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Pops for Champagne |
 601 N. State St., Chicago
Tel: (312) 266-7677
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8 Review(s) Total
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GoGoBear says:
On Monday 12/24/07 5:47 AM
This is one of the great tragedies of Chicago...Pops USED TO BE a wonderful place to hear (actually hear) live Jazz while enjoying fine libations amongst a like minded upscale mature crowd. Every once in a blue moon a renowned jazz artist would pop in unannounced and do a set. Pops had been noted in many publications as a "to do" destination for Chicago.
Now?? it is just a bleeping pick up joint where self absorbed twenty and thirty somethings go to "be seen" and see. NO ONE appears to give a crap about the music anymore, which is just as well, because the music is now IN THE BLEEPING BASEMENT in the worst acoustical space I have ever been in. When I went back for the first time to the new location (I had moved out of Chicago a number of years ago for business, but would return every quarter or so and would still go to the "old" Pops when I could), it broke my heart. I was both angry and sad.
I hope the owners are at least making a lot of money. What a shame...
Abigail says:
On Friday 5/18/07 5:32 PM
This place is a tourist mecca. People also venture here after work but it's a let-down. Champagne comes with a 400% mark-up - pretty ridiculous. Women with women will have fun, the men stalk them all nite but they are hammered on booze and unaccustomed to jazz, which you can't really hear because it's loud as nell in there... i guess i have nothing positive to say about this place.
Juice says:
On Friday 4/6/07 9:49 AM
The new location was the worst move this place made. Music venue is terrible, the website is misleading so be prepared. 1920's France? Are you kidding? Wait, please check it out and return here to make comments. You may actually be as upset as me. Neo-white stucco is more like it. Bartenders are great, food was interesting and pretty good, nothing else. It's a place to go get drunk on Champagne, NOT listen to music. The venue is an embarrassment and a shame.
Peter says:
On Friday 4/6/07 9:43 AM
Extremely disappointing in the new place. Bar upstairs seems alright but the jazz venue downstairs is lacking so much. Problem really is management and manners. You can barely hear the singer or the bass player because people are laughing and drunk and obnoxiously loud all nite. It's not a fluke, it happens non-stop and not a soul tells anyone to quiet down, honestly, the musicians were probably embarrassed, we sure were disappointed. Expensive as hell, but we expected that so i won't complain, just stating a fact. Do NOT go for the music unless you're a twenty something and want to sit downstairs and listen to music as you consume bottle after bottle, management turning a blind eye and us being told, this is normal. Atleast 20 of us went up to complain after the 2nd set and we ALL left... no concern because all the seats were taken over by a bunch of rowdies... I just felt so sorry for the quartet. Never again. I'm sure they lose a ton of repeat business nightly.
John Jones says:
On Wednesday 1/25/06 1:11 PM
Nice atmosphere, friendly bartenders and (usually) quality music. They've unfortunately cancelled Tuesdays with Typhanie Monique and Neal Alger, but it's certainly a good choice when you want to listen to music and not your fellow patrons.
AJ Taylor says:
On Wednesday 6/15/05 4:41 PM
Good ambiance. Spacious but not overly. Popular but not crowded. Covers a tad high for Lakeview on Sat. Live jazz stage nice, but somewhat to high and cumbersome for the room. Overal comfortably chic.
Carly Williams says:
On Thursday 10/21/04 11:36 PM
Maybe it was a bad night, but the champagne was flat, the service bad and the music was, at best, disharmonious. I don't think I'll be going back
charles says:
On Sunday 8/31/03 7:36 PM
Check Out Tiffany Monique on Sundays. Her Beautiful, sultry smooth vocals over an acid jazz rythum blew me away!
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