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Minibar Ultra Lounge & Café

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Many visitors praise the strong, reasonably priced drinks and great music, with some highlighting excellent service and delicious food, especially during weekend brunch. However, some reviewers complain about the drinks tasting awful, bartenders appearing drunk and unprofessional, and issues with entry due to bouncers' attitudes or perceived overcapacity.

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Address
3341 North Halsted Street, Chicago
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Phone
(773) 871-MBAR
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Website
www.minibarwinebar.com

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About this place Minibar Ultra Lounge & Café

Minibar Ultra Lounge & Café is a gay bar on North Halsted Street in Chicago’s Boystown, one of the city’s oldest LGBTQ+ neighborhoods. It gets a mixed crowd, but it’s more polished lounge than dive bar. Expect an attractive, professionally-minded clientele looking for a stylish night out. The place is known for its craft cocktails and a good wine list, so go if you care about what’s in your glass. The bartenders are part of the draw here, and the energy really picks up as the evening goes on and the bar fills. You’ll find Minibar at 3341 North Halsted Street, right in an area dense with other gay bars and restaurants. It’s a good spot for a pre-dinner drink or a night out with friends, offering an elevated take on the usual bar scene. Check minibarwinebar.com for hours and events.

Features

Gay Gay-friendly (straight venue) Twinks Food served Wine Bar Bar (alcohol) Gay (mostly men) Mixed LGBTQ+ Mixed ethnicities Chill / Relaxed Upscale Cocktail bar Smart casual Evening venue Late night (after midnight)

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Clifton Taylor
Clifton Taylor May 2017

It's is a good bar so far good people bar i come back to

Antonio Escalera
Antonio Escalera Aug 2016

I liked it. Had no issues. Drinks are super strong, reasonably priced. Music was great!

Peter Jpal
Peter Jpal Jul 2016

The bartenders are out of control. They do shots all night. They are drunk. Half of the drinks are being sold under the table. Very poor management....

Angelo Davis
Angelo Davis Jul 2016
themonsterghost
themonsterghost Apr 2016

My friend and I went in last week for a drink or two and it seemed okay. We ordered two whiskey cokes from the bar in the back and they tasted awful. Like bad diet coke. We tried to get through it but it was unacceptable. I asked for them to be remade and although the bartender was kind enough to remake the drinks, they still ended up tasting awful about halfway through. I don't know how you mess up a whiskey coke but we couldn't finish them and decided to leave. Except it was almost IMPOSSIBLE to get out. The bar filled up so quickly and it took forever to maneuver our way out. Toes were definitely stepped on. I don't know what the capacity rules are for the place but I would suggest that the bouncers ensure people can safely enter and exit the building. Disappointed with the entire experience and definitely wasted my money on drinks.

Melli Belize
Melli Belize Mar 2016

If I could give this place a negative zero, I definitely would. I am currently working in Chicago for 3 weeks, and my friend being gay, he really wanted us to be out and about in boystown. At some point in the night of March 19th we ended up at this bar. The place appeared to have been quiet over capacity, and it was very difficult to move around in there without difficulty. When someone stepped on my foot and I started bleeding, I wanted to quickly sit down on the wooden dance stage by the upper bar to just take off my shoe, because I was clearly in pain. Because I was not under the influence of alcohol, I was being extra cautious to not invade his space. Before I could even sit down I was so brutally pushed by the guy dancer, that it left me in shock. I finally was able to take off my shoe shortly thereafter and noticed that by the extremely violent push, more injury was added to my foot. Not only am I a female, and this dancer was a dude (gay or not) it is unacceptable to put your hands on anyone, let alone a female. Thankfully my friend was snapchatting at that moment and caught the horrible act on video. As soon as I get done with my busy work schedule, I will be adding this story to my well visited blog in addition to the video. If you have cameras in your establishment, you will be able to see what kind of maniac works in your establishment. SICK!!!!

Dianne Mbeo
Dianne Mbeo Jul 2015

Great brunch

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