A Reasonably Fun Time at HB's

It's been a while since I've left a review for Heavenly Bodies, mostly since my visits over the last year and a half have been more or less the same. Today, though, one of my ATFs was AWOL, and I experienced the place in the style of Madonna (like a virgin).

OK, not a total virgin. The venue is still completely unchanged since I first started visiting 6 years ago. Still the same barstools at the same high tops. Still the same cracked up floor and passable bathroom. Still the same old couches in the upstairs dancing stalls. It's not a classy joint, but it's not a highway rest-stop either. Domestic beer bottles are $1.50 in the Chicago area, though, so I'm not complaining.

Arriving before 3:00, I got in with a $5 cover. There were probably about six to eight dancers around 1 p.m., increasing to about a dozen by 3:00. Reasonable mix of white/black/latina. I was pleased to find that the dancer quality was slightly higher than I'd started becoming accustomed to, with girls ranging from 6 to 8 (possibly even a 9 showing up just as I was leaving). Dance prices are unchanged at 2/$25 and 5 for $50 downstairs or $60 upstairs. It seemed like song lengths were slightly longer than I remembered, clocking in at 2.5 to 3 minutes per song. (Yes, I break out the stopwatch on my phone. For science.)