My view of Carls has changed...

Chacha's

Chicago, IL

Living in Chicago and deciding not to make the trip to Melrose Park, I decided to take a chance on Cha Chas although I was a bit worried about the safety of that area of…

Louie's Lounge

Bellwood, IL

Since the closing of OSB, I have not been making the trip to Melrose Park for the lingerie shows. The new Carl's is a bit too much like a sports bar for my taste and…

Carl's Bar

Stone Park, IL

A few Saturday afternoon's ago I made my first visit to Carl's since in opened it's new space. Like many, I was disappointed when OSB was closed down. As I was not prepared to shell…

Decided to stop in for a beer to see if anything had changed since my last visit. Still more of a neighborhood bar than a strip club. I wasn’t disappointed since I didn’t have any…

One of the guys I was working a job in Northlake with asked about shooting some pool once we got off shift. Strip clubs also came up so I mentioned hitting Carl’s to kill two…

Long story short… avoid unless you are strictly looking for a sports bar. Unfortunately, the Covid era killed all the action of the pseudo strip bars on Mannheim. You can only get dances with…

Ended up in the area for work and decided to check in on Carl and his girls. I want to say upfront I wouldn’t go out my way to come here. I only ever stop…