Bottom Lounge Finally Opens. Honestly. We ain't lying.

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 4, 2008 8:21PM

We admit that we stopped even running articles on the new Bottom Lounge's opening dates since they always got pushed backward. Heck, wasn't the room supposed to open last year? Or the year before?

Well, now all the licenses are in order, the construction dust has settled, and it looks like it was well worth the wait. Bottom Lounge has restaurants with late-night menus on both floors, the first floor music room has a brand spankin' new sound system, and the city finally gets a new tiki bar with the second floor's ‘Volcano Room’ with over 100 rum-based cocktails on the menu. To top it off there's a 2000 square-foot outdoor deck where you can grab some fresh air (and maybe a smoke?).

What has us most excited is that Bottom Lounge finally gives MP Shows' Brian Peterson a permanent home after a few years of temporary residencies in a number of clubs. While we're sure we'll still see him doing shows around town, Bottom Lounge will finally give hi the freedom to build bigger, better, and more ambitious concert bills. It might take a little for this to come into effect since tours are planned out months in advance, but we're curious to see what he comes up with.

We're sure other venues in town are not looking forward to the new competition, especially after a particularly brutal winter has hurt a lot of clubs financially. But from a concert patron and fan's perspective the place looks like a welcome addition to Chicago's music scene.