Chicago Gem (n.) – places in Chicago that people may not know about and/or don’t appear on any of Chicago’s “Top Things To Do” lists but are super cool, fun and make me feel like a true Chicagoian
I discovered this Chicago Gem last week when my friend and I wanted to do something low-key and not too expensive.
[Completely unrelated side note: This is the second post in a row I've talked about friends, Chicago friends. I have real friends here! It's so exciting!!!!!]
Like I was saying, The Vic Theatre is an old vaudeville house built in 1912. So cool right? And now Thursday – Saturday it serves as a concert venue and Sunday – Wednesday it shows movies.
On movie nights it’s called “the Brew & View” because it has a bar so you can drink and watch movies at the same time. The movies are a mix of old and just released on DVD. For instance when I went last Wednesday, Shark Night, CrazyStupidLove and Young Frankenstein was showing.
But here is the best part: you pay $5 and you can see all three or just one or two, your choice (and it depends on when you show up). All I’m saying is, I’ve never found a theater in Tallahassee or Orlando that could beat that deal.
Awesome post! The Vic used to have some pretty good bands come through, but I haven’t been there for a concert recently, but I’ve wanted to go to Brew and View for a while, the movies are hit or miss though haha
Thank you! Yeah, I haven’t been there for a concert but I want to. I just need to wait for a band that I know/like.
Yea they haven’t had too much in the past year or so (for me at least)
How was the presentation of the movies? I’ve heard the crowds can get a bit rowdy there.
You should go to a concert there next. From my experience, it’s probably the best venue (sound-wise) in the city. And I’ve been to most of them.
I mean, it was no IMAX or AMC but I didn’t think anything of it. I’m not super picky about that kind of thing though, you might have a different opinion with your trained eye.
One group was celebrating a birthday (I’m pretty sure they brought a cake) and they did get a little loud but I’ve experience WAY worse at “real” theaters. I don’t think you can go with the expectation of dead silence, after all it is a cheap movie theater with a bar.