Talk:Chicago/Chatham-South Shore

Closed listings
This one must have closed recently, sadly. The (very cool) sign is still up, so here's to hoping it will reopen at some point. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 20:05, 23 April 2009 (EDT)





Another famous, long-established South Side institution bites the dust... Recessions suck. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 17:27, 21 October 2009 (EDT)



Celebrity Lounge is actually still open, but they're not doing live blues anymore, so I've taken it out. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 19:39, 25 September 2010 (EDT)

Closed, with small hope of re-opening in the future. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 19:09, 4 February 2011 (EST)







These last two really hurt personally. I loved Izola's. One of my favorite late-late night haunts for friendly conversation and good food. I can only hope they reopen—they were real cultural icons of the neighborhood and more generally of the South Side. I'll keep my Izola pic here as a little shrine to what once was great. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 16:10, 23 February 2011 (EST)



Yep, that's my favorite blues club in the world that closed. Late 2011, it seems, the landlord would not renew the lease. --Peter Talk 18:00, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Star nomination
Let the torrent follow the drought. This is actually a new Chicago district, following a reshuffle of the hierarchy, and I'm pretty sure it's up to star standards. The formatting should be correct, it lists just about everything of note&mdash;the cream of the crop anyway, and I don't know if I could bear the sight of a South Side district without a star on top. My Chicago love is such that I can't pick a favorite neighborhood, but man the BBQ is good down here! --(WT-en) Peter Talk 03:25, 23 April 2009 (EDT)


 * Support wholeheartedly. Another mind-blowing Chicago guide, Peter! Anywho, on to the nitpicking: I see there's no prices for Dat Donuts; I'm not sure if that was intentional, since it's a donut shop, but it might be good to know how much one of their fabulous donuts will cost. There's also no hours for the Club Escape. Other than that, looks awesome, what with all the BBQ, Blues, and Blues Brothers. (WT-en) PerryPlanet Talk 13:09, 23 April 2009 (EDT)


 * I can't believe I forgot the donut prices! That was my regular 4AM haunt for a long while (tryin' to cut back on the donuts lately). Anyway, fixed, and thanks once again for catching these missed details. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 13:43, 23 April 2009 (EDT)


 * Support. I'm biased, obviously, but it consistently blows my mind how a skinny white kid is the foremost authority on Chicago's fried chicken, BBQ, and soul food establishments. But he is! There's a best-selling diet book in there somewhere. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 23:57, 29 April 2009 (EDT)


 * Support Looks good --(WT-en) Stefan (sertmann) Talk 09:54, 3 May 2009 (EDT)