The brothers also owned and operated the London House at Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue and the Happy Medium, at Rush and Delaware streets. From 1957 to 1975 Mister Kelly's was one of the city's and country's most famous nightclubs, home to such performers as Ella Fitzgerald, Mort Sahl, the Smothers Brothers, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Muddy Waters, Bette Midler, Lenny Bruce … you name one. Marienthal is the son and nephew, respectively, of George and Oscar Marienthal, two brothers who gave birth to Mister Kelly's, which sat on the southwest corner of Rush and Bellevue streets, where Gibson's now stands. He plans to attend the Sunday reunion, and so does David Marienthal. He has great stories to tell, about the night he shared an early morning dinner table with a girlfriend and stars Joey Bishop, Red Buttons and Shecky Greene - or meeting Jimmy Durante and a gin-drinking cat.
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I came to the area in 1967 just after I got out of the service, and the old-style nightlife was in full swing." "We were all young once and learning about life.
"I am excited to meet a couple of people I have come to know through the site," the 70-year-old Wizenick says. None is a more active and intelligent contributor than Philip Wizenick, who spent much of his career working as a bartender at the Drake Hotel, Corona Cafe and other area spots. … Now, I drift back and remember the picture in my mind of Rush Street and the mysteries it held." … As seen in the blink of an eye, in the back of a yellow cab, from a trundle seat, me, a seven-year-old boy. Rush Street, the name implies you are on the fast track to somewhere, and if you took the dare your wildest fantasies would be realized. Even the women on the street looked like they were going fast, even when they were standing still. The name conjured up visions of neon lights, shiny cars, night clubs, and bars big and small, glittering crowds of people all looking like they were on their way to somewhere exciting, and they probably were. Sixty years old, he is the widowed father of two young children, 12-year-old son Ian and 10-year-old daughter Soleil. He played many of the clubs in the area and has made a fine career as a jazz and blues vocalist and DJ, who also operates the DJ School of Skokie. Floodstrand was born in Alaska but spent many of his formative years here. RT gregcorner: TONIGHT missgoldusa (Lizzy from msmrsounds ) dj’s hq_chicago after her show at aragonballroom with marinadiamandis. RT themagician: US Friends ! One week to go !!! See you soon xx 2 years ago RT MikeHollatz: Going away drinks Headquarters Beercade - hq_chicago in Chicago, IL) /c/iQuzar49mZl 2 years ago
RT CP_Chicago: Calling all cabinet jockeys and pinball wizards! Come check out some of Chicago's finest barcades! Headquarters Beercade Headquarters Twitter #BringItBack #GameOn Posted in Headquarters Beercade | Tagged 1980s, 1980s bars, 1980s nostalgia, best bars in chicago, best chicago bars, headquarters beercade, headquarters chicago, retro arcade bars, retro bars chicago, vintage arcade games, vintage arcade games chicago | Leave a reply We’re giving you that same warm fuzzy ’80s feeling every night at HQ. Quotes such as, “Drop that zero and get with the hero.”.How about, oh, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi?!.Between Superfriends and PeeWee’s Playhouse, Saturday mornings were never better.These vintage Apple ads could have ONLY happened in the ’80s…oh, young Steve Jobs.What did people do for entertainment before that? So today, we’re celebrating all things Eighties, just because we can. We (obviously) love arcade games, old school sporting events and basically any pop culture reference from the ’80s. At Headquarters, we are all about nostalgia.