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We were walking up Lincoln Avenue stuffing our faces with meat when we saw that the Horseshoe was actually open for business again – just in time to rake in some cash during Ribfest. Nothing looks different than before – it’s still the same old honky-tonk. Welcome back, Horseshoe!
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Why were they closed in the first place?
Rumors said liquor license issues, but I find nothing at the City sites regarding their license and there have never been any revocation notices or anything at the location. My wild guess is just plain, old money issues.
Dear NorthCenter Chamber of Commerce,
great rib fest this weekend- but here's how to make it even better for next year:
1. Hold it on Irving instead of Lincoln.
that stretch of Lincoln is way to narrow for the lines that queue up from each booth, especially the beer tents.
The City can re-route Irving traffic onto Lincoln just as easily as they did the opposite this year and you'll be able to take advantage of the 4 lanes that go from Dame to Leavitt.
2. More vendors! Where were Calvins, Twin Anchors, SmokeDaddy & others?? This is a BIG city, lots of people attended looking for more more more....
nice, so you think they'll make up the show they scheduled us for and then cancelled without even calling us and forcing the 'we make thunder' army to drink in the german bar across the street?
i heard the liquor license thing as well. they didn't renew it in time and the next night when they opened with an expired license the cops shut 'em down.
and yeah, we'd like our show back please. we were promised sandwiches.
i agree. they need to have more space for the ribfest. it was way too crowded and stressful to move around in. even if they still did it on lincoln, but used a longer stretch so there could be vendors only on one side of the street it would be better.
and i agree about expanding the number of vendors. i was thinking paulina market.
i bet there's some legal/practical reason why it can't be changed, but the fact that you have to buy tickets to buy anything is totally frustrating and annoying.
I would also like these sandwiches we were promised. I am just a poor hungry bass player. The horeshoe crushed my dreams.
They upset me so much I couldn't even write their name properly.
Well, if they didn't sell tickets, then the festival wouldn't be able to take a cut.
Also, I'm no city planner, or a automobile apologist for that matter, but I would think that forcing traffic onto a narrow street instead of a four-lane would create traffic backups that would be much more frustrating to the general public than a long beer line.
Irving Park Road is a state route. I don't think you can close it down that easily, or if its even possible. Further, the traffic tie-ups that would result from closing down Irving Park Rd. would be immense. Lincoln wouldn't be able to handle it, and you can't have all that traffic on Addison and Montrose, which are only one lane in both directions in most places.
Sara, I also wondered about ticket selling instead of handling cash, but I think there are a few practical reasons for using tickets:
1. Limited people handle the cash, probably reducing the risk of stealing by the workers/volunteers in the individual booths.
2. Handling tickets is easy. But, handling money requires someone to be dedicated at a cash register, and dispensing change at each individual booth.
3. Most importantly to me, these street festivals have very few places for handwashing, and usually very limited volunteers and employees. While the tickets may be "dirty", I would imagine that there is far less bacteria on a paper ticket that has had limited handling than a wad of $20 bills. While standing in a ticket line can be an annoyance, it is definitely more hygenic.
You're right on #1 and #2. #3 is wishful thinking.
Rumor has it that the guys who were running the Horeshoe(and renting the space from the old guy who runs the bike shop next door) ran up a huge debt and skipped town without a trace. Not sure how much I believe that story but I heard it from a source who used to work for a beer distributor that sold to the Horseshoe. Now the bike shop guy is running it himself.
MC, the guys who used to run Horseshoe did skip town - AFTER they sold their stakes. They are opening a 2nd Coobah in Mexico.
I heard that too, from the guy who owns the bike shop and a guy who used to work at the Horseshoe. Apparently the owner was paying people with fake checks or something as well. Just general not good stuff.