Sun-Times Discovers Cal's

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Mar 20, 2008 7:25PM

It's been that kind of day over at the Bright One. First they find out that their Sam Zell video contest was won by a Tribune intern. Now they just discovered that Cal's, that venerable hole in the wall on Van Buren and Wells, is a great place to see a badass rock show (apologies to Wesley Willis).

Yeah, we know that it isn't really a secret that Cal's has been serving up some serious live action ( and cheap drinks) for a few years. Although we do have to take owner Mike Feirstein's comparison of Cal's to the late CBGB with a grain of salt; we never sacrificed our shoes to the general filth of the bathroom at Cal's. For us, Cal's partly fills a void left behind by Lounge Ax's closing while still bringing up memories of when Tuman's was the Alcohol Abuse Center.