The warm-up acts are finished. The preshow is done. The lights are lowering.
It's officially time to rock.
Introducing LaSalle Power Co., raising the curtain tonight in River North. After a spate of private
events over the last few weeks, your buddies from the Eat Well Drink Better empire (Grand Central, English,
et al) debut their three-story version of Lollapalooza—and we have a backstage pass for you.
Starting life as a cable-car power station in 1887, this space became Michael Jordan's eponymous off-court
perch a century later (and most recently it was Lalo's). It proudly reclaims some Industrial Revolution
grittiness with exposed ceilings and ironwork, though with gold barstools, images of guitar-wielding vixens
and plush leather banquettes, it feels more like the Victorian bordello Rod Stewart could have run.
After work, the first floor is your spot for rounds of pool and boilermakers—a specialty here and
apropos considering the history. Later, head up for a DJ-enlivened dinner on the second. Pair your
Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich or $12 steak-and-lobster potpie with a vodka-spiked strawberry
milkshake…you're going to need the energy.
That's because you'll be rocking on the third floor in a full-on performance space, specializing in the kind
of acts who will probably find it hard to resist strutting off the stage…and straight toward the
adjacent bar. Tonight, the Chelsea Girls, your typical Playboy model–fronted all-girl rock
outfit, host a private VIP party, and they'll perform publicly tomorrow. We've scored you hookups for both
days.
Yeah, we know: we rock.
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