Chicago Tribune rated The Underground Chicago’s #3 Celebrity hangout in 2011.
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3. The Underground (56 W. Illinois St.)
Celebs: Lindsay Lohan, Enrique Iglesias, Jamie Foxx, Josh Brolin, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, David Arquette, Kirstie Alley, Joe Jonas, Lea Michele, Ludacris, Cee Lo Green, Nas, Josh Groban, Bruno Mars, Kellan Lutz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ronnie Magro, Chris Colfer, Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Joey Fatone, Pauly Shore, Kid Cudi, Taye Diggs, Larenz Tate, Anthony Anderson, Jeremih, David Banner, Plain White T’s, Amber Heard, Macy Gray.
Star moment: There is some strategy behind seating celebrities. They don’t want to sit just anywhere. And that’s why the Underground staff had its work cut out for it the night Lindsay Lohan, Bruno Mars, Nas and Cee Lo Green visited in August. “My partners and I ran in back to a seating chart to try to figure out who we should sit next to who and who would hate to be next to who,” said Dec, whose group also owns Underground. “It turned into a giant panic attack of confusion, like a high school cafeteria meets a wedding table placement meets an award show seating chart … We felt really uneasy about our choices as you could tell everyone’s posses were checking out the other, evaluating who got the best seats and who got the worst.” All was forgiven when Mars grabbed the mic and triggered a singalong.
