Temptations - CLOSED

 

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Girl C.

Chicago, IL

5/18/2007

I've been a patron of Temptations since the ripe old age of 16 - and that was twelve years ago. I remember getting into the bar without a fake ID back then which was before the bar started having all of their trouble. Now my girlfriend and I go for two things - karaoke and pool.

Temptations is the "white trash" lesbian bar of the greater Chicagoland area. Don't be surprised to find mullets, flannel shirts, oversized sports jerseys and girls wearing clothes eight sizes too small for them. This is not the bar for the lesbian elite by any means. As a matter of fact, far too many of their former regulars have actually stopped going to the bar out of sheer embarrassment. George (the fat, perverted owner) raised his drink prices to come close to the prices in the city, which is absolutely absurd for a bar that's in the backyard of O'Hare airport.

On Monday nights, I don't even know if they're open.

Tuesday nights are "Stud Puppy Tuesdays". They've got amateur male strippers to try and get a gay male crowd into the bar.

Wednesday nights are free pool nights, which is a great thing if you love to play pool and typically spend over $20 when you do have to pay just on the table alone.

Thursday nights are free pool AND karaoke - double the pleasure, double the fun!

Friday nights are "supposed" to be the girls-on-girls nights, and occasionally they have "go-go dancers". However, these dancers are very often girls who aren't coordinated enough to work at a strip club but think that they deserve everyone's attention. Also, keep in mind that they play quite a bit of Latin music as the night goes on.

Saturday nights were always the best nights at this bar and usually were the busiest.

Sundays are again karaoke.

But about the karaoke, be prepared to find yourself annoyed. The host of karaoke is absolutely fantastic, however, most of the regulars are irritating as hell. You've got your group of straight young men who come into the bar thinking that they should've been part of N'Sync - they think they are God's gift to the microphone and honestly act that way too. You've got your random lesbians who think that singing Melissa Etheridge reaffirms their status as a lesbian - and they also think that they're just that good. Thankfully though, there happens to be a small handful of singers who pop in on occasion who actually have some type of talent..To be honest, the karaoke regulars make sounds similar to that of a cat getting hit by a car - and if you know that sound, you know it isn't pleasant.

So overall? It's a great place to go to play free pool and a fun place to go if you want to sing karaoke and enjoy mocking the wanna-be boy banders. The drinks aren't as cheap as they should be for a suburban bar and the owner is a total pervert. There's always a huge amount of parking, so don't worry about that..And if you want to go on a weekend night, be prepared to see the worst of the worst in terms of the Chicago lesbians.

Sometimes the crowd makes me wish that I had a penis.

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