How have I never reviewed the bottle? This will always and forever be my favorite music venue in Chicago. So many fun memories coming here with friends or just solo for an incredible concert and fabulous bartenders. A++ can't recommend enough (and voted for y'all in Chicago Reader this year too, good luck!)
Leah Morris
Best venue in Chicago!
Margarita
Fantastic music venue!
Laura
Seeing Peg the cat really made my night but Cloud Nothings were great too. :) Love this place.
Tammy Lynn Beatrice Doyle
Had a blast 😃 road the bull 🐂
Celia Weyher
Great bar great vibes but also as a sober person I really appreciate how many N/A drinks you have that aren’t just soda or redbull. Cheers!
John LaFoone
It's a great place to get a beer and listen to a band you may know or have never heard of.
Lane Lessman
So many concerts here. The Empty Bottle is a Chicago institution. They also have a cat!
Jovanni Campuzano
Great people
Camron Crennell
Probably a good venue but cash only was disappointing. I would’ve paid extra if it’s about a fee. Not everyone has a debit card. There should at least be a warning on the info.
Great dive bar style venue for a small concert. Good sound, good cocktails, good crowd. Like the location in general.
Lauren Versino
As someone who has worked on sets , managed many productions in a commercial, and professional setting, I CANNOT BELIEVE how juvenile and inexperienced this venue's staff is. I watched the staff repeatedly fail at doing basic production tasks such as working with the talent's staff to run a timely show. They turn down simple requests from talent that were easy to accommodate (such as known sound issues) and over all were difficult to work with. As someone who was a part of the production as the professional animal handler, who has worked with the talent for years in a known animal routine in the production, I was told to "Get in line with everyone else and buy a ticket” to gain access to the venue when all they had to do was go to the green room down the stairs to ask the talent about the whole situation. When it came to getting the animal into the venue, we were also blindsided by the double standard of having an animal there at all. We were told, "People have phobias, people might have reactions." meanwhile they have a cat free roaming in the venue, where food and alcohol are served. What is a hazard is an animal that can cause a very common allergic reaction in a person. This is more serious because it affects a persons' health, where as professionals with an animal for a specific purpose - an act on stage in a controlled environment - was not welcome in the venue, and asked to leave to the objection of the production. I could go on, but, this was just exhausting. To be met with constant attitude of “No" “I’ll get in trouble.” “It sucks to do my job" with no other solutions to the talent when things needed to be done on the fly. Frankly as a professional I really only have one question for the Empty Bottle: Are we running a shitty hipster party where only our buddies are allowed to come in? Or are we managing a venue?
As someone who participates in The Scene, this place seems to staffed full of people who are afraid of real punk rock shit.
How have I never reviewed the bottle? This will always and forever be my favorite music venue in Chicago. So many fun memories coming here with friends or just solo for an incredible concert and fabulous bartenders. A++ can't recommend enough (and voted for y'all in Chicago Reader this year too, good luck!)
Best venue in Chicago!
Fantastic music venue!
Seeing Peg the cat really made my night but Cloud Nothings were great too. :) Love this place.
Had a blast 😃 road the bull 🐂
Great bar great vibes but also as a sober person I really appreciate how many N/A drinks you have that aren’t just soda or redbull. Cheers!
It's a great place to get a beer and listen to a band you may know or have never heard of.
So many concerts here. The Empty Bottle is a Chicago institution. They also have a cat!
Great people
Probably a good venue but cash only was disappointing. I would’ve paid extra if it’s about a fee. Not everyone has a debit card. There should at least be a warning on the info.
Restaurantji Recommends
Great dive bar style venue for a small concert. Good sound, good cocktails, good crowd. Like the location in general.
As someone who has worked on sets , managed many productions in a commercial, and professional setting, I CANNOT BELIEVE how juvenile and inexperienced this venue's staff is. I watched the staff repeatedly fail at doing basic production tasks such as working with the talent's staff to run a timely show. They turn down simple requests from talent that were easy to accommodate (such as known sound issues) and over all were difficult to work with.
As someone who was a part of the production as the professional animal handler, who has worked with the talent for years in a known animal routine in the production, I was told to "Get in line with everyone else and buy a ticket” to gain access to the venue when all they had to do was go to the green room down the stairs to ask the talent about the whole situation.
When it came to getting the animal into the venue, we were also blindsided by the double standard of having an animal there at all. We were told, "People have phobias, people might have reactions." meanwhile they have a cat free roaming in the venue, where food and alcohol are served. What is a hazard is an animal that can cause a very common allergic reaction in a person. This is more serious because it affects a persons' health, where as professionals with an animal for a specific purpose - an act on stage in a controlled environment - was not welcome in the venue, and asked to leave to the objection of the production.
I could go on, but, this was just exhausting. To be met with constant attitude of “No" “I’ll get in trouble.” “It sucks to do my job" with no other solutions to the talent when things needed to be done on the fly. Frankly as a professional I really only have one question for the Empty Bottle:
Are we running a shitty hipster party where only our buddies are allowed to come in? Or are we managing a venue?
As someone who participates in The Scene, this place seems to staffed full of people who are afraid of real punk rock shit.
Staff were nice. Resident cat was cool.
Favorite little place for live music.
Excellent atmosphere, prices and vibes!!! 🙏🏽
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