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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:33:00

Chicago's transit authority demolished this club, and it came back bigger. Bottom Lounge began life in 1991 as Lakeview Links, a sports bar with cover bands at 3206 North Wilton in Lake View; when owners learned around 2001 that the CTA had targeted the property under eminent domain for the Brown Line extension, they adopted the Bottom Lounge name and started booking original music as a supposed last hurrah. The reprieve lasted years - four consecutive New Year's Eves were billed as the final ni...