| Venue name: | The Mid | Contact: |
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| Address: |
306 N Halsted St Chicago |
Cross street: | at Wayman St |
| Opening hours: | Mon, Wed, Fri 9pm–4am; Sat 9pm–5am (closed Tue, Sun) |
| Transport: | El stop:Green,Pink to Clinton. Bus:8,20,65. |
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Average User Rating
1.3 / 5
Rating Breakdown
- 5 star:0
- 4 star:0
- 3 star:0
- 2 star:1
- 1 star:2
I've been to this club over 50 times. So, here goes:
The drinks are very weak... Absolutely not worth the price! You're better off getting a beer or shot, if you can stomach it.
The layout is horrendous. The dancefloor is very small and behind it, there's a bunch of tables of insufferable people. The bars are on the right and left side creating a bottleneck trying to get to the dancefloor. When it's really packed, everybody is pushing and shoving because this club attracts the worst crowd. If you decide to go upstairs to listen to the music, you basically have to be up against the railing otherwise you'll just end up talking the entire time because it doesn't feel like a club at all.
If you're not listed or know someone working the door, you're probably going to be waiting in line even if the club isn't at capacity. However, don't be a dick to the bouncers otherwise you're going to be waiting even longer.
I don't know what type of person comes here to "go to the club". This is a club you only come to if you're trying to see that particular DJ.
I will say, the production value at this club is pretty great... Unless you're upstairs and the CO2 cannons go off... then you can't hear anything except the noise of the CO2 coming out. Cover your drink when the confetti launches....
Good luck.
If I write everything awful about this place, they might delete it.
Go for a show, not for the club.
The dance floor is bottle service. Wtf?
They make you wait outside even if no on is inside. Just to make it bustle. Then they don't open areas up so you stay cramped and annoyed. The staff is ridiculously rude. I mean, ridiculously.
Never ever go here unless you simply must see a show.
This place is everything bad for the scene, yet squeezes all the money out of it, while giving back nothing, aggressicely competing against other clubs and talent groups, while self proclaiming themselves the reason this town has a scene.
It's a wicked machine with zero to offer other than a show.
Go support a local club if your choice instead.
This place only seems poised to harm anything sacred to music-lovers, and drink their blood in the process.
The resident DJs are pretty good though.
Still, I would catch them playing somewhere else.
Was looking forward to some dancing at The Mid but within minutes of arriving our coats were stolen. Despite having an arsenal of bouncers and security, 'no one saw a thing'.
