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The nightlife venue formerly known as The Sugar Bar closed their doors three weeks ago, but the space won’t be sitting empty for long. In September, The Park Street Saloon will open at 525 North Park Street, which will feature a variety of live entertainment including dueling pianos, comedy acts and more.
Currently, the 8,000 sqft venue is undergoing a remodeling that will transform the space into a “Chicago Burlesque” themed environment. The decor features a lot of dark woods, deep reds and saloon-style doors.
Park Street Saloon’s menu offers burgers, pizzas and a wide variety of appetizers. Their beer offerings will include a unique self-service “Table Tender” system where customers can pour their own draft beers at their tables.
This latest installment in the nightlife scene on Park Street seems to be a continued effort of The Corso Gallicchio Swanson Development Group to redefine the accessibility of their establishments. Following in the footsteps of their more casual live-music Park Street Patio that opened in 2007, and this year’s revamp of the more lounge-oriented Spice Bar into the laid-back Park Street Cantina, the transformation of dance club Sugar Bar into the Park Street Saloon should diversify the nightlife offerings that can be found in the Park Street District located Downtown.
Opening hours will run Thursdays from 7pm to 2:30am, Fridays from 5pm to 2:30am, and Saturdays from 6pm to 2:30am, with the kitchen open to midnight each night. The grand opening date in September has not been set yet, but will be announced soon.
More information can be found online at www.parkstreetsaloon.com.
Another bar with dueling pianos? This I do not like. I would not want this bar taking patrons from the Big Bang.
The self service beer thing sounds like trouble…err, awesomeness.
They have self-service beer at The Pub up at Polaris, from what I remember they only have one table set up for it and you have to reserve it in advance
A Chicago burlesque themed environment could be interesting, and the Food Bandits hope this place doesn’t try to do too much and not find an identity.
They need to bring in some Sarah Vaughan jazz and sexy food options in order channel older Chicago onto North Park Street. Right now the menu offerings look most a Chili’s a bad day.
The Bandits look forward to enjoying cocktails with this guy http://tinyurl.com/3xaxrxa and Columbusite’s alike at this spot in September.
Yeah this definitely is a spot-on competitor for Big Bang. For the sake of confusion, can’t they find a different name? From Park Street Patio, Park Street Cantina, Park Street Tavern and now Park Street Saloon, I am getting pretty confused which bar is which.
…. LIKE a Chili’s ON a bad day, sorry.
While I hate to see duplicate concepts that close to one another, I do think the burlesque/saloon theme with deep woodwork, etc. sounds promising. I’ve been to a few other piano bars and all had more character and were more intimate than Big Bang. To me, their space is just too big and generic. On the other hand, it seems to fill up regardless. I wish them both well!
Park Street names are a great branding tool. Makes good business sense to keep them all under the same umbrella.
Tavern isn’t a part of the same group though.
I don’t know. It’s starting to sound generic. I would rather see Brother’s, Gaswerks, The Cantina, Park Street Tavern, The Saloon, The Social, Park Street Patio. A few “Parks” in there sound good. Too many sounds repetitive. That’s just my opinion. I can’t say much though. Obviously they have the experience and track record and know what they are doing. I just think the names could be a little more creative.
With only a few exceptions, I find many of the bars in the Arena District cheesy. Most lack any character and this looks to be more of the same. I didn’t LOVE Spice and Sugar but at least they offered something different than Brothers and the ilk.
Sounds like a cool place to go, if it isn’t filled with the same douchebags that frequent the other bars on that strip. (Yeah…I said it.)
How about a good rock bar with nothing but rock. Even Garage Bar, the closest thing to a rock bar in the district, plays hip hop on the weekends. Sad.
Park Street Country Beer Jamboree
I’ve been to some great piano bars in other cities, but the Big Bang lacks character and the music is mediocre. I have higher hopes for this new place since C&G is committed to the success of Park St.