Progress Bar Chicago — Restaurant in Lake View Township

Went to progress last night for Halloween. Was in line for over an hour which was no big deal. My group and I finally made it to the front. I had my Carmax and vape pen in my hand as I’m showing the Hispanic bouncer my ID, he literally does not say a word about my vape pen. Literally everyone in line was smoking something. We get inside progress for some time. I witness other people smoking their vape pens inside as I occasionally use mine. Was in progress for about an hour when All of a sudden a different bouncer comes to me aggressively asking me what’s in my hand as I’m dancing. It was my Carmax and pen I was holding. I tell him, he tells me I need to leave all rudely. I asked him can I throw my item away he responds rudely with a no that I need to get out now as he is pushing me at this point. Remind you other people were using their pen or even drunk in this club. As I’m leaving out with my group I asked the Hispanic bouncer by the door what’s their protocol for pens since he didn’t say anything about mines he lies to my face and said “I asked you to put it away”. I did not have a great experience last night. There was not need for the other bouncer to be rude to me especially since I was kindly asking what the issue was. I will not be back for a while. My father works for the city I’m reporting the...

Honestly, I had the worst experience at Progress Bar this past Sunday and it was beyond disappointing. I paid the $10 cover, and when I stepped out briefly and tried to reenter, I was flatly told "no" and to get in line by your so-called bouncer, Charles, despite the fact that I had already paid. This wasn't just a rude brush-off—it was bad management. To make things worse, there were over 20-25 people waiting outside, while the inside was nowhere near crowded. Keeping a line outside to make it look like things were "popping" isn't fooling anyone, especially when people are fed up and leaving for spots like Hydrate which is open till 4AM, which wasn't even charging a cover. Not exactly the best move when it's your first night for the new Sunday event, especially if you're trying to grab the crowd while Charlie's is under renovation. It felt like you were holding patrons hostage in line just for the optics. Not a great look for your first night, Progress. I won't be back on a Sunday, (was it called Skyn? I can't remember) Replay and Hydrate will have my business instead. Do better. Not much progress...

Now I see why they do a NO CHARGE... WARNING!!!! PHONES GET STOLEN HERE attended on a Thursday night for my girls birthday and Dj announced an iphone had gone missing so I kept checking making sure mine wouldn't go missing.. Wasn't even drunk!!! We went through the crowd to get from the dj back to the bar to sit and my phone was no longer in my purse so i pocketed practically cause it got taken out my purse. I let the DJ know and security and they said they couldn't do anything and didn't even announce it anymore. 4 other people after me spoke up about they phones going missing too security did nothing and it's a small place for them not too .So all they did was kick everyone out and closed the place. Sounds iffy like they knew!!! We was so mad cause now no one could catch a Lyft without they phones we was outside trying to figure it out and no apology no help we just got kicked out. Things have really changed in boys town. My girls and I always go cause we wouldn't have nasty guys gripping on us but that night it was full of them we had to walk away from. What ever happened...