you play it with me at the underground lounge?", don't be nice. don't be like "sure" and ask no questions. Hurt him.
(joking, of course...violence isn't cool. but neither is this place)
Underground is a dive bar. It also tries to be a venue for live music, which I think it could probably pull off with just a little more effort.
It's not as dirty as other reviewers have made it seem, nor was it as beat down. Underground is definitely rough around the edges but it gets the job done.
By the way, kudos to the bartender for not having an aneurysm when my girlfriend tried desperately to describe what kind of drinks she liked. He was really helpful, and knew what he was doing.
Alright, let's get the unpleasantries out of the way.
Yes, it is in Wrigleyville. Yes, it is a dive bar. One false step down those stairs can mean a world of hurt (don't ask).
BUT, they bring in some pretty great acts for the little stage they have down there. I went Saturday, and they featured the Spanktaculars -- a new burlesque dance company -- with comedic stylings by Gwen La Roka and GREAT music DJ Shon Roka. Great stage for -ahem- that kind of entertainment... the ladies were delightfully decadent and the drink specials were pretty on point ($4 well drinks) to help everybody loosen their collars. The crowd was pretty chill and sociable, so no need to feel like a stranger.
Bottom Line :: If there's a great act, make the trip.
I used to hang out here all the time until my schedule became a mess. Â I really do miss it. Â Friends would DJ on Thursdays, friends bands would play on weekends - and it was a tight little hang out for a few years for us. Â I recommend stopping by here just to check it out! Â The bartenders are great.
Review Source:My band played here last week. I liked it OK. It's fun because they put together a bunch of random bands, and everybody's friends kind of mingle. There's also good street traffic, so some stranger might actually see your band. The sound system was not the best. I couldn't hear jack on stage, but whatever, man, it's rock and roll. Nice bartenders and sound lady. Cute, casual, comfortable bar to hang out in -- 'specially for the 'hood.
Review Source:One word review: Â Sanctuary.
More than one word review: Â The reason this is my favorite bar in the neighborhood is the very same reason most people who go to Wrigleyville hate it. Â It's kind of dirty, genuinely charming, and a very effective trixie repellent. Â The only thing that it has in common with Wrigleyfield is that it once had the aroma of vomit in the air. Â Which just means I missed a great night the evening prior.
The bartenders are the best I've come across and the live music...not so much. Â Unless it's one of my friend's bands, then it's fantastic! Â When the pool table has all the balls required for a regulation game, that's also a bonus. Â They also have a great rotating selection of beers flanked by (somewhat) frequent specials on Jameson drinks.
This joint leads to hijinks.
Went here to check out a friends band....unfortunately we showed up 5 minutes too late as they had just gone off of the stage. It was definitely an interesting place. Very small, but I kind of liked it! The ladies bathroom was surprisingly clean and nice. They have a pool table, not sure if it is free or not. They do not have a wide selection of beer, but they do carry alcohol so they will mix whatever up for ya. I did think my cranberry and vodka was a tad weak though.
I liked it here - I could see myself returning to see some bands at some point.
I'm going to start off this review by stating that I am musically lame. I admit it. I make no secret of it. I do, however, rely on my friends to break me out of my musically lame mold.
So one night my friend says to me "hey, let's go check out my friend's band at Underground Lounge." And I says "Under-where?" Â After some head shakes and eye rolls from him, we were off to Underground Lounge.
Amongst the piercings and leather I stuck out like a sore thumb, but whatever. I got a PBR and tried to mingle whilst hiding my lameness (and let me tell you, folks, it was not easy!) Â We listened to two bands before the band we came to see went on and even though I didn't really dig the first band, I was starting to dig this place.
Underground Lounge is dark and grimy. Dare I say "grunge"? Oh yeah, I'm THAT lame! The bartenders were super nice and I loved they had the SciFi channel playing on the TVs scattered around the bar. The PBR stank, but PBR always stanks for me. I tried to hate Underground Lounge, but I just couldn't. We had a nice table and enjoyed three live shows on the cheap. Plus, the people watching was probably the best that I have ever experienced. :)
A punk bar in Wrigleyville. Â Who knew? Â This is not necessarily a great thing because no one appeared to be shakin' it to the jams and they seem to think punk just means the place doesn't have to be as clean or up to code such as the duct tape over the smoke detector.
The only saving grace is the great bartender who belongs in a better bar.
Underground Lounge is a haven for  anyone looking to escape the douchebags on Clark St.  Music ranges from punk rock, metal, rockabilly, southern rock, garage and more.  There's bands on the weekends, earlier in the week Underground Lounge turns into a neighborhood hangout.  I've ran into lots of regulars from the now closed Twisted Spoke 2 here.  Although it's a dive, they have a pretty good beer selection.  Tuesday is an amazing deal, almost ALL drinks are $2!!  I can't afford to go out much lately, but just TRY and keep me out of here.
Review Source:This place is awesome. I've never been here when there are shows going on which seems to be the only time most people go which is a shame. The bar isn't like most the bars in the area that are so packed you cant breathe. It has a great atmosphere feels like your at a bar with all your oldest and dearest friends when your here. Did I mention half off all drinks every Tuesday night?
Fuck yeah.
The Underground Lounge isn't what I would think of as a "destination." You don't plan your night around it, get all dolled up for it, and know that you're going to be there all night, having a great time and meeting all sorts of people that you're confident you'll like.
Hidden from the world, about a block from all of the debauchery on Clark St. in Wrigleyville, the Underground Lounge is dark and gritty and not particularly inviting. Trying to meet a friend there who was with a friend who knew someone in a band playing, when we told in advance that there was an 8 dollar cover, we already knew, even before getting there, that the music wasn't going to be worth 8 bucks. So we spent our money at the bar instead--vodka cranberry cocktails (I'm such a girl) for $4--I am totally okay with that price. And it didn't taste like rubbing alcohol, either!
The doorman was really cool and a great artist (he does tattoos, too) and the girl behind the bar didn't mean mug me for asking for a higher concentration of vodka in my second vodka cranberry. The bathroom was relatively clean, and the company enjoyable.
The Underground Lounge could have been a lot worse. Maybe I'll come by not on purpose another time.
I literally know nothing about this place, I cant tell you about the staff, the bands, the specials, etc. Â HERE is what I do know, THEY HAVE BEAMISH IRISH STOUT ON TAP YEAHHHHH!!!!!. Â As long as I can have Beamish huge bombs could be going off around me and a live rooster crowing could be on the stage as the main act and I would not care. Â So maybe this place is ok maybe it sucks but they get 4 stars from me.
Review Source:Perhaps back in the days when Wrigleyville was a rough and tumble part of town Underground Lounge was a premier place to catch an earsplitting punk rock show. Â Now it's a bar that is, in fact, underground with a distinctly forced dive feel. Â Were it not for the half dozen unwatched flat screens showing ESPN I would venture to call it a dive bar still. Â Selling at least one godawful cheap beer at an appropriate price would also help.
The music tends to be of either a very high quality or volume and often varies by act. Â I've caught, by which I mean played with, the Black Umbrella Brigade here a couple times and watched the entire bar get cleared out by the next band playing on Marshall half stacks turned up to 11.
Aww man, I am running a string of hate here. My last few reviews have been bad, but quit honestly, these establishments do suck!
Underground Lounge is a dive, yes. I do respect them for trying to keep it real, with good beer, good entertainment and lively crowds. The problem is, no one wants to go here because it's litterally like drinking in your basement. And bands do not want to play here because UL sucks the life out of everyone that visits: High priced drinks for a low level of entertainment.
Our bands have played here a few times, and each time I was reamed out because we didn't bring enough people. I tried to explain that the weather had to do with some of the no shows (two of the bands wound up in ditches due to the snow storm), but they didn't want to hear it. The following day, I received a hate email from the promoter. I was like, damn. OK, whatever.
About a month after that, I saw hella postings on MySpace from UL begging for bands to play...and lookie here, an email from the same promoter that spewed hate on me, asking if our bands could play last minute. No thanks!! You hate me, remember? It's not my fault bands do not want to play here and cancell on you.
They get one star for having Jamison whiskey on tap, very cool! And their bartender Dave is cool as hell and a nice guy. Other than that, nothing worth seeing here.
After walking by here many times with no desire to go inside, I finally made it in for a birthday party.
And boy oh boy, it really is underground.
First off the band playing was terrible. We named them system of a korn. The music was waaaay to loud for this tiny space. I love a good dance party and all but this music was not danceable and I've never had more desire to have earplugs in my life. Except maybe that time my drunk downstairs neighbor discovered the song You are the Wind Beneath my Wings.
My only interaction with the bartender was both of us saying "what" back and forth until finally this concluded with me paying $3 for an orange juice. It was very nice of her to have given me ice and a straw and when she handed it to me we both exchanged confused looks.
I was very thankful of the bar to let us take over the music after the band ended. Of course our little party was 90% of the clientele that night. The only outsiders where some gangster lookin dudes who found our box of sparkly party hats and were sporting them in the back. I'm pretty sure they were celebrating the fact that the birthday girl was on stage treating us to a show of her tits (god love her).
When the bar cleared out I was able to appreciate the seating arrangement , but not enough to stay here or ever return. Theoretically this could be the place to get the cheapest beer in Wrigleyville on a Saturday, but if your bartender can't lipread, than it really doesn't matter. Overall I left here really tired and wearing a bunch of glow stick bracelets.
I've been curious about this bar for a veryyyyy, veryyyyy long time. So last night after trolling up Clark Ave yet another time, and realizing that I would rather just go home than sit in one more stereotypical Clark strip bar, we decided to check this place out.
Yes, it is a complete dive. Yes, There are non-functioning holiday lights and fake pine garland still wrapped around pipes over the bar. Yes, the bar is made out of plywood that has been stained and it is peeling. Yes, It has a musty basement smell with the soft lingering scent of stale beer. And Yes, I think that the floors are also cement. I'm not gonna lie....This place is not a swank lounge. It is more like an old pair of shoes that you know you should throw out, but they are so comfortable that you keep wearing them even though they make your feet smell foul...which is a beautiful thing. Â This is a BeAuTiFuL place to hang out!! It is more like lounging in an unfinished basement. I loved it! The bartender was also soooo NICE! She couldn't make a dirty martini because they do not stock olives, but she did make me a citron lemon drop martini, which was perfect AnD it was only $7. Â (This is not a martini lounge). Also of note for beer fans,..they do sell cans of PBR and Hamm's. The music wasn't bad either and the stage is pretty large. The patrons seemed mixed with those out to support their band friends, those like me who were looking for a new scene within the confines of Wrigley, and those that were regulars. Great place to check out on the Wrigley strip!!
i felt like i was back in high school sittin in someones basement...
upside: friendly door guy...lots of seating but room to move around and dance if u wanted...very comfy VERY casual...very close to the band
downside: price advertised on website was NOT what they were charging at the door...ONE dirty toiletpaperless bathroom...funky smell...the bartenders are unbelieveably slow (think waiting 15 minutes while ur waving a $20 at the bartender who refuses to make eye contact with u) and the bar is not adequately stocked (at one point they ran out of miller lite and had to go 'buy more'?)
interesting lil place...i think ill give it a try again but i wasnt terribly impressed
I hate this place but it doesn't deserve the flack it gets, bad frattitudes.
I'm reviewing this solely on the merit of booking some outlandish music acts that needed more space, and not having too much of a problem with it.
I suggest stage diving from the left, as the douchebag bouncers generally sit on the staircase to the catwalk area with a flashlight. FREE MOSH.
Of course its overpriced and criminally underkept, its a bar/venue.
Just awful. I'm sure some will disagree/ be offended, but I was rather offended by the stench of vomit emanating throughout the entire bar.
Granted I did not arrive for a show- I believe it was post Cubs game. The bartender, having just 5 customers that were obviously regulars (a dog was in there), didn't bother to acknowledge us until he was done conversing.
We debated it, and decided we'd rather set down the over-priced Old Styles after only finishing half rather than put up with the vomit smell.
I've been in plenty of frat basements and dingy bars, and that's an ideal environment for me, but this was entirely disgusting. I don't even have the heart to give it a second chance, or a single star here- apparently I have to gie 1 at least...
I recently went here for a local band's CD release party. Â It was advertised as $5 cover and $25 for open bar from 8:30-11:30. Â My group did not get there until around 9pmish and weren't sure if it was going to do the open bar thing because sometimes you don't get your moneys worth.
Strike one: We go up to the door, the guy is like $30 each. What?! Okay, granted I was probably going to spend that much anyways, but they were charging everyone that; even if you didn't drink or didn't feel like shelling out $30.
Strike two: There is one bar, two bartenders, the entire night. Â There were only four alcohol's and I think four beers on the list for the "open bar" The drinks were full of ice and so weak. Finally, people figured out to get their money's worth to get two or three at a time...toward the end of the night people started requesting six packs of beer and walked around with that. Around 10pm or so, they ran out of Miller Lite and Bud Light...what?
Strike three: There was one bathroom with one stall, enough said.
This place gets two stars because I did like the stage set-up--you could basically be right next to the band and talk to them--I like that kinda intimacy. Otherwise, big thumbs down for this place.
Good alternative bar in the midst of the frat boy/soroity girl hubs of John Barleycorn and the like. Â Great beer selection served in the proper glassware, which is a nice touch. Â Beer isn't too expensive either, Decent brews like Goose Island and Stoli are $5, super premiums like Unibroue are $7. Â Atmosphere is nice, not very big, scattered tables, a few booths and a lot of bar space. Â The live bad is the focus of attention. Â On the night I went, I saw three different bads, each unique. Â The last band over-amped the guitars, but other than that all was good.
If you looking for a place to go that is a little different from the usual bar and want a refreshnig punk./rock/alternative music experience and enjoy good beer, be sure to stop by.
I've only ever been here on Monday nights, and then one Saturday for a pub crawl I organized.
I am not really a bar or club kinda girl. But I love this place! It is just divey enough. Great for a medium-big groupf of friends, and the regulars are great too. Cheap beer, free bingo, and one of the best bartenders ever! Unfortunately, Matt no longer works there, and I don't think they're doing bingo anymore... so I haven't been for a couple months.
I also want to give major props to the owner/manager (not sure which). When I was organizing a pub crawl for Halloween, he was great! He called me back promptly, and gave my group a special deal. Very accomodating! It was a great place to kick off a crawl!
Before I moved, I spent every Wednesday for the last 2 years at this place. Sometimes we had a group of 20. Sometimes I would go alone in my pajamas. It doesn't matter....
The bands that play on the weekends are sometimes a bit questionable - but we've seen a few good shows there.
Make sure to check out "Tonight We Ride" playing the halloween party on Saturday October 28th!
Rock and Roll. Halloween. BEER. -- Best night ever.....
This is a pretty cool, underappreciated straight bar that straddles the thresshold between boystown's gay bars and wrigleyville's sports bars. The basement bar is appropriately dark, and the music is a decent variety of rockabilly, punk and rock. They have a stage that has music certain nights, and also punk rock karaoke. One of the best shows I saw there was Dante's Voodoo Cabaret. It fit the atmosphere perfectly.
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