A Wrigleyville Dive Bar With Goth And Metal Below
A Wrigleyville dive bar downstairs from Newport Avenue, with live goth and metal, arcade games, and a pool room.
🎸 Down The Wooden Stairs
The Underground Lounge keeps its alternative soundtrack below Newport Avenue, inside the Links Hall Theater building. This Wrigleyville dive bar is reached down rickety wooden stairs, a detail to weigh before you commit to the stop. Live goth, metal, and industrial acts share the program with DJs, and a dance floor waits for anyone ready to move.
Scuffed black painted cement runs underfoot and a cement vault stage anchors the room. An L shaped sofa offers another perch, while arcade games and a pool room behind glass blocks fill the time between sets.
Operations run from 1996 onward, among the sports bars and LGBTQ friendly bars that line the block. Cover rarely climbs past five dollars and can be waived when you are not there for the band. Head to 952 West Newport Avenue for a late stop that pairs live acts with room for a game, and keep the stairs in mind on the way out.
