The popular Uptown bar Holiday Club, known for its \u201880s theme nights and back-room dance floor, will close May 17 to make way for apartments, but its owner hopes to reopen elsewhere.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome see us before we go bye bye,\u201d the closing announcement on the 25-year-old bar\u2019s Instagram reads.<\/p>\n
The post amassed thousands of likes and dozens of comments from dismayed patrons. One commenter said she met her boyfriend there. Another person threatened to chain themselves to the door.<\/p>\n
But Holiday Club could see another life.<\/p>\n
Owner Sonny Domingo said he\u2019s looking for locations to reopen. But he\u2019s struggling to find an affordable spot.<\/p>\n
The bar is closing so new apartments can be constructed, a decision that has drawn backlash from some fans of the bar.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do we need another apartment complex to take over a staple of our community?!\u201d one person commented, tagging local Ald. Angela Clay (46th).<\/p>\n
Another added: \u201cA Chicago staple being destroyed for more gray lifeless housing and franchised storefronts that NO ONE WANTS!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
Domingo lamented being forced to close and thanked patrons for their support.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not happy that we\u2019re closing but unfortunately we have to and we have no choice,\u201d Domingo said. \u201cEveryone\u2019s touched by what we\u2019ve provided these past years, a place they can come in and have fun and feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Plans for its last weekend will be announced on its social media soon, Domingo said. The celebration will likely involve attendees dressing in costumes representing their favorite decade to honor the bar\u2019s well-known decades nights, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The popular Uptown bar Holiday Club, known for its \u201880s theme nights and back-room dance floor, will close…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":760313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818,17008],"class_list":["post-760312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-uptown"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116485604487095739","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}