CLUBS
(FOUND MY INFO AT DANCE CLUB STYLE: this site list all Chicago Clubs)
Buddha Lounge
728 W. Grand
Chicago
Tel: (773) 666-1695
INFO: Music is funky house music, tribal and/or old school. Cover Sundays $5-10, Mondays $6 men (women free), Tuesdays $5, Wednesdays $20 men/$5 women, Thursday $5-10, Fridays $15 men/$10 women, Saturdays $20 men/$15 women.
Circus
901 W. Weed
Chicago
Tel: (312) 266-1200
INFO: Enormous dance club/lounge with 20 different types of martinis.
Crobar
1543 N. Kingsbury (1600N, 1100W)
Chicago
Tel: (773) 587-1313
INFO: Music is hard core alternative with industrial especially prominent on Saturday nights. The club itself is kinda dark and gothic (fake stained glass windows, frightening barber's chair), but has gradually grown a bit more mainstream (popularized by Dennis Rodman?) -- weekdays remain a bit edgy. Cover ranges from free to $15 on weekends. Ask the folks at the door about VIP passes.
Dragon Room
809 W. Evergreen
Chicago
Tel: (312) 751-2900
INFO: The music is purely Euro/techno. Dragon room has an Asian theme.
Excalibur
632 N. Dearborn ( 700N, 100W)
Chicago
Tel: (312) 266-1944
INFO:60,000 or so square feet. The space, divided among three floors, has room for, of course, drinking and dancing; there's also room for sitting and talking, there's a restaurant, pool tables, oxygen bar and video games. For ages 20 to 30 something. Club X on the second floor is the main attraction. The a additional $5 cover to get into Club X.
Illusions
157 W. Ontario
Chicago
Tel: (312) 587-7792
INFO:Classy place (in the '30s gangster style), with tuxedoed waiters and expensive food. Lots of Rodman memorabilia, too. There's a $10 cover after 10pm, ladies get in free at least some of the time.
Zero Gravity (Naperville)
Rt. 53 & 75th St.
Naperville
Tel: (630) 985-1111
INFO: You have to be between 16 & 23 years old. 10,000 square foot young adult dance club.