Beauty Bar Chicago
Chicago
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LOVE THE RETRO FEEL! I exclusively come here for Emo vs. Pop punk nights. Last time I went Ill be honest....it was nice to see most of the people there were my age. It's a special atmosphere that cannot be compared.
The atmosphere was amazing but the drinks were INCREDIBLY watered down like crazy and it was supposedly “2000’s night” but they only played 1 black artist within my 3 hours of being there. It was moreso white 2000’s kind of night.. which nothing wrong with that but when it’s “2000’s night” I expect a bit of everyone. Especially when 2000’s black pop and r&b were such a huge part of the 2000’s and to only hear very few black artist for a 2000’s night was very disappointing. The atmosphere was awesome and the theme of the place is gorgeous 100%. The drinks were not the best, I ordered 4 drinks and was barely tipsy. I was so excited for this place. I hope it’ll change in the future! The workers were also very kind and honest though! Even the bartender was honest about how much alcohol was in the drinks.. :/
Went last night with a friend for a darkwave/goth night. The DJ honestly did a very good job and the staff were really nice, including security. They didn’t mind if we needed to step out for some air. There’s two bathrooms, they’re not the best at being labeled so be warned. I’m not sure what was going on at the bar last night but there was only one bartender, the drinks were a little disappointing and it took forever to get drinks. Sometimes people who got there after us would get drinks before us. Kinda felt bad for the bartender because he had no one helping him. I don’t know if I’d personally drink here again just because I didn’t really care for how the drinks were made, we honestly sent two back. But the dancing was honestly really fun, and again the DJ did a great job. There’s a decent selection for seating if you need to set a jacket or something on the side. Crowd was amazing too, I had a lot of fun and got some cool pictures
Great place for dancing! Their Y2K theme night was a blast. We arrived at 7 and there were already quite a few people there; it gradually got busy over the next few hours. Nice bartender but the wait for drinks was very long. Still, worth the visit, it was a fun time!
This one was tough. Wanted to love it so much but there were some major problems. The good - went for Recession Pop night and the music was great, bouncer and coat check staff were nice and the decor had a really fun vintage aesthetic. The bad - there's no way they were under their max occupancy (it was packed so full we couldn't even really dance, had full body contact in all directions and there were no paths for people to walk through), the bar service was the absolute most mind-numbingly slow and disorganized I've ever experienced and the other patrons were on their absolute worst behavior. On these - having only one real entrance to the cramped dance floor is completely absurd, as it led to a great deal of pushing and shoving anytime anybody wanted to come in or leave. This was the most overcrowded I've ever seen a bar and honestly first time I've felt incredibly unsafe in a bar because of crowding. The number of bartenders was far too low for the number of patrons and they kept running into each other / knocking things over. Certainly didn't help that another staff member or maybe manager was behind the bar literally blocking every move the bartenders tried to make - this same staff was gumming up the cost check counter too and just seemed to be making every other staff member's job worse. I don't know what happened, but it feels like all bar etiquette was out the window at this place - a great deal of pushing and shoving (even some elbowing and swearing), tons of people taking flash pictures, people taking up way more space than they should be given the crowding, really excessive dance moves (saw someone get absolutely smashed in the face by the elbow of a very drunk person dancing too hard), dancing on benches and people barely able to to stand up / clearly over served. I couldn't comprehend some of the women doing really excessive hair flips in a place this crowded - at various points, I had hair in my eyes, in my mouth and in my drink. And please - don't bring your 10 credit cards to the bar without working pockets or a wallet/purse! This woman dumped all of her cards on the floor at the crowded bar counter and didn't notice, so they got kicked all over the suddenly you've got a third of the bar with their flashlights on picking up cards. Within the next hour and a half, this SAME person lost all of their cards again but on this dance floor this time. Of course they scattered and this person didn't notice, so suddenly a quarter of the dance floor is flashlights on trying to pick up cards for someone that doesn't even know they're missing them. Overall, just a complete hot mess of a night. Had some fun but a lot of things made it pretty much impossible to have fun. Ultimately have decided this wasn't worth the trek from the North side outside of getting to check the place out. I'd much rather stick to Halsted, where things seem a little more under control / up to snuff and barhopping is actually possible if the vibe of a place is ever not right.
